First off:Adriana,(now hold on)is very,very,dead and all you might see,for some reason,are dried bones. As her charactor,was done,all out of options,there was nothing left for her to do ,but ,be dead.So fagetta bout it.These people,all of them,are a close look at a parasitic group of human beings.And yes they sometimes act like normal people. But, inside they don't have any soul,or they have let themselves become so hard,that what soul they had is gone. All they care about is money,ego,themselves, in the end they die in their own arms. They try real hard to act like the rest of us but in the end,they can't help but show their true colors.But, this show has really put a shine on the fecal matter that down deep they are, so we sort of fall in love with them.But,look real close, all that they are, and all they touch, is evil,or left hurt in some way.In real life they don't die happy,or at rest,so however it ends,I wouldn't trade shoes with any of them.But,just like any show you watch it long enough you can't help but get sucked into their lives. I know this will sound strange, but I thought that this show,the producers,writers,actors,all that were envolved, GREAT JOB!!! I will truly miss "the Sopranos, however good ,bad,evil the parts they played. It will be a blue moon before we see another show like this again. Thank you,for the ride. Camera, pans back,last scene fades,Music,Highway to Hell,starts...

I think Christopher is still alive and is going to rat Tony and the boys out to the FBI, and the series will end with Tony on trial/going to prison

I think Michael Imperioli did superb job. A great actor. I still remember a scene in the First season when he discharged from the hospital with neck band. He is all paranoid that Tony will wack him as he gave some drugs to meadow. He was hillarious in that scene. Also Ade's confession scene. A great performance.

Tony told chris no more drugs or there would be consequenses when chris was taken to rehab a couple seasons back. Tony is happy, he has one less problem. Adriana is dead, she will only return in reruns. Paulie is the next likely situation to be dealt with. Tony was unhappy with him in Miami, he figured out paulie was the onw who told Johnny Sack about the joke. Paulie will be a pivitol character in the last 3 episodes.

Tony is going to commit suicide in the end. He is acting very irresponsible and out of charachter spiriling downward with his gambling and taking drugs.

or all o you people that thinl Ade is alive I have one comment, You are stupid! Sil is 100% committed to Tony and the crew. It doesn't matter that you didn't see the death shot, she is dead and is not coming back, get over it. The problem here is that too many people over-analyze the show and put in what they think Tony would do. News flash, Tony and the crew are mafioso, they would sell out their own mother if enough money was offered. Look at real mobsters,(gotti, gravano, luchessi. etc...) all were scumbags with loyalty only to the almighty doller.Do not sit here and type what tony would do or wouldn'T DO, watch the show and enjoy what happens by the only people who know what the charecters would do, and that would be the writers.

Honestly, it was Chris' time to go...drugs and his loose trigger finger make for a bad daddy! And let's face it, he would have eventually done something to bring "the family" down because of his sloppy ways. Good riddance and I hope Tony and hypocritical self are next!! Long live Adrianna!!!!!!!

Well there goes my theory. After Christopher started to sing to his AA/Writing buddy about what he knows and that he could tell him a thing or two about the disappearence of Ade amongst other things, he kills the guy in cold blood. I thought that the law would easily connect the dots to Chris and he would sing like the Temptations when he got arrested, as he already started to his deceased AA buddy. This in turn would bring down The whole Tony Soprano empire. Well I was wrong, so now what? I only hope that Tony gets what's coming to him, like Christopher. Yes Christopher was a scumbag, cold blooded killer too.

I was in TOTAL shock.Surely this would have apealed to Tonys better side. Christopher, after all was Tony's right arm in many sences, with a longggggg history. I certainly expected Christopher to end in a blaze of glory in some way or fashion....but a car wreck????? GEEZE, I had such high expectations. Now I can only hope Ade and Chris are some how reunited and come back to haunt Tony.

