Fuggedaboudit!

I always copped a bit of an attitude about The Sopranos. Whenever I saw it on TV, it seemed to involve reprehensible people doing reprehensible things and not much else. But stuck for something to watch the other weekend, I decided to take advantage of Ben’s recent purchase of almost the entire series on DVD …

And now I’m hooked.

The show’s much, much better than I initially gave it credit for; I finally see what everyone was raving about all this time. Tony is a truly three-dimensional character, as likeable as he is detestable. On one hand he’s a brutal and unforgiving crime lord, while on the other he’s a caring family man, with a great deal of conflict from trying to integrate the two personas.

I’m up to season 3 now, watching it on a daily basis. In fact, the whole exercise seems to be a repeat of my Entourage experience, where I was initially unimpressed only to completely turn around after giving it a chance.

If you’ve tried watching The Sopranos in the past and come away cold, I recommend sitting down and starting from the beginning. You may very well end up a convert!