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** She is also shown looking for any valuables Livia left behind by scouring the basement with a metal detetor, just to show that Janice's [[{{Greed}} Greed]] is [[{{UpToEleven}} Up To Eleven]]. Tony calls her out on that as well, with characteristic [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} Deadpan Snark]].
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** She is also shown looking for any valuables Livia left behind by scouring the basement with a metal detetor, detector, just to show that Janice's [[{{Greed}} Greed]] is [[{{UpToEleven}} Up To Eleven]]. Tony calls her out on that as well, with characteristic [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} Deadpan Snark]].
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* BlatantLies: Janice still tries to keep up the fiction that Livia's [[{{MementoMacGuffin}} record collection]] has sentimental value for her. Tony sees right through it.
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* GoldDigger: Janice is shown looking for any valuables Livia left behind by scouring the basement with a metal detetor, just to show that Janice's [[{{Greed}} Greed]] is [[{{UpToEleven}} Up To Eleven]].
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* GoldDigger: GoldDigger:
** Janice really wants that record collection.
** She is also shown looking for any valuables Livia left behind by scouring the basement with a metal detetor, just to show that Janice's [[{{Greed}} Greed]] is [[{{UpToEleven}} Up ToEleven]].Eleven]]. Tony calls her out on that as well, with characteristic [[{{DeadpanSnarker}} Deadpan Snark]].
** Janice really wants that record collection.
** She is also shown looking for any valuables Livia left behind by scouring the basement with a metal detetor, just to show that Janice's [[{{Greed}} Greed]] is [[{{UpToEleven}} Up To
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* Tony tells Janice, "Don't mess with the [[{{TheMafiya}} Russians.]] Turns out he was right.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
* Tony tells Janice, "Don't mess with the [[{{TheMafiya}} Russians.]] Turns out he was right.
* Tony tells Janice, "Don't mess with the [[{{TheMafiya}} Russians.]] Turns out he was right.
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* GoldDigger: Janice is shown looking for any valuables Livia left behind by scouring the basement with a metal detetor, just to show that Janice's [[{{Greed}} Greed]] is [[{{UpToEleven}} Up To Eleven]].
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys:
** Dr. Melfi has a pleased look on her face when Tony notices she's wearing a [[{{ShesGotLegs}} low cut skirt]].
** She also admits to Dr. Kupferberg that she separated from Richard despite, no [[{{SubvertedTrope}} BECAUSE]], he embodied the [[{{SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan}} ideal traits for a male partner]].
** Dr. Melfi has a pleased look on her face when Tony notices she's wearing a [[{{ShesGotLegs}} low cut skirt]].
** She also admits to Dr. Kupferberg that she separated from Richard despite, no [[{{SubvertedTrope}} BECAUSE]], he embodied the [[{{SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan}} ideal traits for a male partner]].
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* ShesGotLegs: What seems to be foremost on Tony's mind when he learns that Dr. Melfi's knee was injured in her "car accident." This is not lost on Carmella, even when Tony tries to [[VerbalBackpedaling cover it up with talk about how knee injuries can be very serious]].
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* ShesGotLegs: ShesGotLegs:
** Tony notices she's got a cut lower than usual skirt on during their first therapy session.
** What seems to be foremost on Tony's mind when he learns that Dr. Melfi's knee was injured in her "car accident." This is not lost on Carmella, even when Tony tries to [[VerbalBackpedaling cover it up with talk about how knee injuries can be very serious]].
** Tony notices she's got a cut lower than usual skirt on during their first therapy session.
** What seems to be foremost on Tony's mind when he learns that Dr. Melfi's knee was injured in her "car accident." This is not lost on Carmella, even when Tony tries to [[VerbalBackpedaling cover it up with talk about how knee injuries can be very serious]].
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* ConfessInConfidence: Subverted. Dr. Melfi accidentally breaches her obligations of confidentiality by slipping Tony Soprano's name during her therapy session with Dr. Kupferberg, but nothing comes of it.
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* ManipulativeBastard: Both Richard and Dr. Kupferberg flat out tell Dr. Melfi that Tony is playing her to get the better end of the bargain during their therapy sessions.
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* StopBeingStereotypical: Richard gets into an argument with Dr. Melfi on the basis that mobsters like Tony bring shame and embarrassment to Italian Americans, most of whom are not mobbed up. He also feels Melfi is drawing the stain on herself by continuing to treat Tony.
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* Yandere: Irina apparently hasn't gotten over Tony, who isn't pleased.
