The Sopranos

Name: The Sopranos
Released: 1999

86 episodes · 6 seasons · HBO · 1999

The Sopranos: 86 TV episodes in this catalogue. The Essentials keeps 81 episodes (94% of the catalogue).

Paths

Five episodes have real consensus behind cutting them - published worst-of lists name ten, but half of those carry plot that later episodes need. The dream episodes stay: they are divisive, not skippable.

81 of 86 episodes94% of the catalogue

In a hurry

The speed run

Built by reading every episode rather than by taking premieres and finales - an earlier cut did that and lost Richie's arrival, Ralph's exit and Kennedy and Heidi, three of the most consequential hours in the show. The Sopranos resists compression more than most: a third of it is load-bearing.

29 of 86 episodes34% of the catalogue

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By season

Every episode

In airing order. Faded episodes are the ones The Essentials skips.

Season 113 episodes · 12 in The Essentials

01×01Pilot

1999-01-10 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

01×0246 Long

1999-01-17 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house · Livia, Janice and the mothers

01×03Denial, Anger, Acceptance

1999-01-24 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

01×04Meadowlands

1999-01-31 · Carmela and the house

01×05College

1999-02-07 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi · Carmela and the house

01×06Pax Soprana

1999-02-14 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

01×07Down Neck

1999-02-21 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi

01×08The Legend of Tennessee Moltisanti

1999-02-28 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

01×09Boca

1999-03-07 · The crew and the business

01×10A Hit is a Hit

1999-03-14 · The crew and the business

01×11Nobody Knows Anything

1999-03-21

01×12Isabella

1999-03-28 · The crew and the business

01×13I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano

1999-04-04 · Carmela and the house

Season 213 episodes · 13 in The Essentials

02×01Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office

2000-01-16 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi

02×02Do Not Resuscitate

2000-01-23 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house · Livia, Janice and the mothers

02×03Toodle-Fucking-Oo

2000-01-30 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

02×04Commendatori

2000-02-06 · The crew and the business

02×05Big Girls Don't Cry

2000-02-13 · The crew and the business

02×06The Happy Wanderer

2000-02-20 · Carmela and the house

02×07D-Girl

2000-02-27

02×08Full Leather Jacket

2000-03-05 · Carmela and the house

02×09From Where to Eternity

2000-03-12 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

02×10Bust Out

2000-03-19 · The crew and the business

02×11House Arrest

2000-03-26 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

02×12Knight in White Satin Armor

2000-04-02 · The crew and the business · Livia, Janice and the mothers

02×13Funhouse

2000-04-09 · Carmela and the house

Season 313 episodes · 13 in The Essentials

03×01Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood

2001-03-04 · The crew and the business

03×02Proshai, Livushka

2001-03-04 · Carmela and the house · Livia, Janice and the mothers

03×03Fortunate Son

2001-03-11 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

03×04Employee of the Month

2001-03-18 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi

03×05Another Toothpick

2001-03-25 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi · Carmela and the house

03×06University

2001-04-01 · Carmela and the house

03×07Second Opinion

2001-04-08 · The crew and the business

03×08He is Risen

2001-04-15 · Carmela and the house

03×09The Telltale Moozadell

2001-04-22 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi · Carmela and the house

03×10To Save Us All from Satan's Power

2001-04-29

03×11Pine Barrens

2001-05-06 · The crew and the business

03×12Amour Fou

2001-05-13

03×13Army of One

2001-05-20 · The crew and the business

Season 413 episodes · 11 in The Essentials

04×01For All Debts Public and Private

2002-09-15 · Carmela and the house

04×02No Show

2002-09-22 · Carmela and the house

04×03Christopher

2002-09-29 · The crew and the business · Livia, Janice and the mothers

04×04The Weight

2002-10-06 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

04×05Pie-O-My

2002-10-13 · Carmela and the house

04×06Everybody Hurts

2002-10-20 · Carmela and the house

04×07Watching Too Much Television

2002-10-27

04×08Mergers & Acquisitions

2002-11-03 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house · Livia, Janice and the mothers

04×09Whoever Did This

2002-11-10

04×10The Strong, Silent Type

2002-11-17

04×11Calling All Cars

2002-11-24

04×12Eloise

2002-12-01 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

04×13Whitecaps

2002-12-08 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

Season 513 episodes · 12 in The Essentials

05×01Two Tonys

2004-03-07 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi · The crew and the business

05×02Rat Pack

2004-03-14 · New York

05×03Where's Johnny?

2004-03-21 · The crew and the business · New York

05×04All Happy Families...

2004-03-28 · Carmela and the house

05×05Irregular Around the Margins

2004-04-04

05×06Sentimental Education

2004-04-11 · Carmela and the house

05×07In Camelot

2004-04-18

05×08Marco Polo

2004-04-25 · Carmela and the house

05×09Unidentified Black Males

2004-05-02

05×10Cold Cuts

2004-05-09 · Carmela and the house · Livia, Janice and the mothers

05×11The Test Dream

2004-05-16

05×12Long Term Parking

2004-05-23 · The crew and the business · New York

05×13All Due Respect

2004-06-06 · Carmela and the house

Season 621 episodes · 20 in The Essentials

06×01Members Only

2006-03-12 · The crew and the business

06×02Join the Club

2006-03-19 · Carmela and the house

06×03Mayham

2006-03-26 · The crew and the business

06×04The Fleshy Part of the Thigh

2006-04-02 · The crew and the business · Livia, Janice and the mothers

06×05Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...

2006-04-09 · New York

06×06Live Free or Die

2006-04-16 · Therapy with Dr. Melfi · New York

06×07Luxury Lounge

2006-04-23 · The crew and the business · New York

06×08Johnny Cakes

2006-04-30 · The crew and the business

06×09The Ride

2006-05-07 · The crew and the business

06×10Moe n' Joe

2006-05-14 · Livia, Janice and the mothers

06×11Cold Stones

2006-05-21 · New York

06×12Kaisha

2006-06-04 · New York

06×13Soprano Home Movies

2007-04-08 · Carmela and the house · Livia, Janice and the mothers

06×14Stage 5

2007-04-15 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

06×15Remember When

2007-04-22 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house · New York

06×16Chasing It

2007-04-29 · Carmela and the house · New York

06×17Walk Like a Man

2007-05-06 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house

06×18Kennedy and Heidi

2007-05-13

06×19The Second Coming

2007-05-20 · New York

06×20The Blue Comet

2007-06-03 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house · Livia, Janice and the mothers · New York

06×21Made in America

2007-06-10 · The crew and the business · Carmela and the house · New York

Where the story lives

Arc membership is derived from each episode's own title and summary text. It shows where a thread is foregrounded, not every episode it touches.

Carmela and the house

41/42 kept · spine

The crew and the business

38/40 kept · spine

New York

12/13 kept · spine

Livia, Janice and the mothers

10/11 kept · spine

Therapy with Dr. Melfi

10/10 kept · spine

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Common questions

How many episodes of The Sopranos are there?

Our stored catalogue lists 86 TV episodes across 6 seasons. For ongoing shows, this is not a live count of aired episodes.

Which episodes of The Sopranos can I skip?

The Essentials keeps 81 of the 86 episodes in our catalogue. Read the path's coverage before treating omitted episodes as optional.

How long does it take to watch The Sopranos?

At two episodes per viewing day, our 86-episode catalogue takes 43 viewing days. Episode lengths vary, and days off extend the calendar time.

Does The Sopranos have filler?

5 episodes sit outside our selected route. That does not mean they are non-canon or poor episodes; it depends on the story you want to follow.

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