The Sopranos Finale

One of the hottest weekends of the year so naturally yours truly spends a couple of days indoors watching the final dozen episodes of ‘The Sopranos‘. There will be major spoilers in this post so go away if you’re a fan and haven’t caught the finale to this televisual masterpiece.

Like many, I was initially a little confused by the final scene, but my suspcions as to why David Chase decided to cut to black so abruptly seem to be shared by others - Tony gets clipped. Perhaps. This analysis has been doing the rounds, and David Chase has remained mostly silent on the ending, in an effort to maintain the ambiguity. The uproar was huge in the states, with spoonfed dullards expecting a bloodbath which really is not what the show was ever about. It reminds me of the ending of ‘Hill Street Blues’ - more of a life goes on vibe as oppossed to the awful finish of ‘Twin Peaks’ which seemed to want to shoehorn in as many twists and absurd events which jarred completely with the previous tone of the series. Well, apart from the absurd stuff, obviously.

That said, the scene where Phil Leotardo got his well deserved fate was virtuoso Sopranos - that scheming fuck got what he deserved. Frank Vincent has always been a great mob guy on screen and the classic shinebox scene remains a favourite. Also nice to see my favourite character, Paulie, made it through to the end unharmed.

Finally, here is a funny seven minute refresher which takes you up to the last 7 or 8 episodes. That should save you about 75 hours of your life.

~ by mintyblonde on August 5, 2007.