The Sopranos - Family Values

Dominic Chianese: The Contest

Contest for the Best Idea for 5th, and may be final, Season!

Here are the 10 finalists! The 2 winners will receive a CD signed by Dominic Chianese!
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1. Submitted by Chris H.
Meadow discovers that the guy she is currently dating is Dr. Melfi's son. They fall in love and get married, forcing Dr. Melfi to face the "cuts-both-ways" choice of either expressing her disapproval and sacrificing her relationship with her son, or respecting her son's wishes while tolerating being part of the same family as Tony.

2. Submitted by James D.
Tony gets flack or threats from mob rivals in New York who want to move in, so he returns to Italy (along with Ralphie and Chris) for help. This time, Ralphie gets the clap and Chris, newly clean and sober actually learns he can enjoy Italy without shooting up. Chris borrows a Lamborghini (Diablo, etc) and tears up the streets italian style, driving on sidewalks etc like only italians can do. Tony runs into his female counterpart again and she explains that Furio is troubled and has returned to her employ for guidance. Needing the italian connection for support against the impending turf war with the New York families, Tony reconciles with Furio while never learning of Furios interest in Carmella. It turns out that Furio only missed his family and only thought of Carmela as a "mother figure" (this would win fans back bigtime) and now it's time to cue the intro for Furio's new smokin Italian fiancee. Furio returns to New Jersey with a minor promotion to satisfy his urge to be more than just a driver/gopher. On his returnto the states, Furio is sent to carry the message to the New York families that Italy will not support a move on Tony's turf. Furio cracks a few heads "furio style" and everybody's happy.

3. Submitted by Paul O.
Tony's daughter meadow gets kidnapped by a rival Jamaican mob, of which Tony knows little about. he enlists the help of an Irish lower east side gang who have some partnered drug dealing interest with the Jamaican to try and get her back. the motive behind the kid-napping is retribution for one of the Jamaican's crew getting muscled out of a neighborhood in which he dealt drugs in, by none other than nephew Christopher. the Irish seem willing to help but not for a price. this creates conflict for Tony who does not like to be compromised, but he knows it may be impossible to get her back without them. the Jamaican's demand is Christopher's life for the return of his daughter. carmella complicates matters further by wanting to go to the authorities, particularly an easier decision then in the past as a result of their estranged marriage. and just to add fuel to the fire Anthony jr. upon learning of his sister's situation approaches his father wanting to get involved. after being denied by his father for the obvious, Anthony jr. enlist some of his friends and sets out to resolve the issue on his own. many possibilities from here.

WINNER! 4. Submitted by Peter A.
Chris is put into Ralph's place as Captain - which greatly annoys Paulie. Carmela goes to Italy to see Furio. Johnny Sack tells Carmine about the plot to kill him, and blames it all on Tony. Carmine plans to have Tony killed and put Johnny in his place. Chris and Adriana get married, but she gets seriously ill when she becomes pregnant. Paulie warns Tony about the plot against him when Johnny hints about it at a meeting. Tony goes to see Melfi, acting on his long-held feelings for her, but she rejects him, and this and the business pressure cause him to start sliding into depression again. Adriana dies in hospital. Tony's depression gets worse, and he is at the point he was at in Episode #12. At this point Tony is less in control of the family and Junior starts to exert more authority. He decides the only way to resolve the rift with New York is to pop Paulie or Johnny and orders Paulie and Chris to take out Johnny Sac. Junior's cancer recurs and he dies not long after, with a poorly attended funeral - a reflection of how things have changed since Jackie Aprile died in Season 1. Chris finally realises the place he has to take in the family and accepts the responsibility it carries, becoming a good captain, and Tony's second-in-command. Meadow starts working for a law firm and is shocked when at a trial they represent associates of Tony. She gores to Europe with Carmela. Janice sells the house and heads back to Seattle having had a big falling out with Junior and Bobby who accuses her of trying to turn his children against him. Carmela returns from Italy and after talking to Father Phil decides to get divorced, but Furio stays in Italy. AJ takes a course in psychology and decides he might like to become a psychologist/psychiatrist. The Federal agents start visiting Tony and put pressure on him to give it all up and help them. He refuses continually, but his resolve starts to weaken as he becomes more ill. Tony thinks more and more about Gloria, and then goes to see Irina, but she tells him that she no longer loves him. Feeling deserted and unable to take it, Tony swallows a bottle of pills, but is rescued by Artie. When Melfi hears of this, guilt-ridden, she goes to see him. She manages to persuade him to see another therapist by agreeing to see him (romantically). Tony gets the depression under control and makes a welcome return to the 'Bing. Tony and Melfi realise that it will not work between them and break up amicably, Melfi referring him to another psychiatrist and wishing him good luck, and off he walks into the future, as a flock of ducks fly past.

5. Submitted by John B.
Chris pays the price for shooting up when he falls ill and discovers he's HIV positive. Tony discovers that mother Livia was unfaithful and Uncle Junior is his real father. Now that Carmella has evicted Tony, he finally has the bottle to seduce Dr Melfi.

