>Since Ralphie goes out in S4, could be argued 3 was more his
>season? Agreed on his character overall. The casting seemed so
>weird at first but it works so well.
>
>>The one point you made that I will disagree with though,
>>related to the Furio plotline, is that the Carmela stuff
>came
>>out of nowhere. They'd planted seeds about her vengeful
>>wandering eye twice before that (with the priest then the
>>carpenter guy working on her house) so I don't necessarily
>>agree that it came out of nowhere. Maybe you mean re: Furio
>>specifically, but I still wouldn't really agree with that -
>>the Sopranos introduced several storylines throughout its
>run
>>that seemingly developed behind the scenes, out of the view
>of
>>us as viewers. So I didn't find the introduction of Carm's
>>feelings for Furio, especially considering they were
>>introduced in the first episode of a new season, to be
>>especially jarring or out of nowhere.
>
>That's fair. I was mostly put off by what they did to him, but
>Carm being into Furio in anything other than looks felt a bit
>forced. Carm LOVES her status as the bosses wife, and she's
>gonna suddenly be in love with the enforcer/driver? I could
>see Roe doing some shit like that. Suppose I'm overthinking it
>though because its not like these things don't happen. Plus if
>you're attracted enough you can tell yourself anything.
>
>Its Furio's end that bugged me more because he kind of lived
>up to her idealized version of him which i found weird. aside
>from them abruptly softening him up i just don't see why he
>was in love with Carmela. The way Furio started out in the
>states, he seemed more like a cold hearted fuck that would
>probably have been creepily eyeing Maedo
>
>Its a storyline I always struggled with but it's ultimately
>worth it because Whitecaps is so good. Also, Furio briefly
>considering killing Tony.

LOL yea I totally hear you, it was definitely a 180 on Furio's character. This time around I was actually more shocked at just how cold he was when he came around in S2,e because my memory of him from the first two times I watched was the latter, softer version of Furio from S4. So yea, I agree that it was a really weird plot turn with him.