The Sopranos (TV Series)

Kennedy and Heidi (2007)

Lorraine Bracco: Dr. Jennifer Melfi

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Quotes 

• Tony Soprano : You know what? This is bullshit.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : What?

  Tony Soprano : I haven't been able to tell anybody this. I'm fuckin' relieved.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Really?

  Tony Soprano : He was a tremendous drag on my emotions and my thoughts about the future. I mean, to begin with, every morning I wake up thinkin' is this the day that one of my best friends is gonna dime me to the FBI? And a weak, fuckin' snivellin', lyin' drug addict? That's the worst kind of bet. The biggest blunder of my career is now gone. And I don't have to be confronted by that fact no more. And as a relative, a friend, someone you can count on?

  [flicks his hand under his chin] 

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I see.

  Tony Soprano : Let me tell you somethin'. I murdered friends before, even relatives. My cousin Tony, my best friend Puss... But this?

  [wakes up from his dream] 

• Tony Soprano : [Referring to Christopher and Carmella]  He was high a fuckin kite, I didn't tell her that

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : In retrospect, maybe not the best approach

  Tony Soprano : Right, I'm the asshole, again

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [after noticing Tony pause for a second]  what? No go ahead

  Tony Soprano : It's amazing how some things work, his mother, my cousin Joanne: a lush, totally abandoned him as a parent and now she's reaping all the sympathy and tears .

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : How are you doing Anthony?

  Tony Soprano : There's been some hard moments, a weak fuckin lying drug addict who fantasized about my downfall even showed people his filthy thoughts on a movie screen. I've seen friends died before, accidents even murder. My cousin Tony, they shot his face away. I was prostate with grief but this?

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I see

  Tony Soprano : And it occurs to me I hand carried this kid through the worst crisis he ever had. I can't go into particulars but wives, girlfriends they can complicate life in major ways I don't have to tell you that. It was a huge problem of his own making and he cried, he couldn't deal with it. So, I took up the slack. I handled it, I felt sorry for him and he talked gratitude but guess what pity produces in the recipient? They shit on your pity and that's what broke the camel's back.

  Dr. Jennifer Melfi : How are you dealing with this?

  Tony Soprano : The worst part? Truthfully? Because I've got to sit there with people who are hurt bad and I've got to have the long face and the sighing, the platitudes but I don't feel it and that makes feel like a hypocrite