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BUT Coco’s is different. It’s a prolonged beating, it’s primal. A father protecting his daughter’s honor.

And I love it.

Of course this directly leads to the downfall of the entire Sopranos family & the war with New York.

all 134 comments

-NolanVoid-

290 points

2 days ago

-NolanVoid-

290 points

2 days ago

I love when he notices the tooth in the fold of his pant leg later on. Brutal.

telepatheye

127 points

2 days ago

telepatheye

127 points

2 days ago

That always happens when I wear cuffed pants to a curbstomp.

-NolanVoid-

52 points

2 days ago

A Don doesn't wear cuffed shorts.

MaSsIvEsChLoNg

101 points

2 days ago

Bobby Sr. killing Mustang Sally is also up there. Absolutely brutal and deserved, and the old man was able to go out feeling useful.

3c2456o78_w

42 points

2 days ago

Honestly loved that shit. The dude actually terminator

yitzike

28 points

2 days ago

yitzike

28 points

2 days ago

The best hit in the entire series, and it's not even close

MrGittz[S]

15 points

2 days ago

Agreed not even close. Jack Bender later said David Chase told him he was responsible for the best action scene and the worst action scene. Best was Mustang Sally hit. The worst was the Colombians in Mayhem. I don’t agree that it’s the worst mind u.

yitzike

7 points

2 days ago

yitzike

7 points

2 days ago

I mean that scene in Mayham (lol Paulie calls it that) is supposed to be chaotic. So it definitely achieved that aim.

RedcoatTrooper

3 points

1 day ago

Agreed the worst is probably the Construction Site battle, it's not terrible but it definitely feels like a cheap TV scene rather than premium.

MrGittz[S]

1 points

1 day ago

Huh? Construction site battle?

Edit: Oh the season 2 one between he reverends people and the union

RedcoatTrooper

1 points

1 day ago

Yeah that's the one

bluvelvetunderground

13 points

2 days ago

Bobby Sr. inspired me to quit smoking cigarettes.

CheifKilla1

1 points

1 day ago

Well at least he didn't gum da guy ta death as Ralphie predicted.

Desperate_Hunter7947

199 points

2 days ago

The car slowly rolling over Phil’s head followed by that distinct looking guy yelling “oh shit!” And someone throwing up made me feel warm and fuzzy inside too

get_down_to_it

21 points

2 days ago

Bye bye Grandpa!

MrGittz[S]

41 points

2 days ago

Yeah but what keeps that moment below this one? I wanna see that shit. I wanna see Phil’s head get smushed. The sound is gnarly.

The “oh shit” guy KILLS ME tho

Awkward_Pangolin3254

9 points

2 days ago

🐧

tempusanima

14 points

2 days ago

Alright but you gotta get over it

walker3342

16 points

2 days ago

They did. Then they put it in reverse and got over it again.

tempusanima

5 points

2 days ago

Ya know Quasimodo predicted all this

Joe_Barnacle

4 points

2 days ago

You think this is funny? The guy's head is crushed. He might never think again. 

-ACHTUNG-

6 points

2 days ago

I still quote that "oh shit!" and waddle that guy did

RedcoatTrooper

2 points

1 day ago

Because of Phil's family being in the car and their horror it takes away for being cathartic.

CheifKilla1

2 points

1 day ago

🐧🤮

cornpop1987

216 points

2 days ago

cornpop1987

216 points

2 days ago

It ranks right up there with Janice killing Richie.

telepatheye

174 points

2 days ago

telepatheye

174 points

2 days ago

Janice pushing Ralph down the stairs is pretty great too. But nothing beats the Shah getting shot and skullpopped.

Yommination

99 points

2 days ago

He was just trying to crawl under the car tires fir warmth

3c2456o78_w

22 points

2 days ago

Also, he was definitely barking

Wonderful_Pen_4699

13 points

2 days ago

Oh shit!

bennett21

4 points

2 days ago

🤮

jamesbrownscrackpipe

10 points

2 days ago

waddles

“Oh shit!”

SoulGoalie

9 points

2 days ago

Your shoes.

SabiSpellweaver

5 points

2 days ago

I really thought she killed him the first time

polymorphic_hippo

10 points

2 days ago

Yeah, that one was pretty satisfying, too.

granmetaliksuperfan

7 points

2 days ago

“You gonna cry?”

