in fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or are just a fan of well developed well thought out plots that all tie together and have the memory of a champ to remember it all the ending was simple, he got killed, but let me tell yall why and explain in detail...
There was 3 people in the room total who had a reason to kill Tony.....
the two black guys, they were paid before to kill Tony but he was
only shot in the ear, this was in one of the earlier seasons,
also in the earlier seasons, the trucker who was sitting at the bar stool, who the camera kept focusing in on, is Nikki leotardo, Phil Leotardos nephew, he was in one of the early season episodes where Phil and Tony have a sit down....
heres where the genius comes in....
When tonys walking in the diner, you see the camera focus on him, then it switches to his perspective, and you see him looking @ the booth he's gonna sit at...
then the camera switches back to tonys face, then it once again
switches to his perspective, and it shows him looking @ the door and looking @ the people come in..... Every time the door opens the Chimes sound....... Carmela walks in, Chimes, AJ walks in Chimes, this is when Meadows parallel parking, still trying to get inside the restaurant....
at this point the camera switches back to the trucker who goes in the bathroom......
Then it goes to a scene where meadow finally parks and starts running in the diner.... the doors about to open, Tony looks up....
and No Chimes......................
No Music............
Everything just goes black...............
In one of the early episodes of the sopranos, tonys talking with
bobby about what it must feel like to die..
Bobby says "at the end, you probably don't hear anything, everything just goes black"
Part of that was revisited in the second to last episode during the last seconds of it, when tonys about to go to sleep and he flashes back to the memory of him and bobby on the boat... "You probably don't hear anything everything just goes black"
So in the end, the Journey song was playing, the chimes on the door sounded but when meadow came in, the guy in the trucker hat came out and killed Tony...
Its the reason you don't hear or see anything when he died.... it was
from his perspective.... and everything went black, then the credits rolled.
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John Frascella
Jan 6, 2008 02:41
You are assuming that Meadow walks in as Tony is looking up. Because David Chase uses different time laspe elements... [MORE]
Johnny
Feb 29, 2008 09:49
Late follow up....
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Ricotta Nerds
Sep 25, 2007 16:20
So here is my theory...and it gave me chills as it was concluded...
The whole season the show has brought the... [MORE]
Ashlee
Jun 19, 2007 17:29
Yes, I think you are right. We are looking at the world as if we were in the banal miasma... [MORE]
Bill
Jul 3, 2007 03:01
The real ending is this. Previously we heard on another episode that when you die it goes black. That is... [MORE]
Denis del Cesare
Jun 18, 2007 11:21
At the end of the episode before the final episode, Tony is seen entering a dark room with a bare... [MORE]
Ainsley
Jun 17, 2007 22:12
as the fnal episode started,i immediatley thought it was a dream{as u suggest}it leaves it open for a proper finale.the... [MORE]
marc
Nov 9, 2007 09:20
as the fnal episode started,i immediatley thought it was a dream{as u suggest}it leaves it open for a proper finale.the... [MORE]
marc
Nov 9, 2007 09:20
Did anyone else notice that the end of the final episode matched the ending of the 2001 episode called "Army... [MORE]
robert hernandez
Jun 17, 2007 02:35
The only Soprano episode I ever watched was the last one, so I can't cite all the references to past... [MORE]
OutsiderSV
Jun 17, 2007 05:05
every week during the last season I was disappointed. There was no drama, no suspense. I kept waiting for something... [MORE]
tom
Jun 16, 2007 07:08
Think about it, we have been watching the show as outsiders. Everytime someone was shot, we heard the shots. Everytime... [MORE]
Mojo Jojo
Jun 16, 2007 00:41
I loved the ending! How many times, in real life do you get a glimpse into someone's life for a... [MORE]
smd
Jul 14, 2007 14:41
wow!i never thought that could be it.initially i was pisst at the ending,but to think of it like u say,changes... [MORE]
marc
Nov 9, 2007 09:45
An unbroken ring symbolizes community and common fate (example: a wedding ring). By having each family member eat an onion... [MORE]
RJ
Jun 16, 2007 00:24
Paulie's hatred of the cat obviously symbolized his guilt towards snitching to the feds. In the safe house, Tony boasts... [MORE]
matt
Jun 15, 2007 10:59
There is overwhelming evidence that AJ has made a transformation to be exactly like his father, or more rather a... [MORE]
Dave C
Jun 13, 2007 21:35
The man at the counter entered the cafe from the left. After Meadow finally
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Cliff Reynolds
Jun 13, 2007 21:28
My ending goes like this: Right as Tony looks up, and the screen faded to black, he was shot dead.... [MORE]
Ann M.
Jun 15, 2007 13:11
something complex cannot be tied up neatly. we want more seasons of the show. we want a movie. we want... [MORE]
jipraios
Jun 13, 2007 04:38
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Jonathan Kleier
Jun 13, 2007 13:40
What was the image of the man driving an older lincoln towncar when it showed the front only while being... [MORE]
dan
Jun 16, 2007 13:05
I never would have noticed that. Now I'm really confused. I was definitely subscribing to the theory that Tony is... [MORE]
Josh
Jun 26, 2007 16:52
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Nick
Jun 13, 2007 04:36
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Missy
Jun 12, 2007 21:07
I enjoyed the ending. Symbolic from prior episodes. The trucker at the table was from the past, regarding Chris. The... [MORE]