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Tony Soprano is undoubtedly whacked in Holsten's diner in the concluding scene of the series finale. This analysis has... [MORE]
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.... My son died in his bedroom several years ago. A couple of years later, near his birthday, a... [MORE]
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
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]
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 parked her car and approached the doorway,... [MORE]
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
In the last scene, Tony walks into the diner, wearing a dark colored jacket, and a shirt. The camera is... [MORE]
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
It's not that I don't think they would do a movie. It's that I think they couldn't do a movie.... [MORE]
Nick
Jun 13, 2007 04:36
during the begining of the season Bobby and Tony talk on the boat at Bobby's house. Tony says i wonder... [MORE]
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]
Jan
Jun 12, 2007 18:04
I believe the cat represented Adrianna.... [MORE]
Shawn
Jun 13, 2007 20:45
If the cat represented Adriana, it should have been stalking Silvio, not Paulie. [MORE]
Dean
Oct 30, 2007 20:52
Ok, I know that at first glance it seemed that the show ended abruptly. But I think the blank or... [MORE]
phenixx
Jun 12, 2007 12:16
exactly!! everyone is complaining about the abrupt ending but for anyone who actually paid attention to the damn show would... [MORE]
BROOKSY
Jun 13, 2007 11:52
This was the only Soprano show that began directly where it left off - Tony sleeping. He awakes. Grabs the gun... [MORE]
Sean
Jun 12, 2007 09:09
Could be a dream. But look at the guy in the hunting jacket and cap more closely. He is the... [MORE]
dd
Jun 13, 2007 17:40
WHAT A BIG LETDOWN! I've followed the Sopranons since last year when I started buying the series on DVD (luckily, they... [MORE]
Tony
Jun 11, 2007 21:16
It very obvious that the entire episode is about tony getting pinched in the diner at the end. It was... [MORE]
Zyzzybalubah
Jun 12, 2007 00:32
I do admit that when the final episode concluded I was a little confused and letdown. Obviously I would have... [MORE]
Chloe
Jun 12, 2007 10:22
TONY IS DEAD Body: Tony Soprano was killed.... In fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or... [MORE]
Someone E-mailed this to me....
Jun 12, 2007 12:26
Zyzzybalubah, You make some good points. It does make sense that the Feds set them both up. However I don't think... [MORE]
Hassan
Jun 12, 2007 21:30
Listen mate, Chase ended it this way in order for his audience to draw their own conclusions. don't tell people... [MORE]
hugh
Jun 13, 2007 08:05
HBO released a statement in which they say that the rumored sopranos ending that involved the guy at the counter... [MORE]
Gary
Jun 13, 2007 08:31
Someone said there were no chimes when Meadow walked through the door.... That person is DEAF-- the door chimed as... [MORE]
C. Trap
Jun 13, 2007 23:54
If your wondering what happened to Tony you will never know because what really happened was..... You were all so involved... [MORE]
rnrmusic
Jun 15, 2007 13:49
I thought the ending was great. I think Chase would be laughing at how much everybody reads into it. I... [MORE]
john Sorgenfrei
Jun 11, 2007 19:06
This was exactly it...We got whacked....every week we wait to see who gets it....this episode..there we were..all glued to the... [MORE]
Claudia
Jun 15, 2007 09:42
Tony and his family will enter the witness protection program and be located next to G. W. Bush 's Texa... [MORE]
Gloria
Jun 11, 2007 18:05
I guess no one else watched the credits closely, because they explain that the shifty-eyed guy at the counter in... [MORE]
Junior
Jun 11, 2007 16:10
