Everybody Hurts (The Sopranos episode)
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"Everybody Hurts" is the forty-fifth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...

and was the sixth of the show's fourth season. It was written by Michael Imperioli
Michael Imperioli
James Michael Imperioli , commonly known as Michael Imperioli, is an American actor and television writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also...

, directed by Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
Steven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...

 and originally aired on Sunday October 20, 2002.

Guest starring roles

  • Jean-Hugues Anglade
    Jean-Hugues Anglade
    Jean-Hugues Anglade is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Eric in Killing Zoe, Zorg in Betty Blue and Marco, the boyfriend of Nikita, in Nikita....

     as Jean-Philippe Colbert
  • Murielle Arden as Elodie Colbert
  • Cameron Boyd
    Cameron Boyd
    -Filmography:-Awards and nominations:* Young Artist Awards Nominated: Best Actor Under Ten in a Motion Picture, King of the Hill -External links:...

     as Matt Testa
  • Paul Dano
    Paul Dano
    Paul Franklin Dano is an American actor and producer. He has appeared in films such as L.I.E. , The Girl Next Door , Little Miss Sunshine , There Will Be Blood , and Where the Wild Things Are .-Early life:Dano was born in New York City, the son of Gladys and Paul Dano...

     as Patrick Whalen
  • Matthew Del Negro
    Matthew Del Negro
    Matthew Del Negro is an American actor. He was born in Mount Kisco, New York as the youngest of three children. He is a graduate of Boston College, where he played Division I lacrosse. After graduating, he began to study acting, and after appearing in several minor commercials and independent...

     as Brian Cammarata
  • Heidi Dippold as Janelle Cammarata
  • Jessica Dunphy
    Jessica Dunphy
    Jessica Dunphy is an American actress.Originally from Glenside, Pennsylvania, Dunphy's most prominent roles include Devin Pillsbury on The Sopranos and Alison Stewart on the soap opera As the World Turns from April 25, 2002 until her final appearance on July 20, 2005.She has appeared in the films...

     as Devin Pillsbury
  • Joseph R. Gannascoli
    Joseph R. Gannascoli
    Joseph R. Gannascoli is an Italian-American actor and celebrity spokesman most notable for his portrayal of Vito Spatafore on the HBO series, The Sopranos.-Early life:Joseph R. Gannascoli was born and raised in Brooklyn....

     as Vito Spatafore
    Vito Spatafore
    Vito Spatafore, Sr., played by Joseph R. Gannascoli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was a member of the DiMeo Crime Family and a subordinate of Tony Soprano. He was married to Marie Spatafore with two children, Francesca and Vito, Jr., and was a closeted homosexual...

  • Ryan Hoffman as Jason Malatesta
  • Annabella Sciorra
    Annabella Sciorra
    Annabella Sciorra is an American film, television, and stage actress. Sciorra received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for the 1989 film True Love, and came to widespread attention in her co-lead role in Spike Lee's 1991 film Jungle Fever...

     as Gloria Trillo
  • Lauren Toub as Liz DiLiberto

Episode recap

Christopher
Christopher Moltisanti
Christopher "Chris" Moltisanti, played by Michael Imperioli, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was Tony Soprano's protégé and a Capo in the Soprano crime family.-Biography:...

 is still injecting heroin and has just taken a hit and started to fall asleep when he gets a call from Tony
Tony Soprano
Anthony John "Tony" Soprano, Sr. is an Italian-American fictional character and the protagonist on the HBO television drama series The Sopranos, on which he is portrayed by James Gandolfini. The character was conceived by The Sopranos creator and show runner David Chase, who was also largely...

, who wants to see him. When Chris arrives, Tony notices his intoxication but Chris passes it off as being from wine he drank with Adriana
Adriana La Cerva
Adriana La Cerva played by Drea de Matteo, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the long-time girlfriend and, later, fiancée of Tony Soprano's protégé, Christopher Moltisanti.-Character history:...

. Tony tells Chris that Tony is going to be giving orders through him in the future because of their family ties and that Chris will take the family into the 21st century. Chris points out that they are already in the 21st Century but Tony doesn't seem to follow.

