When The Sopranos first hit the air in 1999, the show faced some backlash from concerned Italian-American groups. Their argument went something like this: The show depicts Italian-Americans like Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) and others as born criminals.

If you’re a fan of the show, you know the argument doesn’t hold water. Right from the the pilot episode, you see Italian-Americans of all stripes. The psychiatrist Tony is seeing? An Italian-American doctor named Jennifer Melfi (Lorraine Bracco).