when you realize you were always the joke

Christopher Moltisanti doesn't actually die in the car with Tony. He dies right here in the Bada Bing. Breaking down the saddest, most devastating scene in The Sopranos why Chris really went back to the club, the impossibility of getting sober in the mob, and the crushing realization that he gave up Adriana for a room full of guys who view him as a complete joke.