The Sopranos 'Pax Soprana' The Final Montage (Extended)

The Sopranos: The Final Montage (Extended) Surveillance Ending.

"Pax Soprana" is the sixth episode of the HBO original series The Sopranos. It was written by Frank Renzulli, directed by Alan Taylor and originally aired on Sunday February 14, 1999.

In This Clip: The Sopranos S1-E6 "Pax Soprana" The Final Montage Surveillance Ending.

Episode Recap:

After a long wait, a Soprano has finally become the boss of the DiMeo crime family, and it's Tony's Uncle Junior. But as his lead henchman, Mikey Palmice, says when he busts up Sammy Griggio's card game, Junior is "not respecting old arrangements". He changes old deals and attempts to have more money funneled toward him, while allowing less to trickle down to his capos.

Tony allowed Junior to gain control of the family in the hope that he himself would be able to be the de facto boss, while leaving Junior to deal with the headaches associated with being the boss. Thus, the captains come to Tony to complain, letting him know they are unhappy with the way Junior "eats alone" and that Mikey should've let the card game proceed after Sammy brought up Jimmy Altieri's name.

Junior makes another rash decision when he finds out one of Larry Boy Barese's top earners, Rusty Irish, had sold drugs to the 14-year old grandson of one of Junior's friends, causing the boy to commit suicide at the bridge above the Great Falls of the Passaic. He decides that to make sure Rusty stops selling drugs, he needs to get rid of him completely. Mikey Palmice, with the help of Joseph Marino, throws him off the bridge. After he kills Rusty, he notices some witnesses sitting on the far side of the bridge and pays them to keep quiet.

Livia convinces Junior to tax Tony's Jewish associate Hesh Rabkin, even though Hesh's arrangement has been in place for decades, dating back to Hesh's relationship with Johnny Boy Soprano---Livia's husband and Tony's father. When Hesh approaches Tony with the news and threatens to leave the area, Tony aligns with Johnny Sack, the Underboss in New York's Lupertazzi crime family, and helps Hesh and Sack present a disingenuous proposition for Junior to accept. Tony has made the decision himself, but he allowed Junior to think he was in charge.

After more persuading from the other capos, Tony meets with his uncle at a Little League Baseball game to try to convince him to share more of his wealth. With historical evidence related to the leadership skills of Augustus Caesar and a dirty fable about bovines, Tony is successful. Junior decides to divide the money he received from Hesh and give it to his capos. Tony returns his share to Hesh himself.

Meanwhile, Tony is having difficulty with his libido, and is fantasizing about Dr. Melfi, through thoughts and dreams. At his therapy session he professes his love for Dr. Melfi, who tries to explain what he feels is not love, but positive feelings as the result of his progress in therapy. Carmela expresses a jealousy towards Melfi that she's never felt about Tony's comares. Later, Carmela tells Tony that she wants to be the female in his life to help him, and Tony agrees.

Even though Tony really controls the family, Junior becomes the main focus of the FBI. At a banquet to honor the new boss, the Feds are in attendance, disguised as servers. With the photographic information they gather from their button cameras, they move Junior up their hierarchy board, to replace the late Jackie Aprile, Sr as "Boss". Tony's position as "captain" remains unchanged; he is on the same level as the other capos.

First Appearance:

John "Johnny Sack" Sacramoni: The Underboss of the Lupertazzi crime family, one of the Five Families of New York City.

Deceased:

Dominic Capri: Grandson of Uncle Junior's tailor Mr. Capri's oldest son's son who committed suicide after taking designer drugs sold by Rusty Irish.
Rusty Irish: murdered by Mikey Palmice with help of Joseph Marino on orders from uncle Junior.

Music:

The song played during the final montage and end credits is an instrumental version of "Paparazzi" by Xzibit, a song derived from Gabriel Fauré's "Pavane".

[BebopMan]

I always tell people they'll get hooked on the show right after watching the sixth episode.

[seanf]

The moment that The Sopranos turned from a great show into a masterpiece. Chills every time I see Johnny Sack

[omizam]

I like how Tony's photo is showed after they write 'Boss'

[lalee]

The elegance of this scene cannot be matched, coupled with the fact that this instrumental has so much meaning to me, the way this scene was put together really gave me a feel for what JR might have been feeling when tony stood up to give a toast, what a truly brilliant and well thought out scene

[Hal-rnqm]

For those who might wonder, the X-zibit song in the background is derived from the classical music piece "Pavane", Op. 50, by Gabriel Faure.

[GUnitSeanAKAmong]

Even when he's toasting someone, John looks like an evil bastard.

[Allison-ifnz]

Anyone else notice that Raymond was looking directly at the camera when Johnny Sack had his picture taken, maybe implying very early on that he was a rat 0:56

[conormcgregorclips]

man when i first saw these photos and the music i was so pumped for the series

[RaZeRbLaDeZ]

You owe him a fuckin' dime you'll hear some great speeches lol

[mr.breadman]

Scene is so good it makes me want to watch the whole show again.

[imranmunro]

Man I miss this program so thing on TV IMHO! R.I.P James🙏🏻

[Maser]

It's really creepy how Johnny Sack says "salute" if you know what the future seasons of the show have to offer.

[donnydont]

I always thought the photos were very well done, too. Especially Junior.

[nicog]

Just realized that the 2 capos that are looking to the right are the rats. The rest of them are looking to the left. Nice foreshadowing.

[rich]

i wonder how many real-life undercover agents got stung with a fish-eye lens button after this episode...

[btlover]

With Xzibit's "Paparazzi" instrumental, great scene!

[olamide]

This is one of my favourite endings in the show

[TheZippoMontefiore]

Thanks to this scene, me and my friends salut to Junior everytime we toast. You should have seen the other people's faces when we did that in the restaurant.

[Trapatatra]

I love this scene...thank you you tube. pax soprano and I have it, the sound track, the boss vibe, its all what it needs to be.

[romulusnr]

It's really lucky that whoever wrote "CAPO" on Junior's index card wrote it more to the left than all the others so there'd conveniently be space to write "BOSS" next to it! :D