A.J.
Anthony Soprano, Jr.
Anthony John "A.J." Soprano, Jr. , played by Robert Iler, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. Usually just called "A.J.", he is the son of Carmela and Tony Soprano. He is a prototypical underachiever and is a constant source of stress and anxiety for his parents...

 hangs out with his friends Matt Testa, Patrick Whalen and Jason Malatesta and girlfriend Devin Pillsbury in a basement. They discuss his father's business and when he reveals that Tony co-owns the Bada Bing!, the group decides to visit. Unfortunately, A.J. gets confused and they end up at Satriale's
Satriale's Pork Store
Satriale's Pork Store is a fictional establishment on the HBO series The Sopranos. As told in the television show, during the 1970s, the pork store was taken over by Johnny Boy Soprano, a member of The DiMeo Crime Family, when Francis Satriale failed to make payments on a gambling debt and later...

. A.J. returns home late and his mother scolds him for being out past his curfew
Curfew
A curfew is an order specifying a time after which certain regulations apply. Examples:# An order by a government for certain persons to return home daily before a certain time...

.

In bed, Tony and Carmela
Carmela Soprano
Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis, played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the wife of Mafia boss Tony Soprano and the program's most prominent female character.-Character biography:...

 discuss Furio Giunta
Furio Giunta
Furio Giunta, played by Federico Castelluccio, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was an Italian mobster working for Tony Soprano.-Biography:...

: she wants to set him up with her dental hygienist
Dental hygienist
thumb|right|300px|Dental hygienist holding a scalerA dental hygienist is a licensed dental professional who specializes in preventive oral health, typically focusing on techniques in oral hygiene. Local dental regulations determine the scope of practice of dental hygienists...

, Liz DiLiberto. She also tells him that she has learned that Gloria Trillo recently killed herself, by hanging herself from a chandelier
Chandelier
A chandelier is a branched decorative ceiling-mounted light fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. Chandeliers are often ornate, containing dozens of lamps and complex arrays of glass or crystal prisms to illuminate a room with refracted light...

. Tony can barely conceal his shock at this news. He goes to Globe Motors himself to find out more details and later, in his therapy session, angrily confronts Dr. Melfi
Jennifer Melfi
Jennifer Melfi, M.D., is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is the psychiatrist of Mafia boss Tony Soprano. She is portrayed by Lorraine Bracco.-Character description:...

—blaming her for Gloria's death. She stands up to him and tells him that she gives her patients everything she has; Tony relents and reveals that he is actually feeling guilty himself as he could have cared for Gloria but instead he cut off their relationship.

Artie Bucco has a new French hostess at Nuovo Vesuvio, Elodie Colbert, and his relationship with Charmaine seems even more strained. Elodie's brother, Jean-Philippe has a business proposition for Artie: he wants to borrow money to buy distribution rights for Armagnac
Armagnac (drink)
Armagnac is a distinctive kind of brandy or eau de vie produced in the Armagnac region in Gascony, southwest France. It is distilled from wine usually made from a blend of Armagnac grapes, including Baco 22A, Colombard, and Ugni Blanc, using column stills rather than the pot stills used in the...

, claiming it to be "the new vodka." Artie is sucked in by the deal and tries to borrow money from Ralphie. Ralphie refuses because he would not be able to hurt Artie if he did not pay Ralph back. Later, Tony learns of this and visits Artie at home, offering the money himself and upset that Artie didn't come to him first.

Just after stepping out of Artie's home, Tony takes a bottle of Armagnac and drinks it straight from the bottle. He then has a drunken dream about Gloria. Still carrying the now near-empty bottle, he visits her home and finds her in a black dress, very similar to the one she wore in "Pine Barrens
Pine Barrens (The Sopranos episode)
"Pine Barrens" is the thirty-seventh episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos and the eleventh of the show's third season. Its teleplay was written by Terence Winter from a story idea by Winter and Tim Van Patten...

