The Blue Comet - Plot

Plot

Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) visits Burt Gervasi (Artie Pasquale) at his home and murders him with a garrotte. In Brooklyn, Phil Leotardo (Frank Vincent) has a sit-down with Albie Cianflone (John "Cha Cha" Ciarcia) and Butch DeConcini (Gregory Antonacci). He makes the decision to eliminate the DiMeo family: "We decapitate and we do business with whatever's left." After initial reluctance, Butch and Albie set Phil's plan in motion and order the murders of Tony, Silvio and Bobby Baccalieri (Steve Schirripa). Tony is visited at Satriale's by FBI Agent Dwight Harris (Matt Servitto), who shares with him information he has gotten from a "snitch" in regard to Phil's plan. Tony, Silvio and Bobby meet at the back room of the Bada Bing!, where Silvio informs Tony that he has killed Burt Gervasi and that many members of the DiMeo family are "getting squeezed hard" by the Lupertazzi family "to sway them towards new 'management'". The three then convene at Nuovo Vesuvio, where Tony makes the decision to have Phil murdered by the Italian hitmen they've used before.

At a dinner party with friends and colleagues, Dr. Jennifer Melfi hears again of a study that claims sociopaths take advantage of talk therapy to become better criminals. Melfi's psychiatrist, Dr. Elliot Kupferberg (Peter Bogdanovich), also reveals to the party that Melfi is treating Tony Soprano, which upsets her. She later reads the study and ends her professional relationship with Tony at their next appointment.

Paulie Gualtieri (Tony Sirico) and Patsy Parisi (Dan Grimaldi) arrange the murder of Phil by using Corky Caporale (Edoardo Ballerini) as a liaison with the Italian assassins. The hitmen kill Phil's Ukrainian mistress and her father, whom they confuse for Phil. Tony and Carmela (Edie Falco) have dinner at Nuovo Vesuvio, where they put on a good face as they talk to Charmaine and Artie Bucco (Kathrine Narducci and John Ventimiglia). Janice (Aida Turturro) visits Tony at his house and tries to persuade him to pay for their uncle Junior's living arrangements, but Tony refuses. Tony is later visited by Silvio, who informs him of the failed murder of Phil.

While shopping at a model train store in Lynbrook, New York, Bobby is encountered by two Lupertazzi soldiers, who murder him by several gunshots to the chest. While trying to drive from the Bada Bing! parking lot, Patsy and Silvio are intercepted by two Lupertazzi members in car and a gunfight ensues, which ends when Silvio gets hit twice and is left for dead and Patsy flees. At Tony's house, Paulie tells Tony that Silvio is in a coma. Tony informs Carmela and A.J. (Robert Iler) of these events and tells them to go into hiding; he resorts to force to make A.J. go. Carmela and Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) visit Janice, who is in a state of shock. Tony and his closest associates drive to a DiMeo safehouse, where they take up residence. Tony goes to sleep clutching the assault rifle Bobby gave him for his birthday.