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David Chase (creator)
David Chase (written by)
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Original Air Date:
10 June 2007 (Season 6, Episode 21)
Plot:
Tony must now stay in hiding until Phil Leotardo has been dealt with. Carmela and the kids do not like the lifestyle they have been forced to adopt... more | add synopsis
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Some thoughts on the ending and season more (52 total)
Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | James Gandolfini | ... | Tony Soprano |
 | Lorraine Bracco | ... | Dr. Jennifer Melfi (credit only) |
 | Edie Falco | ... | Carmela Soprano |
 | Michael Imperioli | ... | Christopher Moltisanti (credit only) |
 | Dominic Chianese | ... | Junior Soprano |
 | Steve Van Zandt | ... | Silvio Dante (as Steven Van Zandt) |
 | Tony Sirico | ... | Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri |
 | Robert Iler | ... | A.J. Soprano |
 | Jamie-Lynn Sigler | ... | Meadow Soprano |
 | Aida Turturro | ... | Janice Soprano Baccalieri |
| Frank Vincent | ... | Phil Leotardo |
 | Ray Abruzzo | ... | Little Carmine Lupertazzi |
| Dan Grimaldi | ... | Patsy Parisi |
 | Sharon Angela | ... | Rosalie Aprile |
| Maureen Van Zandt | ... | Gabriella Dante |
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Germany:59 min
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During his final conversation with Uncle Junior, Tony refers to their line of work as "this thing of ours", which is an almost literal translation of Cosa Nostra, the official name of the Sicilian mafia. more
Quotes:
Carmela Soprano:
[about A.J] Oh, I didn't tell you. He spent on a set of CDs that teach Arabic.
Tony Soprano:
Jesus Christ, c'mon! Shish-kabob. What else do ya need to know?
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References "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) more
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It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) more
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Well theories abound. If David Chase was either looking to not give an ending that could be predicted or he was simply looking to be controversial he succeeded.
One of the more popular theories is that Tony is whacked dying instantly and we see the end of the show from his perspective (I can see where we wouldn't need to see the reaction of his family). It would be a dramatic statement about how this complicated life just stops. Maybe that's it and Chase thought viewers would get it and he miscalculated. I don't see where Meadow coming to the door fit's in. Or maybe Chase was trying to say that it doesn't end and the fade out was just us leaving the viewing of that life. Maybe he was allowing viewers to decide what happened so the substantial "Gets Whacked" and "Lives On" camps could each have what they wanted.
Some of the other theories deride Chase as being chicken or lacking the creativity to write a climactic ending. Others say he's leaving open a movie possibility (He could of done that by just doing a slow pull back from the family eating) Another theory says the full ending will be on the DVD (If that was true there could be multiple ending or even slightly different final episodes)
I am not sure how I feel about the ending. I mostly enjoyed the episode but I have to give very low marks to the handling of the NY/NJ war. After years of tension the war breaks out dramatically but then ends seemingly without reason and illogically like something that has got in the way. The leap from the seasons of build-up to the actual beginning of the war also seemed kind of quickly contrived. Christopher's death also seemed like some quick idea to get rid of him and the drama over whether Tony would find out about the drugs and kill him. Where was the final build up? Did Chase simply open up too many subplots, that he created too give him more potential things to write about, and not leave himself enough time to close them with their deserved attention?
I would have to give the final season a 5, or 6 at best, out of 10 and that's without the ending which I'm not sure about. It seems definitely that there was a rush to close to plot lines that had been poorly paced to coincide with the series finale.
While the Sopranos goes down as one of the great TV series of all times It became decidedly uneven with many disappointing episodes in the last few season. It's seemed the creative drive declined before the profit drive.