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Whitecaps (The Sopranos) becomes violent when Carmela demands that he leave. She threatens to call a lawyer and get a restraining order. Tony dares her to and hands her his phone which she bats away with her hand. She tells him that she doesn't want him sleeping in her bed anymore and that she no longer loves him, and runs upstairs in tears. Later, A.J. helps Tony clear the pool house so that he can stay there. Tony lies in the pool and Carmela asks him to move the chairs from the pool house that he has left on the lawn. Tony thinks