Actually, Dr. Melfi simply CAN'T be compared with Julia Hoffman because she's never REALLY compromised her ethics. Julia has engaged in a whole LIST of despicable actions, not the least of which was the murder of Dr. Woodard.
Jennifer Melfi, on the other hand, when offered the chance to have her murderous patient provide the vengance the legal system couldn't, REFUSED to tell Tony about her rape. Surely the most brilliant use of the single word "no" in television history.
Dr. Melfi has her faults and weaknesses, but nothing that would bring her into the company of the woman who railroaded Willie Loomis off to Wyndcliffe, scrambled Maggie Evans' mind, and played God with disintered body parts!
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