Sil is going to die in the next episode. Phil is pissed and something tells me, someone else is going down next week. There was a hint (a minute hint) in the preview last night of something happening to Sil. Oh and people, Ade is dead, Christopher is dead, and I think Tony is going to end this thing whacked out of his mind with the all powerful thing going on and is going to end up with Phil and crew ripping his nuts out through his throat. AJ will then lose his sh_t and nothing will matter to him anymore --- it will be wild and the "end" of this series will leave the door wide open for a sequel.

Carmela will kill Tony when she comes face to face with her own hypocracy.

I agree with two of the previous comments: Adrianna is dead as Dillinger and 99.9% of the characters on the Sopranos are total scum, so them getting rid of Christopher in a car accident is nice little act of karma in my opinion, since it was a car accident involving Adrianna and Tony that got every to thinking they were doing it, and her eventual death.

Did anyone from North Jersey notice the sign for the garbage disposal plant that was removing asbestos? It read East Haledon, NJ. Now I grew up in North Haledon, NJ and went to Manchester High in Haledon, NJ, but East Haledon?? Keep it real will ya!!

And then there'll be a time lapse..... 10 years later... AJ will be running the show with Carmela assuming the role of Tony's mother... they'll be talking about Tony's 'disappearance'.

Christopher's death was unexpected, as was the way he died. Funny how art imitates life - NJ's Gov Corzine was just severly injured in an SUV, mainly because he wore no seatbelt...just like Chris-tuh-fuh. Christopher's death mimics life - not all gangsters end up with cement around their feet. Some - like Johnny Sack - even die in their beds. And some die because they're DUI. What Christopher's death really illuminates is Tony's opportunistic character. Just like the episode where Tony and Chris stumble on the two bikers stealing the cases of wine and decide to take some for themselves, Tony instantly seized on an opportunity to rid himself of someone who he had become disenchanted with. It's not like the Tony-Chris relationship was pure love. Seasons earlier, Tony had already taken Chris out to a field and pointed a gun at his head, and Christ had a major debit with Tony in the fact that Ade was an informant. Add the obvious Tony-bashing in "Cleaver," and I can see why Tony jumped in to suffocate Chris. He never gave it a second thought. Good writing. BTW - could it be that Chris shooting his writer friend in the previous episode was a portend of things to come? I mean, here's Chris killing off a guy working on a script for a mddle-of-the-road show like Law & Order, telling Chris exactly what he should be telling him as a fellow alchie ("sober up and get to a meeting"), and Chris kills him. Is it a coincidence that the writing in the very next episode comes up with death scene that is totally unconventional by Soprano standards?

There was no shock - we all grinned at each other, glad the shoe finally dropped. Tony has been furious at Chris for months but unable to find a reason to murder him. He had nothing but contempt for Chris's addictions, but refuses to acknowledge his own gambling addiction. He finally got his chance, justifying it in his head. He even went to Vegas, screwed one of Chris's hoochies and won some serious loot at the table as well. At the same time he thinks he's sidestepped getting the squeeze put on him by NY through illegal dumping. So the joyful look on his face when he exclaims "I did it!" is meaningful in more ways than one - he thinks he's finally broken his losing streak by offing Chris, like some bad luck charm. Though obviously something is lurking around the corner...

Ade is dead dead dead. Come on people! Mobsters (even if they are informants) don't let people go - and there was a scene where the FBI agent who was working with Adriana said she hadn't called the FBI back. It was sick how the FBI agents didn't really even care (turns out - I know a cop - this stuff happens with informats and the FBI messes up like that all the time....and doesn't care about it after the fact.) As for Tony - he said in the hospital, "I'd have strangled him myself if I had known he was high...." Don't you guys remember that line? That's why he killed Chris. And he resolves it by saying all that junk about the baby's car seat. He's the worst kind of narcissist - heck, he couldn't wait to screw one of Chris' lovers right after he killed him. Are we all watching the same show here?

