: AJ's despair is linked to his inability to reconcile the love he feels for his father and friends with the horrific violence they are capable of, specifically after seeing his friends brutally beat an African student. The Meadow and Coco Incident
The business side of the episode highlights the breakdown of diplomacy between the two families: [S6E19] The Second Coming
: Upon finding out, Tony tracks Coco to a restaurant and brutally beats him, shattering his teeth against a table. This act of revenge for his daughter is a "point of no return" that shatters the fragile peace between Jersey and New York. The Mob Conflict: Tony vs. Phil Leotardo : AJ's despair is linked to his inability
: In therapy, Tony and AJ both grapple with the idea that their depression is a hereditary "black cloud". A subtle touch in the psych unit shows an episode of Friends playing in the background where a character realizes, "I'm my father," mirroring AJ's struggle. The Mob Conflict: Tony vs
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: The title refers to the W.B. Yeats poem "The Second Coming," which AJ discusses in therapy—specifically the line "the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity," reflecting the moral decay surrounding him.
: While Meadow is on a date, Salvatore "Coco" Cogliano, a Lupertazzi family soldier, drunkenly makes lewd and threatening remarks to her.