EPISODE
SEASON
The Sopranos - Season 2
Tony is under more stress than ever as he deals with the demands of his new position. Making matters worse, his long-lost sister Janice has arrived to take care of their ailing mother. A conflicted New Jersey crime boss seeks therapy to cope with mob and family pressures in this addictive, stunningly original drama.
31 January 1943, Hawick, Borders, Scotland, UK
6 August 1971, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1939, Kingston, New York, USA
August 18, 2014
As The Sopranos heads into season No. 2, writing remains crisp, photography is sharp and interesting, new characters lend intriguing plot twists and James Gandolfini continues to expertly play the most compelling character on series television.
July 08, 2014
The second season of The Sopranos begins on a less frothy, slightly more bitter note than the first, but the terrific midlife-crisis mob show continues to generate a buzz.
July 08, 2014
To reveal too many of this year's changes would be to spoil the obvious delight Chase and his fellow writers took in devising them.
July 08, 2014
It keeps pulling you back in - back in on yourself, appealing to your basest instincts, to your fundamental urge to hear a bloody story well told.
July 08, 2014
The Sopranos remains a showcase for ferociously distinctive writing, inventive direction and brilliant portrayals of surprisingly, even disturbingly, sympathetic multilayered characters by a perfectly cast group of actors who hold back nothing.
July 08, 2014
Even this early The Sopranos has displayed the depth that is its most stunning quality.
July 08, 2014
It isn't clear why the series generates such effusive praise. The greatest TV show? No way. Tony's too despicable.
July 08, 2014
Bottom Line: Still TV's top "family" drama
July 08, 2014
The Sopranos is a show for viewers who want an alternative to TV dramas that too often ask us to accept oversimplification and feel-good-ism.
July 15, 2014
I was pleased to see that the first two episodes were better than I had remembered.