The Sopranos (episode) - Connections To Future Episodes

Connections To Future Episodes

• "Little Pussy" Malanga, the man Uncle Junior wants to kill in Artie's restaurant, is the same person whom Junior mistakes Tony for when he shoots him in the season six episode "Members Only".
• In "Whoever Did This", Tony suspects Ralph Cifaretto of having Pie-O-My's stable torched. He asks if Ralph has heard from Corky Ianucci lately - an expert arsonist who was responsible for setting Artie Bucco's restaurant on fire in the pilot episode.
• Carmela tells Tony that he will go to Hell when he dies. Tony reminds her of this in "Whitecaps". In "Join the Club", Carmela tearfully tells a comatose Tony that she regrets saying this.
• Christopher reminds Tony that his cousin Gregory's girlfriend is a development girl; she will eventually feature in the season two episode "D-Girl".
• Dr. Bruce Cusamano, Tony's neighbor and family physician, is referenced in this episode and he makes his first appearance later in the season in "A Hit Is a Hit". He also appears in "Isabella", "Funhouse", "Whitecaps", and "Soprano Home Movies".
• When describing Uncle Junior, Tony tells Dr. Melfi that his uncle embarrassed him by telling all his girl cousins he didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete. Uncle Junior repeats that declaration to Tony on multiple occasions in the season five episode "Where's Johnny?".
• Carmela wants to take Meadow to the Plaza Hotel for a family tradition. Though Meadow declines in this episode, viewers finally see it take place in the season four episode "Eloise".
• Tony's ownership of John F. Kennedy's sailing hat, that he keeps on his boat The Stugots, is established in this episode. He later shows it off on the season five episode "In Camelot".
• A. J. 's birth date is revealed in the season six episode "Kaisha" as July 15, indicating that this episode takes place in the summer. However, Hunter picks Meadow up for school, which would be on summer break at that time; it could be presumed they were attending summer school.
• Before Christopher kills Emil Kolar, he serves him some cocaine on a meat cleaver. Christopher eventually produces a film titled Cleaver in the sixth season, and in episodes, "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti" (with Georgie Santorelli's help) and "Cold Cuts" (with Tony Blundetto's help) he disinters and moves Emil's remains.
• As Tony prepares to tell Carmela about his therapy and Prozac prescription, she overreacts before he has a chance to explain, to which he replies, "Always with the drama". In the series finale, "Made in America", Carmela explains what could happen to A. J. if he joined the army, to which he also replies, "Always with the drama". In the season one episode "Down Neck", Johnny Boy Soprano utters the same line to Livia in Tony's flashback.
• In this episode, when Christopher is first introduced, he is seen wearing a baseball cap and driving Tony around. In season six's "Kennedy and Heidi", right before Christopher dies, he is wearing a baseball cap and driving Tony around. According to an article in TV Guide, Michael Imperioli states that he does not know if this is intentional or a coincidence.