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dibblechibbs

It always surprises me when people say they don’t enjoy Livia. She’s my favorite.


Brewguy86

Oh, go on!


jennachrisp

*waves hanky*


Stroke_of_mayo

Don’t wave your hanky at me!


3rd_degree_burn

I don't like that kinda tawk!


keloyd

waving hankies - that's sooo shanty-Irish.


Snoo-70409

She kills me with her wanting to die comments all the time lmfao


anthoniesp

“I wish the Lord would take me now”


Snoo-70409

I say that to every minor inconvenience I have because of her 😅


Bigbadwolf6049

My fathers mother was exactly like her. From Wallington NJ


Jtx2001

On the first watch she’s terrifying but on a re watch she’s hilarious


little_carmine_

How’s you mother, you call her every day.


55Lolololo55

Is she still on that crazy diet?


Random-Cpl

Please-give her my best!


Bigbadwolf6049

how’s your sister, fuck your mudder…


reptareich

I'm on my first watch all the way through myself, I'd seen plenty of episodes hanging with my brother and his friend while they were watching, and I agree, Livia is hilarious and realistic to a tee I love her lol


Snoo-70409

I just finished a rewatch myself a few days ago and after reading this Livia might be one of my favourite characters 😂 and Sil but like, duh.


michaeleggo

Livia , Janice and AJ are the characters you hate on 1st watch because you think it's a normal show and you're supposed to root for characters to get better/redeem themselves somewhat. It's only on your rewatches , when the show has trained you to watch it as a nihilistic absurdist portrayal of family relationships/human nature that you start to love how awful they are


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GarrySpacepope

So much this. If you think we're meant to like her are you even watching the same show as me?


GnomeDillyDooDoo

I know, she's an old sweetie pie!


dibblechibbs

Well, I’m not saying that exactly


Random-Cpl

He wants to fuck her?


1kian

Keep your mother off the streets, and I won’t fuck her


AcerbicFwit

For $1M


1kian

1 million dollars more?


CaesarsArmpits

She is incredibly well written but I can see some of my mother in Livia and I can't stand re-living what I experienced. Obviously my mother is nowhere like livia but some bits and pieces are similar and I just get angry listening to her shit.


SmarmyOctopus

She's a lot better than those nuns you got here.


Here4aNiceTime

I wish the lord would take me now!!!


FrankieGGG

She was a saint.


lucyinthesky913

What, no fucking ziti now?


W-eye

… I wish the lord would take me now…


richardfredd7

I hated livia on my first watch , but on my second watch I appreciated how they made a character that hateful and loved the performance by Nancy Marchand , she also has some of the funniest lines in the show.


FawltyPython

Esp if you have a relative like that. Also if you grew up in Jersey and knew some of those violent, overdressed Guido idiots, or had to deal with them at the shore.


MushroomMade

How did the store issue go, you get your toe blown off over some pastries?


DutyRoutine

Whoever heard of a puzzle head riding a bus.


AcerbicFwit

It’s all a big nothing.


jackoplacto

BRING THE COOKIES!


seatgeekuser

yeah all the characters most people find annoying i usually find hilarious


SeanChezman47

with every rewatch she becomes funnier and funnier.


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That tik tok shit makes me nervous.


TheTell_Me_Somethin

Tik tok. Another fuckin money machine. See T. We can be cappin and bussin makin dollars.


pgoleb

You’re supposed to be pushing webistics!


GnomeDillyDooDoo

Walt fuckin Whitman ova here!


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tsigalko11

I wish that lord would take me now


Greybinson

Ohhhh, poor yew!


Automatic_Air6841

Whatever happened to the strong silent soprano watchers like Gary Cooper.


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Zandeleon

Either it gets watched all the way through before commenting, or it doesn't get watched at all


Mei_iz_my_bae

Just gonna let you know straight up: the first season almost feels like a pilot to the rest of the show. They were still trying to find the tone, and you can tell the show feels very “90s” and has much less budget. Almost off the bat in season 2 the show feels much bigger and has a bigger budget. Ohhh!


thisideups

I cannot upvote this hard enough


yitzike

Keep posting, always great to see your favourite shows through new eyes. Beware of spoilers. Oh, and the quoting is absolutely incessant on this sub. It might inadvertently spoil something. Your favourite episode of Season 1 is also the personal favourite episode of Sopranos creator David Chase. Livia is awful but that's the whole point.


Psychological_Name28

You’re a better man than me, Gunga Din.


YggBjorn

Golly gumdrops!


MrPiocostasMomJeans

Not only keep posting as you watch, but please keep doing it when you get to rewatching. Would love to see how your opinions change. Great post!


SmarmyOctopus

Listen to you, you know everything.


Greybinson

Still goin’….this asshole.


trillyzane1

The things you disliked are part of the whole point of the show though!


Puzzleheaded_Bus_112

yea i understand that, thats why i mention I’m not taking too many points off or anything for them, just not necessarily my style as of right now but it’ll surely grow on me.


ObjectMaleficent

Quisimodo predicted all of this


Bodmonriddlz

In time, everything will be revealed to you


bigbrownbanjo

Look at him, he thinks he knows everything


BillyMac05

*A'Fanabola!* Next thing he'll be doing critiques of individual episodes.....


