Who was that Gene guy on Sopranos?

I have this vague recollection that Eugene was the guy that intimidated the juror in Juniors trial.

It was about a 10 second sequence in a store, where the guy (who I think was Eugene), came across the Juror- the wimpy guy and said to him what good work he
was doing on the jury and made reference to his family. I think it is about episode 40 if you have the DVDs.

Can anybody help me with this? If so it would make a nice irony- the guy responsible for causing the hung jury that released Junior dies while at the same time, the free Junior shoots Tony.

Eugene hanging himself was meant to echo Judas. I think the story will come out that he cooperated with the Feds because they had the goods on his son for some drug offense. Or that inheriting the estate of Victor Borge's agent (love that random reference) was his 30 pieces of silver and he just wanted a way out to go enjoy his money.

The suicide of Gene will add to Tony's neuroses throughout the rest of the season. He will feel guilty for causing him to end his life, leading to more panic attacks etc.

Would the writers really just introduce him for the sake of killing him off though?

They've done it before, most notably with Ralphie Cifaretto (Joey Pants). All of the sudden there's this guy who was a world famous a-hole, a captain and a huge part of the family, but we'd never heard of him before. They totally introduced him just to kill him off. And they did the same thing with Tony B. (Steve Buscemi), but at least they said Tony B. was in jail. He didn't just suddenly appear without reason. But it was the same thing, all of a sudden there was a plotline involving Tony's attack of conscience because he did wrong by his cousin, but we had never heard of this cousin before.

I know it sounds like I'm complaining, but I'm not too bothered by it. I understand that you have to introduce new characters to keep the show alive. It's just that this wouldn't have been the first time that they introduced a character just to kill him off.

Ah, who will be acting Cappo as Tony recovers from this thing. Vito discussed that God forbid something happens to Tony he could be the next boss. Christofer (I love that) has his ambitions. Bobby with Janice pushing him will make a statement for power. And how crazy is Uncle Jun? The team always took direction from Ton but with him out of commission and Phil Leotardo acting for Johnny Sack in prison? Prepare to see jocking and internal fighting for control. Who will take care of Camela's cost over runs because Dad built the house out of pine. I expect most ghostly visits from Adrianna and Pussy. Who know what Tony will say under the effects of sedation.

Season 6 starts where 5 stopped.
The horrific scene of Gene hanging himself has stripped Tony from all humanity.
After taking Gene's watches, money, and then stuffing himself with sushi, makes you feel sick. Tony is going to suffer from the inside, his references about not trusting anyone but family to AJ point into the direction where retaliation will come from, no punishment will be severe enough.
Gene was indeed made the same scene as Christopher, where he interprets the bird as being a bad omen.
Going further it will lead to Christopher not being able to handle his superstitious demons.
It is going to be a fascinating season, confronting viewers with the ugly side of soprano life.

ONE EPISODE DOES NOT A DISASTER MAKE. EVERYONE HAS TO FIGURE THAT SOME CHARACTERS HAVE TO GO. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER HBO SERIES "OZ", THEY GOT RID OF THE WHOLE ARYAN BROTHERHOOD IN ONE SCENE. THIS WILL BE ALMOST THE SAME. GOING OUT WITH A BANG AND A BLUE MOON.

Also, the first line from the FBI guy about America's taste in crap. Obviously referring to the Daily Show, George Clooney movies, stuff like that. :)

Did no one else notice that the blood wiped on the map was directly on New York? Fore shadowing an all out conflict between NY and NJ? I wonder if it goes as far as it being 2 smears means anything? I thought it was funny Carmela was showing off her car to Johny Sacks wife knowing their situation, only to have Pussy's widow have a corvette she bought all by herself. I'm sure between that and her spec house project coming to a hault and tony not helping her is making her regret not taking her freedom when she had the chance. It seemed they were trying to paint a picture some people wouldn't miss Tony a great deal if he were out of the picture, like when Vito was making his comments to Eugene, and when Tony said "I don't care how close you are, in the end your friends are gonna let you down. Family. They're the only ones you can depend on." Finally, did anyone notice the foreshadowing with the milk in the begining? Janice breast feeding the baby, Bobby's train with the Nesquik (what did that mean?) and then Eugene spilling the milk when he opened the FedEx package with his inheritence. Seemed like product placement too, but who cares.

Pussy's wife, Angie, was listed in the opening credits sequence along with Vito and Patsy, so obviously all three will play a bigger role this year.