Kaisha (The Sopranos)

"Kaisha" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the HBO television drama series The Sopranos and seventy-seventh episode overall. It served as the midseason finale to the first part of the sixth season, the broadcast of which was split into two parts. It was written by executive producer Terence Winter, series creator/executive producer David Chase and co-executive producer Matthew Weiner; it was directed by longtime series director Alan Taylor. It originally aired in the United States on June 4, 2006. It was watched by 8.9 million American viewers upon its premiere.