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S3E4 · Employee of the Month

Dr. Melfi is brutally attacked, and when the justice system lets her down, she must consider asking Tony for help.

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Richie's successor Ralphie Cifaretto begins dating Rosalie and takes Jackie out to collect from a debtor. Angry that he involved Jackie in his activities, Tony promotes soldier Gigi Cestone to capo instead of Ralphie. Men break into Janice's house, beat her, and force her to get Svetlana's leg. In the hospital, she reflects on her behavior and decides to devote herself to God. While walking to her car, Melfi is raped and her attacker is released after a mistake with the chain of custody. Eating at a fast food shop, she notices the rapist being lauded as the employee of the month there, and has a dream where a Rottweiler saves her from him.

She admits to Elliot Kupferberg that she is tempted to give the rapist's information to Tony, and abruptly cries in their next session. When Tony asks if there is anything she wants to say, she pauses before responding, "No."

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