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Predator, Lansing, MI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:47:57 GMT

This was beyond dumb...this was all-time classicly dumb, right up there with the end of St. Elsewhere, MASH, or Rosanne....

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Julie Rowe — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:50:10 GMT

I thought it was great and am totally satisfied! It is totally left open for a movie, or a reunion show later on. The last few minutes had my heart pounding and I laughed out loud when the credits started to roll. Great, great show. I wish there was more to come...

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Bones — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:52:48 GMT

Terrible ending to a great series!! Boo!!

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shawn bayside NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:53:56 GMT

I was left feeling tony might have died. In the last episode there was the flashback to bobby in the boat saying "who knows, probly don't even hear it when it happens". He's referring to death. It's a sceen from the 1st episode this season at bobbys' camp. He went out with know knowladge of it. Just silence. What ever happened after, happened after. But Tony's part in the world was over, So he will not see it. It;s a theory. I kinda like it.

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Mike W, Denver CO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:55:04 GMT

Horrible Finale! Seriously Disappointing.

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John Doe, Florida Floirda — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:55:34 GMT

The show ended so abruptly because Tony is whacked. Like Bobby predicted earlier this season, when you go out, you don't even feel it, or know it. Tony was shot, his last sight being his daughter walking into the restaurant.

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Bryan K. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:55:40 GMT

I've never seen a single episode of the Sopranos so I could not care less what happened tonight!

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Heather — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:56:03 GMT

Brilliant! I thought I might cry, vomit, throw myself on the floor in a heap, punch a wall........the suspense was amazing. And I'm glad they didn't kill Tony off. Going black in the last scene allows me to create my own "happy" ending for the Soprano crew. GREAT JOB!! I WILL MISS MY SUNDAYS WITH THE FAMILY.

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josh, Boston, ma — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:56:09 GMT

Don't forget the two African American men who walked in the Diner. Throughout the series the mobsters frequently contracted out hits to AA assassins. I thought they'd be the ones to do it. The tension was great but the ending was a let down. Maybe over time I'll change my mind.

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PJD — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:56:20 GMT

This finale was AWESOME!! Loved the suspense that built throughout, particularly in the diner scene with Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" playing in the background, and growing louder throughout the scene. I think it was the perfect ending.

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Devon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:56:43 GMT

Although I was disappointed at the way the show ended, I do agree it was brilliant. Everything had a meaning - from the fact that Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" was playing in the final scene (cut off with the words "Don't Stop" when the screen went black), to the tension of all of the different possibilities that could have occurred in the diner. I prefer to think that Tony looked up to see Meadow coming in, and that they had a nice dinner, reflecting upon the good times.

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Ann Wisconsin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:56:55 GMT

I thought the last episode was hilarious! They were toying with us the ENTIRE time.... as this article indicated, I certainly was waiting for Tony or someone significant to take him out, especially at the end in the diner. I am very happy Tony and his family are intact and life is moving on in total Soprano attitude. Great show..I will miss it very much.

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Marsha Bradley IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:57:17 GMT

After all the hearlded out with a bang with the exception of Phil's death , the show went out with a whimper. I liked the cat part there was just something about the cat. I thought the A.J. stuff was just showing he is a lost cause. As for Meadow I like that it looks like she has her life together

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Brad, Wichita, KS — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:57:27 GMT

The final episode left me as frustrated as Tony was with A.J.

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Lips MaGurk — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:57:47 GMT

Perhaps, we have all been played, and there will be a seventh season.

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SunRay, Washington, D.C. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:58:16 GMT

The ending was genius...David Chase gave us all the endings and no ending at the same time. If Tony got whacked, people would be upset, if he lived, people would be upset. This way you can intrepret it any way you wanted. Most of the time with finales I feel let down (Seinfeld comes to mind) but this time I was breathless and on the edge of my seat until the last second. The Sopranos was always the series that made for great watercooler talk, and we now have the ultimate watercooler topic for weeks, months and years to come.

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CHERYL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:58:34 GMT

the show really sucked. very disappointed. David Chase should be ashamed of his work!!!!

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Clay, Duluth, GA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:58:41 GMT

I think the show ended when Tony got whacked in the diner. The whole show was about Tony and it ended when his life did. Didn't Bobby say at one time "I bet you'll never even hear it when it happens." I think that is what happened.

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R Rutkowski, Wilmington, DE — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:58:46 GMT

Somehow I feel like I wated 6 years of Sunday nights.

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Rob J., Orange, Ct. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:58:53 GMT

An absolute waste of time. Now we will have to listen to thousands of people claim the show will return because nothing was truly resolved, but I am not one of them. I do not believe it will return nor do I think it should. Chase had a chance to create a memoriable finale to this series, but just like many of the best storylines and episodes, he kept us hanging, never providing any closure or suprises at all. It was the definition of blah.

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Mark, St. Louis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:58:54 GMT

I am hoping for a movie in a few years after the dust has settled on this anti - finale. I am still holding out hope that my favorite character of the series, Adrianna, will at long last make her comeback and finger them all (what's left of them). I would say that if this is the last we get to see of the Soprano story on the small or big screen, this was a disappointing end to a great series.

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Mike, L.A., CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:59:01 GMT

That episode was a horrible let down! Especially after the fireworks in the previous weeks episode. The ending was just ridiculous...five minutes of Meadow not knowing how to parallel park...or more than likely a not so subtle Lexus commercial. They went out with a wimper.

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AD Adams, Hillsboro, OR — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:59:11 GMT

Well, in the end, it did surprize. That was about as open-ended as you could get. This will be talked about/debated for months to come.

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Dave, St Louis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:59:14 GMT

I understand the ending, but to end it the way it did with Meadow not even at the table, was crap. It ws all hype and no delivery. We all needed closure and if he wants us all to come to our own conclusion, we were robbed. We have been avid fans for 8 years and to end this way is a crime in itself.

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P. James-Mount Horeb, WI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:59:14 GMT

What a let down. As usual the hype of a series finale proves to be crap. While David Chase tried to take us down an unexpected road, it just didn't work.

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lawless — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:59:15 GMT

The last song says it all Journey's "Don't Stop Believing":
Working hard to get my fill,
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin anything to roll the dice,
Just one more time
Some will win, some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

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Jason, Louisville, KY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:59:21 GMT

Remember Tony and Bobby talking about what it felt like to get whacked and Bobby said (something like), "You don't feel anything it just happens and everything goes black"?

There's no mystery.

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Bob, Tarzana, Ca. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 02:59:55 GMT

Just like the last three seasons this final episode scked.

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jamison — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:08 GMT

As I expected, David Chase did the unexpected. While millions of viewers will undoubtedly feel shortchanged about how the series finale, the Sopranos was always about unique, unconventional storytelling, mobsters aside. Good stories make us think and this "ending" did plenty of that.

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Mark Pinsky — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:10 GMT

Great ending! Just a another typical day in a typical mob family.

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Kay Verret, Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:21 GMT

We got robbed!!!!!!! Talk about anti-climatic! I was going to buy the entire sries on DVD but fugettaboutit!

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DB Hunter — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:26 GMT

I think we deserved better. I've been watching all these years for this? Finally, out of ideas, they leave us holding the bag. And the bag is a little short.

