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âPine Barrensâ, AKA the one with the unkillable Russian, arrived deep into
The Sopranosâ third series, just as it was beginning to hit its peak, in both creativity and popularity. It was a simple story, pitched on a whim by one of the showâs most-decorated directors, Tim Van Patten, based on a dream he had: Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli) and Paulie âWalnutsâ Gaultieri (Tony Sirico) take a mope out to the Pine Barrens (a vast woodlands south of New Jersey) in the dead of winter to whack him, only to lose him along with their bearings.
Nothing monumental happened in âPine Barrensâ. In fact, it barely moved the plot forward at all. For the most part, it stewed joyously in the tension between two of the showâs most hot-headed and petty characters as day turned to night and they began to think they might not make it out of the snow-covered expanse at all. But it nevertheless encapsulated the spirit of the showâs trademark da