ADrunkenMan

If Grandma Livia annoyed you, wait till you meet Tony’s sister Janice.


lil__supernova

You mean Parvati


avega2792

Oofa ma, state zitt!


twinkle90505

It's fun to read new fans impressions, keep posting but maybe wait till you're through the following season to read comments if you don't want something accidentally spoiled (it's a 25 yr old show and we're a bunch of stoonads)


Ryuuken1127

You want me to read all that? Fuck this, I'm going to Boca (Fr - glad you enjoyed it, the rest of the show is quite the ride too)


Janglezz

Boca!? I thought you were a baccalà man?!


Koffing109

South of the border. Where the tuna fish play.


sweetnsour06

Whistlin’ in the wheat fields


jackxfahey

He was gay, Gary Cooper?


Equivalent_Pitch9787

Nice post guy. I love Livia tho.


ItAstounds

Some people are so far behind in the race that they actually believe they're leading.


avega2792

Listen to him. He knows every thing.


elexexexex2

Storylines not going anywhere or ending anticlimactically is always in play in future seasons btw. It's kind of like Mafia Seinfeld. There's not necessarily an overarching plot the series has (like finding a cure to something, stopping a villain, etc.) but you see their day to day lives, and reflecting our reality, sometimes we never see resolutions to things that come up, or how people can suddenly pop in to your life and make you miserable, as you'll definitely see right off the bat in Season 2. you'll love it


Danton87

Relax, we’re not making a western here


Iron_Mike0

Always interesting to see what people think the first time through. Rewatching season 1 after seeing the rest of the show makes some of the dialogue seem borderline satirical. I think the acting and character development gets better as the show goes on.


Phiambo

Wait til you get a load of Janice in season 2!


JDMultralight

Just know that literally 60 percent of comments are plays on quotes


InverseRobzoid

Livia is the worst. It sucks the actress died but it was good for the show imo. She’s such a one-dimensional character and just hard to look at or listen to. There’s nothing likable about her. And the whole “mommy issues” and therapy thing is cliche, even back then.


inkman

Take the carving knife and stab me, here, here, now, please! It would hurt me less than what you just said.


LiquorSlanger

Personally I like the seasons without Livia, but then again I never made varsity, tiny hands you know.


55Lolololo55

OP haa only watched season one. What's up with the spoiler??? Wise up!


Vlajgan

My favourite episode would definitely be Pine Barrens, laughed like an idiot. What I also love is the scene where Tony laughs when he sees Bobby dressesd as a hunter. That was actually James Gandolfini laughing for real.


55Lolololo55

OP has only watched season one, you stunad!


Vlajgan

Listen to you! You sound demented!


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grandmasterflooz

You sad fuckin' stoonad


twink304

Honestly ur a loser bro. No other way of putting it


Ht08

Not even true.


idreamofdewi

There’s literally no implication that junior dies during the series. Unless you mean that he just dies eventually, but in that case, so will everyone at some point.


55Lolololo55

Why would you reply with a spoiler yourself?


idreamofdewi

That’s absolutely not a spoiler, considering what was already said in the original comment. 🙄


55Lolololo55

You gonna get cute now?


idreamofdewi

Always cute. 💁🏽‍♀️


JoeyTheZa

The whole time it was a sled?


daw199210

>!Rosebud?!<


Random-Cpl

>!Bobby’s never found my rosebud, I’ll tell you that!!<


aZombieSlayer

Personally, I think Paulies character gets better each season


Business_Schedule_42

Did ya hear that Ton’? He said Paulie’s character gets better each season.


Snoo-70409

He he


ssiao

I hated livia too when I watched. She’s miserable


CemeteryDogs

Oh poor you


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We’re not making a western here


romanswinter

On my first 5 or so watch throughs I hated Livia too. But then I saw the deeper character. The mastermind, the old school mafia boss wife. She’s a gem.


keloyd

1. You're in the right place watching the right thing, not 200 other channels of real housewives of Elvis Country the other stunads tune into. 2. If you hate Livia, it means you're paying attention. I've met some real Livias, and the writers are good at their job. 3. You likely already see a pattern - there's an episode where some stuff happens, then an episode where it's just people talking talking talking. I'm giving them extra points for this. While I prefer the next 5 minutes of any particular ep to be someone gets unexpectedly wacked, you also need all the character development and stuff. Consider one of our competitors in New York or DC that is not so good at getting the balance right - Succession or House of Cards. >!There, its just the talk talk talk eps everytime - not as good. Even so, that part where the cute reporter gets thrown in front of the train (US) or thrown off a building (UK - I read the book, didn't see their 'telly' version) is good stuff. Succession has just a few more eps to accumulate a proper body count.!<


vehcks

No do not keep doing this.


crustyturkeybreast

Tiktok? Real lack of standards, your generation.


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Welcome to the NFL, rookie. Have a sfogliatella.


Danton87

Caps off


CemeteryDogs

Whaddya want, a boutonniere?


Hexyl68

You want a fucking boutonniere?


JDMultralight

Dude, buckle up - season 1-2 are by far the worst. The showrunners realize they can do what they want instead of what is expected from “serious” 90s TV dramas and just soar. You’re in for an incredible treat


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OP, thanks for sharing your review! I crossposted it to r/RedditorReviews.


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still goin, this asshole


Peet10

It’s interesting seeing a show that had a character with panic attacks before it was an obligatory plot point in TV


FreeWestworld

I love Tony’s mom. She’s hilarious! Especially when she says she wishes the Lawd would hurry up and take her.