Barrens | [s3e11] Pine

After a botched debt collection from a Russian mobster named Valery , Paulie and Christopher attempt to dispose of him in the snowy Pine Barrens of South Jersey. Valery survives a gunshot and disappears into the woods, leaving Paulie and Christopher lost, freezing, and forced to eat "ketchup and relish" packets for survival.

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Despite being shot in the head, Valery’s body was never found. After a botched debt collection from a Russian

Paulie’s Cadillac disappears while they are lost, a mystery that, like Valery’s ultimate fate, is never explicitly resolved in the series. The Mystery of the Russian Despite being shot in the head, Valery’s body

During a phone call, Tony tells Paulie that Valery was an interior decorator who killed 16 Czechoslovakians. Paulie famously replies, "His house looked like shit!".

One of the most debated plot points in television history is