Only one season of The Sopranos is perfect, according to Rotten Tomatoes

Even after it came to an abrupt end in 2007, audiences still can’t stop believing that “The Sopranos” is one of the best shows on television (if not that). the Best TV show ever. The story of Tony Soprano’s (James Gandolfini) struggle to serve as the head of two very different families remains the standard that many shows hope to match thanks to his amazing performances and writing (the kind that other series would kill to replicate). But who season Does ‘The Sopranos’ stand taller than the rest? Well, according to Rotten tomatoesthere is one specific chapter in Tony’s life filled with guns, gangsters, and gags that reigns supreme and currently holds a perfect 100% critic score on the aggregator’s website.

Forget the contentious Season 6 or Season 4 (which shows the breakdown of Tony’s marriage), it’s Season 3 that went off without a hitch according to RT. Filled with dead bodies and characters making tough choices that left audiences screaming at the television, Season 3 also hosts an episode that any “Sopranos” fan will agree is worthy of frozen mustard, one of the greatest hours in television history. Yes, this will be another article praising the Pine Barrens, but there are some other entries in Season 3 that deserve honorable mention as well.

By the time season three began, “The Sopranos” had fully hit its stride, bringing in more players — all looking for their own slice of New Jersey — to run riot outside and inside Tony’s criminal empire, even if that meant having to… To eliminate their boss in the process. The third season also begins with the death of Livia Soprano (due to the unexpected death of Nancy Marchand) in the second episode, “Proshai, Livushka”, setting the stage for the soprano’s late mother to mentally haunt her son over the following years.

Anyway, let’s get this straight: “Pine Barrens” is not only the highlight and main event of Season 3, but it’s also a game-changing episode in its own right. Considered by some to be a bottle episode and directed by Steve Buscemi, the episode sees Tony trying to put out the fire left by Christopher (Michael Imperioli) and Paulie (Tony Sirico) after they ran into a former Russian soldier and found themselves stranded in the titular frozen spot. Funny in places thanks to the constant bickering between Tony’s incompetent captains, “Pine Barrens” represents a major shift in the President’s perspective on who he can trust. It is also one of the first episodes that leaves questions for viewers to answer, such as: Whatever happened to the Russian Which Pauli considered an “interior designer”.

With that being said, there’s another episode from Season 3 that deserves praise, even if its primary focus prefers not to say anything about everything (just as we wish it would).

While “Pine Barrens” may regularly go down as the best that “The Sopranos” has to offer, “Employee of the Month” is perhaps one of the series’ bleakest but equally brilliant episodes — and one that highlights, in the best way, On the blurred lines between Tony’s life and those connected to it, whether they wanted to or not. In fact, this is the episode that sees mob boss therapist Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant and struggling to not only move on from the horrific incident but also settle on the best path to his treatment.

A wonderful testament to what makes them One of the best characters in “The Sopranos”, This episode sees Melfi doing her best to maintain her moral compass (requested by Braco)even though she and the audience are desperate to give in and unleash the towering monster she sees every week on another monster. The result is one of the most uncomfortable plot threads in the entire show that is perhaps tied up in a way some don’t want it to be. Not only does Melfi refuse to order Tony to answer to her attacker, but she also completely hides the truth from him. Instead, when he asks if there’s something she needs to tell him, the good doctor at her most vulnerable answers with a resolute “no.”

The “Sopranos” series finale may have featured an iconic cut to black, but the one in this third season episode, however brief, was even more tone-deaf.