Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...

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“Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...”
The Sopranos episode
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 70
Written by Terence Winter
Directed by Steve Buscemi
Guest stars see below
Production no. 605
Original airdate April 9, 2006 (HBO)
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"Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request..." is the seventieth episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos, and the fifth of the show's sixth season. The episode was written by Terence Winter, directed by Steve Buscemi and originally aired on April 9, 2006.

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[edit] Episode recap

Johnny Sacrimoni is granted a six-hour supervised release from prison in order to attend his daughter Allegra's wedding. Even from prison, Johnny lords over the planning of the event and tries to keep his family focused on the big day. He later mentions the price tag for the wedding approaches half a million dollars.

Although still recovering from his gunshot wound, Tony is ready to go back to work. He has a new bodyguard and driver, Perry Annunziata, a former bodybuilder Tony calls "Muscles Marinara". Tony notices Perry's large arms on their first trip together and tries to impress him with tales of his previous athletic prowess. The bodyguard nearly accosts two truck drivers who cut him off and swear at him, but Tony calms down the young man without incident.

Tony's first day back at work mostly involves playing cards and being waited on by his crew. Vito is seen winning a hand suggesting that only Vito is playing for real. Phil Leotardo arrives and seeks a private talk with Tony. Phil informs Tony that Johnny wants him to take care of killing Rusty Millio, fearing that with him in prison, Rusty may find himself another "puppet" to control and wage another power struggle, much like he did with Little Carmine; Tony refuses the request. Before Tony arrives home, Carmela walks down the driveway to fetch the newspaper (as Tony has done in previous episodes). When Carmela sees the headline touting Junior Soprano's "cushy psych lockup", she throws that particular section in the trash before Tony can see it.

After hours at the Bing, Ahmed and Mohammed pay Christopher Moltisanti for credit card numbers and security codes. The pair ask him about getting some semi-automatic weapons. Christopher has to take a phone call before he can respond.

As Allegra's wedding approaches, Tony pressures Meadow about when she's getting married and giving him grandchildren. Tony tells her the shooting has changed the way he looks at things. At the wedding, when asked by U.S. Marshals to remove his shoes at a security check point, Tony collapses. During the wedding reception party to follow, Tony is able to talk to Johnny Sack for the first time since he was shot and Johnny was arrested. As a personal favor, Johnny asks Tony to perform the hit on Rusty. Surrounded by U.S. Marshals, Tony and Johnny join Johnny's father and elderly relatives at a large table and discuss the situation in code. Reluctantly Tony agrees to the hit. Later, when Tony talks to Christopher about farming out the job to associates in Italy, Chris disagrees, saying they should keep the job in-house.

As the reception party winds down, the send-off for the bride and groom is interrupted by U.S. Marshals whisking in to return Sack to prison. Johnny's wife Ginny faints. An emotional Johnny tears up and cries openly in front of all in attendance as Marshals haul him away. After Sack is gone, members of Tony's crew discuss the scene with Phil and members of the New York family. Phil suggests that Johnny is weak and can likely be made to talk by the government. Christopher sides with Phil, again disagreeing with Tony, who defends Johnny's display of emotion.

Returned to prison, Johnny's back in his orange prison jumpsuit. Meanwhile, Junior Soprano checks into a psychiatric facility. Junior tells his attorney he's innocent, "why would I shoot my own nephew?" he asks. When pressed, he says it was a "gun malfunction" and begs to go home.

After an early departure from the wedding reception and once home, Vito informs his wife he's heading out to make collections, but instead goes to a gay fetish club. Sporting leather fetish garb, Vito dances with a bare chested man "in nipple rings", Rick ( played by Anthony Stropoli) and offers to buy him a drink, but on the way to the bar he runs into two New York associates who are there making collections. Although Vito tries to play it off as a joke, they call him a "fag" and leave. Vito returns home, gets a gun from his bedroom and checks into a hotel. He makes a 3 A.M. call to Silvio Dante to ask if everything is okay, Vito makes no further contact with anyone and does not return subsequent calls from Tony.

Tony talks to Dr. Melfi about his crew and their perception of him. "People misinterpret, they see an opportunity, they think you're weak", Tony complains. Melfi suggests he act as if he is fine, and do something to let the guys know he remains a decisive leader. Tony arrives at the pork store and sees the crew sunning themselves and playing basketball. Tony sizes up the crew, seemingly to try to determine whom is the most physically impressive. He chooses his young bodyguard, Perry. Tony tries to bait him into a confrontation but Perry does not respond. With his crew looking on, Tony sucker punches his bodyguard, starting a fight that ends with Perry bleeding on the floor and Tony walking away seemingly unscathed.

After the altercation, Tony retreats to the bathroom and vomits up blood. Leaning on the bathroom sink and looking at himself in the mirror, Tony gives himself a twisted, satisfied smile. The moment is short-lived, however, as Tony has to make his way to the toilet again to vomit up more blood.

[edit] Title reference

  • The title is the first words on the wedding invitation for John and Ginny's daughter, Allegra. It is also likely a reference to John's request that Tony and the New Jersey family kill Rusty Millio.

[edit] Production

  • Blooper: At the Bing in the scene where Ahmed and Muhammad speak to Christopher about the guns, Christopher's stripper is initially seen topless. When Christopher's associate calls for him, suddenly the stripper has her top back on, and in the following scene depicting her, she is once again topless.
  • The location of the marriage scene is at "Leonard's" of Great Neck on Northern Boulevard in Long Island, New York.
  • Carmela picks up The Star Ledger bearing a picture of Uncle Junior on the cover. This scene can be argued as part of the traditional newspaper sequence which occurs usually in the season premiere of each season. The sixth season premiere instead featured an opening montage of the characters showcasing what had happened in the past two years.
  • When dressing for his court appearance, it is specifically stated that Johnny Sack wears a Brioni suit. This is a possible reference to "Dapper Don" John Gotti, who also favored Brioni when going to court.
  • Despite sharing the same last name, Caitlin Van Zandt, who plays Johnny Sack's daughter Allegra, is not related to Steven and Maureen Van Zandt.


[edit] Music

When Vito is at the motel "The Three Bells" (Little Jimmy Brown) by Browns [[1]]

The Song played over the end credits is "Every Day of the Week" by The Students.

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