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Way to state your conterpoint to my argument

Next time you consider making such a dull uninteresting post just tie yourself a noose and try and jump through it head first

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"Conterpoint"? Nice.

80% of the posts in this thread are the "conterpoint" to your argument, but I'll go again, no problem.

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minus the 30 minutes in paris Holy [censored] it was so unnecessary. The only point of the entire part was
1: to get carmella away from home so tony could start beatin AJs ass

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The point was not to "get carmella away from home so tony could start beatin AJs ass". How do I know? Well, first, he never beat AJ's ass. Second, with Carmela gone, Tony resumes his infidelities, and gets AJ a job with mob ties (something Carmela maybe wouldn't have allowed).

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2: to show that carmella truly isnt happy with her life and she realizes there is so much beyond waht she knows

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This is right, which is why I don't understand how you think this is important. This will likely be very important, as the writers have gone out of their way over the past two seasons to highlight her feelings of emptiness and inadequacy (the attempt at the spec house, her disappointment in it's failure, the obvious jealousy and inadequacy she feels in comparison to Pussy's wife and her business). Paris itself wasn't important, but the fact that she went somewhere where the writers could re-introduce some of the imagery/themes used in Tony's coma onto Carmela's character was.

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Could have been summed up in a minute and other more important storylines could have been developed

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This is what makes me think that you probably suck at watching TV and shouldn't be watching this show. Carmela/Tony is THE MOST IMPORTANT STORYLINE. This show has never really been about Tony's business or his mob family--it's always been about Tony, Carmela, Meadow, AJ, and to some extent, Chris.

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Next time you consider making such a dull uninteresting post just tie yourself a noose and try and jump through it head first

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Sheer brilliance. Thanks for that. I'm still laughing.