the take of Gandolfini seeing the strap-on. Music The song played during the opening scene, where Gloria arrives at the docks, is Them's "Gloria". The music video A.J. is watching on the living room television is "Coffee & TV" by Blur. The song played during the final montage/closing credits is the aria "Sposa son disprezzata" ("I am wife and I am scorned") from the opera La Merope by Geminiano Giacomelli, sung by Cecilia Bartoli. This is the same music that opens the next episode, "Amour Fou". Accolades Time and Entertainment Weekly consider this to be one of the best episodes in The Sopranos series, due largely to the offbeat and dark comedy between Paulie and Christopher. Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg lists this episode as his favorite in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet. In his acceptance speech for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards, Alan Taylor thanks Steve Buscemi for his work on "Pine Barrens." For its 65th anniversary, TV Guide picked this as the fourth-best episode of the 21st century. Terence Winter and Tim Van Patten received the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama for their work on this episode. References External links "Pine Barrens" at HBO The Sopranos (season 3) episodes Pine Barrens (New Jersey) 2001 American television episodes Bottle television episodes Television episodes written by Terence Winter