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Thomas, Manhattan, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:29 GMT

Ok, I think the ending was sort of brilliant. I know I won't have a lot of company in that assessment, but it's true.

Look, nothing the writers could have done would have lived up to expectations. No major series has ever had a truly satisfying finale, and the writers are well aware of this.

The fact is, its not so much that nothing happened, but that we just don't know. Maybe Tony did get shot. Maybe he didn't, but went on to be indicted. Maybe they all live happily ever after. Maybe something in between. The thing is, the writers cut the shot in such a way that the viewer can use their own imagination to write the ending however they see it. And that is something which is pretty unprecidented, and leaves us all talking about the show far more than if a conventional ending had been chosen.

One other thing I will say; they also left open every single major storyline (always a Sopranos hallmark), but in this case, it leaves the door open for another season in a few years, should that be something the cast is interested in (which may be the case, depending on their career trajectories).

Overall, it was a brilliantly unconventional end to a brilliantly unconventional show. Don't stop believin'!

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jamison, Chattanooga, Tennessee — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:39 GMT

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Ryan, Mesa AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:46 GMT

BRILLIANT ENDING.

Theories will circulate for years and everyone will have their say.

I personally think that it cut to black because it was the moment the bullet entered Tony's brain. Thats the only way to explain the suddenness of it all.

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Thumper — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:47 GMT

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the cable company purposely picked that moment to cut off my service.

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Tom, Council Bluffs, IA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:00:53 GMT

I think it was a great ending. All of us who speculated on the plot lines can still discuss Tony and--as a result--keep the character and the story alive. I found the "don't stop" lyric from [Editor's Note: Tom said Foreigner here, but of course it was Journey] as the screen went blank to be a perfect fit. And the fact that the episode ran a few minutes longer was an awesome way to build tension. For those who aren't true fans, it did stop right there. For those of us who want to keep the story alive, there's plenty of discussion. The final credits rolling in dead silence...let's the ghosts of the Sopranoes live on in an equally haunting manner. Part of me wants the movie; another part of me, though, wants the discussion and speculation to live on in those who have become intwined in the story. Brilliant...I think it was brilliant.

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Ann Wisconsin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:01:48 GMT

What I loved is that they kept the characters of the Sopranos as we met them and learned to love them.... Paulie and that orange cat?! OMG! Hilarious! Sil still had the fun grimace on his face, even in the sedation of a coma.. Carmela and the family moving on with their lives.. the Sopranos will live on.. in all of our imaginations. Just the way it should be.

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winste, Indpls — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:01:50 GMT

perfect. Thats how you hold tension and suspense. So much can be said with so little. Please, no movie! Leave it here where it belongs.

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Crissy, Omaha — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:01:57 GMT

ARRRGGG!! I hated it and loved it all at the same time. I didn't want Tony to die and this ending leaves me the ability to believe he didn't. As much as he may have deserved to, there was something about him that was endearing and human - something that made you always pull for him. On the other hand, I hated not having a "finished" product so to speak but I suppose this makes is an ending for all - you can believe he was whacked or you can believe he lived. We'll never know........or will we????

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Bob, Palisades Park , NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:02:07 GMT

Chase did what so many other writers have not been able to do. Challenge an audience. We are being spoon fed everything.......from sitcoms to the endless parade of cookie cutter films. Any frustration anyone is feeling is your mind waking up....He is asking us to do what we are so sorely unable to do anymore...Use our imaginations......I loved it.

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dm — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:02:25 GMT

All I want to say is this episode ..... (fade to black)

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DJ PENSACOLA,FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:02:44 GMT

An absolutely perfect ending... Phil taken out in horrific manner and so many questions left unanswered. Mr Chase: You're brilliant.. DJH

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Billy Dalia, Englewood, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:02:48 GMT

I have to say that the ending was wack!!! I am so disappointed! I knew Chase was going to outsmart us! I honestly thought that there was going to be more violence and blood! Tony, on the other hand had to live to make everyone happy and victorious. But, I did still think that someone somehow was going to take down Carm and Tony together! We will have to wait for the Movie now!!!

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June A. Carraway — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:02:52 GMT

For what it's worth, I thought this episode was brilliant!!!! It satisfied the need for revenge with the annihilation of Phil, while Tony still had to resolve problems with his relative family and his "made" family. Kudos to David Chase for giving the viewers what they wanted in their minds. cattyjune

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jmlmedia, KY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:02:56 GMT

Wow, at first I was disappointed but I read a post somewhere that explained the meaning for me better. Think of it as if the audience has been "whacked." Life instantly stopped...everything completely over. Almost like a hit job on the viewer. Something to think about...

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David C Northbrook, Illinois — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:03:03 GMT

Brilliant!!!! The frustrated ones just don't get it. The unpredictable lives of mobsters necessiated an ending of unpredictability. Kudos to David Chase for not taking the easy road. This is the most provocative way to end. I loved it!

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Greg, Ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:03:28 GMT

I was one of the ones yelling at my tv b/c I thought my cable had went out. Thinking about it as the credits rolled in complete silence, it was a great ending to a great show. The last 5 minutes kept us all in suspense - waiting for something to happen. The show ended in a classy style and seemed more realistic then everyone just dying. Great job!

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David, Houston, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:03:32 GMT

That was without a doubt the worse final show ever. I'll never get that hour back.

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Jason — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:03:44 GMT

Either there's a movie or else Chase has displayed more contempt for his audience than anyone in the history of television and film.

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Kevin, Aurora, CO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:03:44 GMT

At first I was disappointed in the ending but after having some time to think about it I'm really glad it ended this way.

I like to believe that we as an audience got "whacked" since it's been forshadowed for several episodes that when it happens you don't hear it or see it coming. The show is over for us but Tony continues to live on even though he'll always be looking over his shoulder.

Any of the other theories out there can apply as well but this is the ending I'm choosing and I think David Chase left it to us to decide how it ended.

Great show and I loved every minute of it.

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Eddie, Thibodaux, LA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:03:53 GMT

It ended as it should have.

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Nancy Enkelmann — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:04:18 GMT

What the Hell!!! Nothing was finalized....leaving a movie open, I think so.

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Mitch...C.G. New Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:04:23 GMT

If Mr. Chase is saying Tony was whacked because, as Bobby once said, "You don't hear it coming" and life (the show)just ends for Tony, no music, nothing then I'm still very unhappy with this. If this was indeed Mr. Chase's intention then the final shot of the show should not have been Tony looking up to see who was coming in the diner...it should have been a shot of who was coming in the diner from Tony's vantage point, as if we were seeing what Tony was seeing just before his life (the show) goes dark. A terrible terrible way to end a great series.

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Lesia, OKC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:04:26 GMT

Disappointing. If I had known this was how it was going to end I would never have watched ANY of the Sopranos.

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Mad in VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:04:28 GMT

I am absolutely disappointed. Fans have hung in there with David Chase for all of these seasons, all of the loose ends, the very disappointing last 2 - 3 seasons and the death of our beloved Adrianna only to be rewarded with this ending. Mr. Chase you owed us more!

