Well, last night’s episode should have been called “Que Sera Sera”. I have to hand it to David Chase, everyone was speaking like a “Soprano” last night. Four letter words were acceptable, or did you whack your TV like I almost did?
Butchie crossed over to the Soprano side, and Phil Leotardo got a double “whackin’” first from Walden, and then from his “Michelins”.
First things first, Carlo was the “rat”, and what was with Paulie? Talk about a superstitous Italian. Between the Virgin Mary and that CAT (Which I think was Christopher), I’m glad he retired.
Does Uncle Jr. really have “alzheimers disease” or is he hiding the cash in his diapers?
And what was with all the focus on AJ? Is he gonna make Cleaver 2?
This cliffhanger was better than “Who Shot JR?”. Could you ask for a more opened ending? Or were you less than content? What do you think?
This is CC Romano … See you at the “movies”!
19 responses so far ↓
ladyhabanero // June 11, 2007 at 8:29 am
Talk about your disappointments! What a let down David Chase! I was at a point where I was totally sick of AJ and last night’s episode was, in part, centered around him. After all these years of being a faithful viewer… I feel like I got whacked! Don’t plan on making a move Mr. Chase, because the $8.50 plus expenditure to view it will not, I say will not, be worth it! Over and out from Ladyhabanero……….
Ed // June 11, 2007 at 8:30 am
You wanna’ know what happened???
It’s gonna’ cost ya’ $8.50.
Wait for da’ movie.
Do you feel ripped off?
Welcome to the world of organized media …oops…..uh..crime.
Lora // June 11, 2007 at 8:55 am
Did anyone notice that the Raceway gas station where the wack took place and where he got his head run over was the one here on Route 10 in Parsippany near Kolh’s?
Goomba Joe // June 11, 2007 at 10:29 am
Hey CC!!!! Well, this ending was pretty bad!! All this time I was watchin, I couldn’t believe it ended this way. I thought for sure the guy in the bathroom was gonna come out shootin!! And Paulie turned out being afraid of a cat!! C’mon!! Well, I hope that I get to see you at the “Movies”!
i know the truth // June 11, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Tony got whacked! The last seconds of the black screen was proof that the episode ended with him seeing black. He did not see it coming. Just like it was forshadowed when he was talking about death in the boat with Bobby in the lake a few episodes ago. Tony said that you propably dont see it coming you just see black (not exact words). The writer set it up perfectly and gave told the whole story in that episode. Tony was eating with his family then he got shot, he saw black because he did not see it coming. That is why there were seonds of a black screen before the credits started. It was from his point of view. The black screen was part of the episode NOT a cliffhanger. The credits had not music which meant Tony was out. No music b/c Tony was the main character and once he was gone, there was not more to be said. And think about it, would you want to see the family loom over Tony once he died? It was best to end the show this way. Nothing more is coming, I guarantee it.
Bubba Calzone // June 11, 2007 at 3:30 pm
He got shot! Meadow did it!
Cha Cha Ciccarelli // June 11, 2007 at 4:37 pm
OMG what an ending! When my screen went black I thought the dam cable went out! I screamed “f’n Comcast and it wasnt Comcast it was F’n David Chase! MADONNA!
hoag // June 11, 2007 at 10:29 pm
the entire last episode is a dream. on the previous episode tony falls asleep on the bed with his gun … no sheets on the bed… first scene of the finale show tony “wakes up”… he is on a bed with sheets and pillow cases .. he is dreaming . too much money to be made in a couple of years with a movie to close out the show
lars // June 14, 2007 at 5:55 am
Secret of the Sopranos finale revealed!
As Tony walks into the diner, he stops and scopes the area. Notice that it immediately cuts to him sitting in the booth, and also notice that he isn’t even wearing the same shirt he originally came into the diner with! That was a dead giveaway: what happens from then on out is his warped mind imagining how a possible hit on him and his family could occur if it were to happen that day, and in that diner.
I don’t have to tell you that the next three or four minutes of the show (that don’t really happen) are obviously quite tense. As Tony imagines all the shady people walking into the diner, and considers all the possible hitmen who could be surrounding him at that moment, he starts to panic, his heart beats faster and his palms start to sweat…much like the millions of viewers who were watching the Sopranos that night. David Chase basically plucked us out of our homes and our comfy sofas and put us in the terror-striken head of Tony Soprano, whose every day (you now find out through this brilliant piece of directing) is filled with fear and uncertainty.
