The Best Episodes Directed By Tim Van Patten

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.3/10(44 votes)

   #1 - Long Term Parking

   S5:E125/23/2004

   With the feds pulling a new trump card, Adriana ponders her options. Tony B. unloads some heavy baggage on Tony, and vice-versa. Johnny Sack makes Tony an offer he can refuse, and Tony offers Carmela a deal to make her real-estate dreams come true.

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   8.9/10(45 votes)

   #2 - Members Only

   S6:E13/12/2006

   Gene Pontecorvo makes a final break from the mob life, while Junior's paranoid delusions could be the end of Tony.

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   8.8/10(49 votes)

   #3 - The Second Coming

   S6:E195/20/2007

   Tony attempts to repair the rift between New Jersey and New York. A.J.'s depression struggle continues. A New York associate crosses the line with Meadow.

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   8.7/10(52 votes)

   #4 - Sentencing

   S1:E139/8/2002

   "all in the game..." - Traditional West Baltimore. Every crew has weak links--including Avon Barksdale's. With the heat turned up in the high-rises, Daniels and McNulty turn to a higher authority in an effort to crack the case wide open. Season finale.

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   8.5/10(41 votes)

   #5 - Amour Fou

   S3:E125/13/2001

   Inspired by a tale from Ralph about how his father got 'made,' Jackie Jr. decides to 'make his move' in organized crime by instigating a robbery caper at a local card game. Reminded by Melfi of the psychological parallels between his relationships with Gloria and with his mother, Tony finds it harder and harder to spend time with his 'crazy love.'

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   8.5/10(44 votes)

   #6 - Soprano Home Movies

   S6:E134/8/2007

   Bobby and Janice host a wild 47th birthday bash for Tony at their Adirondacks vacation home. Tony's actions following Johnny Sack's arrest come back to haunt him.

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   8.4/10(41 votes)

   #7 - Whoever Did This

   S4:E911/10/2002

   After an aggressive team of reporters lowers the boom on Uncle Junior, his lawyers try a new strategy. Ralph has some fun at the expense of Paulie and his mother, but soon winds up with his own family problems. Meanwhile, Tony again finds refuge at the stables.

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   8.4/10(32 votes)

   #8 - Unidentified Black Males

   S5:E95/2/2004

   A rumor involving his cousin puts Tony's relationship with Johnny Sack back on thin ice. Meadow helps get her boyfriend Finn a job. A.J. ponders a 'maximum-security summer' at Casa Carmela. Melfi links Tony's current guilt to a past job. Carmela learns that good legal help is hard to find.

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   8.3/10(39 votes)

   #9 - Cold Stones

   S6:E115/21/2006

   Phil takes out his revenge on Vito, while Tony grows frustrated with Anthony's lack of ambition or work ethic.

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    8.3/10(42 votes)

    #10 - Back Burners

    S3:E711/7/2004

    "Conscience do cost." -- Butchie Herc discovers a blast from the past, which he belatedly reveals to his ex-colleagues. Daniels blows a gasket over the real reason the detail was reassigned from an investigation in Pimlico to the Western District. Stringer Bell learns from Donette that she's told Brianna about McNulty's visit and that Brianna is likely to talk to him.

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    8.2/10(543 votes)

    #11 - Winter Is Coming

    S1:E14/17/2011

    Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, is dead. King Robert Baratheon plans to ask his oldest friend, Eddard Stark, to take Jon's place. Across the sea, Viserys Targaryen plans to wed his sister to a nomadic warlord in exchange for an army.

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    8.1/10(67 votes)

    #12 - The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti

    S1:E82/28/1999

    At the wedding of Larry Boy's daughter, the 'boys' find out they're going to be indicted, and make a premature exit to get rid of incriminating evidence at home. Upset that he isn't getting the notoriety of other family members, an agitated Christopher has an ugly encounter with a bakery clerk.

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    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #13 - Live Free or Die

    S6:E64/16/2006

    Tony seeks guidance from overseas to solve a local problem; and decides whether a top earner deserves another chance.

