The Weight (The Sopranos) Italian music from Furio's housewarming party in the next room. This causes Carmela to interrupt Tony's advances, bang on Meadow's bedroom door, and tell her to turn the music down. After Meadow complies, Tony and Carmela resume making love; Carmela's eyes keep opening, and Furio's party music is still playing in her head. The Weight (The Sopranos) "The Weight" is the 43rd episode of the HBO original series "The Sopranos" and the fourth episode of the show's fourth season. Written by Terence Winter and directed by Jack Bender, it originally aired on October 6, 2002. This episode marks the halfway
The Sopranos controversy, the ambiguity over the ending and question of whether Tony was murdered has continued for years after the finale's original broadcast and has spawned numerous websites devoted to finding out his true intention. "The Sopranos" was a major ratings success, despite being aired on premium cable network HBO which is available in significantly fewer American homes than regular networks. The show frequently attracted equal or larger audiences than most popular network shows of the time. Nielsen ratings for the first four seasons are not entirely accurate, however, as Nielsen reported aggregate numbers for cable networks prior to January 2004,