That sounds really good, i mean i really dont want Tony dieng.. but that would make for a really good... [MORE]
Jared
Jun 12, 2007 00:08
It is an arty way of ending but it's obvious he was killed due to the nod to the Godfather... [MORE]
John
Jun 12, 2007 12:49
he was credited as the guy with the members only jacket.if he was phils nephew from a past show they... [MORE]
frank
Jun 13, 2007 12:13
This was no Hitchock ending...it was lazy. Writer couldn't come up with a good ending so he took the coward's... [MORE]
Linda
Jun 11, 2007 14:59
Although ultimately anit-climactic... that was one of the most tension filled... endings to any show I have ever seen! It... [MORE]
Neigel Creese
Jun 11, 2007 14:42
Every single Sopranos episode had ended with a song. This time the song stopped and there was silence. Tony is... [MORE]
Laura
Jun 11, 2007 12:40
My husband and I were so disappointed...being AVID fans for the entire history of the show we ecpected so much... [MORE]
Wendy R
Jun 11, 2007 12:21
What the heck was that?! Are we really sapposed to be satisfied with an ending like this? It really was a... [MORE]
Pat
Jun 11, 2007 23:38
I keep reading and hearing all the negative remarks about the series end ... Point Blank ... the basic premise... [MORE]
Rob
Jun 12, 2007 00:01
I was at first a bit surprised by the ending but after watching the show again, I came to better... [MORE]
budo
Jun 13, 2007 14:17
exactly as you pointed out, Phil got whacked. and if the boss gets whacked the original plan to kill somebody... [MORE]
Andy Russia
Nov 8, 2007 11:43
The Sopranos go on living as they always do, no one dies, no one gets shot. The hitman theory is ridiculous.... [MORE]
Ryan
Jun 11, 2007 11:41
Why plant a gun in the bathroom? Go watch the original godfather and then ask that question! [MORE]
Scotty
Jun 12, 2007 10:27
As Tony wakes up, it looks like he is in a coffin and the alarm clock music is clearly a... [MORE]
Chris
Jun 12, 2007 10:49
That's a new one. Not seen that before. Would David Chase seriously return for the last episode of the Sopranos... [MORE]
Silvio Dante
Jun 12, 2007 18:13
Cool! I'm glad someone else noticed this. Did you also pick up on the song playing as Tony was entering... [MORE]
Meri
Jun 16, 2007 11:57
While there is an implication that they met their demise in that restaurant (in classic mob hit style) but they... [MORE]
Stugots
Jun 11, 2007 11:29
Here's the dream sequence theory (maybe Tony isn't Tony at all). Everyone that wanted to kill Tony or associates Tony... [MORE]
crys
Jun 11, 2007 16:29
Here is the a-typical American family trying vainly to "fit in" to a normal life-style - as Meadow struggles to... [MORE]
R Graffagnino
Jun 11, 2007 18:38
Allowing us to 'finish' this series is not art. It's lazy. The Sopranos have gone to one of the best... [MORE]
Stefan
Jun 11, 2007 22:13
The show ended just as was stated in prior dialogue. I don't remember the exact phrase but it goes something... [MORE]
A.J.
Jun 11, 2007 11:09
so the ending did leave many question marks. obviously, tony gets whacked by the guy coming out of the bathroom,... [MORE]
austin
Last thing to say but your all upset because it is finally over but for chase it was brilliant. he... [MORE]
Trev Corleone
Jun 12, 2007 19:31
honestly I threw a soprano party for nothing. that was horrible we waited unitl all the credits rolled to see... [MORE]
Jun 11, 2007 10:11
Earlier in the season, Bobby had said to Tony, "when you die, all you hear is silence." Another part earlier in... [MORE]
Conor
Jun 11, 2007 11:22
The VIEWER was whacked, not Tony. Tony had a discussion w/ Bobby about dying, and supposedly all you see is... [MORE]
j. foster
Jun 11, 2007 13:29
This can be the case as is what I was sorta thinking but they should have said more to that... [MORE]
Chizops
Jun 11, 2007 16:59
Absolutely Looooved the Ending! Suddenly I was an active participant in the show, looking over Tony's shoulder, as a fly... [MORE]
