Giuseppe Soprano
March 13th, 2006, 11:36 AM
Havent had the opportunity to watch 'Member's Only' being a UK resident and not really trusting bit torrents, however am obviously aware of Eugene's fate.
One of the first things that came to my mind was how Tony would react to this news and whether he would turn this in on himself and whether it will become a further trigger for him to question himself in light of what the 'Everybody Hurts' spent pretty much the whole episode addressing in light of the suicide of Gloria and attempted suicide of Artie.
It could very well be that when Tony supposedly comes around from his coma, that he will have far more pressing things on his mind in thanking his lucky stars that hes still alive etc. and Eugene's fate, other than its affect on the business may not really feature too much in the scheme of things to Tony?
I think that in time and as long as Eugenes role as an FBI informant remains unknown, Tony MUST in some sense question if/whether/what was his role/contribution which led to Eugene deciding to hang himself??
That fact that Tony directly rejected an appeal for him to retire makes me think that in an moral self-questioning that Tony would face some kind of inner conflict/responsibiility as in the case of Gloria and Artie, or could it indeed be the case that Artie and Gloria affected Tony morally owing to them being 'loved ones' (for want of a better word) as it were, and with Eugene being a mere associate by comparison and someone who Tony spelt the rules out to of this life in black on white on his retirement request, Tony may thus take on the the attitude of 'you made your bed, you lie in it', (alluding to the Member's Only title choice).
After all, Vin Makasian's death didnt bear that heavily on him initially, even if its moral facets were exposed as subsequently becoming deeply suppressed within Tony's pysche as was revealed in 'Test Dream' (although Vin was an outsider associate whereas Gene was part of The Family)
</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p098.ezboard.com/bthechaselounge.showUserPublicProfile?gid=giuseppe soprano>GiuseppeSoprano</A> at: 3/13/06 11:42 am
One of the first things that came to my mind was how Tony would react to this news and whether he would turn this in on himself and whether it will become a further trigger for him to question himself in light of what the 'Everybody Hurts' spent pretty much the whole episode addressing in light of the suicide of Gloria and attempted suicide of Artie.
It could very well be that when Tony supposedly comes around from his coma, that he will have far more pressing things on his mind in thanking his lucky stars that hes still alive etc. and Eugene's fate, other than its affect on the business may not really feature too much in the scheme of things to Tony?
I think that in time and as long as Eugenes role as an FBI informant remains unknown, Tony MUST in some sense question if/whether/what was his role/contribution which led to Eugene deciding to hang himself??
That fact that Tony directly rejected an appeal for him to retire makes me think that in an moral self-questioning that Tony would face some kind of inner conflict/responsibiility as in the case of Gloria and Artie, or could it indeed be the case that Artie and Gloria affected Tony morally owing to them being 'loved ones' (for want of a better word) as it were, and with Eugene being a mere associate by comparison and someone who Tony spelt the rules out to of this life in black on white on his retirement request, Tony may thus take on the the attitude of 'you made your bed, you lie in it', (alluding to the Member's Only title choice).
After all, Vin Makasian's death didnt bear that heavily on him initially, even if its moral facets were exposed as subsequently becoming deeply suppressed within Tony's pysche as was revealed in 'Test Dream' (although Vin was an outsider associate whereas Gene was part of The Family)
</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p098.ezboard.com/bthechaselounge.showUserPublicProfile?gid=giuseppe soprano>GiuseppeSoprano</A> at: 3/13/06 11:42 am