![]() fails to call Meadow as he promised, she relays her suspicions to a friend, who encourages her to investigate. The two of them, hopelessly lost and ill-equipped to take care of themselves, find an abandoned truck to spend the night in. Paulie falls in the process, losing his shoe. They think they hear Valery in the underbrush and give chase, but end up killing a deer. Paulie and Christopher get lost in the woods after attempting to retrace their steps. Tony relays this to Paulie on the phone immediately after, but Paulie mishears him through the bad signal, apparently believing Valery was an interior decorator who murdered 16 Chekhoslovakians for some reason. Slava is oblivious to the unfolding situation but recounts that Valery, a good friend and old military comrade of his, was an operative for the Russian interior ministry who killed 16 Chechen rebels single-handed. After the call abruptly ends, Tony makes his scheduled visit to Slava, wary of an ambush. Tony takes another call from Paulie at home, with their signal deteriorating, and loses his temper, shouting "Is there any way the package could survive?!" which AJ overhears from the living room. However, Valery appears to get back up, and as they continue to pursue him they find that his footprints simply end several yards ahead, with no body in sight. The injured and disoriented men give chase, shooting at Valery, and Paulie fires what seems to be a headshot. While digging his grave, he waits for his captors to get distracted by a trivial conversation and strikes Chris in the head with the shovel, kicks Paulie in the groin, and takes off running. Though Paulie and Christopher, fully dressed, are out of their element in the cold wilderness, Valery is un-bothered by it, even in his pajamas. When they find him alive, Paulie and Christopher march him into the snowy woods to dig his own grave, and Valery vows to kill them both. Valery, however, is not dead and regains consciousness in the trunk. On the way to Pine Barrens, Chris suggests getting Roy Rogers, as he hasn't eaten, but Paulie is eager to bury the body and get it over with. They arrange for dinner at Gloria's that night, with her offering to cook him roast beef. After the phone call, Gloria complains about Tony wasting water with the toilet flushing and gets dressed to return to work. Tony is angry at the bad timing of the altercation, as he has a meeting with Slava soon. Paulie explains the situation with Valery. ![]() Tony takes the call in the bathroom, repeatedly flushing the toilet to avoid any recordings, and leaving Gloria in bed. As they have sex they are interrupted by a phone call from Paulie at a gas station on the way to the Pine Barrens. Gloria attempts to make amends with Tony, giving him an apologetic card along with the gift of a robe she got in Morocco before another sexual encounter in a motel room. He calls later, canceling his plans to visit her again, and is seen applying cologne. He attempts to initiate sex but Meadow doesn't feel up to it. Meadow is sick and holed up in her dorm room, playing Scrabble with Jackie Jr., an activity that only highlights his stupidity. The two wrap Valery's body in a carpet and put him in the trunk, planning to bury him in the Pine Barrens. Once Valery loses consciousness, Paulie believes he's crushed his windpipe and killed him. Eventually, they tackle him to the ground and Paulie chokes him with a standing lamp while Christopher holds his legs. Valery proves a formidable fighter, and Christopher and Paulie have to double-team him to stand a chance. Though Christopher attempts to defuse the situation, it escalates as Paulie deliberately breaks Valery's universal remote, and a fight breaks out. Paulie, feeling under-appreciated for being given this assignment, arrives at Valery's apartment angry and antagonistic, mocking and provoking the Russian. Tony calls Paulie, telling him and Christopher to make the collection in Silvio's stead. ![]() Silvio catches the flu before he can go make a collection from Valery, a subordinate of Tony's Russian mob associate Slava. Melfi, Tony finally confesses to his involvement with Gloria and half-jokingly asks for advice based on what she knows about Gloria from sessions. Gloria feels patronized that Tony didn't drop the pretense earlier, and throws his present into the bay before leaving. Tony briefly goes along with the lie before coming clean. Irina calls the boat, believing she left a piece of jewelry there and hastily makes up an unconvincing story that she's one of AJ's teachers when Gloria picks up the phone. ![]() Gloria visits the Stugots for a tryst with Tony, bringing a belated Christmas present. ![]()
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