In Camelot

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The Sopranos episode
“In Camelot”
Episode no. Season 5
Episode 59
Guest star(s) see below
Writer(s) Terence Winter
Director Steve Buscemi
Production no. 507
Original airdate April 19, 2004
Episode chronology
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Episode chronology

"In Camelot" is the 59th episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. It was the 7th episode for the show's fifth season. The episode was written by Terence Winter and was directed by Steve Buscemi. It originally aired on April 19, 2004.

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[edit] Guest starring roles

[edit] Episode recap

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

While at the cemetery for his Aunt Concetta's funeral, Tony sees an elderly lady at the gravesite of his parents. He asks if she was a friend of his mother, but he soon discovers he has met Fran Felstein, his father’s longtime goomara. Tony spends a lot of time with her and learns a lot about his father through her stories. He also discovers that his childhood dog, Tippy, was given to Fran’s family when Tony’s mother made his father give it away. Fran also tells Tony about her life, including all the times she resisted advances made to her by Junior and the one-time fling she had with President Kennedy.

According to Fran, Phil Leotardo and Hesh cheated her out of an investment Tony’s father had left for her. Tony tries to collect the money on her behalf, but when Phil avoids him, the two get involved in a car chase that results in Phil crashing his car.

Christopher spends a lot of time with J.T. Dolan, a friend he met in rehab. The two offer to support one another when they get the urge to use. Christopher introduces Dolan to high stakes poker, seemingly oblivious or indifferent as to the potential for his friend to channel his addiction problems into gambling. After Dolan runs up $57,000 in debt and starts missing payments, Christopher and Little Paulie give him a beating. J.T. loses some writing assignments, further escalating his problems. He eventually turns back to heroin, which causes Christopher to help direct him back toward rehab (after taking his car and making plans to collect more money later).

Tony’s relationship with Fran begins to sour. He realizes his father was often with her when he was needed at home, including one night when his mother was hospitalized after a miscarriage and Tony was forced to lie for his father. When he discusses these revelations with Dr. Melfi, she suggests he could have more sympathy for his mother. Tony remains ambivalent, remarking that she made his father give away Tippy.

As the episode closes, Tony is regaling his buddies at the Bada Bing with exaggerated accounts of Fran's involvement with JFK.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] First appearances

  • JT Dolan: Christopher's Alcoholics Anonymous friend who is also a screenwriter.

[edit] Deceased

  • Aunt Concetta: died of a heart attack while watching Meet the Press
  • Vincent Patronella: a friend of Uncle Junior's
  • Little boy: died in a jacuzzi; Uncle Junior and Bobby attend his funeral
  • Uncle Zio: died of natural causes; fifteen days after the death of his wife, Concetta

[edit] Title reference

  • Fran Felstein claimed to have an affair with President John F. Kennedy, whose period in history was known as Camelot.
  • The racetrack owned by Johnny Boy, Hesh and Phil Leotardo was named the Camelot Race Track.

[edit] Trivia

  • The song played during the end credits is "Melancholy Serenade", the theme from The Jackie Gleason Show which was composed by Gleason.
  • It seems that Livia never told Tony when she and Uncle Junior went to Johnny's grave with Anthony Jr. in the episode Boca as he mentions that she never rarely his father's grave.
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