" the night Tony showed up late for dinner, but with the addition of a long, black, silky scarf around her neck. She invites him in, saying that dinner is almost ready. As the Aquatones play quietly in the background, Tony and Gloria happily toast the occasion, she from a glass, and he with the bottle. Gloria then pulls out a chair for Tony at her table, which is set in a manner reminiscent of the way she had it set for their previous dinner date that was spoiled. As Tony sits in the chair with Gloria in his lap, they gaze into each other's eyes, and in perhaps the most tender moment of their relationship, Tony begins to lovingly kiss and caress her. Just then the oven rings, and Gloria gently rises to tend to the roast. As she walks over to the oven, her long scarf drapes across Tony, and is symbolically stretched around his neck before softly falling to the floor. While Gloria is basting the meat, tiny bits of plaster begin to fall down in front of Tony. When he looks up, he sees that the ceiling is badly cracked, and the chandelier is under great stress, almost as if it is being pulled out. Gloria is suddenly back at the table and offers Tony a choice between seeing what she has under her dress or under her scarf. Noticing that Tony's eyes are fixed on her neck, she smiles, then playfully reaches to remove her scarf. We don't see what Tony sees (presumably rope burns from her hanging herself), but it causes him to wake up with a start. He makes his way to the bathroom for some medication.

Brian Cammarata, the Sopranos' new financial advisor, pays them a visit and Tony signs the new trust papers to Carmela's delight. Tony also puts Brian in touch with Patsy Parisi as he spots his taste for fine tailoring.

Later, A.J. and his girlfriend, Devin, are interrupted by Carmela while making out on the sofa. They leave to find somewhere quiet and Devin orders a car service to take them to Meadow
Meadow Soprano
Meadow Mariangela Soprano , played by Jamie-Lynn Sigler, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos.-Character:Meadow is the first-born child of Tony and Carmela Soprano...

's work, as A.J. thinks she might let them use her room. They are shocked at the neighborhood where Meadow volunteers and disappointed when she laughs off their request. Later on, A.J. and Matt visit Devin at her house, which is vast and filled with such artifacts as Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...

 originals and a mint condition
Mint condition
Mint condition is an expression used in the description of pre-owned goods. Originally, the phrase comes from the way collectors describe the condition of coins. As the name given to a coin factory is a "mint", then mint condition is the condition a coin is in as it leaves the mint...

 first pressing of Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul
Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock group The Beatles, released in December 1965. Produced by George Martin, Rubber Soul had been recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market...

. A.J. is shocked and somewhat intimidated by Devin's wealth and tells her she should have said something.

Tony continues his string of good deeds
Good works
Good works, or simply works, within Christian theology are a person's actions or deeds, contrasting with interior qualities such as grace or faith.The New Testament exhibits a tension between two aspects of grace:...

 by organizing a night at a Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

 concert for Carmela, Chris, Adriana, Brian and his wife, Janelle Cammarata. Adriana pulls out, afraid of spending too much time with the people she is supposed to be collecting evidence about. This makes way for Carmela's planned date for Furio and Liz, although once they are there she seems less than happy with her matchmaking
Matchmaking
Matchmaking is any process of matching two people for the purpose of marriage or a sporting contest.-Practice:In some cultures, the role of the matchmaker was and is quite professionalized...

. Tony also treats Janice
Janice Soprano
Janice Soprano Baccalieri, played by Aida Turturro, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. She is Tony Soprano's elder sister. A young Janice has appeared in flashbacks, played by Madeline Blue and Juliet Fox.-Biography:...

 to dinner at Nuovo Vesuvio. They get along well for once, remembering their mother's fondness for sucking marrow
Bone marrow
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the interior of bones. In humans, bone marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. On average, bone marrow constitutes 4% of the total body mass of humans; in adults weighing 65 kg , bone marrow accounts for approximately 2.6 kg...

 out of bones. Tony congratulates Janice on her relationship with Bobby Baccalieri
Bobby Baccalieri
Robert "Bobby Bacala" Baccalieri, Jr., played by Steve R. Schirripa, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series The Sopranos. He was a Capo and later the acting underboss of the DiMeo Crime Family, as well as Tony Soprano's brother-in-law...

. Janice responds by telling Tony what he needed to hear: he always reaches out to her when it counts.

