The Sopranos - The Complete Fifth Season (DVD, 2005)

Now, if you’re reading this you know that The Soprano’s is one of the best series ever on HBO (short of Curb Your Enthusiasm, of course). The Fifth Season of The Sopranos is absolutely spectacular – Gandolfini once again struggles with his role as humble family man and insane mob boss. Despite his best attempts to maintain peace and harmony, he’s dead in the middle of all the surrounding tension and gets sucked into the personal and business tensions that we would expect him to be part of.

James and Carmela are officially separated this season, they but still manage to maintain a continuous stream of family problems. Christopher and Paulie continue to “manage the business” with Tony, and in classic fashion they run into their fair share of problems (hint: plenty of violence). To manage his sanity, Tony continues his therapy with Dr. Melfi and she continues to fend off his ever-so-subtle (yeah, right) flirtatious advances.

Hands down, there are great performances by Adriana as well – you won’t want to skip a single episode nor some of the cool special features and commentary. This set is a must-have for your Sopranos collection.