This weekend, HBO is broadcasting “The Sopranos”, sixth season, episode #2.

Tony Soprano spends half of the episode on a coma, and the other half, being Kevin Finnerty, a solar heating systems salesman, after an accidental briefcase switch, during a conference.

“Join the club” is a detoxicating 50 minutes session, that shows how versatile and professional everyone on this series is. Gandolfini dresses the skin of a regular salesman; Edie Falco wears no makeup; Anthony Junior – Robert Iler with a long hair – quits school; and the production team delivers a solid Kevin @ conference environment, literally out of nothing.

This episode is directed by David Nutter, yet another TV specialist.

While the new season 6 doesn’t arrive on DVD, you can buy the prior complete seasons:

(for Europe) amazon.co.uk: season 1 ; season 2 ; season 3 ; season 4 ; season 5

(for the Americas) amazon.com: season 1 ; season 2 ; season 3 ; season 4 ; season 5

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Carmela + AJ (image from HBO’s official website)

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Carmela + Chris (image from HBO’s official website)