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HBO says:

Tony finds art imitating life at the "Cleaver" premiere; in prison, Johnny Sack copes with more bad news. Written by Terence Winter; directed by Alan Taylor.

What is HBO not telling us?

* Johnny Sack learns he has three months to live, thanks to the cancer that has spread throughout his body. Though he recently gave up smoking, he spent 38 years sucking in the sweet sweet tobacco.

* Johnny doesn’t disclose his dire condition to his wife and daughter. But he does take up smoking again.

* Christophuh is sober again, and doesn’t pal around with the gang as much because he doesn’t want to be tempted. The gang interprets his absences to mean he’s too much the movie-producer bigshot to hang out.

* Phil Leotardo, still recovering from a quadruple bypass, considers who will take over the New York family.

* As “Cleaver,” starring Daniel Baldwin, screens, Paulie Walnuts (now cancer-free) won’t turn off his cell. When the character based on Christophuh kills the character based on Tony, Tony grows increasingly suspicious of Christophuh. Tony cries in Dr. Melfi’s office about Christophuh’s lack of gratitude.

* As Silvio discusses business with Phil Leotardo’s new heir apparent inside a club, the new boss is gunned down by rivals.

* Word comes that Johnny Sack is dead too.

* Tony serves as Godfather at the christening of Christophuh’s baby. As Tony and Christophuh both, both seem to be reminded that Michael Corleone served as Godfather to Carlo Rizzi’s baby.

After tonight, only seven episodes left. The next five plotlines, direct from HBO (beware uninvisotexted spoilers):

6.15 - APRIL 22 - "Remember When" - With the heat turned up in Jersey, Tony and Paulie head south to cool off. Meanwhile, Junior rekindles some of his old fire in a poker game. Written by Terence Winter; directed by Phil Abraham.

6.16 - APRIL 29 - "Chasing It" - Tony hits an unlucky stretch; AJ makes a life-changing decision; Vito's widow Marie (Elizabeth Bracco) turns to Tony for help with her troubled son. Written by Matthew Weiner; directed by Tim Van Patten.

6.17 - MAY 6 "Walk Like A Man" - AJ (Robert Iler) struggles with depression; Kelli's (Cara Buono) dad (Dennis Paladino) is the unwitting catalyst of a new feud between Christopher (Michael Imperioli) and Paulie (Tony Sirico). Written and directed by Terence Winter.

6.18 - MAY 13 "Kennedy and Heidi" - An asbestos-disposal impasse raises tensions between Jersey and New York; Tony (James Gandolfini) has a revelation; Paulie gets upstaged. Written by Matthew Weiner and David Chase; directed by Alan Taylor.

6.18 - MAY 20 "The Second Coming" - Phil (Frank Vincent) turns down Tony's offer of compromise; AJ despairs about the world and his future; Tony takes umbrage over an affront to Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler). Written by Terence Winter; directed by Tim Van Patten.

9 p.m. Sunday. HBO.

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