![]() ![]() ![]() Tony then generously offers to 'help' his uncle by buying an old warehouse from him - conveniently omitting the fact that, as the result of a government-sponsored development project, the property's value will soon skyrocket. (The only member missing is Paulie, who's in jail on a gun charge and, unknown to Tony, making collect calls to Johnny Sack.) This thing of ours is supposed to be recession-proof, he reminds them, and things had better improve.One improvement is that Junior, taking Tony's advice to heart, decides to promote Bobby Bacala, putting him in charge of his loan shark business. ![]() 'I want to know why there's zero growth in this family's receipts,' he snarls at the guys who are supposed to be his top earners. Junior and Carmela have given Tony cause for concern, however, and he calls a meeting of his capos to make those concerns known. But even though Tony assures her she's better off being ignorant, Carmela is far from blissful about it.In the literal sense, Tony was telling the truth the money's not in the house - it's tucked beneath the floor of the utility shed and into bags of duck feed. 'We don't have those Enron-type connections,' he argues, and tells Carmela that there's plenty of money, although none of it is stashed in the house. She wants Tony to do some serious estate planning - i.e., make some legitimate investments - but he demurs. After seeing Angie Bonpensiero handing out sausage samples at the supermarket, Carmela fears for her own future and demands that Tony let her know the state of their finances. ![]() Junior's financial problems are of his own making, and Tony's advice to his uncle is to reorganize and 'get your shy running right.'Tony finds that fiscal concerns are foremost at home as well. But Tony has a different take on the situation. 'We need to change our arrangement,' he tells his nephew. Junior's trial is fast approaching and by his estimate, it's going to cost a million dollars to keep from spending the rest of his life in an orange jumpsuit. Schreck's office and lately the old boss' main preoccupation - aside from flirting shamelessly with Schreck's comely new nurse - is his growing stack of legal bills. Written by David ChaseDirected by Allen CoulterAs the new season opens, the overarching sentiment in both Tony's families is: there must be more money.Tony still meets with Junior in Dr. ![]()
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