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词条 Down Neck
释义

  1. Starring

     Guest starring  Also guest starring 

  2. Episode recap

  3. First appearances

  4. Title reference

  5. Cultural references

  6. References to past episodes

  7. Music

  8. See also

  9. Reception

  10. References

  11. External links

  12. External links

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| series = The Sopranos
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| episode = 7
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| airdate = February 21, 1999
| length = 51 minutes
| production = 107
| writer = Robin Green
Mitchell Burgess
| director = Lorraine Senna Ferrara
| photographer = Alik Sakharov
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"Down Neck" is the seventh episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos. It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, and directed by Lorraine Senna Ferrara. This episode is the only one in the entire series directed by a woman, aired on February 21, 1999.[1]

Starring

  • James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
  • Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi
  • Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
  • Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
  • Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
  • Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
  • Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
  • Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
  • Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr.
  • Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
  • Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano
* = credit only

Guest starring

  • Joseph Siravo as Johnny Boy Soprano
  • Laila Robbins as Young Livia Soprano
  • Rocco Sisto as Young Junior Soprano
  • David Beach as Dr. Peter Galani

Also guest starring

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  • Paul Albe as Contractor
  • Shirl Bernheim as Pearl
  • Madeline Blue as Janice
  • Bobby Boriello as Young Tony
  • Scott Owen Cumberbatch as Rideland Kid #2
  • Anthony Fusco as Father Hagy
  • Rob Grippa as Byron Barber
  • Jason Hauser as Rideland Cop
  • Michael B. Jordan as Rideland Kid
  • Greg Perrelli as Jared
  • Nick Raio as Wiseguy
  • Tim Realbuto as Jimmy
  • Steve Santosusso as Guy
  • Tim Williams as Mr. Meskimmin

}}

Episode recap

A.J. and his friends steal sacramental wine and turn up drunk at gym class. Tony and Carmela are called in to A.J.'s Catholic school. The principal is accompanied by the school psychologist, who tells them that A.J. may have ADD. The school is lenient in disciplining A.J. because of this, but are considering placing him in a special education class.

This incident prompts Tony to recall his own childhood when he first learned about his family's involvement in the Mafia. In therapy he discusses this with Dr. Melfi. Included in Tony's memory is the time his father wanted to move the family to Reno, Nevada, to manage a supper club for Rocco Alatore. Tony's mother refused and said she would rather suffocate the children than move. Tony, visiting his mother in the nursing home, asks her how Rocco is doing and she responds that Rocco is now a billionaire. Tony reminds her of the request to move and she denies that they were seriously considering moving or that she was involved in the decision to stay.

A.J. is punished by his parents and forbidden to watch TV, use the Internet or play Nintendo. He also has to visit his grandmother, Livia, at Green Grove. During one visit, A.J. discusses his encounter with a school therapist. When Livia reacts negatively, A.J. informs her that Tony is seeing a psychiatrist, something he learned after eavesdropping on a conversation between his parents. Livia is furious. Later, Livia is poised to pass on this information to Junior, but Tony unknowingly walks in before she can say anything about it.

First appearances

  • Johnny Soprano: Tony's deceased father who appears in flashbacks to his childhood. He was the long-time capo of the original Soprano crew (which later became known as the Gualtieri crew) until his death from emphysema in 1986.
  • Janice Soprano: Tony's older sister who appears as a child in flashbacks.
  • Barbara Soprano: Tony's younger sister who appears as an infant in flashbacks.

Title reference

  • "Down Neck" refers to the Ironbound section of Newark, New Jersey where Tony grew up.

Cultural references

  • While being tested for ADD, A.J. mentions the animated series South Park. He specifically mentions the first episode, "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe."

References to past episodes

  • When Carmela mentions Meadow's suspicions on Tony's true occupation, flashbacks from "College" appear briefly which includes Meadow asking him if he's in the Mafia and killing Febby.

Music

  • The song played on the television during Tony's flashback to 1967 was a live performance of "I've Been Lonely Too Long" by The Rascals on The Ed Sullivan Show.
  • The song played while Tony takes his Prozac and remembers his childhood is "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane. It is also played when he makes ice-cream sundaes with A.J. and into the end credits.
  • The song played when young Tony misses the bus and sees Johnny and Junior beating up a man is "Don't Bring Me Down" by The Animals.
  • The song played when young Tony plays catch with Junior while Janice leaves with Johnny for the carnival is "Carrie Anne" by The Hollies.
  • The song played when young Tony hides in the trunk of Johnny's car and follows him and Janice to the carnival is "Mystic Eyes" by Them.
  • The song played when young Tony sees Junior, Johnny and friends arrested at the carnival is "The Blue Danube" by Johann Strauss II.

See also

  • Host desecration, with regard to A.J.'s theft and misuse of the sacramental wine

Reception

Todd VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club retrospectively praised "Down Neck" as "an unusually focused episode. It rarely deviates from its central thesis about fathers and mothers and their sons." He considered the flashbacks to be "nicely constructed and handily paralleled with Tony's fears that his kids will find out what he does for a living."[2] Alan Sepinwall praised Gandolfini's acting and also stated, in reference to the scene where AJ tells Livia of Tony's therapy sessions, that the episode's two plots "make a great comic combination because AJ is so oblivious [...] that he not only doesn't realize what he's telling Livia, but is invulnerable to her usual emotional manipulations. Once Livia decides that Tony goes to a psychiatrist to complain about her, she starts up the waterworks and loud self-pity, and AJ couldn't possibly be less interested in, or even aware of, this display. It's priceless."[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|last=Wallace|first=Marc|title=The Sopranos (TV Series) Down Neck (1999) Trivia|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705241/trivia|publisher=IMDB.com, Inc.|accessdate=13 August 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/the-sopranos-pax-sopranadown-neck-42335|title=The Sopranos: "Pax Soprana"/"Down Neck"|last=VanDerWerff|first=Todd|website=The A.V. Club|date=June 23, 2010|accessdate=April 17, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://uproxx.com/sepinwall/the-sopranos-rewind-season-1-episode-7-down-neck/|title='The Sopranos' Rewind: Season 1, Episode 7: 'Down Neck'|last=Sepinwall|first=Alan|website=Uproxx|date=July 15, 2015|accessdate=April 17, 2017}}

External links

  • "Jules, Janick. "The Pear in History, Literature, Popular Culture and Art."
  • "The Killers in a Nutshell"

External links

  • "Down Neck" at HBO
  • {{imdb episode|0705241}}
  • {{tv.com episode|the-sopranos/down-neck-26454}}
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