I think AJ is a waste and not credible as a threat to go into the mob. I could see Carmella's denial about everything rear its head and while I do consider Edie Falco a great actress, making the focus about her is boring.
Agreed about Falco...I mean she isn't the next Hepburn or anything...however...the emotions of a mob wife...you noticed she said to him he was a good father and a good friend...but left out good husband...she knows the misery she has lived but also knows deep inside...she knew what she was getting into when they first met.
I expect a lot of people to like the way this will turn out...I don't think Tony dies until well after the January episodes air.
"I think AJ is a waste and not credible as a threat to go into the mob"
Yeah, but he's a square peg trying to cram himself into a round hole. But that's been the M.O. of the show, people trying to be who they aren't. Chris thinks he's a screenwriter. Tony pretends he's a general. Carmella fantasizes about being the paramour of Furio and later the wife of an artsy fartsy high school advisor. And now some realtor, or bed and breakfast owner, whatever she's building. Big P wants to go into crime fighting at the end of his service to the state. AJ as a college student. And of course Aj's predecesor, Jackie Jr., thinking he's the next Goodfella. Now its AJ's turn to try his hand at mafioso, and he'll fail, miserably. It'll be pathetic, funny, and sad, like two clown cars in a car accident!