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* Yandere: {{Yandere}}: Irina apparently hasn't gotten over Tony, who isn't pleased.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Melfi restrains herself from taking the easy and tempting route of revenge against her rapist.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Melfi restrains herself from taking the easy and tempting route of revenge against her rapist.rapist.
* Yandere: Irina apparently hasn't gotten over Tony, who isn't pleased.
* Yandere: Irina apparently hasn't gotten over Tony, who isn't pleased.
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* TitleDrop: At the sandwich shop, Dr. Melfi sees Rossi's picture up on the wall; he's the employee of the month.
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* EvilGloating: Dr. Melfi, of all people, gets a well-deserved rant about what she ''could'' do to the rapist if she chose to, when talking to Dr. Kupferberg. She doesn't. But for a minute you can see shades of EvilFeelsGood in her eyes.
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* ShesGotLegs: What seems to be foremost on Tony's mind when he learns that Dr. Melfi's knee was injured in her "car accident." This is not lost on Carmella, even when Tony tries to [[VerbalBackspace [[VerbalBackpedaling cover it up with talk about how knee injuries can be very serious]].
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* ShesGotLegs: What seems to be foremost on Tony's mind when he learns that Dr. Melfi's knee was injured in her "car accident."
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* ShesGotLegs: What seems to be foremost on Tony's mind when he learns that Dr. Melfi's knee was injured in her "car accident."" This is not lost on Carmella, even when Tony tries to [[VerbalBackspace cover it up with talk about how knee injuries can be very serious]].
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* TruthInTelevision: Tony is right: even relatively minor knee injuries can cause life-long problems.
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* TruthInTelevision: Tony is right: ''is'' right about knee injuries: even relatively minor knee injuries ones can cause life-long problems.
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* ShownTheirWork: Tony is right: even relatively minor knee injuries can cause life-long problems.
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* TruthInTelevision: Tony is right: even relatively minor knee injuries can cause life-long problems.
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** In a meta sense, most people who watch this episode probably expect her to lose it and tell Tony about the rape.
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** In a meta sense, most people who watch this episode probably expect her -- possibly even [[RootingForTheEmpire hope for her]] -- to lose it and tell Tony about the rape.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: You are a rare person if you don't want Dr. Melfi to sic Tony on the rapist.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Dr. Melfi remembers what happened when [[Recap/TheSopranosS1E6PaxSoprana she had car trouble]], and knows that if she tells Tony about her rape, the rapist will wind up dead and she'll be responsible.
* HopeSpot: Dr. Melfi is attacked at her car, and for a second, it looks like she'll get away.
** In a meta sense, most people who watch this episode probably expect her to lose it and tell Tony about the rape.
* HopeSpot: Dr. Melfi is attacked at her car, and for a second, it looks like she'll get away.
** In a meta sense, most people who watch this episode probably expect her to lose it and tell Tony about the rape.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. Kupferberg helpfully connects the vending machine element of Dr. Melfi's dream with what was probably at that time a very well-known story in the news about a newlywed who [[TooDumbToLive rocked a vending machine over onto himself trying to get a free drink]].
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Dr. Kupferberg [[MrExposition helpfully connects connects]] the vending machine element of Dr. Melfi's dream with what was probably at that time he describes as a very well-known story in the news about a newlywed someone who [[TooDumbToLive rocked a vending machine over onto himself trying to get a free drink]].
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* MoodWhiplash: Melfi's having another tedious argument with Richard about Tony as she walks to her car, not even really noticing the young man who passes her in the stairwell, and then ...
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* NightmareFuel: The rape, and then the fact that the rapist is going to skate.
* NothingIsScarier: Deliberately subverted. The camera never flinches from the rape, and it's ''horrifying''.
* NothingIsScarier: Deliberately subverted. The camera never flinches from the rape, and it's ''horrifying''.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tony is aghast when Dr. Melfi breaks down during their session, and does everything in his power to comfort her short of picking her up and rocking her like a baby.
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* ShownTheirWork: Tony is right: even relatively minor knee injuries can cause life-long problems.
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* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Well, in this case it appears to be "Can't Send You To a Behaviorist, Still Need You." Dr. Melfi [[ContinuityNod apparently still believes]] that having Tony as a patient is therapeutic for her.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Having the victim be able to identify the rapist is useless, apparently, if the evidence is mishandled.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Richard and Jason both turn into foul-mouthed revenge seekers after Dr. Melfi's rape; then later, even she veers that way with Dr. Kupferberg.
* PoliceAreUseless: Having the victim be able to identify the rapist isuseless, worthless, apparently, if the evidence is mishandled.
