The Sopranos

The Sopranos is an original tv show on HBO about the Soprano family, a group of mobsters in New Jersey, focusing mainly on patriarch Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), mother Livia Sporano (Nancy Marchand), wife Carmela (Edie Falco), his children Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) and Anthony Jr. (Robert Iler), and his psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), who he starts seeing after he has a panic attack. Despite their mafia ties, the Sopranos are just as dysfunctional as any other average family, except the family business is a little more dangerous than most. Tony is entangled with the DiMeo crime family and struggles to balance his personal life and relationships with his growing mafia life. Some of his extended family are also involved in crime, including cousin Tony Blundetto (Steve Buscemi), nephew Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli), Chris’ girlfriend Adriana La Cerva (Drea de Matteo), and his Uncle Junior. At the core of tony’s crime “family” are Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zant) , Paul “Paulie Walnuts” Gualtieri (Tony Sirico) and Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero (Vincent Pastore). Tony suffers from depression and frequently turns to his therapist as he copes with having a real family, a mafia family, and crossover between the two. MORE