"The Sopranos"
Bust-Out (2000)

Regisseur:

John Patterson

Drehbuchautoren:

David Chase (creator) and
Daniel Attias (teleplay)

TV-Serie:

"The Sopranos" (1999)

Erstausstrahlung:

19. März 2000 (Staffel 2, Folge 10)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

Tony continues putting the squeeze on David, while Ritchie discusses the possibility with Junior of removing some competition.

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Surveillance | Returning Character Killed Off | Cigar Smoking | Decapitation

Nutzerkommentare:

The honest guys and the crooks

Besetzung

James Gandolfini	...	Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco	...	Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco	...	Carmela Soprano
Dominic Chianese	...	Corrado 'Junior' Soprano
Steve Van Zandt	...	Silvio Dante (as Steven Van Zandt)
Tony Sirico	...	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
Robert Iler	...	Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano, Jr.
Jamie-Lynn Sigler	...	Meadow Soprano
Lillo Brancato	...	Matt Bevilaqua (as Lillo Brancato Jr.)
Aida Turturro	...	Janice Soprano
Federico Castelluccio	...	Furio Giunta
John Ventimiglia	...	Artie Bucco
Nancy Marchand	...	Livia Soprano
Vincent Pastore	...	Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero
David Proval	...	Richie Aprile

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Drehorte:

Ramsey Outdoor Store - 240 N. State Rt 17, Paramus, New Jersey, USA

Firma:

Brad Grey Television

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Enthält ausschnittsweise "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987)

Soundtrack:

Cast Your Fate to the Wind

The honest guys and the crooks

From Where to Eternity was a wonderful story, filled with meaning and symbols that are usually banned from crime fiction. By comparison, the tenth episode of Season Two looks completely formulaic, though its conventional nature hides a deeper look at conflicting attitudes to life.

The predictable element of Bust-Out is introduced in the opening sequence: apparently, someone saw Tony kill Matt Bevilaqua, and since this guy doesn't know who he is framing, his patriotism demands that he inform the authorities. Upon learning the startling news, Tony makes all kinds of arrangements so that he can disappear as soon as possible, although he keeps pressuring his old friend David Scatino (Robert Patrick) while he still has time, even if that means leading Dave towards bankruptcy. In the meantime, Richie asks Uncle Junior for help, as he isn't satisfied with his current earnings, while Pussy is told by Agent Lipari that if he had anything to do with the Bevilaqua hit (the witness couldn't identify the second shooter with certainty) he will go to jail automatically.

This episode's main charm consists of its retrieval of the Scatino character from The Happy Wanderer: whereas the previous episode was a metaphysical study of life and death, Bust-Out has a more down-to-earth approach in its analysis of radically opposed lives - David, who has always been an honest guy, is so desperate to get out of debt he eventually blows his own son's college fund and contemplates suicide right after doing so, while Tony, thanks to his attitude with people like Dave, is able to take AJ out on a fishing trip and spend some quality time with the kid without really deserving it. The juxtaposition of the two situations makes for one of the show's more tragic moments, perfectly rendered by an almost unrecognizable Patrick: watch the episode back-to-back with either Terminator 2 or the Law & Order: SVU ep where he played a child molester, and you'll hardly know it's the same actor.