Cheri
Jun 11, 2007 17:44
Didn't you see the scene with Tony and Bobby 5 min before the show ended where they were on the... [MORE]
Zack
Jun 11, 2007 19:32
First of all its not all about you and your party, thats what the ending of friends was for. And... [MORE]
Miguel
Jun 11, 2007 21:42
That was so unbelievably AWFUL. David Chase, all the writers, producers, cast members, even the damn camera men should be... [MORE]
Chris O'Hara
Jun 10, 2007 22:53
I turned to my wife thinking she accidently powered off the tv but in reality it was just how the... [MORE]
T
Jun 11, 2007 09:57
Let me be the first to say.....what a disappointment. Even the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie had better closure.... [MORE]
Robert
Jun 10, 2007 22:44
The finale has an abrupt ending that may make you think you it got cut off at the end. Don't... [MORE]
sandra
Jun 10, 2007 01:59
Or so I thought. Just as Meadow goes into the diner...I was like what?? My cable went out. Has to... [MORE]
Scott
Jun 10, 2007 22:12
Wow...well, I guess a movie finale is on the way... [MORE]
Jun 10, 2007 22:25
I guess we all just want to SEE the results instead of just inference...... though I suppose a sequel... [MORE]
pk
Jun 10, 2007 22:31
They said he filmed 3 alternate endings. I guess now we can buy the DVD to see all three. I... [MORE]
Don
Jun 10, 2007 22:40
I thought the end was odd..until I thought about it for a few minutes. It leaves the 'end' to the viewers... [MORE]
Steve
Jun 11, 2007 00:18
it was all set up like something was going to happen and bam nothing, That was an endign I could... [MORE]
Beatrice Davis
Jun 11, 2007 01:43
I am not sure what the ending was designed to do, but for me, it gave me the feeling that... [MORE]
Susan in PA
Jun 11, 2007 09:35
It was beautiful.....David Chase wacked us all....talk about thinking out of the box..the tv box....... [MORE]
jf
Jun 11, 2007 21:49
David Chase left it up to our imagination to decide what happened at the end. It all comes down to... [MORE]
paul
Jun 11, 2007 22:21
I'd like to think that maybe this was an artistic way but always come back to earth when someone's digging... [MORE]
Caroline
Jun 11, 2007 22:44
The show will end with Tony walking down a driveway to get his paper in some cookie cutter neighborhood while... [MORE]
mike k
Jun 8, 2007 01:19
I still like Tony and Paulie vs. the NY Mob... a shootout begins, everybody but Phil and Tony are dead,... [MORE]
Ted R.
Jun 8, 2007 09:05
The ending of the sopranos is going to go like this... Phil is going to kill Paulie and Silvio is... [MORE]
Marc Goldberg
Jun 3, 2007 17:06
What a rotten ending . Worse than any bad movie I have ever watched. The show was so slow tonite... [MORE]
peter philbin
Jun 10, 2007 23:40
Tony and Melfi run off together and live in Italy, welcomed by the female boss. Furio is over Carmela and... [MORE]
Manny V
May 22, 2007 11:59
Considering Tony's most recent infringement against the New York crew [after they harrassed his daughter], it seems quite plausible that... [MORE]
eddie
May 20, 2007 22:09
The Smart thing here would be to not write yourself into a corner. If a movie is in the future... [MORE]
George
Apr 11, 2007 16:24
AJ Kills someone, and Tony takes the fall for him. [MORE]
Mike E Z
May 5, 2007 08:52
Tony cuts a deal with the FBI that if he reveals some terroist information they will overlook something he did;... [MORE]
Charles Six
May 6, 2007 23:19
Tony by his pool, attacked by bear, dies face down in pool and ducks return with scene slowly fading out. [MORE]
Skip Purnell
May 7, 2007 10:30
Tony dies from the black bear. It would be the only way i think he could go. it would be... [MORE]
cory
May 17, 2007 00:42
Tony "got it" the last time we all saw him standing in the desert and watching the sun rise... It's either... [MORE]
Mary D.
