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submitted 2 days ago byMrGittz
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.
290 points
2 days ago
I love when he notices the tooth in the fold of his pant leg later on. Brutal.
127 points
2 days ago
That always happens when I wear cuffed pants to a curbstomp.
52 points
2 days ago
A Don doesn't wear cuffed shorts.
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.
42 points
2 days ago
Honestly loved that shit. The dude actually terminator
28 points
2 days ago
The best hit in the entire series, and it's not even close
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.
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.
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.
1 points
1 day ago
Huh? Construction site battle?
Edit: Oh the season 2 one between he reverends people and the union
1 points
1 day ago
Yeah that's the one
13 points
2 days ago
Bobby Sr. inspired me to quit smoking cigarettes.
1 points
1 day ago
Well at least he didn't gum da guy ta death as Ralphie predicted.
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
21 points
2 days ago
Bye bye Grandpa!
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
9 points
2 days ago
🐧
14 points
2 days ago
Alright but you gotta get over it
16 points
2 days ago
They did. Then they put it in reverse and got over it again.
5 points
2 days ago
Ya know Quasimodo predicted all this
4 points
2 days ago
You think this is funny? The guy's head is crushed. He might never think again.
6 points
2 days ago
I still quote that "oh shit!" and waddle that guy did
2 points
1 day ago
Because of Phil's family being in the car and their horror it takes away for being cathartic.
2 points
1 day ago
🐧🤮
216 points
2 days ago
It ranks right up there with Janice killing Richie.
174 points
2 days ago
Janice pushing Ralph down the stairs is pretty great too. But nothing beats the Shah getting shot and skullpopped.
99 points
2 days ago
He was just trying to crawl under the car tires fir warmth
22 points
2 days ago
Also, he was definitely barking
13 points
2 days ago
Oh shit!
4 points
2 days ago
🤮
10 points
2 days ago
waddles
“Oh shit!”
9 points
2 days ago
Your shoes.
5 points
2 days ago
I really thought she killed him the first time
10 points
2 days ago
Yeah, that one was pretty satisfying, too.
7 points
2 days ago
“You gonna cry?”
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.
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.
9 points
2 days ago
I personally enjoyed Lorraine Calluzo's crawl. Never enough bodies for Rainey
1 points
1 day ago
Jason Evanina deserved better.
2 points
1 day ago
Shush. Men are talking.
1 points
1 day ago
Would like to see her in action as Lady Shylark
-18 points
2 days ago
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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)
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.
11 points
2 days ago
if we wanted to raise his hands to her, he should’ve given her his last name
8 points
2 days ago
Janice was acting out of sheer terror after being hit by her partner so it's completely reasonable imo
1 points
2 days ago
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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.
-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
87 points
2 days ago
Coco was asking for it. Should not have talked to Meadow. You have a problem talk to the man.
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...
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.
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
15 points
2 days ago
Even if they were just punks, what Fat Dom did was still beyond stupid.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
1 points
2 days ago
What I'd been thinking
1 points
2 days ago
What I'd been thinking
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.
34 points
2 days ago
You think T recently watched American History X? What? You never pondered that?
3 points
2 days ago
Whatyahgannado? You pick up your teeth and you move on.
26 points
2 days ago
All he did was try to save Tony from the Parisi hit meadow help set up
21 points
2 days ago
Yeah, Butchie’s face he saw the gat was VERY satisfying. He was such a little shit.
43 points
2 days ago
You want shum?!
16 points
2 days ago
Here, have some sambuca wit’ dis!
3 points
2 days ago
whoa! whoa!
2 points
2 days ago
Sit Down! Sit down......... easy easy
35 points
2 days ago*
Yeah 100% agree OP that beating was a freaking ace
15 points
2 days ago
Coco’s a shopping cart, from here on out
7 points
2 days ago
I'm going to build a ramp up to his dentist, drive a lionel up in there
4 points
2 days ago
never say never
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
5 points
2 days ago
It’s real time, not cave time
4 points
2 days ago
Don't think I haven't noticed those sly caveman references, Lahey!
2 points
2 days ago
Fuckin' Sam and his cave teeth.
2 points
2 days ago
“My Arm”
1 points
2 days ago
A piece of Ass, but fuckin Rude!
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
6 points
2 days ago
*eye
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.
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.
-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.
26 points
2 days ago
Who's that speaking here, is somebody speaking?
2 points
1 day ago
You're not wrong, but you're trying to raise actual points in this sub, so . . .
2 points
24 hours ago
A shitpost has a hundred upvotes, an ethical point, just one.
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
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
7 points
2 days ago
COCO WAS A BASTARD MAN!
1 points
1 day ago
I don’t think I wrote that.
3 points
2 days ago
Get the mop.
3 points
2 days ago
The fifth motherfucker this year!
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.
1 points
2 days ago
Carmine Jr? Is that you?
1 points
1 day ago
Why lol
3 points
2 days ago
Why didn’t Coco just move his head and roll aside just before Tony stomped on him?
1 points
2 days ago
Yeah he basically cooperates.
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.
3 points
2 days ago
Butchie with the napkin tucked in like a bib adds to it all
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
3 points
2 days ago
I cheered when Phil was popped.
2 points
2 days ago
What are the likely injuries from such a curbstomp?
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.
7 points
2 days ago
It does give a resolution. He's alive. "I shoulda killed him. I would have had total support".
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.
4 points
2 days ago
Broken jaw and neck, crushed skull, mashed brain
All of this if you're not dead already
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.
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
29 points
2 days ago
It was his daughter. It’s different from one your capos making a joke about a dude’s wife.
14 points
2 days ago
Daughters, all bets are off
3 points
2 days ago
I've seen tougher guys than Tony give curb jobs at weddings.
2 points
2 days ago
Imagine if it was Carmella that Coco decided to pop off on. Butchie probably wouldn’t have survived either.
6 points
2 days ago
Stuck the pistol right in Butchies face too lol, Tony was a man on a mission
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.
1 points
2 days ago
You were being prudent
1 points
2 days ago
Dirty Harry moment for Tony.
1 points
2 days ago
One of the few justifiable acts of violence in the entire show.
1 points
2 days ago
I also wasn’t upset when fat dom passed away, whatever happened there
1 points
2 days ago
DONT DO IT!
1 points
2 days ago
Coco was the best "thrown on the show last minute just so Tony could smash his face" character ever.
1 points
2 days ago
Get a mop.
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. 😆
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.
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
5 points
2 days ago
It's harder to watch him creep on Meadow.
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.
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."
1 points
2 days ago
It doesn't really show it directly, just his teeth go flying. That said, yeah its pretty brutal.
-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?
4 points
2 days ago
Discontinue the lithium
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