Artie delivers Tony's money to Jean-Philippe outside Vesuvio. Later, he is unable to get hold of Jean-Phillipe on the phone but Elodie distracts Artie by flirting with him. Artie eventually decides to visit Jean-Philippe at home, prepping himself in the mirror and rehearsing the conversation on the way. He dresses in a navy blue
Navy blue
Navy blue is a very dark shade of the color blue which almost appears as black. Navy blue got its name from the dark blue worn by officers in the British Royal Navy since 1748 and subsequently adopted by other navies around the world....

 turtleneck shirt and black leather jacket, trying to look as intimidating as possible. Jean-Philippe implies that he will not be able to repay the debt and Artie attacks him. Jean-Philippe gets the better of it and rips out Artie's pierced earring before throwing him out. Artie goes home, overdoses on alcohol and pills, and calls Tony, who has just finished having sex with an Icelandic
Icelanders
Icelanders are a Scandinavian ethnic group and a nation, native to Iceland.On 17 June 1944, when an Icelandic republic was founded the Icelanders became independent from the Danish monarchy. The language spoken is Icelandic, a North Germanic language, and Lutheranism is the predominant religion...

 woman. Artie apologizes and declares himself a failure. Tony deduces that his friend is trying to kill himself, so he phones an ambulance.

When he visits Artie in the hospital, Tony is angry and sympathetic at the same time. After mentioning that Artie missed his first payment, Tony allows Artie to clear his tab
Bill (payment)
A bill or invoice is a document requesting payment for an order previously supplied. Presentation of a bill is common practice on the part of credit card companies, utilities, and other service providers...

 at Vesuvio in lieu of payment and then assumes responsibility for collecting the debt so that Artie no longer owes him money. Artie expresses admiration that Tony can "think 20 steps ahead" by subconsciously foreseeing the deal going bad. Tony is furious at the suggestion, perhaps because it hits too close to home. Later in therapy, he tells Dr. Melfi about Artie and then of his decision to put it behind him by donating money to a suicide hotline
Crisis hotline
A crisis hotline is a phone number people can call to get immediate emergency telephone counseling, usually by trained volunteers. Such hotlines have existed in most major cities of the United States at least since the mid-1970s. Initially set up to help those contemplating suicide, many have...

 in Gloria's name. Later, Jean-Philippe opens his door to Furio, who was sent by Tony to collect the debt. The episode closes with A.J. hanging out with his friends and being unable to answer the question as to why his dad does not have "Don Corleone
Corleone family
The Corleone family is a fictional Sicilian Mafia family settled in New York City. The family was created by Mario Puzo and appears in his 1969 novel The Godfather, as well as the acclaimed film trilogy of the same name directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The family was founded by Vito Corleone , who...

 money".

Music

  • "Ballin' Out Of Control" - Jermaine Dupri, Featuring Nate Dogg
  • "Em'Ma" - Manu Dibango
    Manu Dibango
    -External links:*...

  • "I Only Have Eyes For You" - The Flamingos
    The Flamingos
    The Flamingos were a doo wop group from the United States, most popular in the mid to late 1950s and best known for their 1959 cover version of "I Only Have Eyes for You".-Early quintet:...

  • "Island In The Sun" - Weezer
    Weezer
    Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...

  • "Kentucky Fried Flow" - Armand Van Helden
  • "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
    Scenes From An Italian Restaurant
    "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" is a song from Billy Joel's 1977 album The Stranger.Although never released as a single, it has become one of Joel's most celebrated compositions among fans, appearing on most of his compilation albums. The song is effectively a medley of three individual songs...

    " - Billy Joel
    Billy Joel
    William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...

  • "Take Me For A Little While" - Dave Edmunds
    Dave Edmunds
    David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

  • "Tout Simplement" - Bibe
  • "Untitled" (How Does It Feel?) - D'Angelo
    D'Angelo
    Michael Eugene Archer , better known by his stage name D'Angelo, is an American R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his production and songwriting talents as much as for his vocal abilities, and often draws comparisons to his influences,...

  • "You" - The Aquatones
    The Aquatones
    The Aquatones were a doo-wop group in the 1950s who charted just once with "You", a ballad which was also covered by Gale Storm.The lead singer was Lynne Nixon a soprano....


First appearances

  • Devin Pillsbury: A.J.'s girlfriend.
  • Matt Testa: A.J.'s friend.

Deceased

  • Gloria Trillo: Tony learns of Gloria's suicide by hanging in this episode.
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