As Meadow parks her car and walks inside the diner to join her dysfunctional family, Tony looks up and indeed does comes face to face with his killer…who is positioned between himself and Meadow. He reaches for his gun (probably), but is too late.
Tony’s reason for including his family in this fantasy is because of the simple fact that he himself watched his own father die in front of his eyes, that too under similar circumstances. He imagined A.J. going through the same horrific experience (a chill runs down my spine everytime I imagine Tony dead…it just can’t happen!).
The second the screen turned black, two things happened. One, Tony was shot in his imagination. Obviously. And two, in reality, Tony had a panic attack and passed out just as the words “Don’t stop” were playing over the jukebox. David Chase, being the genius that he is, brought the series in a full circle; remember scene one, episode one, season one, when Tony met his shrink for the first time to discuss his panic attack?
This epiphany came to me today as I was drinking my Starbucks green tea, which is my new obsession. I can’t get enough of it. Apparently, it’s good for your heart and also your brain…and this proves that it works! The online forums are overflowing with different theories about what truly happened in the final episode, scpeifically, the final scene. These theories have ranged from the cheesy (the audience was whacked), to the obvious (Tony was whacked) to the boring (nothing happened). Well let me tell you that one thing is for certain, ‘nothing’ didn’t happen. I don’t want to sound cocky or anything, but three years from now, David Chase will reveal this to be his true intention for the episode.
I found this on a blog, and I find it quite interesting
Jamie // June 14, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Thank god that the Sopranos are over so i dont have to hear the annoying reports anymore! I thought you needed an education to be on the radio!
Hot Cakes // June 15, 2007 at 8:06 am
Hey CC…this is for “Jamie” – the fact that she writes God beginning with lower case G says something about this person…don’t you think?
And speaking of educated…how much of a brain does it take to know that you don’t HAVE to listen to the podcast…DUH!
Come on, everyone knows that this is a parody…it’s for people with a sense of humor..poor Jamie.
Madelene // June 15, 2007 at 9:01 am
The closing scene:
Tony is sitting in a chinese restaurant, in the background you hear someone singing a not too bad version of “My Way”..camera pans over the lounge, it’s Ginny Sack singing in the lounge (hey a widows got to work!)………..the fat lady is singing………..it’s OVER…fade to black
ladyhabanero // June 15, 2007 at 9:06 am
To Jamie…. I realize everyone is entitled to their opinion, but, who the heck forced you to listen to the reports if you didn’t enjoy them ??!! It’s called “shutting the radio off”. Talk about needing an education! Did one of the goombas coerce you to listen? Get a life! Goes to show your lack of humor. Do you even have a funny side?
Goomba Joe // June 15, 2007 at 12:35 pm
Hey CC!!!! This is for the guy or the girl (Jamie) who needs to get a life!!!!! Jamie-you probally will end up like “Scrooge” only it won’t have a happy ending. Get an “education” in laughter!! You’re one pathetic lonely moron!!!
The Irish Captain // June 15, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Hey jamie!!
Hey dummy you keep picking on my girl and you wont be pushing up daisys you will be growing shamrocks out of your ass.
The Irish Captain // June 15, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Wait change that . You will be pulling shamrocks out of you a**!!!!!
Cha Cha Ciccarelli // June 16, 2007 at 6:47 am
Hey C
This is for Jamie………….. NO amount of education can equal TALENT……… You either got it or ya DONT! And it takes GREAT talent to be able to make people laugh and YOU CC have got that…….And I have to wonder? Does Jamie have 2 broken hands that he or she couldnt chnage the station because the reports were so “annoying”? GET A LIFE!
Jerry Moppadella // June 16, 2007 at 6:48 am
Yo Jamie……. Bah HUMBUG!
Dominick Bada Bing // June 17, 2007 at 10:44 am
Yo C
You will always have a special spot in my heart. will email u wit da time and da place……..I’ll be da one wit da single rose and da chilled bottle of Reunite! Love ya babe!