Sopranos not hold up?

[Rico444]

“You probably don’t even hear it when it happens, right?”

You're thinking too much into it. MOG killed Tony. Doesn't really matter at this point. James Ganolfini being gone sort of precludes any sequel to the series. OTOH, his son is a spitting image and, though I think it has a better chance of being awful, I am really looking forward to The Many Saints of Newark.

How am I overthinking it if they never even showed it happening? If they showed a shot where in the backround you can see MOG walking out of the bathroom with gun drawn then that would be enough to convince me even without seeing the shooting, but there was none of that. And honestly, if he was a professional hitman/mobster sent to kill the most powerful man in North Jersey, then he's pretty terrible at his job, since he kept turning around and looking at Tony before he got up.

There is plenty of evidence to suggest that Tony died in the diner, and that evidence was intentional. David Chase admittedly wants it to be ambiguous. He has said so in every interview he's done since the episode aired. It was his style throughout the entire series run. There is no definitive answer.

 

[Husky25]

How am I overthinking it...

Two paragraphs with 320+ words, plus a mention in the Fargo spoiler on a show that went off the air nearly 12 years ago.

Kidding.

I'm actually re-watching the series before HBO takes it off On Demand on Jan. 1, 2020, but I'm only in season 5 right now. I have become re-fascinated by the show and I realize that I'd missed more than some nuance the first time around. It's almost as if I'm watching for the first time...except I know about the major events.

To me, there are two possibilities. Either Tony dies, or the spectator emerges from the other side of the 4th wall and is killed. As I get into my middle-aged years, I don't like the idea of the latter. So it must be Tony.

 

[Rico444]

Two paragraphs with 320+ words, plus a mention in the Fargo spoiler on a show that went off the air nearly 12 years ago.

Kidding.

I'm actually re-watching the series before HBO takes it off On Demand on Jan. 1, 2020, but I'm only in season 5 right now. I have become re-fascinated by the show and I realize that I'd missed more than some nuance the first time around. It's almost as if I'm watching for the first time...except I know about the major events.

To me, there are two possibilities. Either Tony dies, or the spectator emerges from the other side of the 4th wall and is killed. As I get into my middle-aged years, I don't like the idea of the latter. So it must be Tony.

That's what I thought originally, but as I thought about it more and read the other side's argument I was swayed.

And Fargo season 3 aired 2 years ago, BTW.

 

[Walker11]

Chase said the last scene was about killing the audience or some similar high falutin nonsense

 

[Husky25]

That's what I thought originally, but as I thought about it more and read the other side's argument I was swayed.

And Fargo season 3 aired 2 years ago, BTW.

Sopranos finale was in June '07.

I haven't gotten further than a few episodes of season 1 of Fargo.

 

[Rico444]

Sopranos finale was in June '07.

I haven't gotten further than a few episodes of season 1 of Fargo.

Ah, thought you were talking about Fargo.

And Fargo is a fantastic show, definitely worth a watch.

 

[Guapo]

I think the ending of the Sopranos is great and its very obvious what happens.

However, I do understand those who don't like it.

You could make an argument the endings of Seinfeld and the Sopranos should have been flipped.

 

[Husky25]

I've come to appreciate the Seinfeld ending. The 4 of them are sitting in the cell, talking about nothing, oblivious to their surroundings and their affect on them.