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S4E3 · Christopher

Columbus Day ignites tensions between Italians and Native Americans, and Bobby receives devastating news about his wife.

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Junior's RICO trial begins. At a pro- Italian luncheon, the guest speaker makes a point of deriding Italians involved in mafia activity, leaving the mob wives insulted. Bobby's wife Karen is killed in a car accident. Rosalie becomes even more depressed by this news, prompting Ralphie to leave her and attempt to move in with Janice. Janice visits Bobby and is moved by his sincere grief, and decides to break up with Ralphie, doing so by starting a fight and kicking him down the stairs. Paulie tells Johnny about Ralphie's joke.

A Native American group protests against the local Columbus Day parade to the ire of Tony's men. The leader of the group is not moved by Ralphie's threats, and Tony is unable to convince a chief (actually a white man with a small amount of Native American blood) to stop the protest. As Silvio continues to complain, Tony annoyedly disparages the notion that everyone belongs to a victimized group.

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