Review of Eloise

The Sopranos: Eloise (2002)
Season 4, Episode 12
10/10
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13 September 2022
Carmela suffers emotionally and directs her anger at others, whilst Tony's issues with the New York family continue.

This is a very strong episode with great performances and characters moments.

The plot is focussed on characters like Carmela, Tony, Meadow, Paulie, and Furio. With the strongest scenes for me involving Carmela. There are some brilliantly written scenes where her unhappiness comes out quite bitterly and her interactions with people are excruciating to watch.

Edie Falco and Jamie-Lynn Sigler are awesome throughout the episode. Falco is an incredible actress with phenomenal range and Sigler holds her own with energy and intensity. They are so realistic as mother and daughter my head is always in my hands listening to them in certain scenes.

This is the worst episode of the worst season for the soullessly selfish behaviour of Paulie Wallnuts. Aside from all the fickleness and backstabbing, he does something truly reprehensible. There are still humorous aspects to the portrayal, but the writers do a good job of making the character less appealing to audiences than during previous seasons.

More than anything Eloise does an exceptionally good job of setting up a pretty explosive season finale. Everything we see Carmela go through is key for what happens next.

Some of the cinematography is exceptionally good, particularly one shot of a character looking into an empty house.

For me it's a 9.5/10 but I round upwards.
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