“Certain incidents have expired lately.”

The artwork

Little Carmine Lupertazzi in The Sopranos’s “Kaisha”: Little Carmine mediates escalating retaliation between Tony and Phil, including the destroyed wire room. He dresses the meeting in business language and uses a malapropism in place of a clear description of recent incidents. His attempt to minimize conflict later falters when he mentions Phil’s brother. A red fracture divides a meeting table while wording claims expiry. The illustration interprets the exchange rather than recreating its literal staging.