The Sopranos. Tonight. The wait is over.

Need I say more?

Anyhow, the big news is that Steve Buscemi joins the cast in season five. Although Buscemi has never appeared on screen in the series, he has directed a couple of episodes over the years. For example, Buscemi directed Pine Barrens, one of the best shows in the series, in which Christopher and Paulie get lost in the south Jersey woods and are reduced to eating ketchup packets.

Buscemi is a great character actor, but he has some big shoes to fill. Joe Pantoliano's Ralph Cifaretto was an unforgettable addition to the cast. Ralph is, of course, dead now. So is David Proval's Richie Aprile, who was essentially Ralph Cifaretto's predecessor. Aprile, by the way, was the best and most vile character ever to appear on The Sopranos.

Is Buscemi Aprile and Cifaretto's heir? Are Tony and Carmela done? Will Adrianna get whacked? Tune in tonight to find out. And if you can't afford cable, pay some entrepreneurial foreign gentleman to hook you up for less than cost so that you can watch too.