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  1. theme (theme): The Sopranos → Breaking Bad. Gray names both TV shows as proof television can be extraordinary.
    “I loved the sopranos and I loved Breaking Bad.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:30:39 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about The Sopranos: The Pantoliano episode left Gray physically shaking.
    “I remember watching it. and shaking, like physically shaking afterwards.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Lost City of Z’ Director James Gray | The Big Picture (Ep. 9) · 0:30:59 · James Gray (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): The Sopranos → Miami Vice - Pilot (Brother's Keeper). The Sopranos pilot, with its ducks arc, is emotionally complete while setting up the show.
    “The Sopranos pilot is bulletproof.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:24:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): David Chase → The Sopranos. Chase insisted on casting real guys with real mob history, which made production tell actors with arrest warrants not to show up.
    “David Chase was like so into like getting these real guys who had the real history.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Flesh+Blood · 0:02:13 · Griffin Newman (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Steve Buscemi → The Sopranos. Buscemi took years off movies after the stabbing, then went on to The Sopranos.
    “Well, he goes on to the Sopranos.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:06:18 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  6. what-if (what-if): Species → The Sopranos. As a 1995 HBO one-hour drama, Species would have predated The Sopranos (99) and Oz (97).
    “Like Sopranos wasn't until 99.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:07:39 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. theme (dropped-plot comparison): After Hours → The Sopranos. A shooting that nobody follows up recalls the Russian in the woods in The Sopranos.
    “It's like the Russian and the sopranos, the Russian in the woods.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:58:26 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  8. what-if (what-if casting): Linda Fiorentino → The Sopranos. Bill is baffled that David Chase never gave Fiorentino a 3-4 episode arc.
    “I don't know how Linda Fiorentino was never on the Sopranos.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:50 · Bill Simmons (0.85 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Annabella Sciorra → The Sopranos. Fifteen years from selling cars and hooking up with Tony Soprano.
    “On her way, 15 years away from selling cars and hooking up with Tony Soprano.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Internal Affairs’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:08:05 · Van Lathan (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. lineage (influence): A Bronx Tale → The Sopranos. Ryan argues A Bronx Tale influenced The Sopranos more than any other movie, with Sonny and Tony Soprano close in how they hold the neighborhood.
    “I think Bronx Tale... influenced the Sopranos more than any other movie, but I don't think people think that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:23:20 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  11. theme (character echo): A Bronx Tale → The Sopranos. Tony Soprano is described as the corrupted version of Sonny.
    “So he's like kind of the corrupted screensaver version of Sonny in a lot of ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:24:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  12. career (career follow-on): Lillo Brancato Jr. → The Sopranos. Brancato returned in the Sopranos as Matthew Bevilaqua, killed after a diet Coke request.
    “And he showed up in Sopranos, what, season two?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:29:48 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  13. people (cast overlap): Kathrine Narducci → The Sopranos. She brought her nine-year-old to audition and later played Artie's wife who slept with Tony.
    “She played Artie's wife.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 1:20:43 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  14. theme (theme): My Cousin Vinny → The Sopranos. Italians out of their element, as with Vito in New Hampshire and Tony on a college visit.
    “This is like the all time Italians out of their element.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Wesley Morris · 0:07:03 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. contrast (contrast): Saturday Night Fever → The Sopranos. Simmons wonders whether the producers knew these men were bad guys, unlike David Chase on The Sopranos.
    “I know for the Sopranos, for instance, you know that David Chase knows that these are bad guys”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 0:11:32 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  16. career (career): Donna Pescow → The Sopranos. Pescow eventually landed a recurring Sopranos role as a character actress.
    “eventually landed on the Sopranos in a recurring role”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Saturday Night Fever’ With Bill Simmons and Jimmy Kimmel · 1:18:54 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  17. theme (same premise): Analyze This → The Sopranos. The Sopranos has basically the same mob-boss-in-therapy premise and cut the legs out of Analyze This's legacy.
    “the Sopranos completely cut the cut the legs out of that movie from a legacy standpoint because the Sopranos is basically the same premise”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:16:10 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  18. people (that guy): Tom Aldredge → The Sopranos. Mr. Gutman is the actor who played Mrs. Soprano's father on The Sopranos.
    “Tom Aldridge is Mr. Gutman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:50:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)
  19. what-if (what-if): Seven → The Sopranos. Fincher's planned fade to black would have resembled the Sopranos cut to black, which Bill came around on after years.
    “I think I would have eventually felt the same way I do about the Sopranos ending where I actually like the Sopranos ending now.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:22:14 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)