I think we're focusing on the wrong concepts here. Little may it be known, but the focal point of The Sopranos isn't surface level mobsters and crime life, it is about damnation and redemption. Tony is one of the few characters with a chance at salvation, as hes constantly witness to what he's "supposed" to do (quit the thug life, care for his family, "smell the roses", etc.), and attempts to rehabilitate himself through therapy, yet cannot part with the luxurious lifestyle (necessitating evil) that he has become accustomed to. Christopher, on the other hand, has notoriously been one of the most ruthless characters on the show - acting fully in self interest without remorse (the writers emphasized this in episode 32 when Chris spontaneously spirals back into drug abuse and kills his friend without reason). It is not a coincidence that we see Chris committing one of his most atrocious acts an episode prior to his death. He has turned his back on almost every character on the show and we see him paying for his sins. The writers do not give Christopher a shebang of a death because he is a low-life beyond saving. I believe this is fairly obvious. Back to Tony. This episode is highly correlated to Tony's coma journey. Digressing, when Tony's condition is worsening in reality, he is lost in the woods in his coma, only with his briefcase (identity). He stumbles upon a house with a bright light where his (dead) cousin Tony, another ruthless and evil character, tries to take the briefcase, coercing Tony to come inside. Tony knows something is wrong with the house and is reluctant to give up his briefcase. He eventually hears Meadows voice [Tony's guardian angel (as indicated by the clip in the Season 6 opener where Meadow dances and the narrator gives the Egyptian "Seven Souls Speech," speaking of the Khu, the guardian angel who can bring one back from the afterlife, when Meadow appears)] saying "Don't leave Daddy!", where Tony then approaches the voice and awakens. This event profoundly impacted Tony, as many believe the house was his death, or hell, and that he knows he almost went there (this is evidenced by his conversation with Phil in the hospital "I never told anyone this, but I went somewhere in my coma; I never want to go back there,"). Shortly after Tony recovers from the gunshot wound, he is more light-hearted and loving of his family and friends, caring less about the business and making "looser" transactions. But as he recovers and problems present themselves, he slips back into his ruthless and self-serving ways - almost turning his back on the revelation. Now in Episode 83, Tony kills Christopher (why I'm not totally sure), and randomly goes to Las Vegas with the intention of having sex and taking peyote with Chris' old call-girl. He does so, and crazy things start to happen. He gets philosophical at the roulette table (stating "the universe works on the same principle"), and hits three incredibly improbable wins in a row, as if he already knew what was going to happen. Does this mean Tony is beginning to understand the universe again, considering all things as a whole, not just the luxury hes got caught up in again? He then thinks of Christopher as dead, laughs, and keels over - almost as if the killing of Christopher lead him to his new knowledge. Does this mean that eradicating the evil things in his life will lead him back to his old conciousness? Tony and his new woman then drive to the desert and Tony again sees another one of the bright lights (the house, the bathroom light when he's vomiting, now the sun) that we've come to see. He stands up yells at the sun "I understand now!" The fact that this progression happens while he is on peyote, a truth drug to the American Indians, is of particular interest. Its like he went to Las Vegas with the intention of doing peyote (he approached her about it, very randomly) and attaining knowledge...and now he has done it. Is Tony back on the path to redemption?

The dysfunctionality of the family (both mob and personal) has been the consistent strain througout the series. All characters die or are removed because of their character deficiencies. The Soprano "families" are slowly imploding as we draw to a conclusion. No mob war will be their demise. Each will have to face their own life choices just as we all do.

I was shocked that chrstopher was killed...but not totally surprised...tony has been giving him the evil eye for awhile now...it just proved how coldhearted tony is....he showed no remorse and in the next few episodes we will get a real inside look as to how brutal they can all be....paulie is due for a wackin'....sil is a snake in the grass that could very well be a "mole" for the FBI...but i feel as it Ade is dead and should be left that way.....we all know the finale is on it's way so let's not cheapen the series we've all loved by having it turn into a dalls-bobby ewing bad dream for pammy send off.......AJ is truning into a mobsterchild and bobby is beig set up by phil to get killed so it will be ashowedown between phil and tony........i'm lovin' it.......i have to remind myself it's "only a TV show" becuz the characters all seem to fit the role.

