The Sopranos Redux

No man for any considerable period
can wear one face to himself
 and another to the multitude,
without finally getting bewildered
as to which may be the true.

~Nathaniel Hawthorne

I remember where I was when.... The first scene I watched of HBO's The Sopranos was in 1999's Episode 5: College. Meadow Soprano asked her father if he was in the mafia and I was hooked. The episode ended with a hauntingly beautiful cello instrumental, Gold Leaves by Michael Hoppe. I watched the first four episodes as quickly as available and Sunday nights became an event until the last episode.

I watched the first season of The Sopranos again this week through OnDemand, unedited. Watching a new series in the moment may be entertaining and challenging; rewatching a series of this caliber is an experience, unmatched.