In season 5 episode 12, and in other episodes, she completely dismisses the 5th amendment and just tells the feds everything that happened in the club with the murder, all they saw was her taking the trash out she just as easily could have said NOTHING, and throughout the show we watch the feds just use Adriana because sheβs too dumb to do understand her own rights, this just gets me so incredibly annoyed!
Maybe it's just cause I'm a woman too and could relate to her character a little more than the guys', but the ending montage of her imagining her own freedom contrasted with her pleading with sil just a minute later really touched me.
Yeah ok she wasn't the sharpest tool in the box, but she was trapped in a seriously abusive relationship with christoper and she came from a mob family, mob life was all she knew. She was being physically and mentally torn apart trying to lead a double life, lying to all her friends and family while trying to ensure that she tells the feds just enough but not too much so she's still useful to them. She was always a kind, good natured character and she never slept with Tony even when given the opportunity, which I suppose isn't such a great accomplishment but when compared to some of the other whore female characters, she just seemed really sweet and tried to do the best with what she knew.
I don't know, I haven't seen that many comments or posts saying they felt bad when she died but I just finished that episode for the first time and I definitely do. Poor Adriana :(
Haven't seen this posted on here before but after rewatching the series recently I noticed that the fight with the drug dealer Matush in the Crazy Horse was caused by the man being sold cocaine mixed with laxatives. It could also be that Adriana was sold drugs mixed with laxatives which caused her irritable bowel syndrome. These tiny small details in the writing is why the Sopranos is the series that I've rewatched the most
The women of this show fascinate me. Being the wife of a mobster, Iβm sure she heard various stories about people βgoing into the witness protection program.β Did she really think that Adriana just up and left without telling anyone? Her tumultuous relationship with Chrissy not withstanding, she had other connections in Jersey: friends, family.
Her subconscious was screaming at her through her dreams about Adeβs death. Did she choose to repress it? She prodded Tony about it multiple times and Chrissy as well, while holding his newborn daughter. Even when sheβs confronted by Adeβs mother, she blew it off as her being drunk. She just seemed to forget about it as soon as here spec house was green lit.
Also, does everyone else has absolutely no connection to Chrissyβs wife? She came out of nowhere. Even at his funeral, I felt nothing for her.... I donβt know, I just miss Ade.
In βEmployee of the Monthβ, when Jackie Jr. and Ralph are out to dinner, Jackie checks out Adriana and Ralph says sheβs off limits. However, Adriana is his first cousin and this show takes place in Jersey, not Alabama
just finished the show and the only character i actually felt bad about was Adriana she got fucked by the Feds but still managed to keep it for a long run safe for Chris and the others she put up with all the shit Chris did i mean he killed her fucking dog while being high lmao and her fucking death was one of the worst the way she literally got shot like a dog
Adriana is pulled out of the vehicle before she is killed by Sil. Whereas Christopher never gets out of the car and is suffocated to death by Tony.
Any significance in this?
Iβm rewatching the show as Iβm following the @talkingsopranos podcast. Just watched βLong Term Parkingβ and the gutwrenching scene where Christopher and Tony are in Tonyβs basement where he tells him that Adriana is with the feds - THAT ONE - was not in the episode! Was it cut or replaced with that scene at the gas station where he sees the bumpkin with a bunch of kids in tow - then cuts to Adriana getting a call from Tony that Christopher tried to kill himself? This is a little bit of a mindfuck - not the way I remember it, but I guess the basement scene couldβve been a flashback?
She's in her car alone, w/ a suitcase, on the highway. Then suddenly she's in Sil's car.
Why?
Did she meet him somewhere and go in his car? That wouldn't seem to make much sense. Why not just drive all the way to Ramapo on her own?
Or are these alternate possibilities, one where she could've lived?
edit: also, chris packs what appears to be the same suitcase and drives her car to long term parking
Their neighbors probably hated the 2. Always yelling, fighting, and god knows what else is going on in that apartment.
Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera
Genre: Contemporary
Steam level: πΆοΈπΆοΈπΆοΈ three peppers out of five- some good sex scenes but not a ton
Content warnings: >!Abusive parents, alcoholic parents, cheating by an ex!<
My rating: βββββ
Review contains pretty mild plot spoilers.
If you know me, I have likely recommended you an Adriana Herrera book before. As an introduction: her American Dreamers series is one of my all time favorite contemporary romance series. It follows four best friends, Afro-Caribbean children of immigrants who all moved to NY as children and found each other. Some of the sweetest gay love stories Iβve read, and she doesnβt shy away from timely topics (one couple is between a Black academic and a white DA, the one M/F book has a Latina cop who struggles with her identity and her job, etc.).
Here to Stay is only the second m/f book Iβve read by Herrera, though she has a new one coming out soon which I am excited about (One Week to Claim it All).
Quick plot run down: Julia moved from NY to Texas to be with her long-term boyfriend, who promptly cheated on her and left. She had found a fantastic job at Sturmβs, a high-end department store, leading their charitable foundations. The Sturm company is planning on going public after roughly 60 years of being privately owned. Roccoβs company has been hired to help prep the company for the IPO, which brings us to our main conflict: heβs been pressured to advise the board to cut the charitable arm of the company, which would leave Julia without a job and a lot of immigrant families without the support from the programs she runs.
Weβve seen setups like this before, sure- two compatible people who like each other but have professional goals that are in direct opposition to each other. Does Rocco sacrifice his job and upcoming promotion for Julia or will Julia be out of a job and have to move back to New York? Or do they find some other solution to the problem? If you read romance a lot, you probably know the answer to this. Itβs a solid plot and a good story, and you definitely find yourself rooting for both characters to get what they
... keep reading on reddit β‘Thought sheβd be on the pod for this episode but nope.
What can Adriana do to save herself once the feds pick her up? Go to Tony immediately like Chris? Just leave her abusive relationship and call their bluff?
βIβve had it a long time.β She mustβve been top of her class calling it out.
I'm on a re-watch and Jesus fucking Christ, some of those FBI scenes - she's like a child
I think its season 2, when Jax says it to Luanne. An obvious Sopranos reference. Loved it.