Tony's in the hospital dreaming

Sorry folks but Adrianna is dead. That whole sequence in the woods between her and Sil wouldn't have happened if she wasn't dead. Remember the begging, the cursing. For whose benefit was this in the woods. The last three episodes will focus on the NY/NJ mob families and Phil's unwillingness to be reasonable. Two things may happen, 1) the battle with Phil will result in Tony's death or 2) Tony will realize that the struggle with Phil is not worth it and give up the life by either moving to Vegas or Florida and giving the title of Boss to his brother in law. This would be the ultimate irony because lets not forget what Tony despised most in the world, his mother and her controlling ways. By ceding control to Bobby, another strong Soprano woman, his sister Janice would have much say in the family business and hence the show would end just like it started.

How do you know Sil is not a plant by the FBI? He might have let Ade go into the WPP

Sorry folks but Adrianna is dead. That whole sequence in the woods between her and Sil wouldn't have happened if she wasn't dead. Remember the begging, the cursing. For whose benefit was this in the woods. The last three episodes will focus on the NY/NJ mob families and Phil's unwillingness to be reasonable. Two things may happen, 1) the battle with Phil will result in Tony's death or 2) Tony will realize that the struggle with Phil is not worth it and give up the life by either moving to Vegas or Florida and giving the title of Boss to his brother in law. This would be the ultimate irony because lets not forget what Tony despised most in the world, his mother and her controlling ways. By ceding control to Bobby, another strong Soprano woman, his sister Janice would have much say in the family business and hence the show would end just like it started.

Sil killed Adrianna, not Chris. And I thought Tony killing Chris by taking his breath and literally getting blood on his hands was amazing. Gave me chills. I wonder if he'll kill Malfi now that he's killed Chris. By killing Chris he's broken a taboo and gone over an edge. No one's safe. I wonder what Tony "got" at the end of his peyote trip? Does he really understand something now? Will his vision change him?

Seems to me that Paulie was the logical character to die next and perhaps that's why he didn't. Tony had alot of opportunities and temptations on their recent road trip when Paulie was constantly irritating him. Chris has always been loyal to Tony whereas Paulie has sometimes strayed (with calls to Johnny Sack and overtures to Johnny's former boss). Maybe Tony killed Chris because on some level he felt he wasn't worthy of loyalty or maybe killing Chris was what Tony really wanted to do to that part of himself he finds depressing but doesn't have the courage to face. Not whacking Paulie may prove to be Tony's undoing--then again, who knows?

Sil works for Phil...

First off----Adriana alive? Wake up folks-- she's deader than a kipper on a cracker. ...and----- Tony is a sociopathic train wreck as was Christopher----it's all good --- so.... good--- The only reason I hope they don't kill Tony in the end is so we can all have a Sopranos reunion in a few feature films in years to come--- I love this show--- will miss all the dirtbags alot.... Rizzi

I think Tony's gonna die one way or the other. And to everyone saying people are stupid for making predictions, its not that big of a deal. People like making predictions. So what if it doesn't align with your viewpoints or sounds foolish. Live and let live man.

Anyone who watches the show knew Christopher was going to be killed the only shocker for me is that "Paulie Walnuts" didn't die by Chris' hand first

Ade is dead, Chrissy is dead, and yes they did say the his injuries were survivable. Tony won't die, cause than they can't make a Soprano's movie, which there has been a lot of talk about.

When the final episode ends, and all of the smoke has cleared, only a handful of Sopranos may be left. I'm putting my money on Janice. Remember who was running the show when the series started? It wasn't Uncle Junior.

