"...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
- "The Cycle" - Virgos Merlot
- "O Come All Ye Faithful"
- "The First Noel"
- "The Little Drummer Boy"
- "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" - The Chipmunks
- "Santa Baby" - Eartha Kitt
- "Take Me to the River"
- "I've Got a Feeling" - The Campbell Brothers
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 |
External links[]
- The Sopranos Wiki: ...To Save Us All From Satan's Power
- "...To Save Us All From Satan's Power" at the Internet Movie Database
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