HBO’s The Sopranos ran from 1999 to 2007, and followed the stories of the Dimeo crime family also known as the North Jersey Mob.
It namely centers around eventual mob boss Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) as his recent string of panic attacks force him to seek professional help in the form of the therapist, Dr.
Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).
Tony’s sessions with Dr Melfi offer the audience a window into the world of a man who struggles to balance his home life and his work as a Mafioso.
As the show’s tagline suggests, “If one family doesn’t kill him, the other family will”! But where does Tony’s biological family begin and his crime “family” end? In truth, the two family trees intertwine quite a bit.
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