6. Submitted by Tom
Let us remember Valorie... (the guy Paulie & Chris were supposed to whack in the Pine Barrens) Valorie isnt so dead and he finds Paulie... One morning paul gets a knock on the door and opens up to a silenced pistol held by him.. Paulie goes down and never gets back up.. A shot isnt ever fired, but he collapses from a massive heart attack... We cant forget Adrianna who is the FBI's newest informant.. Chris is low on money and says he wants her to cut back on the shopping.. Chris is one day out doing business and sees her going into a highrise parking lot.. He follows her and sees her meet with an agent.. She doesnt see him though.. All the mean time Tony is pissed that Paulie isn't calling.. Its been 2 days and he goes over to Paulies to find him dead on the floor.. No shots or anything... Tony kneels down and starts to cry... Later he tells Silvio and the kids (he hasnt spoken to Carmella) that he need to go over to Italy for business.. He is trying to smuggle out silver and Italy is a HUGE supplier.. Silvio and Chris agree to come with him.. As he gets there he sees Furio.. Furio looks at him and says in Italian to 5 other guys "Kill them..." Shots are fired and they all run.. get right back on a plane and end up in JFK the next morning.. When he gets home he is surprised to learn that his Uncle has been shot by a few kids.. As the show ends the FBI knocks on his door and he just looks out a window.

WINNER! 7. Submitted by Michelle Y.
Meadow is clubbing with her guy pal and a little high on their "whatever"...they keep going from raunchy to raunchier...just for the hell of it...and on their third club, they are getting down and dirty and Meadow thinks she spots her father's shoes...she slowly climbs above the crowd and sees Tony pumping with the Russian ..Meadow thinks it's something she has taken that's given her these visions but she finally gets the picture that her father is most definitely there and losing it , groping some big-assed dish...about the same age as she....and she can hardly keep from confronting him..she is so humiliated and enraged. Meanwhile, Tony , after grinding and whirling and drinking, non-stop, starts to get one of his seizures and begins his claustrophobic twirl into hell..suddenly grabs the slut and drags her out wanting to go back to her place...He can barely breathe at this point as he stumbles to the car...but Meadow has conned her pal into following them out saying she knows the girl from a long way back...and to follow them, wherever they might go, just for old times sake. Her friend speeds along the freeway following the jeep to a different, sleazier part of town and after an erratic chase where Tony was obviously on overload and in a panic...parks his car and the couple stumble out. He is now almost delerious and drunkenly abrasive...shoving and degrading his tart for the night...as they make it into her apartment, Tony carelessly leaves his coat on the hook where his gun is packed....and Meadow , as she enters, sees the revolver hanging loose, waves goodnight to her pal who is waiting, back at the car, and shuts the door. She takes the revolver and grasps it tremulously as she starts to climb the staircase to their bedroom . After a slow , halting, ascension, she makes it to the top and carefully , silently, pushes open the door. Neither see her as they are fucking their brains out at this point but that's ok...she's not there to socialize. And with one final gesture to the father she adored, she cries "Why ? Why are you doing this? What was all of this for?" In slow motion, you see Tony whip around with horror at the daughter he loved so dearly from the start, but the whore who sees she has a gun pointed heavily at the two of them, thinking it's just one more jealous bitch from the night, grabs a pistol from her nightside table and blows Meadow's heart sky high right out to the street. Tony's reflexes are instantaneous and he hurls the slut to the floor...pulling the gun from her fingers and pointing it into her mouth hysterically screams "What the fuck have you done? What the fuck have you done?" And with that, the gun explodes into her now , not so pretty face. And after some weeping and some pounding and some choking desperate breaths, into the dead chest of Meadow, he hears his cell ringing, and ringing and ringing and it's Carmine thinking maybe she misses Tony and perhaps they should get back together again.

8. Submitted by Kristy V.
Okay, Paully happens to witness a car accident late in the night. A woman and her daughter, who happens to be about the same age as Meadow, are hit by an oncoming car and that driver happens to be high on cocaine. That driver is killed, along with the mother in the opposite car. The young girl survives, but is hospitalized. The passenger from the oncoming car flees the scene before Paully manages to jump from his vehicle, and Paully eventually gets Tony to put a hit out on this man for the damages he and his friend caused this young girl. Paully visits the girl in the hospital and feels so sorry for her as she can only lay there for days, unconscious. She's beautiful to look at, and when she finally awakens and realizes what's happened, she seems devastated to be left in the world all alone. Her father left when she was only a child, and she had no family except for her mother. Paully decides to take her under his wing, after learning that she's a poor girl struggling with 2 jobs to keep her simple lifestyle and put herself through school. He gets her a job at the bada-bada bing club, and it's all eyes on her! She starts banking with the tips money and things are starting to pick up for her. Paully becomes romantically linked with her, and she enjoys his company and protectiveness. Everything is perfect until some guys who attend the same college as her recognize her from the club, and they make degrading remarks and even assault her in the parking lot. She is raped by them as Paully is waiting for her at a restaurant with Tony and others. Paully becomes impatient with worry because she's such a punctual and responsible woman, and her cell phone just rings. When she does finally answer, Paully can hear her crying and the pain that escapes her every time she makes a movement, and h e rushes to aid her. Tony follows and they both stand in fury at the sight of her. Weeks later, the same guys happen to walk into the club for a fun night with the strippers, and when this girl spies them and is so disturbed that she runs off stage, Paully and the others know why. They pretend to be inviting these guys into the back room for free blowjobs or something, and then they beat them senseless and have Christopher take them "for a drive" in the trunk. Let's just say these guys won't be bothering their strippers anymore!