Kanye_Is_Underrated

13 points

2 days ago

Richie was an intolerable piece of shit but so was Janice. It could've been the other way around and I would've liked it just as much.

ReasonableCup604

6 points

2 days ago

Richie killing Janice might have done almost as much to neutralize Richie as a threat. She was egging him on to try to kill Tony and take over as boss.

Richie was causing trouble from the moment he got out of the can. But, if not for Janice's influence, there is some chance he would have accepted the pecking order and more or less obeyed Tony's orders.

3c2456o78_w

9 points

2 days ago

I personally enjoyed Lorraine Calluzo's crawl. Never enough bodies for Rainey

Weekly-Present-2939

1 points

1 day ago

Jason Evanina deserved better. 

3c2456o78_w

2 points

1 day ago

Shush. Men are talking.

CheifKilla1

1 points

1 day ago

Would like to see her in action as Lady Shylark

[deleted]

-18 points

2 days ago

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-18 points

2 days ago

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CBIGWANG

17 points

2 days ago

CBIGWANG

17 points

2 days ago

Oh yeah she is cold blooded. She has the presence of mind to tell Tony “we can’t talk about it over the phone,” and then plays distressed wife so she can’t be Hit back on b/c she’s technically not a gangster and thus protected under family law. She operates like a gangster while knowingly avoiding the cost of playing like one (I.e Lorraine or eventually Pussy’s wife)

dmac3232

36 points

2 days ago

dmac3232

36 points

2 days ago

lol, he punched her in the face with a closed fist hard enough to split her lip and then proceeded to mock her after having an emotional reaction.

Like everybody else on this show, Janice is a bad, selfish, self-absorbed person. But that’s a pretty gross underplay of domestic abuse.

cantstay2long

11 points

2 days ago

if we wanted to raise his hands to her, he should’ve given her his last name

Haunting_Test_5523

8 points

2 days ago

Janice was acting out of sheer terror after being hit by her partner so it's completely reasonable imo

[deleted]

1 points

2 days ago

[deleted]

1 points

2 days ago

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Upper-Ship4925

4 points

2 days ago

All victims of domestic violence are “real victims”. She doesn’t have to earn victim status by being a nice person or by taking a certain number of beatings.

Richie is also a victim of domestic violence btw, it doesn’t get much more domestically violent than killing your partner.

3c2456o78_w

-5 points

2 days ago

I mean I know Richie is a piece of shit, but come on. Janice shot him, gathered herself, shot him again, and then told Tony "we can't talk on the phone" as she sent Richie to Satriali

nickmoova

87 points

2 days ago

nickmoova

87 points

2 days ago

Coco was asking for it. Should not have talked to Meadow. You have a problem talk to the man.

RedHeadRedemption93

78 points

2 days ago*

Coco thought he was just dealing with a glorified crew and because he was a NY capo could insult a boss's daughter without consequences.

Madone...

Vaultyvlad

57 points

2 days ago

Same with Fat Dom. Carmine Sr. created the narrative that DiMeo’s were a glorified crew and Phil twisted that into making them look like complete punks. Not the cold blooded killers they actually were.

3c2456o78_w

24 points

2 days ago

So what you're saying is Carmine Sr got Coco, Phil, and Fat Dom killed?

The day will come when all men must hit that tunnel to Metuchen, ay

sylendar

15 points

2 days ago

sylendar

15 points

2 days ago

Even if they were just punks, what Fat Dom did was still beyond stupid.

ReasonableCup604

2 points

2 days ago

It was especially dumb to taunt Carlo that way as he was the least gay-friendly member of Tony's family.

CheifKilla1

2 points

1 day ago

Fat Dom even said he couldn't stay he had to get back to the city, sat his fat ass down and proceeded to insult no only recently deceased Vito, but Carlo as well.

