Paulie finds public opinion turned against him after an amusement ride accident, while Chris tries to start a new life as a husband and...
Plot
Paulie Gualtieri is having a crisis of faith. He has an unsettling experience at a local church carnival after a conversation with an elderly nun that shakes his spiritual confidence. Paulie has always maintained a particular brand of Catholic folk religion alongside his criminal life, and whatever the nun said has undermined his ability to keep these two things in separate compartments. He visits a shrine and seeks comfort without finding it.
The carnival itself is a recurring event sponsored by the DiMeo family -- rides, game booths, food vendors, a sense of local institution. Christopher is helping to manage the carnival and Adriana's absence haunts the episode in the specific way grief works on someone who cannot openly acknowledge what they lost or how. A child gets sick on a ride and Christopher handles the situation -- a small window into the person he might have been in different circumstances.
Carmela has started her speculative house project with a contractor and is more engaged with this work than with anything else in her life at the moment. The project is a way for her to build something that is hers, outside Tony's control, using skills and ambitions that are entirely her own. Tony supports it in the way he supports things that keep Carmela occupied without requiring too much from him.
Credits
Written by: Terence Winter
Directed by: Alan Taylor