| "Nobody Knows Anything" | |||
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| The Sopranos episode | |||
| Episodeno. | Season 1 Episode 11 | ||
| Directed by | Henry J. Bronchtein | ||
| Written by | Frank Renzulli | ||
| Cinematography by | Phil Abraham | ||
| Production code | 111 | ||
| Original air date | March 21, 1999 (1999-03-21) | ||
| Running time | 49 minutes | ||
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"Nobody Knows Anything" is the 11th episode of theHBO original seriesThe Sopranos. Written byFrank Renzulli and directed byHenry J. Bronchtein, it originally aired on March 21, 1999.
Pussy is atJimmy Altieri's social club whenFBI agents conduct a raid and find a stash of guns. Jimmy and Pussy are both arrested, and Pussy is released onbail soon after.Vin Makazian relays intelligence toTony that Pussy is an FBI informant. Tony does not want to believe it, but Vin points out how easily Pussy managed to get off after the raid. Tony insists on seeing the official report with Pussy's name on it, but Vin is unable to obtain it.
Pussy has stopped collecting payments because of back pain butPaulie, who sees the same doctor, has been told there is nothing wrong with Pussy's back. Tony asksDr. Melfi's opinion; back pain, she says, might be caused by stress, such as the burden of a secret. Tony tells Paulie not to act until Pussy's wire is seen, so Paulie insists that Pussy go to abathhouse with him; Pussy refuses to undress, saying that his doctor told him that heat is bad for him.Silvio discovers that Vin owes Pussy $30,000, which he believes may be his motive to have Pussy "disappear." Tony visits Pussy at home and questions him sympathetically, but Pussy doesn't respond. Tony is distrustful and confused; he tells Paulie he feels he is walking into walls.
Vin has a personal relationship with the madam of abordello, and he is there when the police raid it. After his release from custody, Vin kills himself by jumping off a bridge. Jimmy is bailed out and visits Tony at his home; Tony is surprised that he was freed so soon. Jimmy asks some intrusive questions about theColombian drug heist. Tony evades the questions, which confirm his suspicion that Jimmy is the rat: he and Pussy were arrested at the same time, and Vin's source mixed up the "two fat fucks with black hair." Pussy is no longer suspected, but he has disappeared.
Uncle Junior visitsLivia, who is bitter that Tony has sold her house. She tells Junior that severalcapos have placed their mothers at the Green Groveretirement community and hold meetings there. Junior instantly suspects that they are conspiring with Tony against him and decides that he has to act. He assignsMikey andChucky Signore to findhitmen from out of town.
The title is said twice during the episode, first by Paulie in reference to Big Pussy's back problems when he tells Tony a doctor found nothing wrong and at the end of the episode by Tony in regards to Pussy's whereabouts.
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