Johnny Sack and his wife
Ginny have moved to a large house in New Jersey.
Tony goes there and asks Johnny insistently why he didn't tell him about it. Johnny says they moved there for family reasons and that he is not going to interfere in Tony's business. Two Russian thugs break into
Janice's home and demand the return of
Svetlana's
prosthetic leg. When Janice refuses, one of them hits her hard. The leg is in a bowling alley locker; Janice takes them there and gives it to them. Tony visits her in the hospital, exasperated with her again; he will have to retaliate against the men who assaulted his sister. Janice is unperturbed, instead saying she has hit bottom but feels born again in the Lord: "I give myself up utterly and totally to God."
Ralphie is now dating
Rosalie, and takes
Jackie, Jr. with him to collect extortion money. Ralphie has no dispute with the man there but provokes a fight. The man takes out a baseball bat, but Ralphie and Jackie take it from him. Ralphie holds the man and urges Jackie to hit him. Jackie eagerly beats and kicks him. Ralphie empties the man's wallet and gives some of the money to Jackie, who is gloating. Partly because of this incident, Tony makes
Gigi a
captain instead of Ralphie, to his deep disappointment.
Dr. Melfi suggests that perhaps Tony plan a visit along with Carmela. She and her ex-husband
Richard are now reconciled. She inadvertently reveals her patient's name to
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg, and admits that Richard may have learned his name through her appointment book. Both Richard and Kupferberg are urging her to cease treating her gangster patient. She, too, begins to have doubts: "I've been charmed by a sociopath," she says. In a subsequent session, she tells Tony it's time for him to be treated by a behavior modification therapist, but he is reluctant to talk to anyone else. In the parking garage one evening after work, Dr. Melfi is attacked and raped. The police quickly find the man. Richard and her son
Jason are understandably enraged. It doesn't help matters when they are informed that, because of a loss in the
chain of custody, the police had to release the rapist. Jennifer and Richard fight, blaming each other for the rape. Melfi later sees a picture of the man, named
employee of the month, at a local sub shop and flees. She feels a crazed desire for revenge and knows she could obtain it with a word to Tony Soprano. She has a dream. She buys a soda from a vending machine with a piece of macaroni; when she reaches into the machine to get it, her hand is trapped inside. A
Rottweiler appears and terrifies her. Then the rapist advances toward her. The dog turns and mauls the rapist, who cries in agony. With Kupferberg, she understands the meaning: the dog is Tony Soprano taking revenge on her behalf. She tells Tony and others she has been in a car accident. Tony suggests to Carmela that perhaps she join him for his next session with her, but Carmela shrugs. Later, when he sees her, Tony is shocked and concerned by her injuries. He tells her he is now ready to see a behaviorist, but she says, "No," and starts crying. Tony goes to her, lays his hands gently on her, and asks what the matter is. She composes herself and asks him to return to his seat. He goes back, but asks, "What? You wanna say something?" After a tense pause, seemingly contemplating asking Tony to revenge her rape, she firmly says, "No." ==First appearances==