The Sopranos (TV Series)

Johnny Cakes (2006)

Lorraine Bracco: Dr. Jennifer Melfi

Quotes 

• Tony Soprano : [referring to AJ]  the kid spends every fuckin night in some club in New York, sleeps until noon, puts in a couple hours at Blockbuster and that's it. Since my injury like I told you I've been "perceptive". Be grateful for what you've got, but maybe that's wrong, maybe I should be on the kid. My dad would've kicked my lazy ass out of the house.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Really?

  Tony Soprano : [Referring to Tony's father committing that act when someone couldn't pay the debt back the debt to Tony's father]  it's the chopping off of the guy's finger right? I never should've told you that because that's all you fixate on with him.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Can you emphasize with AJ at that age?

  Tony Soprano : Yeah I had some problems at school but I didn't vegetate

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : These are different times, young people are bombarded with so much information and so much input of every kind, consequently true adulthood is delayed. Sociologists say the new 26 is in fact the new 21

  Tony Soprano : And the new 26 is what? I'm 46 so that means I'm 35?

• Tony Soprano : It's like a "bad smell", in the house: it's always "hanging there", the "odor" is no good for me and Carmela and arguing with AJ is no kind of aphrodisiac, I'll tell you that

  Tony Soprano : [when she doesn't respond]  Just when I was beginning to feel physically good again like my own self

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Good, I see

  Tony Soprano : [referring to having an extra marital affair]  But honestly though, no one could blame a man for seeking an extra-curricular outlet in a situation like this

  Tony Soprano : [when she doesn't verbally respond]  Don't give me that look: you're always telling me I'm "projecting", now your "projecting"

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : So, you're not seeking an extra-curricular outlet?

  Tony Soprano : [adamantly]  No, I was just being theoretical: what Carmela did for me when I was hurt, the way she took care of me, nursed me back to health. You think I'm gonna fuckin betray that?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Is it possible on some level you blame her for AJ's problems?

  Tony Soprano : I don't know... no. Carmela's a good mother: she did her best. Could you just give me some practical advice? For once? Tell me what the fuck to do with my son?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Well, I think it's entirely appropriate for you and Carmela to tell AJ you have certain expectations of him. Particularly, since his living in your home, the most important thing is that you and Carmela are in agreement on the issues. That you don't undercut each other or act at cross purposes

• Dr. Jennifer Melfi : My father is an old man: it's ridiculous to let himself disintegrate like this

  Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : How's it going with patient Soprano?

  Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : [when she doesn't respond]  What?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm talking about my father

  Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : I thought you were done

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It happens too often

  Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : I think that's a non-secular accusation

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Why don't you just admit he's a gangster? He was gunned down and you're into "it" on a "tabloid level"

  Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : You devoted quite a chunk of your last visit to him, I'm... responding to that

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Nothing's changed, ok? He refuses to engage on the trauma his uncle caused and I think it's just a matter of time before he totally decompensates

  Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Has he cried or reported crying at all about this man "Buster"?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [correcting him]  "Junior," no

  Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : This Omertà concept comes from a pre-therapeutic culture

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : This isn't Omertà, it's "something" else