Tonight's Sopranos finale... SPOILERS...

[NewWaveChick1981]

David Chase has given the whole country blue balls. :grr: :mad:

Building up to the finale and leaving us hanging. That sucks.

[GCP]

1. My theory is - Tony was killed by that guy at the bar

What we saw was Tony's last minute. Although I could be completely wrong.

[sniffa]

2. my guess

you have to buy the dvd to find out what happened.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. My son thought that Tony was killed and that's why it went black. The guy at the bar

wasn't the only possible one. There was the guy with the cap too.

[mcscajun]

4. I believe David Chase is leaving it up to us each to decide what happens next.

And life goes on and on and on and on...

On the plus side, at least it wasn't all a dream sequence.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. Had to be the worst ending to a series I've ever seen because I expected so much more. It was like

expecting a gourmet Italizn meal, and having Chef Boyardi ravioli.

[MichiganVote]

6. And the Chef Boyardi was the political subplot. Seriously, the writer was allowing you to create

your own ending.

[bdamomma]

10. I think so too, each of us has to create our own ending.

maybe all of them were killed??????

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. The more I think about it, more I believe he was killed. My son's friend just called and

said he believed Tony's father was killed while having dinner out with the family. I don't recall that though.

[agtcovert]

13. In earlier seasons,

it's said Tony's dad had cancer. So I don't think that's the case.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Thanks for that. I was doing a search because that didn't sound familiar to me at all

Everything I read said he died. Just died, not killed, murdered, hit etc.

[mentalsolstice]

25. Johnny Soprano died of emphysema

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_from_The_Sopranos_-_Friends_and_Family#Giovanni_Francis_.22Johnny_Boy.22_Soprano

[Kingshakabobo]

40. That was Robert Dinero's character in Analyze This. n/t

[LibraLiz1973]

20. If I wanted to write my own ending, I would have. I paid to have HBO

so that I could enjoy what The Sopranos writers did. Which was nothing.

[MichiganVote]

21. Chase did write the ending. He is allowing you to create the future.

[LibraLiz1973]

29. Ugh.

Nothing against your opinion, I just don't agree.

I DO NOT WANT to create The Sopranos future!! I wanted a decent flipping ending.

Oh well. It was just a tv show.

[MichiganVote]

31. And that too was part of Chase's message.

[Nickster]

11. I have to agree, this was a terrible ending. I think he's leaving it open-ended so he can

have another whack at the series in movie form, even though he says that's not his intention.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. Have another whack! Funny! I heard some talking head say on Countdown that David

Chase doesn't feel the need to tie up loose ends.

[Redbear]

7. I thought it was awesome.

No neat tidy packages.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. Just like life! :) eom

[Liberal Veteran]

8. Four or more gunshots during the blackscreen would have been brilliant.

That sucked ass.

[Elidor]

9. This reminds me of the episode of M*A*S*H* were Colonel Blake dies

My parents were SOOOOO pissed off. They never would watch it after that.

[mcscajun]

17. "Our true enemy has yet to reveal himself." ??? No.

He revealed himself tonight, and his name is David Chase.

:grr: :grr: :mad: :mad: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: NOW I know why the rumors were that the ending would be "controversial".

Ugh.

[GenDem]

18. I'm relieved

I like that I can fill in my own ending. My own personal ending has Tony surviving to maybe face the music in an indictment.

I've grown fond of these characters and I didn't want to see it end in a blood bath in front of Carmella and the kids.

They gave us enough gore with Phil's head being rolled over.

I liked that Tony was avoiding visiting Syl, and when he finally did he held his hand.

I liked seeing what a total chicken shit Paulie really is, and loved the whole symbolic back story with the cat.

I liked that Tony hijacked the appointment with AJ's therapist -- the look on Carmella's face was priceless.

There was so much that I loved about this last episode.

[AndreaCG]

42. Poor Paulie!

He spills his guts about seeing the Virgin Mary and Tony says, you waited to tell me? We could have made it a shrine, sold gallons of holy water. There was just enough hesitation to think Paulie might pull a gun and cap Tony. And then Paulie swallowed his anger and called Tony, my liege.

