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"...To Save Us All From Satan's Power" is the Christmas episode of the HBO drama The Sopranos, aired as the tenth episode of the show's third season.

Synopsis[]

Tony is on the Asbury Park boardwalk, where he is going to meet Paulie. While waiting, he remembers another meeting there five years ago, in 1995, with Pussy & Jackie Aprile, Sr.. At the time there was a dispute between Jackie & Junior, and Pussy had been in Boca Raton, Florida arranging a sitdown. However, Pussy was not at the sitdown, and Tony thinks it was then that the FBI flipped him. Later they made him wear a wire when he dressed up as Santa. Pussy was a good Santa, but now they need a new one and Bobby is compelled to play the part. He is shy, unhappy, and gauche.

When Tony is visiting Janice she starts complaining about a pain in her wrist, which might need an operation, caused by the Russian thug who came to take back Svetlana's prosthetic leg. Tony obtains his name and place of occupation, and he and Furio beat him up and throw him through the glass window of a mall Christmas display. When Janice sees the TV news report she is badly shaken.

Charmaine, newly separated from Artie, looks glamorous at Nuovo Vesuvio. Tony compliments her, but she responds by blaming him for changes in Artie's character. He angrily walks out, along with Christopher and Silvio. They go to a strip club. Jackie Jr. is there, getting a lap dance. Enraged, Tony takes him to the bathroom and beats him up. He confiscates the gun Ralphie gave him, and knees him in the groin, leaving him on the floor.

On Christmas morning, the Sopranos are opening their gifts when Jackie arrives with presents from his mother, and his own present for Meadow, an engraved necklace. She ostentatiously embraces and kisses him, while he glances at Tony. Alone with Tony, Jackie tells him he has flunked out of Rutgers but believes he can be a serious student of men's fashion. He says, "I'm sorry," again and again. Tony says, "I haven't decided what to do with you." After Jackie leaves, Tony has to fake amusement when Meadow gives him her present, a Big Mouth Billy Bass.

Songs[]

Uncredited

Cast[]

Actor/actress Role
James Gandolfini Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco Dr. Melfi
Edie Falco Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese Junior Soprano
Steven Van Zandt Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico "Walnuts"
Jamie-Lynn Sigler Meadow Soprano
Robert Iler A.J. Soprano
Aida Turturro Janice Soprano
John Ventimiglia Artie Bucco
Katherine Narducci Charmaine Bucco
Steve R. Schirripa "Bacala"
Federico Castelluccio Furio Giunta
Robert Funaro Eugene Pontecorvo
Jerry Adler Hesh
Jason Cerbone Jackie Jr. (adult)
John Fiore Gigi Cestone
Joe Badalucco Jimmy Altieri
Dan Grimaldi Patsy Parisi
George Loros Raymond Curto
Frank Ciornei Slava Malevsky
Vitali Baganov Valery
Jana Januskova Dancer
Alik Sakharov Agron
Igor Zhivotovsky Igor Parnasky
Turk Pipkin Aaron Arkaway
Joe Pucillo Beppy
Matt Cerbone Jackie Jr. (young)
Dominick Carbone Kevin Bonpensiero
Maureen Van Zandt Gabriella Dante
Domenica Galati Mother
Tyler Gulizio Little Boy
Loulou Katz Little Girl
Kelly Madison Kole Debbie
Annika Pergament Newscaster
Rosie Chavolino Second Dancer
Larry Clarke Cop
Capathia Jenkins Store Employee
Diego López EMT
Michael Rispoli Jackie Aprile
Vincent Pastore Pussy

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