The Sopranos: Season 3

Three months after the events of the second season, the Sopranos are being monitored by the FBI. DiMeo soldier Patsy Parisi is depressed on his birthday due to the murder of his twin brother, having correctly suspected Tony as the man responsible. As the FBI watch Tony's house, they spot a drunken Patsy stumbling into his backyard and pointing a gun at the unsuspecting Tony, but finds himself unable to shoot and instead urinates in the family pool. The agents bug Tony's basement after learning t

Tony meets Meadow's mixed race boyfriend, Noah Tannenbaum, and has a panic attack after arguing with him. He goes to visit Livia, trying to find out what she said after being detained, only for her to die from a stroke later that night. Tony admits to Melfi his relief at her being dead, only to immediately berate himself for thinking that way. He has to argue with Janice to get her to go to the funeral, and she forces Svetlana Kirilenko, Livia's caretaker, to move out so she can take the house.

Chris is initiated as a made man, but finds that he still has to kick up to Paulie. Jackie Aprile Jr., looking to get into the game despite his late father's wishes, tips Chris off to a benefit concert he can rob. When Svetlana continues to refuse Janice her mother's record collection, she steals her prosthetic leg. Tony goes to Svetlana's house to try and broker peace, encountering her cousin Irina Peltsin, and feels a bout of anxiety looking at cuts of meat. He recounts to Melfi that as a chil

Richie's successor Ralphie Cifaretto begins dating Rosalie and takes Jackie out to collect from a debtor. Angry that he involved Jackie in his activities, Tony promotes soldier Gigi Cestone to capo instead of Ralphie. Men break into Janice's house, beat her, and force her to get Svetlana's leg. In the hospital, she reflects on her behavior and decides to devote herself to God. While walking to her car, Melfi is raped and her attacker is released after a mistake with the chain of custody. Eating

Carmela and Tony attend a session with Melfi together, where they are unable to resolve their issues. As they drive home, Tony is ticketed by a cop that he fails to bribe. While visiting home, Meadow takes the bugged reading lamp, unknowingly halting the FBI's investigation. Adriana quits as a hostess at Nuovo Vesuvio, leading Artie to angrily express his attraction to her around Tony, who warns him to lay off. He and his wife Charmaine argue about his friendship with Tony, leading her to plan a

Tracee, a Bada Bing stripper who is having regular sex with Ralphie, has formed a friendly relationship with Tony and tells him that she is pregnant with Ralphie's child. Ralphie's behavior in the Bada Bing becomes increasingly reprehensible, and he eventually beats Tracee to death when she mocks him in front of his friends. Tony attacks Ralphie despite him being a made man, and admits to Melfi and Carmela in their next session that Tracee (without revealing her identity) dying young saddened hi

The tumor in Junior's stomach is only partially removed, necessitating subsequent chemotherapy. Junior begins to suffer from the effects. His surgeon does not return his calls, so Tony and Furio intimidate him into prioritizing Junior. Georgie Santorelli buys a Big Mouth Billy Bass for the Bada Bing. Tony, reminded of Pussy's execution, furiously beats him with it. Chris continues to delay his payments to Paulie. He catches Paulie sniffing Adriana's underwear during a search of Chris’s apartment

Meadow and Jackie develop an attraction to each other and soon begin to date. When Ralphie refuses Tony's offer of a drink, he uninvites him and the Apriles from Thanksgiving. Ralphie gives him a halfhearted apology for his behavior, which Tony ignores. Cestone suffers a fatal heart attack while on the toilet, and Tony realizes nobody but Ralphie is qualified for capo, reluctantly promoting him. When he gratefully asks Tony to share a drink with him, Tony leaves. He meets one of Melfi's patients

Tony continues his affair with Gloria, and they both lie to Melfi about their recent bouts of happiness, although she is suspicious. A.J. and his friends vandalize their school, but the school chooses not to punish him because of the value he adds to the football team. Annoyed at the lack of consequences, Tony and Carmela ground him for a month. Chris takes over a club and gives it to Adriana to run, and she renames it "Crazy Horse." Jackie's drug dealer friend is caught dealing and thrown out,

As Christmas approaches, Tony has Bobby fill in for Pussy as Santa Claus, which prompts Tony's memories of Pussy in the role. Tony thinks about Christmas of 1995, where Pussy was sensitive about people touching his Santa costume. He suspects Pussy may have been wearing a wire under it, determining that the FBI must have turned him on a trip to Boca Raton earlier that year. Bobby takes the role, but is awkward and unappealing as Santa. When Janice complains about lasting pain in her wrist, Tony t

With Silvio out with the flu, Tony has Paulie collect from a Russian debtor, and he brings Chris along. Paulie starts a fight with the Russian, and believing he killed him, they take the body out to the New Jersey Pine Barrens, only for the Russian to attack them and flee into the woods. As his tracks vanish, Paulie and Chris realize they are lost. They take shelter in an abandoned truck for the night, and Paulie calls Tony for help, leading to a fight with Gloria where she throws a beef steak a

As Carmela begins to fear the possibility of ovarian cancer, she becomes emotional at seemingly random things. She confesses her situation to a priest, who advises her to ignore Tony's immoral actions and live with the money he earns for her. She later discovers that she has a thyroid problem. After hearing how his father and Tony made names for themselves by robbing an elite card game, Jackie gathers his friends and they rob one themselves, unaware that several made men are inside. Jackie kills

A.J. is expelled from school for stealing test answers, and Tony posits sending him to military school, which Carmela is against. Paulie is shorted money he is owed from Ralphie and is not helped by Tony, prompting him to talk to the underboss of the New York-based Lupertazzi family, Johnny Sacrimoni. The FBI has an agent befriend Adriana using a false identity. After another talk with Tony, Ralphie has Vito kill Jackie, and his death is framed as a drug deal gone wrong. His death prompts Carmel