The Sopranos (TV Series)
D-Girl (2000)
Lorraine Bracco: Dr. Jennifer Melfi
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Quotes
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Dr. Jennifer Melfi : You never went through it?
Tony Soprano : You think my mother and father will stand for that shit?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : How is your mother?
Tony Soprano : She's dead to me
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : And how's Anthony Jr. been taking it?
Tony Soprano : What? About the family?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : About his non-relationship with his grandmother, how is he suppose to understand that? And in general the whole strain of the current atmosphere in your household? But that don't give him the right to mouth off
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It sounds to me like Anthony Jr. may have stumbled onto existentialism.
Tony Soprano : Fuckin Internet.
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : No, no, no it's a European philosophy after World War two people were disillusioned by the sheer weight of the horrors and that's when the whole idea took route that there were no "absolute truths"
Tony Soprano : You believe that?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : In your family? Even motherhood is up for debate
Tony Soprano : No its not I teach him to love, respect and appreciate his mother
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : But what about your mother? Anthony I think it's important to talk about your mother and what she tried to do to you
Tony Soprano : Don't need to, she showed her "true colors", that's all
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Has Anthony Jr. heard you say "she's dead to me"?
Tony Soprano : I don't know
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Well, don't you think that kind of talk can lead a kid to embrace these ideas?
Tony Soprano : Oh, so now this is my fault?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : No, when some people first realize that their solely responsible for their decisions, actions and beliefs and that death lies at the end of every road they can be overcome with "intense dread"
Tony Soprano : "Intense dread"?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : A dull aching anger that leads them to conclude that the only "absolute truth" is death
Tony Soprano : I think the kid's onto something