May 18, 2007 01:32
here it is, Tony is really the businessman from last year's episode and wakes up. It was all a dream and... [MORE]
big daddy
Jun 3, 2007 22:38
i know the real ending--everyone invloved with ton'ys mob family dies, the only survivor is tony soprano,who leaves a charmed... [MORE]
louie
Jun 8, 2007 14:36
Holy Cow Louie, guess you got some bad inside information. [MORE]
Wes
Jun 10, 2007 22:29
That was the weakest and corniest ending. What happened did they run out of money? They should have hired writers... [MORE]
kelly
Jun 11, 2007 02:35
Some of the best writers in television, and they cop the ending of a 1999 John Sayles movie. Rent "Limbo"... [MORE]
Peter
Jun 11, 2007 09:15
Was the ending a cop-out? Not really. More like a metaphor of the entire series. Did we really expect Tony... [MORE]
cao black
Jun 11, 2007 11:55
Like most of us sucked into another hour in front of the idiot box, I was ready for anything. Considering the... [MORE]
MS
Jun 11, 2007 17:33
I, as well as everyone else it seems, hoped for a whole lot more at the end. In fact, when... [MORE]
Mike Stewart
Jun 11, 2007 23:10
I thought that either the cable company went out or my uncles big cat stepped on the remote. That was... [MORE]
Roy Schramm
Jun 12, 2007 00:19
I don't think that "The Sopranos" has ever catered to what fans expected. That's what made it so unpredictable and... [MORE]
Cynthia
Jun 12, 2007 03:24
David gave us exactly what he wanted us to have. Tony and the family are having a normal dinner -... [MORE]
melissa
Jun 12, 2007 11:08
A friend and i were talking and he told me that in the first episode of the season, where Tony... [MORE]
Jessica
Jun 12, 2007 12:10
All aside about what people think happened to Tony... At the end Carmela said Medow will be late because she... [MORE]
Renee
Jun 14, 2007 12:36
I'm thinking more and more that The Sopranos' ending is a masterpiece of ambiguity. All of us are closure-junkies, and... [MORE]
Paul Levinson
Jun 14, 2007 21:25
Theories that Meadow will take over aren't even worth reading. Tony's idea of semi-retirement was quite interesting but now with... [MORE]
Jake
Apr 10, 2007 04:29
furio needs to be wacked. nobody messes with t's women. [MORE]
jerry
Apr 10, 2007 20:58
Hey Louie... I hope you don't use your insider's info for stock picks too!!!!! [MORE]
Terry
Jun 11, 2007 02:38
I think Jimmy Fratiano is going to appear in the final episodes. They'll forgive him and he'll be appointed boss [MORE]
Apr 10, 2007 04:14
Christoper OD's and Dies. Furio Comes Back for Carmella and clips Tony Phil wacks paulie Uncle jr dies in the nut house AJ marrys... [MORE]
Apr 8, 2007 09:57
tony:jail , chris: od , paulie whacked, sylvio becomes boss because he out foxes phil leotardo aj married, medow, killed in... [MORE]
walter moreland
Apr 13, 2007 11:03
I think that tony gets sent to jail for life and he forms a sexual relatilonship with his cellmate. Every... [MORE]
bigtheoryfortony
Apr 7, 2007 08:20
I said it from day 1, he gets pinched, no bail,decides to rat with Christohper, take faimly to neverland.....but....Christopher changes... [MORE]
suites
Apr 6, 2007 12:29
everybody knows nadda....... [MORE]
vito salami
Jun 11, 2007 21:31
the tony we know is out alone...riding high on his hits. yet his favorites are gone..noone around to protect the... [MORE]
lopes
Jun 11, 2007 22:38
Like the guy tony sorpranos character is shadowed from in real life {v o p } who turned rat and... [MORE]
stickiefingers from new jersey
Apr 5, 2007 14:51
CHRISTOPHER WACKS TONY......HE STILL CANT GET OVER THE FACT HE WAS IN THAT ACCIDENT WITH ADRIANA SO LATE AT NIGHT... [MORE]
WISE-GUY ANALYST
Apr 5, 2007 11:08
Tony, having been under tremendous stress and doctor's care, decides to retire. He and other members of his Jersey outfit decide... [MORE]
Frank
Apr 3, 2007 19:17
I have thought about this many times over the years, on how the Sopranos may end. Here it is: Paulie's cancer spreads... [MORE]
Joe
Apr 5, 2007 22:47
they must not have " men of Honor " in your town.. are you really serious...read some Mob books, watch... [MORE]
anthony morris
Apr 10, 2007 12:45
I like you theory however lets not forget about Patsy ( whos twin was killed and he knows by Tony... [MORE]
Apr 10, 2007 12:52
My ending goes like this. When Tony was in a Coma he was a decent citizen living a normal (non-mob... [MORE]
Joe Baron
Jun 4, 2007 23:05
I thought the ending was not open ending but was meant for the viewer to think for a second. If... [MORE]