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    8.1/10(372 votes)

    #14 - Hang the DJ

    S4:E412/29/2017

    Paired up by a dating program that puts an expiration date on all relationships, Frank and Amy soon begin to question the system's logic.

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    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Two Tonys

    S5:E13/7/2004

    A flood of organized crime parolees changes the landscape of the Soprano/Lupertazzi alliance. Janice carries on the family's Sunday dinner tradition. Carmela and A.J. commune with local wildlife. Christopher balks at footing the bill on 'goomar night.' Tony tries to introduce Dr. Melfi to his 'other' self.

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    8.0/10(39 votes)

    #16 - Johnny Cakes

    S6:E84/30/2006

    Vito considers starting a new life in New Hampshire, while Anthony continues his pursuit of revenge against Junior.

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    8.0/10(45 votes)

    #17 - Peleliu Hills

    S1:E74/25/2010

    The Marines, including the newly christened “Sledgehammer,” continue the battle of Peleliu against an enemy determined to fight to the last man. Devastated by the loss of a revered leader, and witnessing unimaginable barbarity on both sides, Sledge veers to the very edge of moral collapse. Their objective finally secured, the Marines return to Pavuvu fundamentally changed by their experience on Peleliu.

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    8.0/10(328 votes)

    #18 - The Kingsroad

    S1:E24/24/2011

    While Bran recovers from his fall, Ned takes only his daughters to Kings Landing. Jon Snow goes with his uncle Benjen to The Wall. Tyrion joins them.

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    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #19 - Okinawa

    S1:E95/9/2010

    After battling across the island of Okinawa for more than a month, Sledge and the rest of the 1st Marine Division are ordered to relieve an Army division that has been in combat against the most strongly defended Japanese position on the island. The primordial conditions and the moral dilemma posed by the presence of civilians put tremendous strain on the physical and psychological endurance of Sledge and the other Marines.

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    7.9/10(58 votes)

    #20 - Commendatori

    S2:E42/6/2000

    Tony travels to Italy with Paulie and Christopher to jump-start a car-importing 'business.' While Paulie and Christopher sample some of the Old Country's choicest wares, Tony haggles with the head of a powerful Naples family and recruits a valuable new lieutenant named Furio.

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    7.9/10(40 votes)

    #21 - Proshai, Livushka

    S3:E23/4/2001

    Tony's concerns that his mother will rat him out to the feds expire when she, literally, does. Later, Janice arrives to arrange the funeral, which takes a bizarre turn.

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    7.9/10(39 votes)

    #22 - Second Opinion

    S3:E74/8/2001

    Tony convinces Uncle Junior to seek a second opinion for his cancer treatment. Meanwhile, Carmela debates whether or not to take Dr. Melfi's advice and see a shrink, Big Pussy's wife Angie regrets asking Carmela for some money to help her sick dog, and Christopher continues to endure a humiliating probation period at the hands of kinky Paulie.

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    7.9/10(36 votes)

    #23 - Calling All Cars

    S4:E1111/24/2002

    After a sitdown with Carmine and Johnny Sack, Tony contemplates the future of the HUD partnership. Meanwhile, Paulie blows off steam with an old pal; Janice starts losing patience with the obsessive Bobby; and Melfi ponders the Freudian undercurrents of Tony's latest dreams.

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    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #24 - Stray Rounds

    S2:E98/3/2003

    'The world is a smaller place now.' -- The Greek Bodie's effort to improve sales ends disastrously, forcing Bell to rethink his strategy. Ziggy pulls Johnny Fifty into a new caper that should make the Greeks pay off big. McNulty, undercover and outnumbered in the brothel, awaits 'rescue.' Daniels and Pearlman stay cool as Valcheck fumes over the change of targets--and Burrell pulls the rug out from under him.

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    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #25 - Big Girls Don't Cry

    S2:E52/13/2000

    Back in Jersey, Furio soon lives up to his name by unleashing his fury on the delinquent proprietor of a local 'tanning salon.' Dr. Melfi shares her guilt over dumping Tony as a client during a session with her own therapist. Meanwhile, Tony learns from Hesh that his father had emotional secrets of his own.

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