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Biography

A.J. is a constant source of anxiety for his parents. A constant underachiever, and diagnosed as borderline ADD, he crashed his mother Carmela's car, smoked marijuana at his own confirmation, got drunk on stolen communion wine, vandalized his school swimming pool, and was finally expelled after cheating on a test. As a result, he was almost sent to military school, until it was discovered that he suffers from the same panic attacks that plagued his father and grandfather. Instead, he was sent to another private school. DISCLAIMER Please remember that Wikipedia is offered for informational use only. ... Carmela Soprano née DeAngelis is the wife of fictional mafia boss Tony Soprano and lead female character on the HBO television series, The Sopranos, played by Edie Falco. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ... Confirmation can refer to: Confirmation (sacrament) Confirmation (epistemology) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Eucharist (disambiguation). ... Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure, a symbol or anything else that goes against the will of the owner/governing body. ... There are three types of military academies: High school level institutions (up to age 19), university level institutions, and those only serving to prepare officer cadets for commissioning into the armed services of a state ( such as RMA Sandhurst ). United States usage The term Military School primarily refers to (middle... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Tony and Carmela's concern has turned to A.J.'s future; Tony has no desire to groom his son into a position within his organization. In the fifth season of the show, A.J. displayed an unexpected interest in pursuing a career in event planning, but he has since derided his parents' mentions of it.

In seasons 2–5, A.J. was portrayed as a fan of heavy metal, with product placements (shirts, coats, and posters) of bands like Pantera, Slipknot, Coal Chamber, and Machine Head. Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, that formed in 1981. ... Slipknot (sometimes typeset as SlipKnoT to fit their logo) is a band made up of nine members from Des Moines, Iowa. ... Coal Chamber was a nu metal band from Los Angeles, CA, USA formed in 1994. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In "Full Leather Jacket", A.J. says that he wants to go to Harvard University or West Point for college. Tony dismisses the idea as unrealistic given A.J's academic performance. Full Leather Jacket is the 21st episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... USMA redirects here. ...

In Season 6, A.J. admits to his parents that he has flunked out of college, a worrying parallel to Tony's own youth. A.J. acquired a large knife and went to the institution Uncle Junior was being held at in a futile effort to exact revenge for his father. He was arrested, but later released without charge thanks to his father's political connections. At this time he has been seen delving into the New York City club scene and experimenting with cocaine. “New York, NY” redirects here. ... Cocaine (see also: crack) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

After several days of claiming to be searching for jobs on the Internet with no result, Tony intervened and arranged a construction job for his son, but A.J. was reluctant to accept because of the early hours and outdoor work. Tony became angry and smashed the windshield of A.J.'s SUV, and warned A.J. not to put him to the test. A.J. reluctantly went to work at the construction site and there he met Blanca Selgado, whom he began dating. Blanca, who was Puerto Rican, and had a 3-year-old son named Hector, met with Carmella's disapproval. Tony however was more approving of the relationship satisfied that Blanca was Catholic like the Sopranos at least. The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Sopranos that are friends or family of the Sopranos. ...

In 2007, A.J. proposes to Blanca at a fancy restaurant dinner by telling her that he will own a couple restaurants in a couple years. However, Blanca soon gives the ring back and breaks up with him, leaving A.J. severely depressed. He quits his job and mopes about until his father forces him to attend a frat party with the college-age relatives of his fellow mafioso. A.J. grudgingly attends but soon starts to enjoy himself. Several of the boys run a sports betting operation at the college and after a night of drinking, they beat and torture a man who neglected to pay them by pouring acid on his foot. A.J. joins in to help forget his women problems. Later he joins his new friends again when one of them carelessly opens the door of his car, hitting a passerby on a bicycle. They make racial slurs towards to man, and blame the accident on him. His friends attack the man, AJ is not helping them, but he does throw the man's bike in front of a moving car where it is crushed. Following that AJ is seen at his psychiatrist telling him that he is once again depressed about the world due to that incident. Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. ...

This depression would lead to a botched suicide attempt, wherein he tied a brick to his leg with a too-long length of rope and attempted to drown himself in the pool at the Soprano home. His father heard his cries for help and dove into the pool and rescued him. He was then placed in a facility to get psychiatric care. After he is released, he hangs around with an ex-girlfriend of his former friend Hernan. After he starts to despair aloud when Tony tells him that his uncle Bobby has been shot dead, Tony drags him out of his bed and tells him to pack as the family leaves home quickly to elude a possible attack by the Lupertazzi Crime Family. The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Sopranos that are friends or family of the Sopranos. ... Robert Bobby Bacala Baccalieri, Jr. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

In the final episode, A.J. is in his Nissan Xterra with his new girlfriend and starts making out with her, but they both rush out of the vehicle when it catches fire due to A.J. parking it over a pile of leaves. He later decides he wants to join the U.S. Army, but it talked out of it by his parents and girlfriend. Instead, Tony gets him a job working for Little Carmine's production company. This sense of direction seems to end A.J.'s depression and he is last seen having dinner with his family. The Nissan Xterra is a compact SUV based on the Nissan F-Alpha platform, and shares many similarities with the Nissan Frontier pickup. ... Carmine Little Carmine Lupertazzi, Jr. ...

External links

• HBO Profile: Anthony Soprano, Jr.