| “Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood” | | The Sopranos episode |
 | | Episode no. | Season 3
Episode 27 | | Guest star(s) | see below | | Writer(s) | David Chase | | Director | Allen Coulter | | Production no. | 302 (3-1) | | Original airdate | March 4, 2001 (HBO) | | Episode chronology | | ← Previous | Next → | | "Funhouse" | "Proshai, Livushka" | | Episode chronology The Sopranos is an American television drama broadcast on HBO about a fictional Italian-American Mafia family in Northern New Jersey. ...
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David Chase (born David DeCesare—although some sources list his birth name as David Del Cesare—August 22, 1945 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American television writer, director and producer. ...
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Funhouse is the 26th episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. ...
Proshai, Livushka is the 28th episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. ...
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| "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood" is the 27th episode of the HBO original series, The Sopranos. It was the first episode for the show's third season. The episode was written by David Chase and was directed by Allen Coulter. It originally aired on Sunday March 4, 2001. For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ...
The Sopranos is an American television drama broadcast on HBO about a fictional Italian-American Mafia family in Northern New Jersey. ...
David Chase (born David DeCesare—although some sources list his birth name as David Del Cesare—August 22, 1945 in Mount Vernon, New York) is an American television writer, director and producer. ...
Allen Coulter is the director of a number of successful television programs. ...
March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ...
2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Guest Starring roles
Jerry Adler (born February 4, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American television and film actor best known for his roles as Herman Hesh Rabkin on The Sopranos, Mr. ...
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Saundra Santiago (born April 13, 1957 in The Bronx, New York) is an American actress, best known for her role as Detective Gina Calabrese on the 1980s TV show Miami Vice. ...
The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Sopranos that are friends or family of the Sopranos. ...
Raos Restaurant was founded in 1896 in East Harlem, New York City. ...
A major plotline on the fictional HBO drama, The Sopranos, has been the FBIs ongoing pursuit of the DiMeo (NJ) and Lupertazzi (Brooklyn) crime families. ...
Louis Lombardi is an American actor. ...
A major plotline on the fictional HBO drama, The Sopranos, has been the FBIs ongoing pursuit of the DiMeo (NJ) and Lupertazzi (Brooklyn) crime families. ...
A major plotline on the fictional HBO drama, The Sopranos, has been the FBIs ongoing pursuit of the DiMeo (NJ) and Lupertazzi (Brooklyn) crime families. ...
A major plotline on the fictional HBO drama, The Sopranos, has been the FBIs ongoing pursuit of the DiMeo (NJ) and Lupertazzi (Brooklyn) crime families. ...
The following is a listing of fictional characters from the HBO series, The Sopranos that are friends or family of the Sopranos. ...
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. ...
Pasquale Patsy Parisi, played by Dan Grimaldi, is one of Tony Sopranos men on the fictional HBO TV series, The Sopranos. ...
Eugene Pontecorvo is a fictional character in the popular HBO television series The Sopranos. ...
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Episode recap After the FBI loses another informant, Agent Lipari recalls that Tony takes his associates down to his basement to discuss private matters. If the FBI were to obtain a search warrant, they would be able to keep a high level of surveillance on the Soprano home. Agent Cubitoso and Harris go to obtain the court order but are warned by the judge not to linger there for too long. The FBI discover a one hour and forty-five minute period each Tuesday when nobody is home. When the Sopranos leave for their activities on Tuesday and the maid goes to English lessons and a picnic with her husband, the FBI then break into the Soprano home to look around. They discover in the basement a lamp which could serve as a decoy for a hidden microphone. They then hurry and plan to come back the following Tuesday to plant the device. However, the Sopranos as well as the FBI are soon shocked when their water heater explodes and the basement is flooded. They are then forced to gather old relics and boxes before they are destroyed by the water. Tony then calls on Mr. Ruggerio to ask him to fix the mess. The following week, after the water heater is fixed and the basement was put back in order, they plant the new lamp and quickly leave before the maid arrives back from lunch.
Meanwhile, Meadow is adjusting to life at Columbia University where she meets her very energetic but homesick roommate, Caitlin. AJ is cutting classes to smoke cigarettes with friends. Carmela begins taking tennis lessons with Adriana. She is soon upset when she discovers the coach she had expected is moving away and has been replaced with a woman who has more of an interest in Adriana. Columbia University is a private research university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...
Tony is still running the DiMeo crime family and is concerned about a possible garbage war involving his company, Barone Sanitation. He then gathers with his friends at Satriale's where he finds a still distraught Patsy Parisi mourning over his deceased twin brother. Tony acts as if he does not know what actually happened but Patsy knows Tony had something to do with it. The following day while the FBI watches, Patsy aims a gun at Tony from the pool patio. He then puts the gun down and pees in the pool instead.
Title reference - Mr. Ruggerio is the neighborhood plumber in Tony's area.
- Like Tony in this episode, real-life Mafioso Angelo Ruggiero had his house bugged by the FBI, yielding crucial evidence that lead to the indictment of John Gotti.
- The title is also a reference to the children's television show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Angelo Quack Quack Ruggiero (1941-1989) was a New York mobster and member of the Gambino crime family. ...
For other persons named John Gotti, see John Gotti (disambiguation). ...
Mister Rogers Neighborhood or as spelled on IMDb (Internet Movie Database) MisteRogers Neighborhood was an American childrens television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. ...
Trivia - Although this episode aired first, "Proshai, Livushka" was the first to be shot.
- The episode was part one of a two-hour season premiere when it originally aired in 2001.
- Joe Pantoliano (Ralph Cifaretto), Federico Casteluccio (Furio Giunta), Steve R. Schirripa (Bobby "Bacala" Baccalieri) and Robert Funaro (Eugene Pontecorvo) are now billed in the opening credits.
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