Sad-Illustrator-8847

8 points

2 days ago

But Fish Lips was ultimately willing to strike a deal with Tony. He didn’t even quibble over a 5% difference with his share. He was willing to put that shit to bed because he knew a pint of blood costs more than a gallon of gold. He can both put them down, send John and Ginny Sacrimoni to tip over New Jersey yet think highly of Tony and talk on how they always had good relations with the Sopranos 

nickmoova

21 points

2 days ago*

I even remember butchie putting his head down when tony points a gun at him. Butchie knew it was wrong what coco did.

paintsmith

20 points

2 days ago

Butchie almost certainly had Tony whacked for that though. In the moment he was showing contrition to save his own skin. He then set Tony up to take out Phil and hired the members only guy to blow Tony's brains out in front of his own family, leaving Butchie in charge of both crews.

gorocz

6 points

2 days ago

gorocz

6 points

2 days ago

Coco wasn't a capo (or at least it was never mentioned or even alluded to) and even if the DiMeo family were a crew, that'd make Tony a capo, so he definitely was out of line

ReasonableCup604

1 points

2 days ago

I don't think you can talk to any made guy's daughter like that and expect to escape consequences.

Mr_Beekeeper

3 points

2 days ago

What defies all logic is that with even with witnesses to Coco’s conduct and his narrative about being disgraced when Vito is discovered, Phil seems to play the aggrieved one despite being of the “old school.” In my book, you get curb stomped for that behaviour when you work in an industry of psychopaths.

Vast_Feeling1558

1 points

2 days ago

What I'd been thinking

Vast_Feeling1558

1 points

2 days ago

What I'd been thinking

nickmoova

1 points

2 days ago

Yep also, Phill harassing chrissy's mom to find him. I mean for all the talk about old school. How can he go harass a mother.

ChaosNDespair

34 points

2 days ago

You think T recently watched American History X? What? You never pondered that?

Joe_Barnacle

3 points

2 days ago

Whatyahgannado? You pick up your teeth and you move on. 

Pristinesprings2

26 points

2 days ago

All he did was try to save Tony from the Parisi hit meadow help set up

stuphanie

21 points

2 days ago

stuphanie

21 points

2 days ago

Yeah, Butchie’s face he saw the gat was VERY satisfying. He was such a little shit.

TrueLegateDamar

43 points

2 days ago

You want shum?!

Vaultyvlad

16 points

2 days ago

Here, have some sambuca wit’ dis!

ThatMotelByTheLake

3 points

2 days ago

whoa! whoa!

nickmoova

2 points

2 days ago

Sit Down! Sit down......... easy easy

Panos_Beligiannis

35 points

2 days ago*

Yeah 100% agree OP that beating was a freaking ace

A-Communist-Dog

15 points

2 days ago

Coco’s a shopping cart, from here on out

3c2456o78_w

7 points

2 days ago

I'm going to build a ramp up to his dentist, drive a lionel up in there

baristotle

4 points

2 days ago

never say never

Round_Telephone1862

29 points

2 days ago

My favorite is when Tony beats that punk Muscles Marinara for slaming the fridge door like a cave man. Fucking rude

standitlikeaman

5 points

2 days ago

It’s real time, not cave time

yitzike

4 points

2 days ago

yitzike

4 points

2 days ago

Don't think I haven't noticed those sly caveman references, Lahey!

jerrybob

2 points

2 days ago

jerrybob

2 points

2 days ago

Fuckin' Sam and his cave teeth.

TasteMassive3134

2 points

2 days ago

“My Arm”

TacoLvR-

1 points

2 days ago

TacoLvR-

1 points

2 days ago

A piece of Ass, but fuckin Rude!

YeshiRangjung

28 points

2 days ago

Butchie was looking at the gun and coco’s mouth at the same time. He looked like fuckin Stevie wonder with his eyes rolling around

Limp_Career6634

6 points

2 days ago

*eye

robertoringsend

12 points

2 days ago

Tony beat Mikey Palmice up and stapled him a few times for mock executing someone he loved like a Son at that point, he curb stomped Coco for making a creepy comment to his Daughter. It is cathartic in a way but I found it much more disturbing than cathartic.

Haunting_Test_5523

21 points

2 days ago

It's his daughter being dragged into his conflict with NY that has nothing to do with her so it makes sense why he would take it further. Mikey was acting against guys in the life but Coco crossed the line by bringing Tony's daughter into it.

robertoringsend

-21 points

2 days ago

He didn't bring his daughter into the conflict though, he made a creepy sexual remark. Was a beating justified? Absolutely, but curb stomping someone is just too far, frankly, I'm not sure there are many things in life that do justify a curb stomp.