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Jd, New Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:04:33 GMT

I think the ending was PERFECT!! No ones life is tied up in a pretty little bow and served on a platter.....Tony should be no exception!!

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Rohn Jay Mill — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:04:43 GMT

Brilliant? Stupid? Boring?

The final episode, especially the final five minutes, followed the arc set by the best written show in television when it debuted ten years ago: this is the story of a guy trying to piece his life together until he dies. Long periods of banality interrupted by brief moments of excitement. The only difference was the business this schmuck inherited was "boss of North Jersey," so it came with very different flavors of banality and excitement.

And the ending five minutes, the harsh ending ("WHERE's THE DAME REMOTE! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY CABLE SIGNAL!!!") was precisely what David Chase meant.

And what we--and Tony Soprano--deserved.

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Tom Ju, Austin, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:05:01 GMT

I completely agree that Tony was the anti-hero. The series has been building up to this for quite a while and I'm glad it ended the way it did. Good-bye Sapranos!

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D Mol, Edgewood, Ky — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:05:13 GMT

Worst ending to a series since M*A*S*H

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Kenny Gannon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:05:27 GMT

All true and well observed. Still...if completely ignoring and dropping narrative elements, brilliant though they may be, is "what life is like," there is something distressing about it. Realism as a form accepted the "conventions" of the theatre and gave a nod to narrative logic and the desires of the audience by doing so. I admire the way scenes just trailed off. Many times characters were not witty or wise. Many times a scene went on too long or was too short and there was no urbane or overwritten response. The dialogue was always surprising. But why would Chase invoke so many poetic devices and images--like Tony's hospital visions, the ducks, the bear, the seeming invincibility of the Russian, etc., etc. if only to drop them cold. Why not let some of them be thematic devices? And is it fair or "natural" to create a possible violent scenario or raise expectations and tensions for an ending, and just end it in such an unclear way. It's not that I mind nothing happening but to have the screen go blank and make us all think that the cable had gone out (earlier in the episode on my screen the digital image halted and froze for a moment)? It's like getting to the ending of a movie and having someone yell "fire" in the theatre. It's not part of the convention. It's a bit cheap and manipulative and not "natural" or "real." I would have accepted a sudden ending if it had been done in a way that said more clearly, this is where we stop, not "the cable just went out." Anyway, I loved the show for many of the reasons I'm not so happy tonight. And I don't believe there was any way to end it and make everyone happy.

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billy spire woodland hills, ca — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:05:34 GMT

how could we expect anything else....i actually loved it...and yes i thought hbo had lost the feed...but chase has played with us and our expectations from the very first episode and this was no different.....there were so many beautiful moments in this episode.....that i don't want the ending to overshadow how amazing this series has been...the ending actually gives me hope...as a huge fan of the show.....that at some point it can come back in some other form....that only chase has concocted in that magnificent mind of his....thank you for the show...

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Dave Masters, Scranton, Pa. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:05:35 GMT

I think the Sopranos finale was..............

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Stan, Warren, MI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:05:44 GMT

What a cop out! This ending ranks right up there with Ewing getting shot and then waking up from a dream. Unfortunately this was no deam...more like a nightmare for us. How utterly disappointing. If Chase comes up with a movie I will not be disappointed again because I will not go see it.

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Darcy, Winnipeg, Manitoba — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:06:02 GMT

Someone needs to put a hit out on David Chase!

Did he just look up at the clock, see that it was late and decide to call it a night?

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Pat — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:06:15 GMT

Chase left the door open for a sequel; plain and simple.

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Viola — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:06:20 GMT

Yep, thought my satellite went out, then saw the credits rolling and screamed, "THAT'S IT??!!". Maybe a stroke of brilliance, because any ending at all would have been "borrowed" from all the other mob films of history. So while disappointed Chase left us hanging, maybe in a way he didn't. I for one will not get sucked into a Sopranos movie or any kind of spinoff type ploy. It it weren't for Big Love, I'd have cancelled my HBO tonight. Episode grade? B-/C+.

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shablap, EC, MD — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:06:37 GMT

A great ending, it spent time showing us what we liked about each character, at least the few that were left. (For me, Paulie was a riot in the finale. Tony didn't do bad either.)
It also let you know that life goes on, just as it had in between episodes and seasons all along. A new episode always started at a new place from the previous show and may or may not have refereced the previous show(s)
I guess mobsters have other things in their life that do not necessarily pertain to the mob.

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D.S. - Rhose Island — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:06:38 GMT

How does Chase say "Thank you" to all the Sopranos fans that have put up with all drama and crap between seasons over the years? With a big final middle finger to all of us. Well Mr. Chase - same to you! I could not be more disappointed.

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Rosa Cintron, Lake Mary, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:06:55 GMT

I have been a FAN of this show for its entire existance, and I think the ending was unfair and absurb. ....But, then again, maybe they are thinking of a Soprano MOVIE, where all loose ends will be taken care. We will see

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Harold, Ashby — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:07:00 GMT

I thought the ending was a heart-pounding way to end the series. The final "blackout" was totally inline with the style of the show. I was not disappointed. I was glad when Phil got whacked. The ending at least leaves the possibility of a movie hanging out there.

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Eleanor Silvers, San Diego, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:07:40 GMT

I agree 100% with this writer. Where do I go to read the comments?

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Adam, Wilmington, De — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:07:44 GMT

Wow... how sad was this ending... all those loyal fans (myself included) who have never missed an episode, even as the show has taken a decline in story and content in recent times, were given an incredibly lack-luster series finally. It almost feels like David Chase just gave up trying to come up with a story to satisfy all of the possible endings, so instead he just decided to have nothing happen. I feel cheated.

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jack bauer, Los angeles, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:05 GMT

It was almost obvious that nothing was going to happen at the end. I just wish they'de have wrapped it up with Meadow sitting down and rolled the credits to the music. The way he cut to black was wierd.

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Nancy Rosenberg, Dallas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:10 GMT

The sudden blackness, silence? Tony got whacked. I kept rewinding the very last few moments, analyzing the final look on Tony's face. There was no fear--he was seeing Meadow, then he saw NOTHING. Brilliant.

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A Dunne Roanoke VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:23 GMT

Tony and Bobby discussing death when they were sitting in the boat and one of them said that when it happens, everything goes dark and you don't hear anything, not even the sound of the gun. That makes me think that Tony did die in the end.

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bd. salt lake city, utah — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:32 GMT

Now we can finnaly get back to acting out our own lives and not living ours lives thru the Sapranos'. What a sad commentary on our culture.

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Angelo, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:33 GMT

The symbolism in the beginning of the show (the bitter winter and the tour guide noting how Little Italy has shrunk) led me to believe that something was going to end. I waited and waited, however something else happened.

AJ fled his car and felt relieved and found a purpose. Phil was found and killed, Pauly got over his superstitions, NJ makes peace with NY...

Things began to turn around. In a matter of 45 minutes, everything began to look up. And it all ended with Tony with his family. There was a suspenseful 5 minutes where no one is sure what is going to happen, but in the end... nothing.

Same ol, same ol. Tony is back in control and all our favorite characters are playing their same parts. No arching conclusion, happy endings, new revelations. Life just goes on.