yama j
Jun 11, 2007 11:17
You have to be able to recognize the brilliance in this ending. We were left hanging at the peak of... [MORE]
Sam
The audience was executed in the end--That would be us! [MORE]
Mike
Jun 12, 2007 09:03
Now that we all know how The Sopranos ended - and there is so much outrage and disappointment, I must... [MORE]
JM Corr
Jun 12, 2007 15:21
Tony was killed.... in fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or are just a fan... [MORE]
Byron Faison
Jun 12, 2007 16:24
Right from the start of the last episode the music was the clue as to what was going to happen.... [MORE]
Travis Bickel
Jun 18, 2007 15:18
Did anyone notice that the flip side of "Don't Stop Believin" was "Anyway You Want It"? This was not the... [MORE]
Scott Fisher
Jun 21, 2007 20:55
My grandfather Known as MR GRIBBS ( not Carmine Tramunti) on the internet was the only one in the last... [MORE]
Last Friend Of Jimmy Burke
Apr 1, 2007 10:57
I've heard Hill is a big time liar and am not surprised he fabricated much about Burke's "hits". Curious if... [MORE]
Boston
Apr 2, 2007 08:36
boston ,jb was close to tommy , tommys wife ( cookie) was godmother to jb boy jesse james burke.hh had... [MORE]
last friend of jimmy burke
Apr 2, 2007 21:01
Boston you are so right, HH is a liar. He was never in on the JFK heist' ,HH said that... [MORE]
my grandfather's frienf
Apr 4, 2007 11:32
was a friend of his in queens many years ago .he was a great pool player. [MORE]
mikeforgold
Apr 5, 2007 17:30
If jb did not do any of the hits or anything, why was he in jail? I would like to... [MORE]
alex o
Apr 5, 2007 18:56
alex o JB was sent to jail for HH saying JB told him he hit richie eaton ( he was... [MORE]
the grandson
Apr 6, 2007 10:03
Frank was shot in 1987 2 yrs after JB was sent to prison [MORE]
Apr 9, 2007 11:52
I agree some one important will get whacked, possibly at the funeral of Junior. (They can't reverse Junior's dementia, so... [MORE]
Apr 1, 2007 02:01
I think that johnny sack will turn on tony soprano and cut a deal with the feds. Remember, he knew of... [MORE]
A C
Mar 31, 2007 17:39
Paulie gets whacked by Phil, Phil moves to Hollywood and becomes an actor playing only Mafia wiseguys, Christopher runs to... [MORE]
Hawk
Mar 30, 2007 19:23
lets be real, forget all the history and lets talk now. 2 situations but one real ending tony is to... [MORE]
toll booths now thats organized time
Mar 30, 2007 09:52
chris turns on tony tony goes to jail just like what happend to nicky sarfo [MORE]
sally beans
Mar 31, 2007 23:27
As in real life, the russian mob is stronger then ever and thus you can't count out a return of... [MORE]
JAMES LANDEN
Mar 30, 2007 00:32
I liked hat Russian gangster...thet makes sense. [MORE]
Mar 30, 2007 19:12
Ahh.. exactly how do you prove that? On what insurmountable evidence do you conclude that "As in real life, the... [MORE]
Steve A.
Apr 6, 2007 16:21
I remember when Lilo Galante got whacked in the summer of 79. I had just met him a few months... [MORE]
Mar 29, 2007 20:08
I think Tony is feeling the still burning anger of Phil. The whole Billy situation along with the fanook deal... [MORE]
Steve Luca
Mar 29, 2007 15:09
Gene, I think the last graph of your aritle is great, especially with the visions of ducks flying overhead. Nick Nelson [MORE]
Nick Nelson
Mar 29, 2007 14:39
Jerry, I remember Nardo Coppolla died on the patio with Galante and that Joe Turano was shot, but not killed immediately... [MORE]
Thom L. Jones
Mar 23, 2007 18:26
i think , because of the way Anthony jr.acting these day's , there is still a possibillity he's gonna freak... [MORE]
frits bos
Mar 30, 2007 11:54
Thom L. is correct. I should have written that the restaurant owner and another man were killed. The owner's son... [MORE]
Jerry Capeci
Mar 30, 2007 14:34
I know Cesar Bonventre a Bonnano, but really a member of the all powerful sixth family in Montreal, was one... [MORE]
Mar 30, 2007 19:11
Tony goes to take the Crime Family from Johnny in New York City and gets kill in a shootout. A spin... [MORE]
G.F
Apr 6, 2007 20:59
Patsy sets up Tony for revenge for his twin brother and goes w/ Phil. Tony goes to jail from the... [MORE]
anthony Morris
Apr 10, 2007 12:36
The true is that there is not one true ending to the show. Davis Chase sent mixed signals during the... [MORE]
tharmes
Aug 18, 2007 14:49
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