Commendatori

• James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano
• Lorraine Bracco as Dr. Jennifer Melfi *
• Edie Falco as Carmela Soprano
• Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti
• Dominic Chianese as Corrado Soprano, Jr.
• Vincent Pastore as Pussy Bonpensiero
• Steven Van Zandt as Silvio Dante
• Tony Sirico as Paulie Gualtieri
• Robert Iler as Anthony Soprano, Jr. *
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Meadow Soprano
• Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva *
• David Proval as Richie Aprile *
• Aida Turturro as Janice Soprano
• Nancy Marchand as Livia Soprano*

* = credit only

Tony goes to Naples with Paulie and Christopher to negotiate the smuggling of stolen American cars with a local Camorra family distantly related to the Sopranos. His contact there is Furio Giunta, a local mobster who speaks English. Tony learns that Don Vittorio, boss of the Naples family, is senile. His son-in-law, Mauro Zucca, had been in charge but is now imprisoned for life. It is hard for Tony to accept that Annalisa – Vittorio's daughter and Mauro's wife – is the effective head of the family.

Tony negotiates with Annalisa, naming his price for the cars, asking that Furio be sent to work for him in America, and asking that others be sent in the future as he requires. Annalisa scoffs at his price, and the tension between them is raised by their mutual sexual attraction. He lowers his price and they shake hands but he does not seem very pleased. Later Annalisa comes on to him but he tells her he wishes to keep their relationship professional.

In Naples, Paulie tries to rediscover his roots only to uncover a distaste for Italy, while Christopher is high on heroin almost the entire time.

Carmela is resentful that Tony has not taken her to Italy. She has lunch with Rosalie Aprile and Angie Bonpensiero, where Angie shares how unhappy she is that Pussy has returned. He is indifferent to her even though she is awaiting the result of a biopsy. She says she has thought of suicide and that she intends to divorce him. Carmela later visits her and urges her not to break the sacrament of marriage.

While with his FBI handler, Skip Lipari, Pussy runs into Jimmy Bones, a Soprano associate. They concoct a cover story but Pussy is afraid that Jimmy does not believe it. He goes to Jimmy's home and beats him to death with a ball-peen hammer. He then goes to his own home and gives a bunch of flowers to Angie, who has told him her tumor is benign. She takes the flowers, pauses, and beats him with them.

Tony returns home. Carmela is upstairs, doing housework. He calls her. She pauses, then goes to greet him.

• Furio Giunta: a made man from the Naples Mafia headed by Don Vittorio and Annalisa Zucca. He is sent to America after a successful trade between Tony and Annalisa.
• This also marks the first recast appearances of Angie Bonpensiero (Pussy's wife) and Gabriella Dante (Silvio's wife). Previously, both of these characters (although only implied as their wives) appeared very briefly in the season one episode "The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti", played by different actresses.

• Jimmy Bones: an Elvis impersonator and Mafia associate, whom Big Pussy beat to death with a ball peen hammer after running into him when talking with his FBI handler.

The episode's title is a plural of the Italian language word commendatore, which is an honorable title in Italian society. Tony and his crew are given this greeting in Italy, which Paulie hears and then tries to use throughout the episode.

A Neapolitan passer-by complains to Paulie that NATO cut their cable car. This refers to the Cavalese cable car disaster (1998).

• Series creator and head writer David Chase makes a cameo appearance in the episode as an Italian man, sitting at a cafe with other men. When Paulie says "commendatori" to the table, Chase glances at him indifferently and then turns away.
• Vittorio Duse, who played Zi Vittorio, also played Don Tommasino in the 1990 film The Godfather Part III.

• The song "Con te partirò" by Andrea Bocelli is played three times throughout the episode.
• When Tony is driven to Annalisa Zucca's villa the Napolitano song "Core 'ngrato" is played (without the vocals).
• The song "Marco Polo" by Jovanotti is briefly played when Christopher is taking drugs the first time.
• The song "Certamente" by the Italian rock band Madreblu is played when Christopher is taking drugs the second time.
• The song played over the end credits is "Piove" by Jovanotti.

Listed in order of first appearance:[1]

• Lodi, New Jersey
• Naples, Italy
• Monte di Procida, Italy
• Bacoli, Italy
• Newark International Airport
• Route 21 in Belleville, New Jersey

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