Four months after the events of the first season, Pussy returns, claiming he was getting his back treated, although Tony remains suspicious. He has Junior's successor Philly Parisi killed for talking about Tony trying to kill Livia. Janice comes to town to take care of Livia, but Tony gets angry when he realizes she may be trying to profit off of his selling their mother's house. He calls Melfi to tell her she can come out of hiding, and tries to continue seeing her when he has a panic attack wh
Junior is released from prison and placed on house arrest. He informs Tony that the director of Livia's nursing home is the one who is spreading the rumors about his attempt to kill her, so Tony has the man killed. Tony deals with black workers demanding jobs at his construction sites by colluding with the protestors' leader behind their backs. Janice decides to move in with Livia when she is released from the hospital. Tony and Janice sign a DNR for Livia, which A.J. reveals to her without know
Meadow uses Livia's house for a party, but manipulates her parents into giving her a mild punishment. Janice initially takes her side, but changes her tune when she sees the state of the house, causing an argument between her and Carmela about the latter's parenting. Melfi has an awkward encounter with Tony at a restaurant, confiding in her own psychiatrist, Elliot Kupferberg, that she feels guilt over no longer wanting to treat him. She later has a nightmare about him passing out while driving
Tony, Paulie and Chris go to Naples to negotiate the price of stolen cars with a crime family. Tony learns that the daughter of the family’s boss is running things. She tries to seduce him but he turns her down due to their business relationship, and he decreases the price on the cars in exchange for taking her best man, Furio Giunta. Paulie, excited to go to Italy for the first time, is frustrated to find that he does not fit in. Chris, determined to see Mount Vesuvius, instead spends the trip
Furio is brought to America, prompting Tony to promote Paulie and their friend Silvio Dante, but not Pussy, angering him. Tony discovers that Janice and Richie have restarted their old relationship. While he learns from Hesh Rabkin that Johnny Soprano also had panic attacks, Kupferberg tries to get Melfi to see that she experiences a thrill from treating Tony, but she takes him back anyway. Adriana enrolls Chris in an acting class as a birthday present. He struggles until he performs the final s
Tony admits to Melfi that he feels an innate anger towards absentmindedly happy people he sees on the street. He takes over Junior's gambling game and is accosted by his non-mob friend, David Scatino, asking to play. Knowing that Scatino is a compulsive gambler, Tony tries to stop him but eventually relents, resulting in Scatino being in debt. As Scatino continues to stall, Tony beats him, forcing him to sell his son Eric's car to him as partial payment. Tony tries to give it to Meadow, but she