i can not add an awful lot to the positive review already on here great act and balance writing and multi faceted character and a great anti hero in tony and great commentary on millennial american life . the integral use of psychiatry couple with tony mother issue be especially fresh and humorous . several other character add a lot of depth hesh interesting history a an outsider muscling in and ralphie total irredeemable viciousness and chris dual desire in life and and so on . i have to dig into some of the criticism however and especially the it glorify violence or belittles italian american one . most of the writer and actor be italian american and would they attack themselves . there be several positive italian american character artie bucco the chef and dr. melfi and her family and the cusamanos next door to the soprano . indeed and dr melfi ex husband note in season 1 that only a tiny minority of italian american have ever have mob connection ( certainly small than the proportion of african american involve in crime and dare i say it . in both case poverty and lack of opportunity be the big cause ) . most of the character do not really choose the life they have while family background or circumstance largely corner them into it . outsider ( even of italian stock ) who attempt to integrate into it usually meet distressing end matthew and his friend in season 2 and for example . if you criticise this show and i assume frasier make you want to be a psychiatrist and or will and grace make you want to go homosexual . presumably you would not listen to rap music that discuss gang and or rnb which discuss promiscuity and or rock music which discuss drug ( or any other combination ) . people aren not as stupid a some of you make out . not everything be perfect however . a lot of character have only appear once and when by all logic they should have be see or at least mention in previous episode tracee the dancer and meadow friend ally and uncle junior ladyfriend ( supposedly for 20 year until they split in season 1 ) .