Sopranos 6/10 -- THE END

I like that sense of dread comment. I would have liked it a little better if it just ended with them eating dinner...but the building up of tension, then just stopping was effective.
Really, there was no way they could end the show in a way to make everyone happy. And they did kind of wrap some things up...Phil is dead, Tony is done with Junior, Meadow is going to law school, AJ seems to have his life on track.

 

Just giving props to one of my fave posters for getting this much right.

Also, agreed on the tension in the final scene. Was I the only one who thought "Fuck me, my cable went out!"

Somewhere, the Ghost of Andy Kaufman smiles...

 

There is no "ending", just as there was no "beginning".

 

tree-men-dous.

from the nod to what a great Journey at the end, to the satisfaction of phil getting whacked, to leaving the door open for silvio to survive, to the set-up for the (hopefully) inevitable movie, this was as strong as i could have hoped for.

terrific tension in the final minutes, with every person icoming into the diner having tony spooked. who didn't think meadow would get whacked in the parking lot?

how great was it for a.j. to finally be nailing the hottie only to have the suv go up in flames? and a wonderful last goodbye for uncle junior and janice deluding herself by thinking she and bobby's daughter had "bonded."

this was tree-men-dous. can't wait to see it a couple more times.

 

So many references to earlier episodes.

David Chase puts his daughter in one last episode -- nice touch by him. I guess that's what a non-FBI intruding childhood does for you.

 

Wow. I thought the finale was ...

 

it was a great ending. But a lot of people are going to hate it. Their loss.

 

anyone else notice how miserable Agent Harris' life was, too?

 

I think a movie would be a very bad idea. Two (or three) hours wouldn't be enough to introduce (or reintroduce) characters, much less tell a story.

 

What the hell was that ending?

The final scene was going great up to that point - the whole family coming together (the theme of Tony's role in the mafia vs. his family), and the tension of sensing that he and/or his whole family was going to get whacked by someone in the restaurant but not knowing exactly by whom. But to just have it end with sudden silence? Not even a gun shot with the screen at black?

Liked the scene where Phil got whacked - tied up that storyline, at least somewhat. And Paulie's paranoia about the cat was funny. The beginning jumped around too much though - it was tough to follow the first 10 minutes or so.

 

No movie for me. this was it. how else do you end a 7-year series?It's about what I expected and I got a little extra with the Phil whack scene and Paulie & the cat. couldn't really expect more and still have it be good.

the last few weeks showed why this show will go down as one of the best ever. tonight didn't change that.

 

exactly the point.