[chachaheels]

It's a house built "on spec" or speculation, presumably of a very profitable sale. In other words, it isn't being built because the builder wants to live in it so much as sell it immediately and recoup all expenses plus huge profit. The "spec" house was Carmela-as-realtor's vision for creating a way to be economically independent from Tony, as well as a way to really jump-start her money earning potential as a newby in real estate.

I also think Adriana's remains are somewhere in the spec house...and it makes me nervous to think she'll be found soon, now that the inspector "won't budge" and the house can't be built.

Oooh...I hadn't even entertained the possibility that the "new wife" is a Fed (and I bet there've been all kinds of clues in the story that support this. Of course I would have missed them all!)

[quietmadness]

May I ask, what exactly IS a "spec house," anyway? I know it's the house Carmella's all wrapped up in, but what does that mean?

Yeah, that was a bitch-assed thing to do to walk through the house with decorator-in-tow! I love Aida Turturro---but that character Janice she plays is really over the top!

Fuck HBO for ending my Sopranos. Fuck 'em hard with a broomstick. The whole damned broomstick.

[celimene]

Speculation about that house was that Adriana is possibly buried there.

I thought it was awful when Janice just went traipsing through the wife's house, pointing out all the decorating changes she was going to make once it's hers!

[karianne]

Hmmm. I just caught this week's episode.

Why is Tony being such a jerk to Johnny Sac?

Why is he not letting Carmella build the spec house?

What the hell is Vito doing going back there??

[turbojenn]

mando - you got the tone of the show right on the nail - anxious. I feel more stressed out each week as I watch...its that balance of wanting/not wanting to see it all fall apart.

[livelyupurself]

Omg Mandi, Pie-Oh-My, Napoleon/Tony, that is my fave Paulie Walnuts moment too. Yeah, he is hilarious but lately his character makes me cringe.

And it would be "just desserts" if Chwistafah's new wife is a FED.

[mandolyn]

my favorite paulie moment ever was the episode where he retrieved the painting of tony and pie-oh-my, when he had tony redone to look like napoleon ... and then he sits down in his plastic-covered chair to admire his handiwork.

peed.my.pants.

i have a sneaking suspicion they're making the audience turn on him for a good reason, tho.

[mermaidgirl13]

He still cracks me up, though. When they were discussing Vito and he said, "How much more betrayal can I take?!" and in the last episode "Fuck the hat!" (inside a church no less) and the fact that he had his 'Mother' tattoo removed. He's a complete sociopath, but he still gets funny lines.

[gluelita]

i also used to like paulie but he really took a turn this season...

[mandolyn]

they always bring someone new in abruptly: tony b, ralphie, richie. so christafa's fiance-now-wife didn't shock me in the least. but talk about a wet-blanket wasp, compared to, um, colorful ade.

i love how close christafa and tony are, so i sort of ate up the flashback. that episode killed me to begin with.

christafa nodding off was particularly painful to watch.

i so don't care about paulie anymore. and i used to like him. selfish greedy egocentric pissant.

they are so setting things up. what exactly, i have no clue, and i don't want to know. but with each episode, i get more anxious.

[mermaidgirl13]

I'm confused - I know they shot Adriana in a place that looks very similar to where Carm's spec house is, but does that mean they buried her there too? Is it likely they did that? I don't think Tony would let Carm start building a house if Adriana's body was anywhere around.

I love talking about this show with everyone.

[aquagirl2]

Oh my god! How completely awesome would that be. Carmella is at the spec house, and ...okay I have no creative ideas about why she would be doing this...but she has to remove floorboards or something, and ADRIANA'S DECAYING FACE stares up at her. ***Most awesome tv episode only in my mind ever***

[nickclick]

hmm maybe christaphah's new wife is a FED!

[mermaidgirl13]

It directed by someone new and they made a lot of fuss about his artistic filming (like while Chris was drugged out, for example).

I thought the flashback to Chris telling Tony was stupid. I guess in some way it was satisfying to have my curiousity met, but nothing about it needed to be shown. It went pretty much exactly as regular viewers would expect it to, so why bother? And it was an abrupt cut to the flashback and then back to present time.

There is a lot of speculation that Carmella is going to catch on about Adriana but a lot of people think her spec house is built where Adriana is buried. That confuses me because Adriana was shot in a place that looks like the spec house area, but who knows what they did with her after that?

[celimene]

This was the worst directed episode EVER! SO BORING! I wanted them to flashback to Adriana. I miss her! That house Christopher looked at was so ugly. I loved it when he was bragging about the parquay floors.

[glowlita]

i'm totally sad that chris is slipping. and yheah random way to marry some girl we never really met before.

[karianne]

I also thought it might be the guy in the car. Something is up with that dude.

Who is the woman Christopher married?? I don't think I've ever seen her before.

Carmella is going to catch on about Adrianna.

[mermaidgirl13]

Somebody has to be an undercover agent! I thought that the guy Chris was with in the car was, but then when he shot up, I thought, Maybe not.

I am happy Paulie is going to forgive his Ma.

Also, I thought it was weird to flashback to when Christopher told Tony about Adriana.

[mermaidgirl13]

Does anyone think that maybe the real estate agent was a FED?

[turbojenn]

kj - I'd agree with you in that I like the unraveling of tony's world...its interesting in its own unique way, and in that sense is less re-hash than previous seasons have been. And I find myself with the most sympathy for Vito so far this season - his life is opening and closing at the same time, and you get the sense that its not going to end well with the guys, but you hope that he's going to get out safe, and still take care of his wife and kids, just be honest about who he is.