Comments on: Sopranos Series Finale Recap (Spoilers Included)

By: cathy

cathy — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:17:49 +0000

Watch it a second time! When you know about the ending you can relax a little and pay attention to all the many details. There are just too many references to death all through this last episode, starting with the opening shot of Tony looking like a corpse in a coffin. For Tony, his death was just as Bobby had suggested it would be: cut to black. If you listen to the lyrics throughout they all suggest his time is up. At least his last meal consists of the best onion rings in Jersey! Mr. Chase was ‘in your face’ with the violence but his true artistry (and the reason I’ve been watching all these years) was in the (sometimes very) subtly drawn connections and the many delightful homages and references to our collective life experience and the popular culture. A bloody gorefest at the end would have been disrespectful of Tony’s loving family as well as all of us who (usually) have to cover our eyes from the show’s violence. Much better to leave us challenged, provoked, and thoughtful. But he did get whacked. This thing of ours, it’s over. (I love that line!)

By: jay The Most Hated

jay The Most Hated — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:20:47 +0000

I wanted to see Tony dead…

By: michael

michael — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:48:19 +0000

Like many people, I was confused at the end. My family watches the Sopranos religiously, and I was watching the finale with my parents. Like everyone else we thought the cable went out. When the credits came on my parents were instantly furious at the ending to such a great show, but I knew there had to be something more to it. The post BB left and the post about Bobby telling Tony how it will all go black and silent when it happens really cleared some things up. I will go back and rewatch it to try and figure some more things out.

Like many others as soon as the guy headed to the bathroom i immediatly thought … Godfather. I liked how the episode leaves you to draw your own conclusion to the series, because i don’t think there is a right way to end that show. If Tony got clipped then everyone would have expected it, making the ending worse. One of the great things about the show is how you feel simpathy and side with Tony (a mass murdurer and criminal) and we all know no one wanted to see Tony dead.

By: NunesMagician

NunesMagician — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:47:36 +0000

The idea of a Sopranos movie doesnt make sense though. The assumption would be that it would be a big gangster film when that’s the last thing Chase would do. Plus, half the characters from the show wouldn’t be in it cause they’re dead or in a coma.

By: Big Nuts

Big Nuts — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:22:47 +0000

BB’s post from the HBO forum was, for me, the best message board posting on this site I have ever seen — thanks BB.

I was so upset with the ending — it was the worst series ender I have ever, ever witnessed. It was beyond horrible. The only way this remotely works for me is if a door is left open for a movie.

Otherwise, I wish I could find David Chase today, and pelt him with a few eggs!

By: BSanders37

BSanders37 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:19:40 +0000

Holy shit, whoever wrote that on the forum is one detail-attentive mofo. Never been like that with this show, just Lost and The Wire. I was hoping for another scene after the credits where Tony gets capped, but that’d be too Ratnerish.

By: BB

BB — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:43:49 +0000

From HBO’s forums

“So here is what I found out. The guy at the bar is also credited as Nikki Leotardo. The same actor played him in the first part of season 6 during a brief sit down concerning the future of Vito. That wasn’t that long ago. Apparently, he is the nephew of Phil. Phil’s brother Nikki Senior was killed in 1976 in a car accident. Absolutely Genius!!!! David Chase is truly rewarding the true fans who pay attention to detail.

So the point would have been that life continues and we may never know the end of the Sopranos. But if you pay attention to the history, you will find that all the answers lie in the characters in the restaurant. The trucker was the brother of the guy who was robbed by Christopher in Season 2. Remember the DVD players? The trucker had to identify the body. The boy scouts were in the train store and the black guys at the end were the ones who tried to kill Tony and only clipped him in the ear (was that season 2 or 3?).

Absolutely incredible!!!! There were three people in the restaurant who had reason to kill Tony and then it just ends. This was Chase’s way of proving that he will not escape his past. It will not go on forever despite that he would like it to “don’t stop”. Not the fans!!! Tony would like it to keep going but just as we have to say goodbye, so does he. No more Tony and I guess we are supposed to be happy that Meadow didn’t get clipped as well (she would have been between the shooter and Tony) since she is the only one worth a crap in that family.”

By: JJ

JJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:42:17 +0000

I thought it was great, and was exactly the type of episode I presumed they would end with.

I can see people being angry about the last couple of seasons in general, but I can’t see anger of this individual episode, because it is exactly the type of ending that was foreshadowed all season long.

By: jay The Most Hated

jay The Most Hated — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:34:43 +0000

Yes Rob, I suppose that was the point, but I dont think it should have been. Its true that its rare to find closure in life, but this was a tv show people have put a lot of time into over the years, and i think we deserved some closure. The show was fantastic, except for the very end. Probably the most disappointing tv moment of my lifetime.

By: Eternal Stench

Eternal Stench — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:33:02 +0000

Spongeworthy said it best: what did Bobby say to Tony on the boat in the begining of the season? â€œyou’ll know when it happens because everything goes black and silentâ€….

Not saying I was totally enamoured by it, but what are you gonna do? This finale couldn’t possibly live up to the hype. I too was thinking “I KNOW I paid the cable bill”