Big Girls Don't Cry (The Sopranos) Big Girls Don't Cry (The Sopranos) "Big Girls Don't Cry" is the eighteenth episode of the HBO original series "The Sopranos" and is the fifth of the show's second season. It was written by Terence Winter, directed by Tim Van Patten and originally aired on February 13, 2000. "* = credit only" With Furio Giunta now working as a soldier with the Soprano crime family, Tony elevates Paulie and Silvio to "capo" and "consigliere" respectively. While dining at Nuovo Vesuvio, Tony asks Artie to hire Furio as a mozzarella-maker. Artie tells Tony that the kitchen is already fully occupied and
Whitecaps (The Sopranos) When Tony returns home, Carmela is hurling his possessions from an upstairs window. She tells Tony that he has embarrassed her for years with his infidelity and demands that he leave the house. After trading recriminations with his wife, Tony goes to Irina's home. He finds Svetlana, who explains that soon after Tony thrashed Zellman in front of Irina, humiliating him, the relationship ended. Tony spends the night at Whitecaps. Back at the Soprano household, Meadow argues with her mother about the separation, asking her how she could "take shit" from Tony for so many years. Tony returns home and