At least that what I get out of it. I'm unsatisfied, but the real world doesn't come to grand conclusions. It is what it is. So bravo HBO.

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Roger, South Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:49 GMT

I started laughing when the credits started rolling, I mean I was as frustrated as any other fan but then I said f it, Chase ended it the way he wanted to end.

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Johnklotz, New York, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:50 GMT

Are you sure Tony wasn't wacked in the Diner. the black and yjhe silence being his entry into death.

But then again, maybe not.

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stan, warren, mi — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:08:57 GMT

Based on the feedback I'm reading here, it looks like Chase had his cronies writing in saying how great this stupid ending is. We waited 1.5 years for this garbage!

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Andrew, The Woodlands, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:09:24 GMT

Tony is dead. He was shot and since the show is in his perspective it just blanks out after he dies.

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Jeff, Cedar Rapids, Ia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:09:24 GMT

None of the tragedy came to pass---we watched 8 years in the life of a family. We came in in the middle, and we left in the middle. I appreciate the ending. I know a lot of people won't, but a lot of people want everything to tie up neatly. Nothing does.

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Matt — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:10:15 GMT

The Sopranos truly was a remarkable show. It will go down in history as one of the best creations ever made for televison. There are many holes left to be answered. It depends on our own perceptions what truly happened at that restuarant.

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John Guerin, Wilbraham, Massachusetts — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:10:15 GMT

After all this time and all those episodes left me with a feeling of.......

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Chuck Adams Washington DC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:10:37 GMT

Excellent Job Mr. Chase. I will be the first in line for the Big Screen ticket.

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Bob, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:10:50 GMT

Tony is dead. He never saw it coming. Just like he said to Bobby in the boat........

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tim — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:11:14 GMT

Great series...not so great ending. Could have had more closure. Too bad.

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Madsonovich, Newark, DE — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:11:59 GMT

I can't believe I shot my TV at the end. Chase owes me a Plasma!

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john, boston, MA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:12:18 GMT

Great posts but I think there's too much analysis here, the ending did NOT deliver... it's easy to come up with the intent after it's been written/filmed... It's still television I'll take my use of imagination from other sources, give me an ending or a sequel ;-)

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Amy H. Austin, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:12:39 GMT

I feel like we deserved better. I was loyal to the show and even bought the DVDs. We made a big Italian dinner tonight and had a party. At the end we were all left feeling disapointed and confused...

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Patty Nap — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:12:47 GMT

My heart was pounding, I kept looking at my watch, Tony picked the closing song ! all the scenes with Meadow.Checked my watch almost over only a minute left.The customers coming in. The guy heading to the bathroom. Checked my watch again only seconds remain. Then nothing, A blank screen. What an ending. Chase is brillant. No other senario would have worked. My heart is still racing.

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romeo752 detroit mi — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:12:50 GMT

I believe fervently that tonight was not the last of the Soprano family, just watch!

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Tony , Coral Gables, Florida — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:12:54 GMT

I guess after the horrific ending , one can settle their nerves down and hope for a Movie!!! or Not? and just let your mind wonder....whatever happened to the Sopranos!!!!!

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neil Carlot NC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:13:30 GMT

That ending bites...I really did't like the tease...won't be suckered in a second time...The Sopranos' now swim w' the fishes...

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Josh P., Kansas City, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:13:39 GMT

Junk, pure junk. I will no longer watch anything associated with David Chase.

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Robert Reardon, Colorado Springs, Colorado — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:14:11 GMT

The suspense was killing me! As the credits rolled, I was shaking ... great job!

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SAm, Rochester, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:14:21 GMT

I'm cancelling HBO tomorrow; they can put Big Love and Cincinnati in the grave with Phil. A-M-F, Ta-Ta for Now!

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Nick P, Halifax, Nova Scotia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:14:24 GMT

Tony was killed...remember Tony and Bobby in the boat "Do you think you hear the one that gets you?"...apparently not, Tony never heard the shot the got him, and because so much of the show was from Tony's perspective we don't hear it either...fade to black...

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Tom, Annapolis, MD — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:14:26 GMT

What a perfect gift David Chase has given us. We are in his debt.

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V Sabda Albuquerque, NM — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:14:51 GMT

Brilliant!!! The two guys in the resturant were the wife's and sons "shadow bodyguards." Tony isn't about to let his family travel around unprotected at this time.

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Steve, NYC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:14:55 GMT

Took me about an hour to figure out if I liked it or not, but in the end I think it was a good ending. I couldn't take the tension of the last scene and did think there was a thunderstorm outside or something to cut off my DirecTV, but in the end I'm glad Tony lived and things seem ok.

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Elisa, Brooklyn, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:15:13 GMT

Making excuses for Chase just amazes me. Story tellers start and end a story. This ending was a copout and you "die hard fans" are just drinking the KoolAid.
Real mob life is much more realistic. Jail or death. Gotti died alone in a jail cell. That was real life.
In a business that's all about the money, no not the mob, but entertainment, Chase has left himself and all the agents, managers and the studio a way to make more money. How big will everyone's paycheck have to be to come back for another season or even episode? Or make a movie? The mob and the entertainment business, opposite sides of the same coin. Neither have any real guts and neither deserve and real glory.

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Janice, Topeka, KS — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:15:18 GMT

It was terrible...worst ending to a series finale I have ever seen.

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nancy wasen ashland OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:15:21 GMT

Wow!! I screamed at my cable company as I thought I lost power................what a way to end the greatest tv show I have ever seen in my 57 years! The murder of Phil was priceless, the cat a brillant move. David Chase, thanks for never jumping the shark.
I will miss Sunday nights at 9:00 but will savor watching the whole series from #1 with the ducks; all over again when I drag out the VCR.

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Mark R — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:15:28 GMT

Well if Chase was trying to generate conversation...IT WORKED. If he was trying to creating an interesting ending. HE FAILED. The ending lacked imagination and seemed more like the creative artist who "jumped the shark" at least a season ago.

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CD San Diego, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:15:51 GMT

Ummm...I wouldn't call it brilliant. Closer to copout. But still - I get it. I think we can safely say the family Soprano gets whacked. With the possible exception of the Infiniti driving Meadow. It's up to your imagination

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Ty Webb, Orlando, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:15:58 GMT

give me a break. the whole episode was one big bore!!!

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Doreen Philadelphia PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:16:12 GMT

Never before in the history of mankind have so many people simultaneously uttered "What the hell was that?"

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Mark, Ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:16:14 GMT

I have watched every episode of The Sopranos. I was looking for closure. All I got was a blank screen and a Journey song. I know we can all talk about it, etc... But I think Chase really dropped the ball here. Give us closure, please.

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Boooooooo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:16:19 GMT

I would rank this finale just below the final episodes of "Joni Loves Chachi," "Falcon Crest" and "Joey." In fact, by comparison, the last episode of "Seinfeld" was genius. David Chase can set up his movie if he wants (where no doubt we'll be treated to plenty of AJ), or show that he is smart and deep and has a way of leaving his series as unresolved as the real life of these people ultimatley has become. But I watch the show for entertainment. Gimme something for the years and hours spent watching it. I'll pass on the "so smart and so deep" blackout in favor of something more coherent, meaningful and enjoyable. Call me simpleminded. Many people I'm sure relish the deep subtext, limitless possibilities and metaphysical questions related to life in the balance. I'd rather just see a great show end well, and have fun watching it. Life goes on...

