I enjoyed the episode. Once again, Paulie stole the show. He had all the good lines and he delivered them well. Let's not forget, he is the 2006 Honoree For Excellence in Recycling (did you notice the pinky ring).
He had many funny lines. How about his advice to Jason ("Effen Momma's Boy) Barone? - "There's allot to things to take into account. Do you even know what JA-EBITDA is (A-mor-tiz-ation).
Paulie let Tony know who his father was in a colorful way ("That C*** Suck*r GI named Russ). He told his mom (aunt) that she is the "goose with the golden eggs". He mentioned he got her the massage chair from "Sharpers Image" and that he paid 2 grand for the flat screen TV for "a woman I don't even know".
Did you catch "Nurse Bruce" inform Carmella she had a phone call?
I thought the message Schwinn (Hal Holbrook) preached (dichotomy does not exist) was brought out visually by Chase at the end of the episode, with panoramic views of the wind passing through the trees crossing between good and evil.
Look for more about Johnny Sack and the two Muslims next week.
With Paulie they showed a lot of depth in the character. Pain, disappointment, self-doubt and hate towards someone who had a mother that loved him and the need to persecute that person to mask his own pain.
Tony seems very torn spiritually and not to mention adrift as if he is looking for something. The evangelical who disputed the dinosaur was rather amusing but the writer was also mocking that faith and telling Tony that his answer is not in that path. Holbrook's (writer's) slant was more of a simple belief and that is that we are all connected. What was not expounded upon though was how the actions of one affect us all and that is something they missed.
The shooting of the rapper in the ass was hysterical.....