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S3E5 · Another Toothpick

Tony and Carmela try a therapy session together, which ends in an angry dispute. Artie, meanwhile, tries to move in on Adriana.

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Carmela and Tony attend a session with Melfi together, where they are unable to resolve their issues. As they drive home, Tony is ticketed by a cop that he fails to bribe. While visiting home, Meadow takes the bugged reading lamp, unknowingly halting the FBI's investigation. Adriana quits as a hostess at Nuovo Vesuvio, leading Artie to angrily express his attraction to her around Tony, who warns him to lay off. He and his wife Charmaine argue about his friendship with Tony, leading her to plan a divorce. Soldier Vito Spatafore 's brother is beaten into a coma by the godson of elderly hitman Robert Baccalieri, who takes Tony's order to take care of it. He kills him, but dies in a car crash while leaving the scene. Junior is unable to bring comfort to his aide and Baccalieri's son Bobby Jr. due to his own recent stomach cancer diagnosis. Tony runs into the cop, having been demoted, and tries to offer him money, but he turns it down.

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