Pine Barrens (The Sopranos)

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"Pine Barrens" is an episode of the HBO series The Sopranos; it is the 11th episode of the show's third season. "Pine Barrens" revolves around three different storylines, with the main one focusing on Christopher Moltisanti and Paulie Gualtieri's escapades in the New Jersey Pine Barrens after a routine debt payment collection goes spectacularly off the rails, and they turn a straightforward errand into a comical, chaotic and unresolved disaster. The other two main plots focus on infidelity, as Meadow Soprano comes to terms with what Jackie Aprile, Jr. really thinks of her while her father, Tony Soprano, attempts to keep his affair with Gloria Trillo at bay. Originating from a dream that writer Tim Van Patten had during the production of season 2, "Pine Barrens" went through a difficult production, with the crew being denied a permit to film at their initial planned location of the South Mountain Reservation, as well as encountering additional problems throughout. Actor Steve Buscemi directed...

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