EPISODE
SEASON
The Sopranos - Season 1
Tony Soprano, a capo in the DiMeo Crime Family, begins therapy with Dr. Jennifer Melfi after having anxiety attacks. A conflicted New Jersey crime boss seeks therapy to cope with mob and family pressures in this addictive, stunningly original drama, which can be chillingly violent, wrenchingly moving or darkly funny.
12 September 1960, Washington Heights, New York, USA
28 December 1977, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
29 July 1955, Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France
24 June 1956, London, England, UK
July 22, 2014
The viewer is quickly sucked into [the criminals'] schemes and roots for them to pull off every job.July 01, 2014
[Writer/Director David] Chase acutely composes each individual with nuance.July 01, 2014
Home Box Office has telecast several of the most scintillating series of this decade, notably The Larry Sanders Show, Oz, Arli$$, and Sex and the City. You can safely add The Sopranos to that glittering gallery.July 01, 2014
This 13-week HBO series offers more than laughs. It has intelligence and feeling and brutality. The Sopranos hits all the notes.July 01, 2014
Talk about hitting a high note: The Sopranos, the mob comedy-drama series... is the first gotta-watch, gotta-love, Gotti-like TV series of 1999.August 15, 2014
It is such rich, layered storytelling.July 01, 2014
No, The Sopranos is not the equal of Scorsese's masterpiece, but it manages to bring a new spin to the words "dysfunctional" and "family," and it deserves its place alongside other HBO gems like The Larry Sanders Show and Sex and the City.July 01, 2014
While refraining from slapping the comedy on too thick, creator David Chase has made Soprano's inward search surprisingly affecting.July 01, 2014
It shouldn't work, yet somehow it does... It's an absurdist comedy about criminal behavior and suburban life that gently mocks its targets while taking its characters and their emotions seriously.July 01, 2014
Hands down, it's the series of the season.