* PoliceAreUseless: Having the victim be able to identify the rapist is
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* WhamEpisode: Not just ''that'' Dr. Melfi was raped, but that every excrutiating moment of the rape was shown ''and'' the rapist got away scot free.
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* SmashToBlack: How the episode ends after Dr. Melfi's WhatYouAreInTheDark moment.
--> ''No.''
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* WhamEpisode: Not just ''that'' Dr. Melfi was raped, but that every excrutiating moment of the rape was shown ''and'' the rapist got awayscot free.scot-free.
--> ''No.''
--> [black screen]
* WhamEpisode: Not just ''that'' Dr. Melfi was raped, but that every excrutiating moment of the rape was shown ''and'' the rapist got away
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* RapeAsDrama
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* RapeAsDramaPoliceAreUseless: Having the victim be able to identify the rapist is useless, apparently, if the evidence is mishandled.
* RapeAsDrama: Possibly one of the best examples ever aired.
* WhamEpisode: Not just ''that'' Dr. Melfi was raped, but that every excrutiating moment of the rape was shown ''and'' the rapist got away scot free.
* RapeAsDrama: Possibly one of the best examples ever aired.
* WhamEpisode: Not just ''that'' Dr. Melfi was raped, but that every excrutiating moment of the rape was shown ''and'' the rapist got away scot free.
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* WhoYouAreInTheDark: Melfi restrains herself from taking the easy and tempting route of revenge against her rapist.
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* WhoYouAreInTheDark: WhatYouAreInTheDark: Melfi restrains herself from taking the easy and tempting route of revenge against her rapist.
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Melfi has a dream in which her rapist attacks her in her office, only to be viciously mauled by an attack dog. Deconstructing the dream in therapy with Dr. Kupferberg, she realizes that it represents an unconscious desire to have Tony kill the rapist. In their next session, Melfi writes off her bruising and need for a crutch as being the result of a car crash, but shows clear signs of trauma. When Tony expresses a more open mind to ending their sessions and moving to behavioral therapy, Melfi reacts negatively and then begins to cry. Tony, clearly sensing something is wrong, comforts her, then asks if she wants to tell him something. Melfi regains her composure and simply says "No".
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Melfi has a dream in which her rapist attacks her in her office, only to be viciously mauled by an attack dog. Deconstructing the dream in therapy with Dr. Kupferberg, she realizes that it represents an unconscious desire to have Tony kill the rapist. In their next session, Melfi writes off her bruising and need for a crutch as being the result of a car crash, but shows clear signs of trauma. When Tony expresses a more open mind to ending their sessions and moving to behavioral therapy, Melfi reacts negatively and then begins to cry. Tony, clearly sensing something is wrong, comforts her, then asks if she wants to tell him something. Melfi regains her composure and simply says "No"."No".
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* KarmaHoudini: Jesus Rossi, the rapist.
* RapeAsDrama
* WhoYouAreInTheDark: Melfi restrains herself from taking the easy and tempting route of revenge against her rapist.
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* KarmaHoudini: Jesus Rossi, the rapist.
* RapeAsDrama
* WhoYouAreInTheDark: Melfi restrains herself from taking the easy and tempting route of revenge against her rapist.
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Tony gets a call from Irina one night, inquiring about her cousin Svetlana's prosthetic leg, which was stolen by Janice. Tony is more concerned that Irina would call his home phone out of the blue. Meanwhile, Dr. Melfi is shown to be back together with Richard La Penna, the father of her son whom she had previously divorced. Though they share an easy rapport, Melfi has little patience for Richard's constant concern about the public perception of Italian-Americans.
In Tony's therapy, Melfi returns to the possibility of ending their sessions and sending him to the next stage of his treatment in behavioral therapy. Tony bristles at the prospect and accuses Melfi of trying to pawn him off. She then proposes bringing Carmela into therapy, which similarly unsettles him.
Ralph Cifaretto attempts to bond with Jackie Jr., as he is now dating Jackie's mother Rosalie. When traditional attempts to relate to him are unsuccessful, Ralph brings Jackie along to strong-arm the brother of a mob associate who hasn't been satisfying Ralph with his kick-ups. The confrontation escalates, and Ralph and Jackie team up to brutally beat the man. This seems to thrill Jackie to an extent. Tony meets with Ralph the next day and, despite Ralph's expectations that he will be made captain of the former Aprile crew, Tony informs him the position will be given to Gigi Cestone. Ralph is crestfallen. Meanwhile Tony is surprised to learn that Johnny Sack and his wife Ginny have moved into a large home in New Jersey. Tony pays them a visit and gets Johnny's assurance that he won't interfere with how Tony runs his family.
