Tony Soprano glorified "old days" of the Mafia. Tony leaves out the violence associated with his criminal career. Tony tells Dr. Melfi a story about ducks landing in his pool. He describes his mother Livia, a cold, mean-spirited woman with whom he has an openly hostile relationship. By the end of the first session Tony has admitted that he feels depressed, but storms out when Dr. Melfi presses him further about the relationship between his symptoms and the ducks. When the family visits Green Grove, a Nursing Home where Tony is trying to place his mother, Livia's derisive outburst prompts a second
Do Not Resuscitate (The Sopranos) strike and subsequent anti-union protests, Jack accepts Tony's offer to quash the dissent. Tony later visits Reverend James, Jr., who helped him arrange the protest so that the Soprano crew could extort Massarone. Janice continues to visit Livia in the hospital. When Janice asks Meadow what brings Livia joy, she replies that Livia enjoys old recordings of The DeCastro Sisters and Mario Lanza. Janice plays their music for Livia, who becomes very emotional and bonds with her daughter for the first time in years. After Livia chokes on a cookie, a nurse asks Janice whether Livia should be resuscitated if