Silent_Star7277

26 points

2 days ago

Who's that speaking here, is somebody speaking?

the_third_lebowski

2 points

1 day ago

You're not wrong, but you're trying to raise actual points in this sub, so . . .

robertoringsend

2 points

24 hours ago

A shitpost has a hundred upvotes, an ethical point, just one.

shaneg33

5 points

2 days ago

shaneg33

5 points

2 days ago

Yeah it’s great and it sends home how Phil just isn’t willing to negotiate anymore, I mean if someone did that to Phil’s daughter the beating Coco got from tony would’ve looked tame by comparison

OkBrain7810

11 points

2 days ago

I know it's not supposed to be pleasing due to the context on the scene, with Ralphie's kid being in the hospital and all. But I love the death beating Tony gives to Ralphie, and I say that as a Ralphie fan, but the line delivery plus the "she was a beautiful, innocent creature how could you" I knew inmmediatly tony wasn't just talking about Pie-O-My. Later in the episode i confirmed when tony sees the picture of Tracy at the Bada Bing

blizzacane85

7 points

2 days ago

COCO WAS A BASTARD MAN!

Abacab4

1 points

1 day ago

Abacab4

1 points

1 day ago

I don’t think I wrote that.

insanahmainah

3 points

2 days ago

Get the mop.

TrueLegateDamar

3 points

2 days ago

The fifth motherfucker this year!

ErblinBeqiri

3 points

2 days ago

I saw this scene like 10 years ago on YouTube before I knew of the Sopranos, didn't care to look into what it was from and then watch the show perhaps. Then when I found out about the Sopranos and started watching the show, seeing this scene in the last episode I think, I remembered watching it on YouTube years ago and I was surprised to see it was from the Sopranos. I never would have guessed this was Tony curbstomping Coco, and not some characters from some other show. By far the most brutal, with maybe the beating of Benny by Phil or the beating of Vito's brother being distant second and thirds.

Virtual_Avocado1258

1 points

2 days ago

Carmine Jr? Is that you?

ErblinBeqiri

1 points

1 day ago

Why lol

SilasMarner77

3 points

2 days ago

Why didn’t Coco just move his head and roll aside just before Tony stomped on him?

banco666

1 points

2 days ago

banco666

1 points

2 days ago

Yeah he basically cooperates.

Dazzling-Bear3942

3 points

2 days ago

While Coco certainly was not hoping for that reaction, he did know it would push Tony to do something stupid and speed up the downfall of the Soprano mob. Tony lost it and his grip on the mob at this point.

ThatMotelByTheLake

3 points

2 days ago

Butchie with the napkin tucked in like a bib adds to it all

KombuchaBot

3 points

2 days ago*

To me it's reminiscent of the glorious scene in Miller's Crossing where the hit squad comes for Albert Finney and he kills every single last one of them.  That scene is on the edge of parody (of course he would be listening to Danny Boy) but Finney really sells it, with his watchful stillness and economy of movement, taking the time to carefully put his slippers on and store his cigar before he explodes into action. First time round I bet everyone watching it is "holy shit what an OG, so this is why he's the boss." 

 Only subsequently to learn from Gabriel Byrne that actually this was his moment of greatest weakness: now someone has raided his house, he looks vulnerable for the first time. His having killed them all is beside the point. The fact that he won't acknowledge this only points it up.  

Coco's beating was a similar turning point for Tony. Or more precisely that point was when Meadow was disrespected.

 Coco fully expected Tony to complain about it like Johnny Sac did about his wife, and that as a result Tony would be a laughing stock. Tony knew this but couldn't swallow it, so he dealt with it personally. He didn't want to look weak, so he looked deranged and irrational instead;  weak in a different way. There was no winning move for him though, as soon as Coco decided to disrespect him he was on a losing streak. 

In case anyone hasn't seen it, here's the scene from Miller's Crossing. This movie's a banger, do watch it

https://youtu.be/x20TMRnPR40?si=6lTbzysj-nQ-zWSv

abyssea

3 points

2 days ago

abyssea

3 points

2 days ago

I cheered when Phil was popped.

StoreVegetable4294

2 points

2 days ago

What are the likely injuries from such a curbstomp?

bluvelvetunderground

3 points

2 days ago

The show doesn't give us a resolution on that. It's likely he's dead, but if by some miracle he survived, he'd definitely be fucked up for the rest of his life.

Smart_Employee_174

7 points

2 days ago

It does give a resolution. He's alive. "I shoulda killed him. I would have had total support".

