[NutCrackerBoy]

What the living H*ll were the directors doing with that slow-mo and freeze of Carmella walking away from Wegler after she lied that she and Tony were getting back together. More than anything else it reminded me of Herman Munster from that series' montage when he's got that curvy smile and jolly laugh and they freeze it.

[dead]

To be exact, it was a slow-mo, freeze, then a sideways wipe to the next scene. Reminded me of the way they would end a scene on “Emergency” when Nurse Dixie McCall would get off a supposedly witty zinger at Randolph Mantooth’s expense.

Very bizarre but obviously intentional.

Perhaps they meant to highlight it as a very important and life-changing event for Carmella.

Who knows?

[LanPB01]

That "slow-mo and freeze" didn't belong in the episode. Another thing I noticed that seemed different from all other episodes (but I may be mistaken) - the end credits rolled while Tony was still walking away from Janice's house. Haven't all other episodes ended with a black screen behind the credits? Maybe the director of last night's episode wanted to try some new things.

[Conservomax]

Very Scorcese-esque. Yes, I don't think it fit well with the show. It was a stylized technique that was never used before. It took away from the usual realism of the show.