I don't care if Adriana is dead, she would have deserved it for talking to the Feds!!! I don't care if Christopher is dead, he was wreckless, given the opportunity he always did exactly what he was told not to do. He was told not to get involved with drugs at all period. He did, then he got hooked on them. That was his own fault. This is when he got wreckless. He, of all people should have known what the out come "could be". With Tony or the Feds. My prediction would be that Tony goes to prison, AJ steps up and starts to learn the ropes while his father is away (behind his mothers back of course, because lets face it, she has to keep being stupid until it comes to somebody screwing her on a realestate deal). Tony can really run everything from prison. ie; Good Fellas. Remember Silvio kinda took over while Tony was in the hospital. So he could kind of watch over AJ like Tony did Christopher. That way the door would be left open for when they return. I hope they do, this is my all time favoriate show......I don't want it to end.

If you go back and read the history of the Decavalcante family of Elizebeth NJ. You will find that everything that has occurred on this show in the past eight years, has actually happened in similar fashion in real life. This includes the presence of the gay mobster being executed for being gay. This truly happened. The actual event which brought down the Decavalcante family was the murder of a journalist named Paul Weise. As you recall, Chris killed a writer in last weeks episode. Paul Weise was too close to many N.J. mobsters and was forced to bear the ultimate price. But not before he was involved in some illegal dumping of hazardous material in a New Jersey swamp, which caused the N.J. mob some grief. This occurred in last nights episode. Every mobster on the show seems to be based on a prominant member of the Decavalcante Family. Jackie Aprile, the original boss of the TV family, died of cancer. So did the senior member of the actual family. The family was then taken over by an incompetant senior member which caused a younger and smarter member named Vincent Palermo to take over the family operations while the other boss retained his title of Boss. In the show, Tony took over from Uncle Junior with every ounce of power without holding the title of boss. The mobsters hung out at a strip club named Wiggles (Bada Bing?). They perfomed critical family business from a pork store.(Satrials?). When all was said and done in real life, the entire Decavalcante family was arrested one day in an early morning operation which ultimatly destroyed the family. This occurred as the TV show was beginning its production in the late ninties. Vinnie Palermo, who Tony resembles the most, and about 35 to 40 of his "loyal" men all turned into federal witnesses. Tony at least, will do the same. The entire eight year run of the TV show has been a tongue and cheek play on a name this whole time. Last night, after ingesting some exotic drug, Tony was sitting in the desert and his presence of mind began to come of age in which he exclaimed "I Get It!". After all, what do sopranos do? They sing.

ok for all of you that think they no how the show is gonna end.....GET REAL! Who would of thought that Tony would kill Chris, go to Vegas get with his ex, trip on some payode, win some $ than end up out in the desert. The reason why we keep watching is becasue of the unpredictabilty. Now with that being said Tony is def a paranoid psycho. Remeber in the 1st episode the feds where knocing on his door? Remeber when he was having thoughts about killing Pauly? Tony will be going down, its just a matter of how. Behind bars or 6ft under. Oh and by the way ENOUGH about Ade.

I agree with the idea that something drastic will happen to AJ that will put Tony on a rampage that will be the end of him. And a real wake up call for Carmella. She will probably attempt to kill Tony but just walk away instead. Anybody see GodFather3 with Michael sitting all alone in the end after his daughters death... This will happen to Tony. Death or Prison would be too easy for Tony. He needs to lose his own flesh and blood before he really 'Get's It'. The last scene will be Tony all ALONE showing he has lost everything, the mob and the family he took for granted for so long.

All of your comments and Ade being still alive has made me wonder this: Is Silvio working for the feds? You never see him doing anything really wrong but he's always right there. Hmmmmm......

first, adrianna is dead, if syl was a mole , tony wouyld have bene in jail by the end of season one. second, this show has always revolved around (the) family, and tony killed chris when he looked back at the car seat and realized Chris' daughter would have been killed if she had been in it. Tony was protecting the family (both his and chris'). When tony cried at the end that he "gets it", it was because he realized that he has been worried about losing so much lately (gambling, the feds, getting the paper) that he had been fighting the realization that there was a new day coming. Yes, AJ will become his next in line (remember chrissy shoooting the guy in the foot at the bakery?? Aj does similar work on a deadbeat with his new friends) because Tony realizes that it is the only way for AJ to live with the Soprano "curse" of depression. Tony, with AJ and his new friends, are going to take down Phil and the rest of NY and he will be the boss of a new generation of the family, with AJ eventually becoming tony, and tony fading into retirement a la uncle june. This episode was great, but the shocking finale will be that at the end it will still go on, just as it did before the show started.

