Sopranos: 1 Season

Yes, the clothes are baggy, and the cell phones are bricks. But the anxiety is modern. The therapy sessions are timeless. And the ducks? You’ll never look at migratory waterfowl the same way again.

Rewatching The Sopranos Season 1 today is a strange experience. It doesn’t feel like a "classic car"—admired but sluggish. It feels like a Ferrari that just rolled off the lot. Here is why, a quarter-century later, the first season of David Chase’s masterpiece remains the definitive blueprint for the Golden Age of TV. Before Tony Soprano, TV anti-heroes were cowboys or rogue cops who played by their own rules but still saved the cat. Season 1 of The Sopranos introduces us to a monster who we root for because he has panic attacks. sopranos 1 season

By: James R. | TV Retrospective