What is the name of the episode where Tony is shot by Uncle Junior?

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The episode where Tony is shot by Uncle Junior is “Members Only,” the season-six premiere of The Sopranos.

By this point, Junior Soprano's dementia has seriously worsened. He becomes convinced that the late mobster “Little Pussy” Malanga is plotting against him. When Tony visits Junior's house, Junior mistakes his nephew for Malanga and shoots him in the abdomen while Tony is preparing dinner.

Junior hides upstairs while Tony, badly wounded, manages to call 911 before losing consciousness. The shooting begins the season's extended storyline about Tony's coma, recovery, and changed relationships with his family. It also exposes how far Junior's mental decline has progressed: he is not carrying out a deliberate assassination of Tony, but acting inside a confused and deteriorating reality.

The title “Members Only” refers to Eugene Pontecorvo's Members Only jacket and his season-opening storyline, not to the shooting itself. The episode originally aired in 2006 and uses Tony's attack as its central cliffhanger, making the consequences of Junior's dementia impossible for the family to ignore.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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