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S1E7 · Down Neck

Anthony has disciplinary problems at school, prompting Tony to recount memories of his childhood with Dr. Melfi.

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After A.J. gets in trouble for being drunk in school, his parents learn that he may have ADD. Tony worries that his genes may have corrupted his son and that he will turn out to be like him, and so he tells Melfi a story from his childhood: His father Johnny would take his sister Janice somewhere often, but he was always excluded. Jealous, he hid in the trunk of Johnny's car and learned that he was taking Janice to a fair, but only so she could act as cover while he did illegal business. After young Tony watched Johnny get arrested, he felt a sense of pride that he realizes A.J. feels about him. When he learns that A.J. is a borderline case, he rejects any further testing. A.J. tells Livia that Tony is seeing a therapist.

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