Funhouse (9 Apr. 2000)

Tony gets sick from food poisoning and blames Artie's restaurant. Pussy, meanwhile, reaches the end of the line.

Director:

John Patterson

Writers:

David Chase (creator), David Chase,

Stars:

James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
James Gandolfini	...	Tony Soprano
Lorraine Bracco	...	Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Edie Falco	...	Carmela Soprano
Michael Imperioli	...	Christopher Moltisanti
Dominic Chianese	...	Junior Soprano
Steven Van Zandt	...	Silvio Dante
Tony Sirico	...	Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri
Robert Iler	...	A.J. Soprano
Jamie-Lynn Sigler	...	Meadow Soprano
Drea de Matteo	...	Adriana La Cerva
Aida Turturro	...	Janice Soprano (credit only)
Federico Castelluccio	...	Furio Giunta
John Ventimiglia	...	Artie Bucco
Nancy Marchand	...	Livia Soprano
Vincent Pastore	...	Salvatore 'Big Pussy' Bonpensiero

Storyline

Meadow's graduation is finally at hand and she decides on which college to attend. Tony is having something of a rough time with a severe bout of food poisoning. In his sick bed, he has interesting dreams about those around him. He also finds Pussy's wire so they go fishing along with Sylvio and Paulie. Pussy won't return. Tony is arrested at home when his mother Livia and her sister are stopped at the airport with stolen airline tickets. At Meadow's graduation, Tony has a final chat with David Scatino, the man whose gambling debts to Tony and Richie Aprile led to his ruin.

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Plot Keywords:

food poisoning | hallucination | female mobster | returning character killed off | gangster | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 2000 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Brad Grey Television, Chase Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Final TV performance of Nancy Marchand.

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Goofs

Tony's hair changes from combed to mussed to combed several times on the boat. Additionally, Tony has a five o'clock stubble when he goes up to talk to Silvio when they're on the boat, but he's clean shaven when they're back down inside the boat again.

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Quotes

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: [referring to his mother] ... They won't have her back at Green Grove.
Barbara Soprano Giglione: Tony...
Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: She was abusive to the staff!

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Connections

Featured in The Sopranos: Remember When (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Free Fallin'"
(uncredited)
Written by Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty
Performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

User Reviews

Hail and farewell

FUNHOUSE is as unique an episode as PINE BARRENS. Tony gets food poisoning, which in one of the series' funniest scenes, he tries to blame on an unnerved but obstinate Artie Bucco. In his delirium, Tony dreams he is on the boardwalk with all his cronies, in a sort of WAITING FOR GODOT tableau. Only Pussy sits motionless, staring out to sea, and later he abruptly vanishes. In a later dream, Tony is looking at fresh-caught fish on ice, when one of them starts talking to him in Pussy's voice. It is a foreshadowing, of course, and Tony finally accepts that Pussy is a traitor. Livia has her last moments as Tony skunks her big-time (we all know Nancy Marchand died right after this). To add to the bizarre situation, Tony imagines mounting a very horny Melfi on her desk -- and he can't wait to tell her. The tragic ending of this episode will haunt the Fat Man for the rest of the series. A classic episode, involving a fateful boat ride, and that hints of Greek and Roman drama, but also of Fellini and even good old Tobe Hooper. A must-see.