3x11 Pine Barrens - The Sopranos Episode Guide

The Sopranos

- Episode 03x11

Episode: 03x11
Title: Pine Barrens
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: May. 06, 2001

Season 3 » Episode #11 - Pine Barrens

Summary: Paulie and Christopher end up on a deadly chase with a Russian while out to pick up a collection. Tony is forced to deal with the crisis, but is torn between his family, business, and Gloria's fury. Meanwhile, Meadow and Jackie's relationship takes a turn for the worst when Meadow catches him with another woman.

Who appeared in this episode?

Junior Soprano	played by Dominic Chianese
A.J. Soprano	played by Robert Iler
Jackie Aprile Jr.	played by Jason Cerbone
Slava Malevsky	played by Frank Ciornei
Valery	played by Vitali Baganov
Hugh DeAngelis	played by Tom Aldredge
Ilana	played by Anya Shetler
Mary DeAngelis	played by Suzanne Shepherd
Gloria Trillo	played by Annabella Sciorra

Season 3 / Episode 11: - Pine Barrens

Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: Ohhhh! Go do that by your own window! I don't wanna have to smell your piss all night!
Christopher Moltisanti: Fuck you, Paulie.
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: What'd you say?
Christopher Moltisanti: You heard me.
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: Don't make me pull rank on you, kid!
Christopher Moltisanti: Fuck you, Paulie! Captain or no captain, right now we're just two assholes lost in the woods.

Season 3 / Episode 11: - Pine Barrens

Christopher Moltisanti: Russians? They're not all bad.
Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri: How 'bout the Cuban Missile Crisis? Cocksuckers flew four nuclear missiles into Cuba, pointed them right at us.
Christopher Moltisanti: That was real? I saw that movie, I thought it was bullshit.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: Paulie is seen pumping his own gas before he and Chris ride down to the Pine Barrens. Self-service at gas stations are illegal in New Jersey.

TRIVIA

The idea for this episode came from a dream Tim Van Patten had about Paulie and Christopher lost in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. The dream stemmed from childhood memories of stories his father used to tell him about a creature that lived in the Pine Barrens.
The scenes taking place in the Pine Barrens were planned to be filmed at the South Mountain Reservation in Essex County, New Jersey. But at the last minute, Essex County officials banned the show from filming on county property on the grounds that it perpetuated negative ethnic stereotypes. The scenes were filmed in Harriman State Park in nearby Orange County, New York.
Steve Buscemi has said on the commentary for the DVD that he was the one who threw the steak at Tony's head.
In order to make James Gandolfini genuinely laugh when he sees Bobby in his hunting outfit, Steve Schirripa actually came out wearing a dreadlocks wig, and a large dildo hanging out of his underwear.