The Happy Wanderer (The Sopranos) Davey is asking for $20,000. As partial payment, Davey gives Tony his son Eric's Nissan Pathfinder. Tony gives it to Meadow, who realizes it belonged to her friend and refuses to take it. Tony and Meadow argue until Carmela points out that Davey's family is good friends with the provost of Georgetown University, and that Tony could be endangering Meadow's options for college. Eric demands that Meadow "make" Tony give back the SUV. When Meadow points out that she can't force Tony to give anything back, he drops out minutes before their scheduled duet performance at their school. Carmela is
The Sopranos pilot episode which was shot in 1997. Chase directed it himself. They finished the pilot and showed it to HBO executives, but the show was put on hold for several months. During this time, Chase considered asking HBO for additional funding to shoot 45 more minutes of footage and release "The Sopranos" as a feature film. In December 1997, HBO decided to produce the series and ordered 12 more episodes for a 13-episode season. The show premiered on HBO on January 10, 1999 with the pilot episode. "The Sopranos" was the second hour-long television drama series produced by HBO, the