I have been watching it DVD, season by season --I'd seen one episode (in the middle) on tv (a couple of season's in) and it didn't work for me but was intrigued so began to rent it. I've found it a fascinating and increasingly depressing show. James Gandolfini is terrific, playing Tony as a charming deadly sociopath. Every time you start to empathize with him again, he does something really ugly.