The Sopranos, Season 6, Episode 18, "Kennedy and Heidi"

Last weeks episode of The Sopranos was great, but this episode was brilliant. I'd always wondered what would happen to Christopher. Ever since Season 4 and the intervention, Christopher has been walking around with a bullseye on his chest.

I had complained last week that I was unsatisfied with the resolution of the feud between Paulie and Chris, but now I understand why things played out the way they did last episode. The real feud all along wasn't between Paulie and Chris, but between Tony and Chris.

Tony's murder of Chris is the perfect crime of opportunity. Suffocating Chris after his vehicle rolls over was a nice twist. The drug use that Chris admits too after the crash provides Tony with a motive for killing Chris, and the accident insures that not too many questions are asked.

I find the sessions with Dr. Melfi disturbing. The therapy seems to be making Tony into a better sociopath. He no longer seems interested in wrestling with his conscience on the couch, and I'm not sure why Dr. Melfi thinks she can do any good in this relationship. It's interesting to see that AJ's sounds like his father did in Season 1 when he visits his shrink.

This weeks episode laid the groundwork for what I assume will be a confrontation between Tony and Phil Leotardo in the final episodes. If they handle that narrative thread in the same manner as Christopher's murder, Sopranos fans won't be disappointed.