"Pilot" (also called "The Sopranos") is the first episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos, the pilot episode of the series. It was written and directed by series creator/executive producer David Chase. It originally aired in the United States on January 10, 1999.
New Jersey-based mobster Tony Soprano of the fierce DiMeo Crime Family unexpectedly becomes short of breath and passes out while barbecuing. After his doctors are unable to fin...
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"Pilot" (also called "The Sopranos") is the first episode of the HBO television series The Sopranos, the pilot episode of the series. It was written and directed by series creator/executive producer David Chase. It originally aired in the United States on January 10, 1999.
New Jersey-based mobster Tony Soprano of the fierce DiMeo Crime Family unexpectedly becomes short of breath and passes out while barbecuing. After his doctors are unable to find any physical problem with Tony, his collapse is diagnosed as a panic attack. He is referred to psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. In their first meeting, the two discuss the events that led to his collapse.
Presenting himself as a "waste management consultant", Tony begins detailing the day of his attack to Dr. Melfi. Tony is initially uncooperative, expressing scorn for the practice of psychiatry. He tells Dr. Melfi about the stress of his business life—he has a feeling that he has come in at the end of something and describes a reverence for...
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