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"Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office" is the 14th episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. It was the first episode for the show's second season. The episode was written by Jason Cahill and was directed by Allen Coulter. It originally aired on Sunday January 16, 2000. The Sopranos is an American television drama broadcast on HBO about a Mafia family in Northern New Jersey. ...
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Guest Starring roles
- Jerry Adler as Hesh Rabkin
- Lillo Brancato Jr. as Matthew Bevilaqua
- George Loros as Raymond Curto
- Suzanne Shepherd as Mary De Angelis
- Tom Alderidge as Hugh De Angelis
- Nicole Burdette as Barbara Soprano Giglione
- Ed Vassalo as Tom Giglione
- Chris Tardio as Sean Gismonte
- Oksana Lada as Irina Peltsin
- Dan Grimaldi as Philly "Spoons" Parisi
- John Fiore as Gigi Cestone
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Episode recap Several months after Mikey Palmice's execution and Livia's hospitalization, things are back to business once again. Tony begins to self-medicating and has not been recieving regular therapy sessions. Melfi begins conducting therapy sessions at a motel after being warned that her office is no longer safe. Christopher hires another man to take his Stock Broker's licensing exam. Uncle Junior is in jail. Carmela continues to play the role of "housewife". Livia begins receiving physical therapy which she scheeves. Raymond continues to bring in the money for Tony as does Paulie and Silvio who indulge in designer shoes and Bada Bing strippers. Tony continues to see his Russian goomara Irina and hides that he was out all night by doing a load of laundry. He then sneaks into bed and falls asleep. The following morning, as Tony goes to fetch the paper he sees a Cadillac car heading toward his drive. Tony hurries away thinking this may be a hit, only for Pussy to emerge. Tony yells "you've been gone all these months...and this is how you come back to me!" Holiday Inn Great Sign Exterior of a Howard Johnsons motor lodge. ...
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Tony and Pussy then go down to the basement where they discuss why Pussy was absent all those months. Pussy tries to explain that he was in Puerto Rico because of his back and he did not want to tell his wife since he met a girl while there and that he no longer felt safe in New Jersey. Tony still does not trust Pussy and as he goes to hug him he pats him down. Pussy becomes offended at this but Tony continues to hug him for real this time. At the Bada Bing, the associates welcome Pussy and Silvio entertains the group with The Godfather impressions. The Godfather is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name, written by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. ...
The following day, Christopher is made the head of a stock broker firm and is pressuring people to push a new stock, Webistics which in reality a scam. When Christopher takes a "meeting" down the shore (with Adriana), he places Matt Bevilaqua a fellow stockbroker in charge. While Matt is doing his rounds with friend Sean to make sure people are advising Webistics, they discover one broker is not doing as he is told. They proceed to pour hot coffee on him and beat him very badly forcing him to push Webistics. The former manager tells them to break it up but is threatened by Matt to go back to his office. The following day, Tony receives a phone call from the firm stating that Christopher is not doing his jobs and that two people left because of an incident. Tony tells Christopher to be careful and to make himself aware at the firm instead of being a "no-show".
Tony then receives a phone call from Carmela who informs him that his long lost sister, Janice has resurfaced and is looking for rooms. Tony says "you gotta be shitting me?" He invites Janice to stay over but knows that when she leaves he will be "$5,000.00 lighter". Tony then suggests to Carmela that they have a big family reunion with Tony's other sister Barbara and all of the children except that Livia is uninvited.
While driving, Tony has a panic attack and gets into a car accident after driving off the road. Tony sustains any injuries but meets with another psychiatrist to discuss his panic attacks and his mother. When the psychiatrist learns who Tony really is, he informs him that he is not taking new clients at this time.
Tony then talks with Janice about Livia and that he never wants her spoken of in the Soprano house again. Janice understands what is going on but will continue to see Livia and possibly vacate her house. Tony tells her that it is not possible since Tony is selling the house. Janice tries to convince him not to but Tony has his mind made up. Tony and Carmela are soon asked to the house by a realtor who informs them that Livia's house was trashed. Carmela then asks when he is getting back into therapy and that her parents will be coming to the party as well.
At the party, everyone seems to have a good time except for Tony who is angered about his mother and Carmela asks the question once again "When are you getting back into therapy?" Tony states that he does not know but that he has been self medicating. Carmela then suggests that he go have a good time with his friends and family and not worry about Livia. Tony does so and continues to joke around with Pussy. Meanwhile, Janice and Barbara are talking about Tony's handeling of the situation. Janice thinks that no one is going to get their fair share from the house but Barbara believes that Tony is handeling the situation very well and that he will give them both their equal halves.
Tony orders a hit on Philly "Spoons" Parisi, an active soldier in the Junior Soprano crew who has been spreading rumours regarding Tony attempting to suffocate his own mother. Tony asks Gigi Cestone to do the hit so that it will not look obvious. When Gigi gets out of Philly what he knows, when Philly drops Gigi off at his destination he shoots him in the head. Gigi then exits the car to proceed into another. When everything is once again safe, Tony calls Melfi from a payphone to tell her she can go home. The following morning at a diner, Tony tries to apologize to Dr. Melfi who is extremely upset that she could not help another patient who committed suicide. Tony feels bad but tries to ask her if he can come back. She tells him to get out of her life and he continues to leave the diner. Tony then goes home to have lunch with Carmela who is excited that he is home early.
First appearances - Janice Soprano (aka Parvati Wasatch): Tony's sister who has resurfaced after a 20 year absence while living in Seattle, Washington.
- Barbara Soprano Giglione: Tony's younger sister who lives in Brewster, New York.
- Matt Bevilaqua and Shawn Gismonte: Stock brokers at Christopher's firm who are looking get themselves recognized by the Soprano family.
- Gigi Cestone: a soldier in the Aprile crew.
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Deceased - Philly "Spoons" Parisi: killed for spreading rumors that Tony likes to "fluff his mother's pillows".
Trivia - The episode marks the first appearance of Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano aka Parvati Wasatch.
- Dan Grimaldi, who plays Philly "Spoons" Parisi in this episode will go on to play Patsy Parisi (Philly's twin) in future episodes.
Aida Turturro (born September 25, 1962) is an American actress who is most well-known for playing Janice Soprano, sister of New Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, on the HBO, TV series, The Sopranos, a role which netted her an Emmy Award nomination. ...
Dan Grimaldi is an Italian-American actor who is most well-known for his role as Patsy Parisi on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos. ...
Title reference - The episode's title is intended to be the beginning of a joke (e.g. Guy walks into a bar).
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