5.20 sopranos

[dozer]

To me, Tony has made the decision to side with his family over the mafia. Symbolism of that is him picking out the tooth from his cuff while in the meeting with his family (and AJ's therapist). He's tossing his business to cater to his family.

The turning points in this wrestling match in his mind (which has been the basis of the whole show) was saving AJ and ultimately comforting him, sending him off in the hospital, making the Mom-as-the-bus-driver reference, not giving a [censored] about Phil yelling at him from the top of Phil's house, and walking off with AJ in the hospital.

It's like he's finally realized that business isn't everything. Family is.

But the problem is, he can't just make the business side of things disappear ...