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ARS, Houston TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:16:19 GMT

In a way, every conceivable ending was brought up, then thrown out...a turn coat, potential whackings, a family member going down (AJ and his truck), more therapy (only not with Melfi), Janice seeking cash, stoic Sil, the Sopranos living happily ever after, someone whacking Tony (and family) in Godfather style...the ending had it all...and left it up to our imaginations to fill in the blanks...

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jar — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:16:49 GMT

Am I strange--or something? I have never seen an episode of the S0PRANOS--ever. Nor has my wife. One can't help know something about the series, but we've never watched any of it. Of course, we watch almost no television.

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Frank- Durham NC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:17:13 GMT

Brilliant!
Just a small town girl, livin in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south detroit
He took the midnight train goin anywhere

It goes on and on and on and on....

That was the most amazing end to the most amazing show- a movie or not a movie after, I'd trust Chase with either option because I know he won't disappoint no matter what!
I"m in awe!

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jar, Shoshone, ID — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:17:33 GMT

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B.Barron — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:17:46 GMT

LAME
LAME
LAME
LAME
HBO sets the stage for another season.

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David Abel, Cleveland, TN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:17:57 GMT

Awesome ending to an awesome show! I kept waiting for something to happen that never did. Don't Stop Believin described the ending perfectly. The part we are allowed to see just stopped but we can use our imaginations on how the characters will go on. Brilliant.

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Susy, NYC, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:17:59 GMT

I think it was a unique, complex ending and I appreciate Mr. Chase's talent - *but* if I am honest I can say that I would have prefered seeing the carnage I imagined (all but Med) or seeing Tony go down in a blaze of glory...something. This was great in terms of how to do something bold and unique as an ending but I wanted more. I'm a little bummed.

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Doc — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:18:11 GMT

Right? I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying
to piece together the end of a long running HBO
series, and come up with what? Another poorly written ending? Nah, I think I'll move on to greener
pastures, and just dump HBO. If I get a sudden yen
for reruns of The Sopranos, I'll watch it on A&E. What
a waste of air time!

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Mike D, Houston Tx — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:18:16 GMT

Awesome ending!
I really thought they were going to get whacked.But I remember in last weeks episode Tony said " families are left alone". They did spare Phils' wife tonight.
The highlight for me though, the opening with the new version of Vanilla Fudges' YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON.
Man that should have told me that it was going to be a great final episode.

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P Doherty, Red Bank, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:18:16 GMT

The perfect ending... Chase cotinues to challenge us.

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Jhoppa St. Louis, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:18:36 GMT

5 years of watching Soprano's and this is what we get? Thanks HBO... I will end my subscription now and stick to DVD's and movie theaters.

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Max , Miami, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:18:39 GMT

I think the ending quite frankly sucked. I would have loved to see some crazy drama like Meadow coming in and spotting the gunman out of the john and yelling, giving Ton enough time to fix him up.. But I cant say enough about Chase, he gave us our fix for a long time and I remain much appreciative. And thank heavens for dismissing in a fitting fashion that idiot Phil Leotardo who got what he had coming for a while as far as I am concerned. . . Movie? Sure why not? Huge potential...

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Bob, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:18:46 GMT

Tony is dead...He never saw it coming...Just like he said to Bobby in the boat.....

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S_a_H , Antioch CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:19:02 GMT

I would like to see the other supposedly filmed endings.

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Rebecca, Georgia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:19:30 GMT

I get it...and I'm still frustrated!!

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John Slimak, Willard, Ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:19:31 GMT

Wow. Things that make you say "wow" I was never ready for the show to end and, imagination or mot, my wife and I are really lost. This show was a means to enjoy something together and talk, laugh and scream about. I don't want the characters to live in the chambers of my mind. The show needs to go on! I just cannot believe all this! PLEASE. Answer us with the movie or a surprise eight seaso!

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Jon Helena MT — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:19:46 GMT

I loved it, too. Phil's waching was awesomely gruesome. I thought that was his daugther, not his wife. The ending leaves open the possibility of a movie. That final scene had my stomach in my throat.

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Tom Nicholson, Troy, VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:20:08 GMT

I think Tony died. Remember the conversation he had on the boat with Bobby, about how when it's your time you just fade to black and it's over? I think that the guy in the bathroom popped Tony in the back of the head. But the beauty of the thing is that there's no way to know.

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Lorenzo Roscalini — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:20:15 GMT

I liked all of it except that garbage ending. That was a cop out.

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southern lady,Ky. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:20:26 GMT

So disappointed,I did not want the family to die but to us,not much happened.I did not want this show to end!!!Disappointing ending with so many years watching.Please come back with something about Tony,Carmella soon!!This could have been so good,the ending,it left with you total disappointment,no answers for anything.

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Robb, Scottsdale Arizona — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:20:34 GMT

This is the only way this series could have ended. Everyone gets to interpret the ending how they see fit. Tony gets whacked? Maybe the whole family, except Meadow who can't parallel park? Maybe it's just another night out for the family and nothing went down. It's up to each viewer to make that decision, meaning David Chase hasn't disappointed anyone with a definitive ending that some would love and others would hate.

He's also irritated everyone equally.

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Darrell Plent, Philadelphia, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:20:39 GMT

I think that the David Chase has lost control of this show. I appreciate his creative experiences, but he is the reason that HBO's subscriptions have increase over the past 8 years. But I must say that after season 3, the show has not lived up to what I expected. Today, I was listening to a radio show about the best series finales. Alot of those that I listend to had some closure. Chase does not seem to have the ability to close. What about the pine barrens incident? What about Carlo, the indictment? We the viewers wnt to know. Leaving us guessing serves what purpose............

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kimberly Lockport,N.Y — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:20:43 GMT

It seemed realistic to me. Maybe there will be a movie and maybe not never the less I will miss this show.

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alice leder, Raleigh, NC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:00 GMT

I watched the clock tick away in the last episode only to be totally frustrated. It was like just a typical day in the family, with 'wacks' etc like the original real life family in the 70's ( the Louds ). Did Mr. Chase keep everyone alive because he plans to have at least 7 or so spin offs?

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humbug in Kansas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:00 GMT

Spare me the 1) true fans love the ending and so if you don't you're not a fan; and b) smart people get it and if you don't you're dumb. Get over yourselves. Disliking a pretentious, red herring-laden, generally boring and largely unsatisfying finale to a great show does not make me dumb or shallow or less of a fan. Leave a little hanging in the balance... fine (like, leaving Klinger in Korea in MASH ... a little something leftover), but this was a bad ending and a bad episode and people who watched loyally for years are allowed to think it stunk.

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scales, PEI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:17 GMT

Haunting - and hollow at the same time. Sadly, these colourful characters simply return to the mundanity of their previous lives. Tony seeks out another therapist, Carm eye balls yet another house, AJ screws up - again. Have they learned nothing! Like the final shot of hot onion rings, the episode had short term bite and flavour but long term regret.

