Tony Soprano glorified "old days" of the Mafia. Tony leaves out the violence associated with his criminal career. Tony tells Dr. Melfi a story about ducks landing in his pool. He describes his mother Livia, a cold, mean-spirited woman with whom he has an openly hostile relationship. By the end of the first session Tony has admitted that he feels depressed, but storms out when Dr. Melfi presses him further about the relationship between his symptoms and the ducks. When the family visits Green Grove, a Nursing Home where Tony is trying to place his mother, Livia's derisive outburst prompts a second
Do Not Resuscitate (The Sopranos) objects and begs Tony not to let him die with such guilt over him. Junior also urges Tony to make peace with his mother. Tony then picks up his uncle in his arms and drives him to the emergency room. Do Not Resuscitate (The Sopranos) "Do Not Resuscitate" is the 15th episode of the HBO original series "The Sopranos" and the second of the show's second season. Written by Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, and Frank Renzulli, and directed by Martin Bruestle, it originally aired on January 23, 2000. "* = credit only" Tony visits Junior in jail, upset that he