The series finale of the Sopranos came on last night and I know I wasn’t the only one that cursed and screamed when the show faded to black. It simply broke my heart the way they ended the networks greatest series. After a boring and uneventful season I expected fireworks, excitement, and most of all closure for one of my favorite series of all time. It wouldn’t have been so bad if the writers hadn’t played with our emotions for the last five minutes of the episode but those jackasses did! They had me all hyped up in front of the TV thinking that my cable had went out. Then what was the deal with the cat??? Was it Adrianna??? Is there going to be a movie??? Its not that I wanted Tony dead or indicted, it’s just that I need to know what the hell happened??? Has he been dead for many episodes like many viewers are saying? This morning I went on HBO.com to see what other fans have to say. There are many theories going around but my favorite so far has to be this posted by T4Noble…
The first episode this season Tony and Bobby B are sitting in a boat. They have a conversation about getting whacked and Bobby says “I bet you don’t even hear it coming, it just all goes black” (or something to that extent). Then in last week’s episode they revisit that conversation. His family is coming in one by one, first Carmela, he loves her, but has hurt her, so she sits first, AJ, he is blood, he is his only son, but they have had their troubles, he sits second. Then there is Meadow, his princess, he loves her, they had their troubles, but she is the best person out of all 4, so she has the honor of being the last family member seen by him. Final scene of her coming through the door is being viewed as if we were Tony Soprano, the last thing he sees is the greatest thing he ever put into the world. Then, no sound, blackness, not even music through the credits. Tony got whacked as Meadow came through the door. There is no way to cinematically do Tony’s death justice. He was bigger than life for us through the whole show and the writers could not show him killed, there was no way to do it right.
Now this man has to be a complete genius or completely obsessed. Either way he has brought the closure I desperately needed from this show. Here is another one by MonkeyCox
The second Tony walks into the diner he gets whacked.We see his life flash symbolically before his eyes-all the people who come through the door were
victims of his rage- the black kids, the pudgy guy,etc. We see Tony, Carm and AJ taking the onion ringsymbolically, like wafers. They are the family. Theholy trinity, if you will. Meadow can't park her carbecause she doesnt fit in. Tony never sees her comein, and if you watch her experssion as she approachesthe diner she is ver very worried. The last thing wesee is tony looking up and then black. He never saw it coming
The first episode this season Tony and Bobby B are sitting in a boat. They have a conversation about getting whacked and Bobby says “I bet you don’t even hear it coming, it just all goes black” (or something to that extent). Then in last week’s episode they revisit that conversation. His family is coming in one by one, first Carmela, he loves her, but has hurt her, so she sits first, AJ, he is blood, he is his only son, but they have had their troubles, he sits second. Then there is Meadow, his princess, he loves her, they had their troubles, but she is the best person out of all 4, so she has the honor of being the last family member seen by him. Final scene of her coming through the door is being viewed as if we were Tony Soprano, the last thing he sees is the greatest thing he ever put into the world. Then, no sound, blackness, not even music through the credits. Tony got whacked as Meadow came through the door. There is no way to cinematically do Tony’s death justice. He was bigger than life for us through the whole show and the writers could not show him killed, there was no way to do it right.
Now this man has to be a complete genius or completely obsessed. Either way he has brought the closure I desperately needed from this show. Here is another one by MonkeyCox
The second Tony walks into the diner he gets whacked.We see his life flash symbolically before his eyes-all the people who come through the door were
victims of his rage- the black kids, the pudgy guy,etc. We see Tony, Carm and AJ taking the onion ringsymbolically, like wafers. They are the family. Theholy trinity, if you will. Meadow can't park her carbecause she doesnt fit in. Tony never sees her comein, and if you watch her experssion as she approachesthe diner she is ver very worried. The last thing wesee is tony looking up and then black. He never saw it coming
Here is what I personally think that cop out ending was about….
Phil got whacked and an uneasy peace was forged. After that, Tony essentially resumes his life and goes around having dinner with his family. Tony or anyone around him will ever entirely be safe, and anyone walking into a restaurant where he's having dinner might be the guy who ultimately offs him. Or not. Sure, the build-up of tension in that last scene seemed to promise an ultimate pay-off for the viewer a punishment for all of Tony’s horrible actions during the series and especially the last season , but to me it was essentially telling us that this is Tony's life -- you spent years with him, wondering if he'd live or die at the end. Well, it's the end, and he's alive, but maybe only for a few moments after the screen goes dark, or maybe he dies an old grandfather, with Meadow's son spraying insecticide into his face. Those of you who wanted Tony to live got your wish, and those who wanted Tony to die got a taste of what he was going to be living with until it happened.
Can you tell I’m slightly obsessed??? I will seriously watch every episode of every season until the finale makes sense to me.
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