9. Submitted by Mad Jack
I think that now Tony has been kicked out of the house by Carmela he will initially try to focus his mind on the business to take his mind off Carmela and the kids. This however will prove unsucessful for Tony as he begins to make careless business deals, like offering Carmine higher percentages in the HUD scam etc. This is brought to light by Silvio, when he tells Tony that things aren't going too well but Tony takes offense to it, only to be calmed down by Paulie who is now acting the very loyal soldier. Paulie offers Tony his sympathy and then tells him to go home, and let Paulie take care of things. The Big man leaves, and Paulie walks back into the Bing with a big chip on his shoulder. Chris meantime is doing great, and is springing around like he is a new person, only Adrianna is now getting very uneasy as marriage seems to be slipping away and legal problems come closer. Tony who has now been exiled to his hotel room by Paulie and Silvio realises he needs to concentrate on his family and he gives Chris a ring to sort a few things out. With the death of Ralphie and now Tony once again relying on him, Paulie feels reborn and almost completely ignoring Silvio, seeks for some sort of revenge against Johnny Sack for not telling Carmine about him, and for then lying to him as well. Paulie is very happy when some of his boys, including Benny Fazio and Lil' Paulie trash and torch one of Johnny Sack's favourite bars, but are careful to leave no evidence of themselves there, however Sack knows. Paulie is flaunting around the Bing like he owns the place handing out orders to Patsy, Vito and Silvio like he owns the place, he even demanded that Silvio get Furio back from Naples, but that was a no go. Even Ally Boy, Raymond, and Carlo thought that Paulie was the new Acting Boss! That was until Chris shows up with orders from Tony, and that knocks the wind from under Paulie. Tony resorts to sneaking into the house whilst Carmela is not there to talk to Meadow and AJ the most, and asking them how their mother has been and so on. Chris finds out about the restaurant incident and is threatened by Paulie not to tell anyone, but Chris in anger ignores Paulie and tells Tony who leaps out of his hotel room and rushes straight down to Vesuvio's where Artie looks very uneasy and he sits opposite Paulie and knocks the glass out of his hands. Johnny Sack who is also there is grinning and laughing and at one point he steps up behind Tony and makes a remark about Paulie, then there is complete silence as Tony gazes at Sack with fury written all over his face, Tony stands up-right and Johnny Sack steps back slightly intimidated, and then BANG Tony just letting out all his anger nails Sack right in the jaw sending him over the table, Artie runs in and grabs Tony, Tony takes Artie and pins him against the wall, and in a lowered voice says; "You should've paid me $50,000 but I let it go Artie, so don't piss me off!!!!" Tony talks to Dr. Melfi, who much to his anger suggests that Tony see his lawyer about his legal situation should him and Carmela split up, after giving Melfi an ear full he does it, and finds out that his "Mobster" reputation may hinder his chances of custody over AJ. Johnny Sack meanwhile goes to Carmine with the idea of war on Jersey, and manages to be very convincing. Meanwhile word of this gets out thanks to a chat between Silvio and Little Carmine, who hates Johnny Sack just as much as they do. Tony very stressed turns up to a nice sight at the Bing; Silvio, Paulie, Carlo, Raymond, Ally Boy, Chris, Vito, Patsy, Benny Fazio and Lil' Paulie all having a laugh together sharing drinks at the bar, Tony grins and joins them as Brian shows up and Tony gives him a gun as he says he needs protection. Meanwhile I think Junior who is now free should talk to Bacala about how he is still officially Boss of the Jersey Family. and now as free man has a right to get a bigger pay-check from Tony, and a lot more respect!

10. Submitted by Ryan H.
First off, the next season, since it will most likely be the last, should go back to where the series started, lots of action and death. The Soprano (DaMeo) family should go to war with Johnny Sack and New York. Sack should take out Carmine and somehow frame Tony for it, so his family will more easily agree to a war. Furio should return and play some part in all of this. AJ should get involved with the family business since he seems to be too stupid to do anything else. A lot of the Soprano family should go down, Tony too, if it is the last season. If there is a 6th season, let Tony survive this one. In the end Christopher should take over the family. After the season 4 finale, let Tony finally nail Dr. Melfi, he's always wanted to. Carmela has been annoying fans for long enough, let her get whacked too. If this is the last season, take out all the stops, action, death, drama, excitement. I don't care whether I win this contest or not, I just hope the producers see suggestions like mine and I get to see an awesome final season to my favorite show in the history of tv. The Sopranos is so awesome, I just want them to go out in style. Tony is the man, let him get his hands dirty again, crack some skulls and then go down firing in the end, with honor.