The Sopranos (TV Series)
Johnny Cakes (2006)
Peter Bogdanovich: Dr. Elliot Kupferberg
Quotes
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Dr. Jennifer Melfi : My father is an old man: it's ridiculous to let himself disintegrate like this
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : How's it going with patient Soprano?
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : [when she doesn't respond] What?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I'm talking about my father
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : I thought you were done
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : It happens too often
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : I think that's a non-secular accusation
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Why don't you just admit he's a gangster? He was gunned down and you're into "it" on a "tabloid level"
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : You devoted quite a chunk of your last visit to him, I'm... responding to that
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : Nothing's changed, ok? He refuses to engage on the trauma his uncle caused and I think it's just a matter of time before he totally decompensates
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : Has he cried or reported crying at all about this man "Buster"?
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : [correcting him] "Junior," no
Dr. Elliot Kupferberg : This Omertà concept comes from a pre-therapeutic culture
Dr. Jennifer Melfi : This isn't Omertà, it's "something" else