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steven, montclair, ca. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:25 GMT

just as i had suspected. nothing. surprised? no. disappointed? a little. maybe i just need a little something... solid. like reading a book with the last chapter missing. even if it was only a gunshot heard after the sudden blackout, and you weren't sure WHO was shot, at least it would have been... something. huh. bummer. kinda like last season's finale. just... eh.

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Michael, Charleston, sc — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:31 GMT

Tony is dead. Gunshot to the head. Everything went blank. He didnt even see it coming. The camera focusing on Meadow was from Tony's point of view...he was shot as he watching her come in. Think back to the flashback in the 2nd to last episode of Tony sitting on Bobby's boat....they talk about getting shot in the head, and they both agree that you dont even hear anything....everything goes blank!

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dlsjoyce, Chapin, SC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:31 GMT

What happened???? The Sopranos fade to black leaving multiple scenarios to occur in the future. Speculation. Is Junior really demented? Why did Janice chose this particular time to visit Junior? Who knows!!!! Frustrated, somewhat, but left with the possibility of future Soprano escapades: PRICELESS!!!!!

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Daniel — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:21:56 GMT

Hardly the ending I expected, or wanted. I am assuming that a movie will be in the works. If not, what a waste. To be honest, I didn't want to see Tony die. But sitting on the edge of my couch, I was hoping it would happen, because it would have been fitting. It could have been one of the greatest endings to a tv series ever -- instead it fell well short. Chase had an opportunity to send a message with Tony's death, a crime does not pay-sort of thing. Instead Tony gets a pass, like the criminals of our government get in real life. Par for the course. Even if a movie materializes, it won't have the same lure as the tv show. Loyal viewers who sat week after week soaking it in, deserve to have it end just there, and not in a movie theater. Sure, Mr. Chase might say, "you can't make everyone happy", but it in the grand scope of the series, the ending was nothing more than a finger to the consumers of the program. Was it art or was it pressure from the heads above? Regardless, I won't be going to the movie, if there is one. The Soprano's is one of the few shows that I sat through from begining to end, and I feel, and I am sure other people feel the same way, like I got screwed. We look to be entertained in this life. We throw our hard earned money into this entertainment to distract us from the ills of this society. We get screwed daily by the men who run this country, and tonight we got screwed by the man who entertained us.

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mike shackleton — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:02 GMT

It was crap. The writers took the money & bailed. They gave up on the show & we got the banal, tired, results.

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MTCapo, Cincinnati, OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:06 GMT

You absolutely nailed it! Only a true fan could of written such an honest review. Coming from one who has never missed an episode, I applaud David Chase, the writers, and all of the cast members on an amazing journing. My hat goes off to all! Well done! ...well done!

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CK Dexter Haven, NYC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:20 GMT

Lame. Chase took too seriously the Seinfeld Theory of screenwriting. It ended up as a show about nothing. Chase "outsmarted us?" Sure. Do nothing, leave the audience to fill in the blanks, and have the world annoint you as "brilliant." Frankly, it wasn't smart enough. It hasn't been smart for a season or two. The last two episodes, in particular, were filled with cheap filmmaking tricks, and gimmicks. The trains? The SUV versus Phil's head? Hollow 'style.' All of this is particularly disappointing when compared with something like Lost, which continues to grow deeper and deeper. The Sopranos went from enthralling to living strictly on the surface. But, forget all that. What might irk me most is that the final episode, after all of the 'investment' of time by the audience...we were 'treated' to The AJ Show.

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Tanner Rudnick — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:20 GMT

I think the fact that the show was exactly 60 minutes long was genius. Usually it ends 8 minutes early or so (without commercials), so making the episode finish exactly at 10 PM made me think that the channel had been grabbed by the next show scheduled to come on (I have satellite, what channel is being provided by what station varies constantly). I loved the ending, but yet hated it at the same time. I wanted some kind of closure, but now that I think of it, I almost like being left completely in the dark... the Soprano family lives on; we just don't get to watch.

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Amber Chandler, AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:20 GMT

I am so PISSED! I have faithfully watched every season to nearly suffer a stroke when the last scene ended. Having loose ends has always been part of the charm of The Sopranos, but this is ridiculous. I hope DVD sales bite them in the a#$!

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Dateless Nerd, Spring Park, MN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:44 GMT

When people ask me how The Sopranos ended, all I can say is "It didn't."

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george e. harvey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:45 GMT

For once we get an ending of a tv series that does not have an ending as we are left to "wonder" what happened to the entire Soprano famil. Chase was brilliant in the way that he made us think for ourselves as to the outcome. He did not "spoon feed" us an ending

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Bill, Tallahassee, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:22:48 GMT

Maybe in those last five minutes, we were able to connect to Tony's life in a way we haven't before. We thought something was coming and we didn't know from where. No happy ending for Tony. Brilliant last episode.

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Andrew Smith, Houston, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:03 GMT

Am I the first to pick up that the episode was named "Made in America" because it was a Ford that rolled over Phil's head? The last few episodes were named after some indirect connection to someone getting killed and so was this one. Great ending to the show. Mr. Chase rewarded those who have been faithful to the show and didn't compromise the show with some kind of extraordinary ending. Everyone stayed in character for the last episode (Tony referencing his gambling and having the mistress at the hotel, the son's stupid car accident, Carmella's disappointment with Meadow, and other things people have mentioned above.) This was a great final episode to the best show of all time. I will miss it but will always be happy to have had it. It will be nice to "remember the good times."

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michael weinberg — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:12 GMT

a real cop out. pitiful ending only to keep options open for profiteering on the drama at a later date. despicable.

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Dave from Brooklyn — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:14 GMT

I agree that the ending was brilliant. When the screen went black, I almost had a heart attack and thought my cable box had gone out! And the "Don't Stop Believing" by Journey...PRICELESS. -DC

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Dante Harrison — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:14 GMT

This is horrendous! I can't believe they ended the show like that....should've ended in a shoot out or tony alone in a warm bath....unbelievable www.brokerrevolt.com

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Joe — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:22 GMT

Absolute normal television garbage!!! Joe

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Walter North Smithfield RI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:22 GMT

That was a horrible ending, with the anticipation we had, the ending needed to show just that, an ending, a conclusion. This could have been beat by a walk in the park.

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Frank, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:31 GMT

I think everyone is missing it. Tony is dead, he got whacked. The reason it went blank is because you never hear the one that gets you. Recurring theme in the series. Brilliant ending if you figure that out.

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Bicta, Newark, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:37 GMT

You're kinda thinking you wished it ended the way you visioned it in your head. Thank God it didn't because you would say that you knew it and not talk about it the way we are now. Oyeah...I thought my signal cut out and I called up friends! We were all pissed. Now you think about it. Wait for the movie.......then the sequel and then the third final installment like every other movie! You can't, I can't and no one can predict what is in the future with The Soprano's! Leave it! Call it a wrap! Just like the Yankees! We will never be satisfied even if you won 26 titles! RIP Soprano's!

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adam hodge, indianapolis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:42 GMT

I think Tony is dead. Remember back to the first episode this year. "Do you think you hear it coming?" Or something like that. He was asking Bobby what happens when you get whacked. I think he did get killed and that is what we got with the blank screen. That guy went in to the bathroom, came out, and shot him. We got the "oh no!" moment (the cable is out - haha) without actually seeing it.

