"The Blue Comet" is the twentieth episode of the sixth season of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and eighty-fifth episode overall. It is the eighth episode of the second part of the sixth season, which was broadcast in two separate batches, and the show's penultimate episode. It was written by series creator/executive producer David Chase and executive producer Matthew Weiner and was directed by longtime series director Alan Taylor. ...
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"The Blue Comet" is the twentieth episode of the sixth season of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and eighty-fifth episode overall. It is the eighth episode of the second part of the sixth season, which was broadcast in two separate batches, and the show's penultimate episode. It was written by series creator/executive producer David Chase and executive producer Matthew Weiner and was directed by longtime series director Alan Taylor. It originally aired in the United States on June 3, 2007.
In the episode, a mob war erupts between the Lupertazzi and DiMeo crime families, leading to the shooting of people close to DiMeo boss and series protagonist Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini). In a parallel storyline, Tony's psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) gains some new insight on Tony and decides to drop him as a patient.
"The Blue Comet" was filmed in New Jersey and New York in January and February 2007. It was watched by eight million American viewers on its premiere...
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