James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano sitting at a table eating in The Sopranos Image via HBO By Thomas Butt Published Sep 12, 2026, 12:01 AM EDT Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely passionate about the work of Martin Scorsese, John Ford, and Albert Brooks. His work can be read on Collider and Taste of Cinema. He also writes for his own blog, The Empty Theater, on Substack. He is also a big fan of courtroom dramas and DVD commentary tracks. For Thomas, movie theaters are a second home. A native of Wakefield, MA, he is often found scrolling through the scheduled programming on Turner Classic Movies and making more room for his physical media collection. Thomas habitually increases his watchlist and jumps down a YouTube rabbit hole of archived interviews with directors and actors. He is inspired to write about film to uphold the medium's artistic value and to express his undying love for the art form. Thomas looks to cinema as an outlet to better understand the world, human emotions, and himself. Sign in to your Collider account Add Us Add on Google Preferred Source Google News Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Listen Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap The big takeaway from The Penguin series was not the titular protagonist, but instead the character's criminal arch-rival, Sofia Falcone, played by Cristin Milioti . While she has been consistently exceptional, Milioti finally got the praise she deserves thanks to the HBO crime drama. It's hard to think of a more inspired beginning to one's career than Milioti, whose second screen credit saw her in a brief role in another HBO crime drama, The Sopranos . MIlioti appeared in an overlooked but remarkable episode, directed by Steve Buscemi , which displayed incredible insight into the show's thematic fabric.
In the Season 6 episode of The Sopranos , "Mr. & Mrs. John Sacrimoni Request...", the titular incarcerated New York boss, best known as Johnny Sack ( Vincent Curatola ), is granted a temporary release from prison to attend his daughter Allegra's ( Caitlin Van Sandt , daughter of series regular Steven Van Zandt ) wedding. Sitting alongside Johnny, his wife Ginny ( Denise Borino ), Allegra, and his son-in-law Eric ( Adam Mucci ) is his second daughter, Catherine, played by a then-unknown Milioti. She would later appear in two additional episodes, including the harrowing Season 7 episode "Stage 5," where John's fight with cancer would meet its tragic end. Milioti's brief appearance on The Sopranos would come full circle over 15 years later as the co-lead in The Penguin , which clearly draws inspiration from the David Chase organized crime drama.
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