The Sopranos - S1e1

For longtime fans, rewatch the pilot as a prequel to the Many Saints of Newark film. The seeds of Tony’s trauma about his father’s generation are all here.

When aired, reviews were strong but cautious. The New York Times called it "a novelistic experiment." Variety praised Gandolfini as "a bear of a man with the eyes of a child." But no one predicted the phenomenon. Within six episodes, word-of-mouth exploded. By Season 2, The Sopranos was a cultural juggernaut, inspiring everything from Breaking Bad to Mad Men to The Wire . The Sopranos S1e1