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John Phoenix, AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:45 GMT

Great ending!!! Let's all discuss this forever and hope for a movie!!!

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maggie, memphis, tn — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:47 GMT

I think Tony was whacked - rememeber his conversation with Bobby about if you "hear it when it happens"...well, I don't think he heard it, one minute he looked up, next...blackness.

Hated it at first, now its growing on me!

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erin cleveland, ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:23:56 GMT

first off, it was a journey song, not a foreigner as said by a previous commentor. it was an awkward ending, not over and not done and so all over the place...which is so the style the show has always gone. Here's to Chase for staying true to who is as an artistic director...and watching and hearing Phil's head smush under the tire of his own car was priceless (i did wish they wouldn't have had the grandbabies in the car!)

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Holly Stewart — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:08 GMT

Stupendous. Mr. Chase never made it easy on the fans, which is why we love this show. You get out of it what you put into it, mentally. At first I thought the blackout was a copout, but in retrospect, I think I've been whacked!

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Jason Cuevas (Madison, Wisconsin) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:08 GMT

This is the ultimate cop out. How is it brilliant? Anyone could go ahead and just and not wrap a show up. The whole hard part of being a good writer is coming up with the right ending. This was the easy road. Don't make any decisions, don't truly end your story. Just give up and "leave it to the viewers imagination." What's the matter? Chases imagination can't finish his own story?

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Exploretta, New York, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:09 GMT

I read a posting elsewhere that I really like. . . If you assume that Chase wants to leave the door open to a movie, that's one thing, but you can also go with this:

"I thought the implication was clear. Tony IS DEAD and WAS CLIPPED by someone. We the audience have always seen the episodes from Tony's point of view, and the blackened silence is what Tony sees and hears when he finally gets clipped. Remember the conversation with Bobby at the lake? "I wonder if you hear the one that gets you" - the final episode answers that question. That is why they flashed back to it at the end of last weeks episode. He never heard the one that killed him."

Posted by someone called themoodyblue on Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:26 pm

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Gloria Bowman — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:13 GMT

At last! No more worrying about "the end." No car chases; no running; all the wacthing was done quietly.
Just regular people talking together about those who died, making arrangements to help the widow and children. A daughter is getting married and a son chooses yet another path in life to follow. Only prison lurks in the background. When Tony visits his paternal uncle who has dementia like his mother, he may see what is ahead for him. Federal prison and then a prison in his mind. He knows the possibilities. Thank you David Chase. You are brilliant. We ate with them, we cringed at the horrow and murder, but we non-the-less became part of the family.
Now with your clever ending, they can live on in our minds. And we all hope to see them again.

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Jeff Plainfield, Illinois — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:32 GMT

This was the worst ending ever to a television series. A finale should be about finishing the storyline. There were many acceptable endings that would still leave enough to make a movie about. I look at several years of time spent watching this series thinking that there would be an ending. I don't want to imagine an ending, I want to SEE IT!

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VJ, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:38 GMT

Outstanding!!!!!! All of the MAJOR plot lines were tied up, Phil is dead, Paulie is now the Boss, Meadow is getting a great attorney job, AJ is finally happy with his life, Carmela is building houses, and Tony, will either go to prison or he won't...... The family is all together and happy for one final meal before the unknown.......What more do you folks want??? Brilliant ending!!!

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Chris C, Staten Island, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:51 GMT

I cannot believe these posts. How anyone can say the final episode was "brilliant" boggles my mind more than than the 'fade-to-black' ending. Why end an epic mobster series with so much unanswered? David Chase is brilliant for 'not taking the easy road'?? Did the Godfather, arguably the greatest film of all time end in such a fashion? If it did, would we refer to it as such? David Chase: The only thing that was whacked in this final episode was the 'greatness' of this series. This will go down as the worst ending ever.

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Kevin Finerty. Helluvamindgame Oklahoma — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:24:55 GMT

The last scene was absolutely brilliant. Tony's hell on earth was metaphorically (as well as realistically) depicted. His home life: hell. His work life: hell. His life on the edge: hell. The never ending pursuit by law enforcement: hell. And guess what? As the song suggests: Tony's hell keeps going "on and on and on and on....." KUDOS to HBO and to David Chase.

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Paul Grzelak Bourbonnais, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:06 GMT

I was pleased to see Phil Leotardo get his. He had it coming. The ending had my heart pounding- was Meadow going to get killed running across the street or by the owner of the car she hit? I kept seeing Michael from the Godfather going to get a gun in the mens room and thought for sure Meadow would have gotten in the way.. I'll miss the Soprano family. Hope all the cast and Mr. Chase enjoy the jot they brought all of us these past years.

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David Styles, Toronto, Ontario — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:07 GMT

I assumed that Meadow walking in the restaurant was the last thing Tony saw before being whacked. Hence the abrupt black out and silence.

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Steffany, Wichita, Kansas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:11 GMT

You have got to be joking! At the very least the cat could have scratched Paulie's eyes out. Come on, the Virgin Mary in a strip club? I understand leaving an open ending, but the finale should have 2 hours.

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Walter A., San Diego, CA. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:34 GMT

The concept of letting the audience know what it's like to get whacked, by having the "lights suddenly turned out" before you were done is brilliant. Kudos to Mr. Chase. I was also originally upset, thinking my cable puked at precisely the wrong moment. But, Chase showed he's the master of unpredictability and entirely original. No other series has ended in such a fashion.

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vivian morschauser — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:35 GMT

It taught me neveer to watch anything produced by David Chase again.

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M. Li Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:50 GMT

I loved how the final scene was shot to give the feeling that something terrible was about to happen to any one of them at any moment, which I think is perfect way to say Tony may be alive, but it could end at any given moment. Great way to end the series

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iamotaku — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:51 GMT

Waste of my time.

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Webster, Temple Hills, Md — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:25:53 GMT

Tony is still the man. The story ends and the first season ended the family together, but divided by issues. Tony will forever remain an icon in media mob culture just as Scareface, the Godfather, and Goodfellas.

We will always love you Tony!!

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Paul, Saratoga Springs, ny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:26:08 GMT

The name of the show is the SOPRANOS. Its always been ultimately about Tony and his family. From uncle Junior, to Janice, to Carm and the kids. The shows core has always been the Soprano's very dysfunctional, yet in some ways a lot like ours, family. This episode gave viewers who realize that a happy ending in my opinion.

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Tom R, San Diego, California — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:26:17 GMT

My initial reaction is that this represents Tony being shot. I think I recall a discussion in a previous episode that concluded that when you get whacked, you don't even feel it. This ending would reference both the Godfather scene and the scene from the end of Goodfellas when Henry Hill says that if it was a hit he wouldn't have even seen it coming. Life goes on for everyone else, but Tony is gone and with him my regular plans for Sunday night. Brilliant series, brilliant ending.

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Edward Lee Framingham , Massachusetts — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:26:20 GMT

i believe that the family did get wasted in the restaurant ,but better to let your mind fill in the blank than hbo actually showing it.Either that or David Chase is holding out for a big screen deal

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Brian-NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:26:30 GMT

Tony Died - never heard a thing - mentioned in pervious show also mentioned in goodfellas "If they were gansters I wouldn't have heard a thing" when the feds get Henry outside the house with the coke.

