S6E4 · The Fleshy Part of the Thigh

Complete story — includes the ending

A recovering Tony befriends two other patients, a rapper and a physicist. He admits to the physicist that while in the coma, he realized that everyone is part of "something bigger." As he is being discharged, a paramedic he accused of stealing from him tries to pay him back, but Tony waives his debt. Outside for the first time since the shooting, he declares that "from now on, every day is a gift." Bobby overhears the rapper's friend wishing for similar notoriety and agrees to non-fatally shoot him for cash. Paulie is horrified to learn from his dying nun aunt that she is actually his mother, having had an affair with a soldier that resulted in his birth. He skips her funeral and informs Nucci Gualtieri, actually his aunt, that he will no longer be providing for her, despite Tony reminding him that she loved him as her son. After the man who ran Tony and Johnny's legitimate sanitation business dies, his son plans to sell the company. Tony settles a price for his share with Phil and allows it to be sold, but Paulie attacks the son and demands a monthly payment that will cover Nucci's retirement bills.