tv show: The Sopranos
Just a quick post here. At the end instant of the Sopranos, I got about 3 text messages on my phone all saying the same thing, a big “WTF”. Then I tune on the radio this morning to hear the words “disappointment” and “dud”. The fact of the matter is that I loved that ending in so many ways. I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one. To the people that were left unsatisfied, I ask you could the show really have ended any other way? Would you have felt satisfied if Tony Soprano had died? Here we are watching this man with a love-hate relationship for 8 years, and are we to feel good to see our anti-hero die on the screen in the final moments of the show, no funeral, no epilogue. Should his life end in tragedy, Carmela or AJ die, what would have satisfied you? The brilliance of the ending they gave us was that it wasn’t what anyone expected. It made the mundane incredibly tense, and the sense that it left you with was that Tony Soprano was safe for this time, but his life will continue on in constant danger, constant tenseness, and as much as we think we have seen the characters grow on this show, they are right back to being who they are. I also appreciate how easily they were able to toy with our emotions, how that end scene dragged and you felt your heart racing in anticipation. Do we really need to have the big bang at the end to have enjoyed the ride?
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