In this series, twenty one dialogs that reference genetics from the six seasons of the HBO television series The Sopranos are cited and discussed, in chronological order, from the perspective of a fan who is a geneticist. The context of each citation with respect to the plot and characters will be the main focus of discussion.
List of Dialogs
Part I (link)
Dialog 1, Season I, Episode 2:
46 Long: “Cloning Cell Phones”
Part II (link)
Dialog 2, Season I, Episode 7:
Down Neck: “If It Helps You”
Part III (link)
Dialog 3, Season I, Episode 7:
Down Neck: “You Are What You Are”
Dialog 4, Season II, Episode 14:
Guy Walks Into A Psychiatrist’s Office: ”Even With Our Genes”
Dialog 5, Season II, Episode 15:
Do Not Resuscitate: “A Report on DNA”
Dialog 6, Season II, Episode 15:
Do Not Resuscitate: “A Hundred Million Nucleotides”
Dialog 7, Season II, Episode 15:
Do Not Resuscitate: “DNA Doesn’t Prevent Comas”
Part IV (link)
Dialog 8, Season III, Episode 33:
Second Opinion: “It’s Probably All Genetical”
Dialog 9, Season III, Episode 39:
Army of One: “Your DNA Was An Exact Match”
Dialog 10, Season III, Episode 39:
Army of One: ”They Had My DNA”
Dialog 11, Season III, Episode 39:
Army of One: “That Putrid, Rotten Fucking Soprano Gene”
Part V (link)
Dialog 12 Season VI Episode 67:
Join the Club: “Somebody’s Probably Working on That”
Dialog 13 Season VI Episode 75:
Moe n’ Joe: “She’s Your Little Twin”
Dialog 14 Season VI Episode 75:
Moe n’ Joe: “Nothing Holding Us Together But DNA”
Dialog 15 Season VI Episode 76:
Cold Stones: “Cut Him Up In The Work Area”
Part VI (link)
Dialog 16, Season VI, Episode 78:
Soprano Home Movies: “Kill or Cut Hair”
Dialog 17, Season VI, Episode 79:
Stage 5: “It’s My Weakness”
Dialog 18, Season VI, Episode 82:
Walk Like A Man: “Your Hero’s A Junkie”
Dialog 19, Season VI, Episode 82:
Walk Like A Man: “Is This All There Is?”
Dialog 20, Season VI, Episode 84:
The Second Coming: “The Soprano Curse: It’s Fuckin Hereditary”
Dialog 21, Season VI, Episode 84:
The Second Coming: “A Fuckin Idiot”