While leaving her office one night, Melfi is attacked in the parking garage by a stranger, and raped on the stairwell, leaving her horribly traumatized. As she is tended to in the hospital, Richard and their son Jason rush to her side, both feeling impotent rage at the attack on her. They are informed that a suspect has been apprehended, and Melfi is put off when Richard reacts negatively to learning the man is named Jesus Rossi and likely Italian. Later as Melfi begins to convalesce at home, Richard calls the detectives working the case and learns that due to mismanagement of chain of custody, Rossi has been let off on a technicality. Melfi is horrified, and her mental condition is only made worse when, visiting a sandwich shop, she sees that her rapist is that shop's employee of the month.
Russian goons break into Livia's house while Janice is alone one night, striking her and forcing her to retrieve Svetlana's prosthetic leg from the locker where she's keeping it. Later Tony visits her in the hospital, and Janice seems to have undergone a total personality shift, with the supposed trauma of the encounter with the Russians leading her to become a born again Christian. Tony leaves, bemused, after promising to enact retribution on the men who attacked her - more out of duty than any actual desire for revenge.
Melfi has a dream in which her rapist attacks her in her office, only to be viciously mauled by an attack dog. Deconstructing the dream in therapy with Dr. Kupferberg, she realizes that it represents an unconscious desire to have Tony kill the rapist. In their next session, Melfi writes off her bruising and need for a crutch as being the result of a car crash, but shows clear signs of trauma. When Tony expresses a more open mind to ending their sessions and moving to behavioral therapy, Melfi reacts negatively and then begins to cry. Tony, clearly sensing something is wrong, comforts her, then asks if she wants to tell him something. Melfi regains her composure and simply says "No".
In Tony's therapy, Melfi returns to the possibility of ending their sessions and sending him to the next stage of his treatment in behavioral therapy. Tony bristles at the prospect and accuses Melfi of trying to pawn him off. She then proposes bringing Carmela into therapy, which similarly unsettles him.
Ralph Cifaretto attempts to bond with Jackie Jr., as he is now dating Jackie's mother Rosalie. When traditional attempts to relate to him are unsuccessful, Ralph brings Jackie along to strong-arm the brother of a mob associate who hasn't been satisfying Ralph with his kick-ups. The confrontation escalates, and Ralph and Jackie team up to brutally beat the man. This seems to thrill Jackie to an extent. Tony meets with Ralph the next day and, despite Ralph's expectations that he will be made captain of the former Aprile crew, Tony informs him the position will be given to Gigi Cestone. Ralph is crestfallen. Meanwhile Tony is surprised to learn that Johnny Sack and his wife Ginny have moved into a large home in New Jersey. Tony pays them a visit and gets Johnny's assurance that he won't interfere with how Tony runs his family.
While leaving her office one night, Melfi is attacked in the parking garage by a stranger, and raped on the stairwell, leaving her horribly traumatized. As she is tended to in the hospital, Richard and their son Jason rush to her side, both feeling impotent rage at the attack on her. They are informed that a suspect has been apprehended, and Melfi is put off when Richard reacts negatively to learning the man is named Jesus Rossi and likely Italian. Later as Melfi begins to convalesce at home, Richard calls the detectives working the case and learns that due to mismanagement of chain of custody, Rossi has been let off on a technicality. Melfi is horrified, and her mental condition is only made worse when, visiting a sandwich shop, she sees that her rapist is that shop's employee of the month.
Russian goons break into Livia's house while Janice is alone one night, striking her and forcing her to retrieve Svetlana's prosthetic leg from the locker where she's keeping it. Later Tony visits her in the hospital, and Janice seems to have undergone a total personality shift, with the supposed trauma of the encounter with the Russians leading her to become a born again Christian. Tony leaves, bemused, after promising to enact retribution on the men who attacked her - more out of duty than any actual desire for revenge.
Melfi has a dream in which her rapist attacks her in her office, only to be viciously mauled by an attack dog. Deconstructing the dream in therapy with Dr. Kupferberg, she realizes that it represents an unconscious desire to have Tony kill the rapist. In their next session, Melfi writes off her bruising and need for a crutch as being the result of a car crash, but shows clear signs of trauma. When Tony expresses a more open mind to ending their sessions and moving to behavioral therapy, Melfi reacts negatively and then begins to cry. Tony, clearly sensing something is wrong, comforts her, then asks if she wants to tell him something. Melfi regains her composure and simply says "No".
