Chris not knowing the Cuban missile crisis really happened is my favorite part of the episode, absolute gold 😂😂. Pine Barrens is funnier than the entire series of Friends put together (its amazing how many mopes took the time to comment in defense of Friends). I think that part of the greatness of the episode is the weird sense of the supernatural. Valery gets shot in the head, keeps running, and may ascend to the trees. Terrence Winter has noted the Jersey Devil in the Pine Barrens and "the spookiness of being in the woods." The episode teases something that we want and don't want to see--Christopher and Paulie finally getting what they deserve. And then it leaves us without closure. Brilliant. Gloria was looking for trouble answering his phone. He should have left her then. That could have been his wife, or one of his kids. That was proof she didn't know her role. The funniest thing to me is how annoyed Tony gets at the Mayonnaise. If you love dark humor Pine Barrens is amazing. Paulie & Christopher lost in the woods, freezing, starved, sucking on relish and ketchup packs, Paulie keeping the tic tacs for himself. Gloria bouncing a T-bone steak off Tony's dome lol Also I've always loved movies/stories that take an unexpected twist and suddenly characters are stuck in survival mode. Iconic episode, arguably the best and one of my favorites. One of the best episodes Paulie and Christopher are a comedy team. It always made me very mad that they never concluded the Russian's story. In fact, there were many plot threads and loose ends in the show that were never tied up.
Review of Pine Barrens
