Take the opening scene, for example. Taylor’s camera glides through a cemetery, and the voices of the dead chatter away about instances in their lives, both good and bad. It’s here we meet our occasional narrator, Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli)… but unless you invested in The Sopranos, that name and his dialogue won’t register. Later, baby Christopher is passed around a family gathering, and begins to wail uncontrollably when he’s scooped up by teenage Tony (played masterfully by Gandolfini’s son, Michael). Sopranos fans will nod knowingly, because Tony kills Christopher in the show’s season finale. Casual viewers won’t get the reference.