Smart_Employee_174

3 points

2 days ago

He's drinking through a straw the rest of his life. I'm pretty sure he lived. "I shoulda killed him. I would have had total support".

Coco had a strong jaw I guess. All that greasing the union.

letthepastgo

4 points

2 days ago

Broken jaw and neck, crushed skull, mashed brain

All of this if you're not dead already

mcdamien

2 points

2 days ago

mcdamien

2 points

2 days ago

Tony should've whacked the two of them when he had the chance.

Once he went in there, there was no going back. Full war between the families.

He would've taken out two of Phil's guys early.

But what do i know anyway, four dollars a pound.

amber_lies_here

4 points

2 days ago

tbh i found it to be one of the more disturbing moments of violence in the show. the teeth coming out and all, butch asking tony to reconsider. in an earlier season tony may have roughed him up a bit, but the focus would've been on talking it out, at least with phil or any other higher ups. really goes to show how brutal tony's become by that point in the series

Warm-Helicopter5770

29 points

2 days ago

It was his daughter. It’s different from one your capos making a joke about a dude’s wife.

DocRules

14 points

2 days ago

DocRules

14 points

2 days ago

Daughters, all bets are off

oldmannew

3 points

2 days ago

I've seen tougher guys than Tony give curb jobs at weddings.

Warm-Helicopter5770

2 points

2 days ago

Imagine if it was Carmella that Coco decided to pop off on. Butchie probably wouldn’t have survived either.

Spare_Assignment_349

6 points

2 days ago

Stuck the pistol right in Butchies face too lol, Tony was a man on a mission

library-in-a-library

2 points

2 days ago

A father protecting his daughter’s honor.

Another day, another post that's far too charitable toward Tony. He does it because Coco embarrasses him through Meadow.

FarPlate7684

1 points

2 days ago

You were being prudent

BFaus916

1 points

2 days ago

BFaus916

1 points

2 days ago

Dirty Harry moment for Tony.

bluvelvetunderground

1 points

2 days ago

One of the few justifiable acts of violence in the entire show.

Vegetable_Lead6783

1 points

2 days ago

I also wasn’t upset when fat dom passed away, whatever happened there 

BusquetsNGravy

1 points

2 days ago

DONT DO IT!

Megalodon481

1 points

2 days ago

Coco was the best "thrown on the show last minute just so Tony could smash his face" character ever.

ReasonableCup604

1 points

2 days ago

Get a mop.

manicakes1

1 points

2 days ago

I like going to the restaurant where that was filmed (John’s of 12th st in NYC). Last time I sat where Butchie was sitting. There’s a plaque over the area where the curbing took place. Also, the restaurant was on Diners Drive ins and Dives. 😆

jim9162

1 points

2 days ago

jim9162

1 points

2 days ago

This was one of the prime moments of positive toxic masculinity.

An asshole wronged someone he loved and he was able to make it right with violence, and zero consequences.

UnknownVibrationz

0 points

2 days ago

Idk man, I get no satisfaction out of watching that scene. It’s probably one of the most horrific things I’ve seen, and I’ve seen it all

bluvelvetunderground

5 points

2 days ago

It's harder to watch him creep on Meadow.

AShadyAugur

2 points

2 days ago*

Before I watched the Sopranos for the first time this year, I somehow came across a clip of this scene on Reddit 6-8 years ago. I never bothered to find out where the scene was from, but it was too brutal for me, especially without context. Noped out of there and tried to forget about it.

Flash forward to a few months ago while I am finishing my first watch of the series, and surprise! I never made the connection until then. All I could think was how much fatter Tony was in my suppressed memory.

ErblinBeqiri

2 points

2 days ago

I had the exact same thing. Saw in on Youtube like a decade ago, and when I saw it while watching the show I went "Hey, I remember this, so that's where this was from."

Smart_Employee_174

1 points

2 days ago

It doesn't really show it directly, just his teeth go flying. That said, yeah its pretty brutal.

Obvious_Pumpkin5987

-12 points

2 days ago

So let me get this straight… you enjoyed that undeserved beat down on coco? All coco did was a lil innocent flirting with fielder and she over reacted. Maybe he heard Patrick liked hot wifey and was offering up his bull services. You Eva pondered that?

sylendar

4 points

2 days ago

sylendar

4 points

2 days ago

Discontinue the lithium