Sopranos Series Finale
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After six amazing series, the Sopranos series finale has finally aired and to sum it up in one word – “perfection”. Keeping in tradition with one of the shows main themes of constant fear and what may be lurking around the corner, creator David Chase really nails it home. But you take from the show what you bring to it so there’ll be those who claim the last scene “Is taken from Tony’s perspective before he is shot in the head”. Personally, I’m not buying that ending simply because it cheapens the premise of the show, the long-time fans and I think Chase simply one-upped the expectations of his audience and gave them a whacking instead! That my friends is “perfection”. RIP one of the greatest television shows ever created.
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Tony’s dead. (Sorry but this is going to be a long comment.)
A) First episode of this season Bobby says you don’t hear it when you’re shot.
B) Second to last episode of this season, Tony flashes to Bobby saying you don’t hear it when you’re shot.
C) The entire story arc was about Tony – when Tony’s gone, the arc is done.
D) In the diner, every time someone walked through the door, the perspective changed to Tony’s as he looked up
E) After the last bell jingle, just as the perspective changed to Tony’s everything went black and silent – as though the person whose perspective we were to shift to was no longer alive
F) The cat was a reminder that Tony killed Chris, and had Adriana killed. The cat was a reminder that Tony’s a bad guy – who has it coming.
G) There was so much symmetry between Phil’s execution in front of his family and Tony’s last moments
H) We all know how much Godfather III ruined the Godfather movies. I think the focus on Meadow was a reference to the Godfather. David Chase didn’t end it the way Godfather III ended. This time the boss gets killed.
I) Every other episode ended in music during the credits. This one had no music because Tony’s dead.
J) Episode titles have always meant something. This episode’s title referred to Bobby’s gift of the gun to Tony. When he gave it to him he made the comment about how everything would just go silent when you were shot.
K) The ending was so incredibly brilliant. We all felt what it was like to be Tony in those final five minutes. We all felt nervous, anxious, just as he must have felt. After being absorbed into Tony’s experience, we were left with silence and blackness like death because…
Tony is dead.
Those are all valid points and make sense but I still think he’s adopted one of those endings where it’s impossible to make everyone happy, so he’s made it open-ended. I think it’s a brilliant resolution and wouldn’t change a single frame of it.