Title Reference
- Sentimental Education is a book written by Gustave Flaubert, who also wrote Madame Bovary, which Mr. Wegler recommends to Carmela.
- It may be a reference to Mr. Wegler, one of the key players in A.J.'s education and his romantic involvement with Carmela.
- It may be a reference to A.J.'s high school education itself, which Carmela is so concerned about, and to Tony Blundetto's massage therapist exam studies.
- The title could also refer to the lessons learned by Carmela with her affair - that her person will be judged by others because of her ex-husband's ways even in such intimate circumstances - and to ones learned by Tony Blundetto - that trying to make a living the honest way and doing business with outsiders may prove to be too demanding.
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