Paulie Walnuts

Where to begin about Paulie Walnuts? While several members of the DiMeo crime family had funny scenes, none of them had as many funny scenes as Paulie Walnuts. Not only that, but if you ask me his scenes were the funniest. Starting from Season 1, Paulie's comical scenes are gems. From when he relentlessly went after the deceased Salvatore Bonpensiero to find out if he was wearing a wire to The Sopranos series finale, Paulie had some of the funniest lines. What is my favorite Paulie Walnuts Sopranos episode? Too many favorite Paulie Walnuts Sopranos episodes! 

My favorite Paulie Walnuts episode of Season 2 is the episode From Where To Eternity where he is compulsively worried about his death. The reason he is compulsively worried about his death is because he knows that he will go to hell when he dies, but the way he reacts is the stuff of legends. Because of how paranoid he is to the point of screaming hysterically at 3:00 AM, his girlfriend recommends him to go to a psychic in Nyack, New York. But this only backfires as the psychic communicates with Paulie's murder victims. Suffering an increasingly massive anxiety attack because of going to hell when he dies, Paulie angrily grabs a chair and throws it! For me, I had the blast of my life the first time I watched this scene!

Why don't we get started on Paulie Walnuts VS Christopher Moltisanti in Season 3, shall we? Because those scenes are the stuff of legends! When the late Tony Soprano makes Christopher Moltisanti a made man, Paulie makes sure to let Christopher know that he will not be getting any special treatment from him whatsoever just because he was the nephew of the boss Tony Soprano. In fact, Paulie makes this so well known that he makes Christopher hate being a made man. When Paulie gives Christopher orders, he lets Christopher know that the orders have to be followed exactly the way Paulie ordered them or there will be consequences. Which is exactly what happens when it comes to Paulie ordering a specific exact amount of money from Christopher to pay him as captain. Which ultimately ends with Christopher finally getting it right!

The ongoing craziness between Paulie Walnuts And Christopher Moltisanti comes at its peak in the episode Pine Barrens! In the episode, Christopher and Paulie go visit the Russian man who was Valery who murdered 16 Czechoslovakians. After tying Valery up, they put him in the trunk of the car and go to Pine Barrens to dispose him. But to the shock of Christopher and Paulie, Valery was still alive so far. Valery walked in Pine Barrens followed by Christopher and Paulie with their guns pointed directly at him. To preserve his life, Valery walks slowly to delay when Christopher and Paulie fire their guns. Once both Paulie and Christopher fire their guns, Valery runs and takes off. Even when Valery receives a successful gunshot to the head by Paulie, he falls and then quickly gets back up and runs off. Though the reason that the headshot didn't blow off Valery's head is merely only because of the part of Valery's head that received the gunshot, the fact that Valery was able to get up and run off quickly was astonishing. During this scene, Christopher and Paulie are both in shock. Does Valery die in the woods at some point or if he survives, how does he spend the rest of his life before he dies?

Despite the fact that the peak of the craziness between Christopher and Paulie is over when Pine Barrens ends, they still have some funny scenes in the show! Especially in Season 4 Episode 10 during Christopher's intervention! Being extremely angry about the fact that the young made man in the crime family is sick with drug addiction, Paulie fearlessly walks to Christopher and tells him exactly how he feels about how Christopher has become! Being one of the top 3 toughest mobsters in the DiMeo crime family, Paulie could care less about Christopher's feelings and makes sure to have him in his place and successfully defend himself physically against Christopher and win while Christopher loses when Christopher physically lashes out!

Wrapping up with two more paragraphs, let's fast forward to Season 6A Episode 3 Mayhem. At the end of the first episode of Season 6A, the late Tony Soprano was shot by his late uncle Junior Soprano who was gravely sick with dementia. Being mortally wounded, the hospital had to put the late Tony Soprano in a coma in order to keep him alive. Because of the late Tony being in a coma, many members of the DiMeo crime family think that the late Tony is dying. Because of all of this, the late Silvio Dante became the temporary boss of the DiMeo crime family. But the late Silvio would come to discover that being boss of the DiMeo crime family is the worst job a mobster can have in the mafia family. As temporary boss, the late Silvio was responsible for everything that went on with the DiMeo crime family. Literally everything! The late Silvio is under immense 24 hour stress to the point that his ashtma attacks are triggered. Too many scenes of the late Silvio having his moments as miserable temporary boss of the DiMeo crime family were hilarious, this moment was the prime moment! 

The late Vito Spatafore, having lost hundreds of pounds and feeling healthier than ever, would like his share of money thinking that the late Tony is going to croak! However, doing the hard work in order to get their cut of money, Paulie has zero tolerance for Vito's attitude. In order to get their cut, Paulie put himself in mortal danger even receiving a kick to the groin in order to get their cut! As the late Silvio goes to the bathroom falsely assuming that he has finally escaped his misery, misery even comes to the bathroom as the late Vito and Paulie come to the bathroom arguing over who should receive the most money! As the Silvio is literally sitting in the bathroom stall, the late Vito and Paulie consult the late Silvio over this matter! Prioritizing Carmela Soprano since she may become a widow, the late Silvio only serves to make both the late Vito and Paulie miserable by telling them that they must give the money to Carmela