Three weeks into the Sopranos, it seems to me that they're fairly blatantly signing each episode with an iconic shot from the Godfather saga. Last week it was the famous baptism scene from One; the week before that, it was repeated shots of a fishing boat on a lake (Two). This week's closing shot of Junior in the wheelchair was reminiscent enough of the last shot of Three to make me certain there's some sort of pattern at work. But what, as the feller says, does it mean?

Also, since when does Tony have a gambling problem? That was the one vice he always definitely didn't have.

(UPDATE: Scanning the Television Without Pity thread on the episode I see I should have been paying closer attention, and if I had I might have noticed the Tony caressing his tomatoes like Don Corleone, the street hit, and the Moe Green eyeball shot homage as well.)