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
Carmela Soprano season, Tony and Carmela separate after Tony's former mistress Irina Peltsin calls the Soprano home, talks to A.J., and informs Carmela that Tony slept with Irina's cousin and Junior's nurse, Svetlana Kirilenko. Carmela even begins dating A.J.'s guidance counselor, Robert Wegler, and pursuing divorce proceedings against Tony, but is drawn back to her husband by financial concerns and difficulties in rearing A.J., as well as a difficult breakup with Wegler, who correctly accuses Carmela of using sex to manipulate him into giving A.J. special treatment in school. At the end of the fifth season, Carmela agrees to reunite with Tony