The killing of Christopher was completely weak plotting, so much better would have been Christopher realizing what Tony was doing to him, pulling out the gun he kept on his ankle and to start firing at Tony, Tony has to run away and an ambulance comes to save Chris, now its on... Chris realizes that Tony tried to kill him and he and Tony now are mortal enemies, the only question left is who will side with who as these two battle to the death... Much better than what we got last nite, Tony always wins and never has to pay the consequences... The running tag on the show is always "when they come at you, they come at what you love", but who is left for them to come at, Tony has himself killed his best friend Pussy, his cousin played by Steve Buscemi and now his defacto own son Chris... Nobody is going to kill his wife and kids because nobody who enough of a vendetta with Tony is left in the show... This is weak storytelling to say the least...

Did anybody notice that Tony talked to the FBI agents about the possible terror suspects? I think the finale is going to lead up to Tony getting into something bad after taking down Phil, but basically gets his get out of jail free card because he helped the FBI with terrorism information. I think the writers are not going to kill Tony or his family because of this aspect. Phil will go down & the Sopranos will still be on top!

Anyone who believes Adrianna is alive should be watching Days of Our Lives. That is all.

Silvio never does anything really wrong? Silvio has killed all the big informants. Jimmy, Pussy, Ade. Nothing wrong?

Christopher died as a result of an opportunity that presented itself to Tony, kind of serendipitous. The Boss saw an opportunity to protect him and the family and clipped him, clean and simple. What people don't understand is that most hits are not planned but spontaneous based on fear or suspicion. If the Boss even thinks he might sing, he’s history. Personally I thought he should have been hit earlier on based on his drug habit and uncontrollable temper.

simply disturbing and wonderful last nights episode! why do we love a show about ruthless murderers? I am done predicting since all of my predictions have been proven wrong; so I'll just keep going along for the ride and listen carefully to chase's genius soundtrack. whatever happens, they deserved it!

Christopher had to go there was no doubt about it his constant drug usage & uncontrolable rage was getting to out of hand. Ade, I believe is dead & that to say that Silvio is a rat for the Feds is way out of line & I believe the Russian mob family will be having a major role in the finale cuz of the killing of the Russian mob boss's friend by Paulie & Chris. Finally if someone's going to get "taken care of" it should be that rat faced side kick of Phil's, he really annoys me!!

Paulie is mad at the rest of Tony's crew for not showing up at his mother/aunt's wake. As suggested earlier, Paulie might team up with Phil Leotardo to make a run at Tony and his crew, which could lead to a bloodbath at the Bing. If Tony survives the attempt, it will be at the expense of Paulie and/or Phil's lives, which will bring down the heat from the FBI. The terrorism angle needs to be wrapped up in order to provide Tony with his "get out of jail free card".

Carmela will kill Tony when she finds out the truth about Ade. She's turned the other cheek for way too long when it comes to Tony.

Phil Leotardo will kill Tony. Remember, Tony asked Phil if he had everything he wanted when they talked on the phone, and Phil said "Not everything." because he wants Tony dead.

Carmella is not going to kill her husband for Ade. They were no more than friends.

Tony showed more emotion for the stripper Tracy being murdered by Ralph than by the death of Christoper. I sat there last night with my jaw hitting the ground after Tony murdered Chrissy. I kept waiting for Tony to break down with grief eventually but it never happened. Thought the whole "peote" scene was stupid. Kept expecting the whole episode to be a dream. Cant wait to see what happens next.

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