Amour Fou (The Sopranos) Amour Fou (The Sopranos) "Amour Fou" is the 38th episode of the HBO original series "The Sopranos" and the 12th of the show's third season. Its teleplay was written by Frank Renzulli from a story idea by series creator, David Chase. It was directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on May 13, 2001. "* = credit only" Carmela and Meadow are spending time in the Metropolitan Museum of Art when Carmela has to go to the restroom to use a tampon. She has some alarming symptoms and fears ovarian cancer. When she comes back, she is brought to
The Sopranos Sopranos" is credited for creating a new era in the mafia genre deviating from the traditional dramatized image of the gangster in favor of a simpler, more accurate reflection of ordinary day-to-day mob life in a suburb. The series sheds light on Italian family dynamics through the depiction of Tony's tumultuous relationship with his mother. Edie Falco's character Carmela Soprano is praised in Kristyn Gorton's essay "Why I Love Carmela Soprano" for challenging Italian-American gender roles. "New Yorker" editor David Remnick described "The Sopranos" as mirroring the "mindless commerce and consumption" of modern America. "The Sopranos" has been called "perhaps