This is a personal favorite episode of mine. Also has one of the funniest exchanges between Meadow and Tony when he's upset because she didn't ask how her uncle's father died. "People say 'Joe Blow died'. No one asks 'How? What happened?'!" That scene of Silvio losing it over the guy sweeping is probably one of the funniest scenes in the entire show. Robert Patrick's arc on the Sopranos and his great work at portraying a doomed character have stuck with me. He had both aspirations & demons, and he was chewed up and spit out by the Family just like Adriana & so many others. A subtle moment I think that is important on this episode is the hesitation Tony shows right before he opens the door to slap around Davey ( who is doing a good job btw) but I think that small hesitation shows that Tony really doesn't really wanna do this to Dave, but its how he makes a living. "Frog on a Scorpion" The saddest part is that the happy wanderer Dave has to fill up his emptiness with gambling...even tough he had a wife and son and was a shop owner. That's not what i understand as a happy wanderer, but its a statement: this so called Happy Wanderers aren't actually as happy and carefree as they seem.
Review of The Happy Wanderer
