References To Other Media and Cultural References
- When Johnny Sack and Tony meet at an Office Depot to discuss potentially assassinating Carmine Lupertazzi, Johnny paraphrases a line from The Beatles' song, "Hey Jude", saying "I'll take a sad song and make it better".
- When Tony first sees Christopher after he's released from rehab, he says "Hey, Jack Lemmon! How's Lee Remick?" This refers to the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses which deals with alcoholism and recovery.
- When Carmela asks Tony to bring the theater seats down to the garage so they don't ruin the grass, he jokingly exclaims "Bad for the grass! Bad for the grass!" in a exaggerated, high-pitch voice, which is a reference to the 1974 film Chinatown.
- When fighting with Tony in the pool house, Carmela says angrily "Who knew? All this time, you really wanted Tracy and Hepburn."
- Johnny Sack says to Tony angrily "Creeps in this petty pace..." quoting Shakespeare's Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 17-28).
- When explaining his decision to call off the hit on Carmine, Tony warns Johnny Sack they need to avoid causing a "shootout at the OK Corral", referencing the infamous 1881 gunfight.
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