External links
- "Cold Stones" Archived 2016-08-18 at the Wayback Machine at HBO
- "Cold Stones" at IMDb
| "Cold Stones" | |
|---|---|
| The Sopranos episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Tim Van Patten |
| Written by | Diane Frolov Andrew Schneider David Chase |
| Cinematography by | Phil Abraham |
| Production code | 611 |
| Original air date | May 21, 2006 |
| Running time | 56 minutes |
"Cold Stones" is the 76th episode of the HBO series The Sopranos and the 11th of the show's sixth season. Written by Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider, and David Chase, and directed by Tim Van Patten, it originally aired on May 21, 2006.
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Carmela discovers that A.J. was fired from his job at Blockbuster and has kept this a secret for three weeks. Tony watches as A.J. types on a chatroom and giggles; disgusted, he tells Dr. Melfi that he hates his son. She points out that Tony wishes his mother had protected him as Carmela protects A.J. Tony finds A.J. a construction job and gently encourages him to "do good". But when A.J. resists him, Tony smashes the windshield of A.J.'s car, warning, "Don't put me to the test."
Meadow tells her parents she is moving to California to be with Finn.
Carmela visits Paris with Rosalie. She reacts to the ancient city with emotional intensity, and thinks about past and future, life and death. In a dream she sees Adriana walking her dog by the Eiffel Tower; a gendarme says in English, "Your friend—someone needs to tell her she's dead."
Vito unexpectedly approaches Tony at a mall and tries to convince him he is not really homosexual. He asks to buy his way back into the crew, proposing to run a business in Atlantic City involving prostitution and meth trafficking. Tony brings up the offer with Silvio, Christopher, and Paulie, who are not in favor. Vito has a reunion lunch with his family, telling his children that he has been working as an undercover spy in Afghanistan and that they must never speak about his return. He phones Jim, who totally rebuffs him.
Tony has already had a business dispute with Phil, who is now the acting boss of the Lupertazzi family. When they meet again, Phil is angry to learn that Vito is back in town. Tony decides that he can't keep protecting Vito and begins planning his murder. However, when Vito returns that night to his motel room, he is attacked by New York mobsters Fat Dom Gamiello and Gerry Torciano, who knock him down and duct-tape his mouth. Vito mutely pleads for his life as Phil comes out of the closet and watches Dom and Gerry beat him to death with pool cues.
Tony understands that Phil is sending a message, that he can kill one of Tony's capos and Tony cannot do anything about it. He decides to hit back at Phil financially, noting that he has "a wire room in Sheepshead Bay."
While Sil and Carlo are at Satriale's, Dom arrives to make a payment and starts making crude jokes about Vito. When he begins to joke that Carlo and Vito were involved romantically, Sil and Carlo impulsively attack and kill him. Tony shows up, sees what has happened, and wordlessly exits, leaving Sil and Carlo to deal with the corpse.
When Vito's murder is reported in the newspaper, Francesca and Vito, Jr. learn about their father's occupation and homosexuality.