And then he took his perennial suntanning screen and put it under his chin and the cat sat down near him.

[BlueIris]

19. Well, even though I didn't get to see it, I'm just glad it apparently wasn't the ending

I read about earlier today. Which thankfully contained some hugely fake spoilers in it. That ending sucked, y'all. Glad Chase apparently either never filmed or scrapped it.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

22. Hell, I'm still waiting for an ending to DEADWOOD

Fucking HBO.

[Kingofalldems]

23. The license plate outside the restaurant

Looked like the same plate Phil's daughter was using when he got hit. My first thought was the guy at the bar was waiting for the daughter to arrive so he could kill Tony in front of his family ala Phil Leotardo.

[Ryano42]

24. The Antithesis of the Six Feet Under Ending

Which I believe is the most powerful ending ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1eFsJ1u4aY

Bravo David Chase...you will keep us wondering for a long time...

[Moochy]

32. Best Series Finale In a While

Most productive at least :)

[xmas74]

36. Which was the point.

Six Feet Under dealt with life and death. It was natural for that show to focus on the end of life.

The Sopranos always walked a line w/ Tony. Was he the good guy he claimed to be or was he slime? That's for you to decide-it's always been for you to decide. And The Sopranos has always been about Tony. Everyone else took a distant second to him.

The ending is the same idea. Just like the decision you've made about Tony you now have to decide how this all ends. Does he live? Does he die? Does he die right there w/ his family? Is he imprisoned? Does he flee? Does he turn witness?

Who knows? Who cares? In real life nothing is black and white. Tony Soprano is not black or white. Why should the ending be tidy and cleared up?

[lost-in-nj]

26. SUCKED

no text needed.....

anyone who watced knows this



lost

[libnnc]

27. Question: When Tony first walked into the restaurant....

Didn't he see himself sitting in the booth? Did I imagine that?

If so, does that mean the whole sequence with the family was a dream/heaven/after death kinda thing?

I'm trying really, really hard for some closure here...:banghead:

[LibraLiz1973]

30. Ya know, for a sec I thought that too.

Then I thought OMG, maybe he really IS Kevin Finnerty and Tony Soprano was just a dream.


Frankly that would have been better than what we got....

[NEDem]

37. Yeah, I saw that too.

I'm going to watch the west coast feed in 45 minutes, but I would swear when he first walked into the ice cream parlor he saw himself sitting at a table all by himself facing the door.

:shrug:

[Drunken Irishman]

38. I saw that too.

Then I just brushed it off as choppy cut to the next scene.

Hm...

[nonconformist]

39. I'm going to watch the west coast feed at midnight, I will watch for that nt

[mentalsolstice]

28. My take...

I spent the last minute screaming at Meadow to keep fucking up her parallel parking. However, in a quick moment, without a lot of time to think about it, my husband and I (we've watched all episodes) agreed that it ended well! It's up to each fan's interpretation, hopes and dreams (the entire series was about Tony's worries, hopes and dreams).

[newportdadde]

33. Sounds like it ended as bad as The Gunslinger series by King.

[nonconformist]

34. I loved the Agent Harris thing!

That seriously cracked me up. First, he tips off Tony on where Phil is, then he shouts out "they're gonna win this!!" when he finds out that Phil was whacked.

Funny shit! I've been wondering how Agent Harris would eventually play into things. That was awesome.

I'm still mourning the ending, however. And I'm getting a headache, I think from my HEART POUNDING the last couple of minutes of the show. I don't think I've ever been that tense/anxious watching a TV show before.

[Kingofalldems]

35. Agent Harris flipped!

And here I thought it would be Tony.

[Decruiter]

43. I enjoyed that look of betrayal he got

...for flipping from the female agent he was schtupping. She suspects him of cheating on their oath. Some loyalty!

[zulchzulu]

41. The ending was obvious

If you turned up the volume a lot when the screen went blank, you could hear static. And a hum. Kind of like when you wake up after a...oh never mind.

[pokerfan]

44. Worst series finale of all time

David Chase has given the whole country the finger with both hands.