<Li> Many fans speculated that Adriana had survived because her death was not shown on - screen . However, Drea de Matteo confirmed in her 2005 DVD commentary that Adriana was indeed killed . De Matteo quotes Van Zandt as saying: "Do (the fans) think I was shooting squirrels?" Later in the DVD commentary, de Matteo talks about the strong fan reaction to Adriana's death . </Li> <Li> In 2014, during an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit, de Matteo stated: "All of us had known already that my character was dying - (Steven) Van Zandt was actually the most pissed off about it, he didn't want to do it, he just didn't want to do it . And I had to talk him into how awesome it was gonna be and how important it was, he didn't want to pull me out of that car, he didn't want to call me a c - word, he didn't want to shoot me in the head, but David (Chase) made a specific point not to show my character actually getting the bullet to her head . I'm not sure if that was for cliffhangers reasons, but he said it was from respect for the character ." </Li> <Li> Steven Van Zandt and Drea De Matteo asked David Chase to cut out the scene where Christopher tells Tony about Adriana in order to keep her death at the hands of Silvio a surprise . The scene was later aired in the sixth - season episode "The Ride," as a flashback . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Christopher's line "The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive" is from Bruce Springsteen's song "Born to Run", a pop culture reference made more apropos by the presence of Steven Van Zandt (as Silvio Dante), longtime guitarist in Springsteen's E Street Band . Van Zandt also sings backing vocals on the "Born To Run" track . </Li> <Li> The scene with Christopher and Adriana where both of them are crying over the consequences of Adriana being an informant, including Chris' strangled wail of "Oh, God, what are we gonna do?!' mirror a very similar scene in the 1990 film Goodfellas where Henry and Karen Hill are falling apart at the realization they are in mortal danger from Paulie Cicero and his crew after Henry's narcotics bust . </Li> <Li> The scene with Tony Soprano sitting alone in his backyard reminiscing about his cousin closely resembles the ending scene of The Godfather Part II, in which Michael Corleone sits alone at his Lake Tahoe compound remembering a moment shared with his family . </Li> <Li> Tony watches the film It's a Gift on the TV after he moves back in with Carmela . </Li> <Li> The film Christopher is watching at the Bada Bing after admitting to Tony "...I snorted a little H" is Three Amigos . </Li> </Ul>

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