The Sopranos (final episode)
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Fantastic !JiMMy 85 said:A summary of what happened, in my opinion, in easy-to-digest picture form!
http://skyatlantic.sky.com/the-sopranos/the-sopranos-ending-how-it-happened
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Have avoided this thread whenever it cropped up as I started watching The Sopranos the first time round on Sky Atlantic (on the recommendation of a few people on here) and have just caught up with the last episode.
Agree with all who say it was the best series ever - brilliant television.
As for the ending, it felt about right to leave it open to interpretation.0 -
just finished watching this brilliant tv series.
Stunningly directed last scene, it is literally perfect.
Masssive hole in my life now i've finished this and the wire.0 -
Start again, I must have seen every episode 5 times and still love rewatching them.kentaddick said:just finished watching this brilliant tv series.
Stunningly directed last scene, it is literally perfect.
Masssive hole in my life now i've finished this and the wire.0 -
When I finished the Sopranoes it was like a death in the family. Then I discovered Breaking Bad. Can honestly say ( never thought I would) it's better!! Watch it - superb.0
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Yep, watch it again, I re-watched it recently after a couple of years, almost felt like watching a brand new series. My favourite ever TV show.se9addick said:
Start again, I must have seen every episode 5 times and still love rewatching them.kentaddick said:just finished watching this brilliant tv series.
Stunningly directed last scene, it is literally perfect.
Masssive hole in my life now i've finished this and the wire.
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i'm still waiting for it to be matched. nothing has come close in my opinon. i've watched about 4 times all the way and it enjoyed immensely every time. it's still the best thing on sky atlantic as well by a long way.0
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Tony got all he deserved
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just goes to show how brilliant the series was when you empathise and even love such a vile person like tony.Dazzler21 said:Tony got all he deserved
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agreed, the direction in the final scene makes it also quite obvious.JiMMy 85 said:
Totally!Dazzler21 said:Tony got all he deserved
I will never accept the 'open to interpretation' thing. If that's what you think, you have to watch the final season again.
And if you still don't get it? Start again.0 -
Working my way through the boxset again for the umpteenth time and still finding little bits of genius that missed first times round.
There is a doc on youtube somewhere about the real NJ mob on which they were very loosely based on. They all ended up grassing on each other buit one bit of evidence that sent them all down was a recording of them comparing which Sopranos characters were based on each of them.
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More theories here and and an answer from David Chase - http://www.vox.com/2014/8/27/6006139/did-tony-die-at-the-end-of-the-sopranos?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=wednesday.
On another note, I've just finished reading Difficult Men by Brett Martin which is an inside look at the writing on the top American TV shows of the last 15 years. Well worth a read if you're a fan of The Sopranos, The Wire or Mad Men.
This painting (Knighthawks, Edward Hopper) is also said to have influenced the final scene of The Sopranos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks2 -
huge fan of hopper and his work and i can definitely see the resemblance.The Red Robin said:More theories here and and an answer from David Chase - http://www.vox.com/2014/8/27/6006139/did-tony-die-at-the-end-of-the-sopranos?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=wednesday.
On another note, I've just finished reading Difficult Men by Brett Martin which is an inside look at the writing on the top American TV shows of the last 15 years. Well worth a read if you're a fan of The Sopranos, The Wire or Mad Men.
This painting (Knighthawks, Edward Hopper) is also said to have influenced the final scene of The Sopranos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks
The argument that tony is still alive is flakey at best, I believe there's a long 3 hour AFI or emmy (i forget) interview with Chase in which he points to the ending of 2001: a space oddessy. You don't know what the space child is or what it's doing there, but you like it, and it fits. That's the exact same with the sopranos with that ending. Even if this "interview" is true, I still find the constant cutting to the man in the members only jacket leads you to believe there is some tension. Along with going to the toilet ala the godfather, of which there are so many references in the sopranos. Personally i think it's this guy on the website searching for hits. Of course tony isnt "dead". You don't see him die, you can only take what was given to us in the final scene.
Chase didn't write to go against normal tv structure, although he despises television, he wrote to write reality. Something that's incredibly hard to do, and even harder to do well.
Most, if not all of the characters are people chase knew, his mother, his sister and his wife as well as other friends. You can't write such detailed characters without knowing them in reality. Part of what makes chase a brilliant writer.RodneyCharltonTrotta said:Working my way through the boxset again for the umpteenth time and still finding little bits of genius that missed first times round.
There is a doc on youtube somewhere about the real NJ mob on which they were very loosely based on. They all ended up grassing on each other buit one bit of evidence that sent them all down was a recording of them comparing which Sopranos characters were based on each of them.
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Most, if not all of the characters are people chase knew, his mother, his sister and his wife as well as other friends. You can't write such detailed characters without knowing them in reality. Part of what makes chase a brilliant writer.
so who was michelle pfeiffer?0 -
so who was michelle pfeiffer?sillav nitram said:Most, if not all of the characters are people chase knew, his mother, his sister and his wife as well as other friends. You can't write such detailed characters without knowing them in reality. Part of what makes chase a brilliant writer.
When was she in The Sopranos?0 -
so who was michelle pfeiffer?sillav nitram said:Most, if not all of the characters are people chase knew, his mother, his sister and his wife as well as other friends. You can't write such detailed characters without knowing them in reality. Part of what makes chase a brilliant writer.
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David Chase responds - http://www.vox.com/2014/8/27/6076621/david-chase-responds-to-our-sopranos-piece?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=thursdayThe Red Robin said:More theories here and and an answer from David Chase - http://www.vox.com/2014/8/27/6006139/did-tony-die-at-the-end-of-the-sopranos?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=voxdotcom&utm_content=wednesday.
On another note, I've just finished reading Difficult Men by Brett Martin which is an inside look at the writing on the top American TV shows of the last 15 years. Well worth a read if you're a fan of The Sopranos, The Wire or Mad Men.
This painting (Knighthawks, Edward Hopper) is also said to have influenced the final scene of The Sopranos.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks0 -
Just as i thought, the lack of quotes in the original article was pretty telling that it was just some journalist looking for hits.1
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Have had this thread bookmarked for ages. Just finished the last episode and what a great way to end it all. Even though I had a rough idea of what was going to happen it still surprised me. This is definitely in my top 3 TV shows of all time along with The Wire and Breaking Bad. Gomorrah next on the TV watch list.1
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An accidental reveal of Tony's outcome
https://nypost.com/2020/06/11/sopranos-creator-accidentally-spoils-final-scene/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Inl7-Fl77lA
