Only thing that annoyed me..

I love this show so much! To me it is one of the very few shows that are equivalent to comfort food. The stories had enough suspense to keep you watching without the use of excessive violence to get their point across. Also, I loved how it combined both a crime drama with a family drama. It was too bad they cancelled it because I read that if season 5 had continued on instead of coming to the abrupt end it did, the show would have moved in a different direction focusing more on Tony's home life and making the crime aspect secondary. The only complaint I have is why the majority of victims/suspects always had some connection to Tony. They were either his or Rachel's friend, relative or colleague or a part of the immediate Scali family itself. There were very few episodes where the "bad guy" or the victim didn't have some direct connection to Tony or the Scali family. Case in point, there's a season 3 episode in which Rachel is taken hostage during a bank robbery. At the end of the show, they show a sneak peek for the next episode. Tony is hiding in some bushes doing surveillance on a mob boss. The mob boss is on a date with his new girlfriend. When the girlfriend walks by the window Tony says "Mom,nooo!"
"The fewer suspects the less work for me. My ideal is a 40 hour week."