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Walter North Smithfield RI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:05 GMT

That was a horrible ending, with the anticipation we had, the ending needed to show just that, an ending, a conclusion. This could have been beat by a walk in the park.

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Susan, Delray Beach, FL. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:05 GMT

P=U HBO! You stunk like a skunk! The Sopranos will not be missed as I feared-It was all a waste of time and in the end failed miserably to entertain.

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Chris, Columbia, SC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:10 GMT

Tony is most definantly dead. Remember in just the episode before last when he asked Bobby, "I wonder when it happens, do you hear it coming"? Chase answerd the question here. No: you don't.

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Jim Buffalo NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:11 GMT

Brilliant, provacative, yadda, yadda, yadda.....
I get it!!!! But, what a cheap way to end such a great show. All of this insight crap about Chase.
HBO was the big winner, $$$$$$$!!! We hung on for the finale, which would not have so been great if Tony went into witness protection, or if he got whacked!!! So the screen went blank. I still wish the show hadn't ended.

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AB, Charlotte, NC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:34 GMT

The biggest mystery (the column missed it too)is when Tony walks into the restaurant at the end. He looks around and nobody is there. They cut back to Tony looking, he looks again and see himself already in the restaurant. He's even wearing a different shirt. So draw your conclusions from there.

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Mark MacDonald Oklahoma City, OK — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:34 GMT

That was the worst series finale that I have ever witnessed. I am so disappointed in the writers of that episode. Boooooo! Hissssss@!

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Webster, Temple Hills, Md — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:36 GMT

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wholetruthy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:27:48 GMT

so Tony goes to this island....to form a new crew and a polar bear eates AJ

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Terry, Guelph Ontario Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:06 GMT

Well that was an interesting ending....guess we'll have to wait for the "SOPRANOS" movie to find out what happened in that restaurant.

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MFB, Philadelphia, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:07 GMT

I too went to get up and wack the side of my tv....i'm glad though..maybe they'll make a movie...you never want something like this to end...

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Robin L., Bayside, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:13 GMT

Just as in the end of one of the all-time great sitcoms, "Everybody Loves Raymond," it was just another day and life goes on...

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Richard Schuyler, Lompoc, California — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:16 GMT

Brilliant ending. The whacking scene for Phil was delicious. I did yell a few cuss words when at the crucial moment everything went black. I had been having trouble with my satellite. A great show, great cast and great memories....arreverderci!

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Ken, Lacey, wa — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:20 GMT

TERRRRRRIIIIBBBBLLLLEEEEEE!!! 86 episodes, and that one will go down as the worst final show ever!!!

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Jeremy Cooper, Boston, Massachusetts — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:29 GMT

To David C or Illinois. I'm frustrated and I do get it. I got screwed. Royally. I don't see what's so brilliant about a writer who can't close the door on a story. He didnt' have to completely close it but Chase didn't even bother to even try to close it. What's so brilliant about that? What I think he did was to keep his cash cow alive and he'll make more money with it down the line. He left more story open than he closed. I've seen Soprano episodes where they didn't leave as many things open during the series as they did in the finale. Anyway, highly highly disappointed. It's like Chase himself didn't know how to handle it. A lot of tension at the end and ....fade to black??? What the heck was that about? Brilliant? Not even close. More like cowardly.

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shawna,ga — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:38 GMT

i think that they all lived,ate their onion rings,tony rebuilt the family and he killed every ny person who breathed funny around him

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Marianne, New Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:38 GMT

It was awesome! It leaves us where we have always been with The Soprano's... being blown away by what the heck just happened and wondering what will happen next!

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Donna R Ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:28:57 GMT

I thought it was horrible. Fans watched this show every week. Not that I wanted everyone to die but come on its a mob drama not a family show. I think David Chase did this just for his own personal gain. A possible film. Think about all that were greatly disappointed tonight, and the ones that need closure. This equals millions at the box office. And anyone who sees the movie will only add to David Chases millions.

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Michael Kapreliao — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:29:18 GMT

Great ending..Makes us think....How about a movie in about 2 years. It will be a box office hit. Get some new people in the show. Seinfeld never did it but I sure hope Chase writes a script..Who knows maybe I would like to play a part....

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Mark, Chicago IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:29:20 GMT

The show ended with Tony's family exactly as they have always been depicted -- the prototypical American family -- only with a dad whose job happens to include murder, exploitation and theft. Chase ended it brilliantly; I'm not necessarily happy about it but it is unbelievable how unique and appropriate such an ending is.

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Chrissie, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:29:28 GMT

No other word but brilliant can describe tonight. Thank you Mr. Chase for so many years of Tony. Everyone should check out www.philly.com and read Jonathan Storm's summary of the show - it also hits the nail on the head. David Chase 86'd the Sopranos on the 86th show ... we'll be talking about this for years to come.

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ron cole, Jericho, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:29:35 GMT

The end was done entirely through Tony's eyes. He was killed as he put the coin in the jukebox. That's how you die. It just suddenly goes black forever.

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jm — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:29:50 GMT

i think the cat was adriana, not christopher--

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ER — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:29:58 GMT

Stupid ending...hardly brilliant. My 4 year old daughter could have thought that up. Chase sold out for the movie. Which I have no problem with, more Sopranos for all of us. I'd have more respct for Chase if he had "da balls" to kill Tony off and end it here...but I inderstand the big payday that the movie will bring them all. I bet they call it "Clever"!!!LOL

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Elizabeth, Sun City, California — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:03 GMT

Oh my gosh...are you kidding me? I fell for the "cable went out trick" just like the rest of us. I am hoping this leaves the door open for more Soprano's OR a movie? Something..anything!

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Patrick, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:11 GMT

Amazing. My heart is still pumping after the screen blanked out - both from being mad thinking that my cable went out and from the series of events leading to the final moments of the show. David Chase, thanks for creating a show that goes beyond the mainstream.

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the man — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:28 GMT

what a joke. waste of an hour

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Denise Carver, Waco, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:35 GMT

It was wonderful. The Soprano's has always been about the music too. How perfect it was near the end when Tony picked the Journey song, "Don't Stop Belevin'", hold on to that feeling. Some will win, some will lose, some were born to sing the blues, oh the moive never ends, it goes on and on, don't stop belevin'. Always leave them wanting more, and David Chase did just that, thanks David, perfect ending.....

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Joe Russ New York City — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:44 GMT

David Chase and HBO screwed everyone. Now suckers will buy the dvd of final season to see alternate endings, and get an explanation of what this one meant.

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davidson, Boca Fla — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:50 GMT

Just an idea, what if Tony was killed? Remember in the first episode of this season when Tony was talking to Bobby and said "you never see it coming". What about the idea that the guy did do a Godfather and Meadow was the last thing he saw. Everything was surrounded around Tony's life.

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Frank, Delray Beach,Fl — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:50 GMT

Hopefully Chase is in the same undisclosed location with Cheney!

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Donna Hargrove, Jackson, TN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:55 GMT

I thought the ending was brilliant. I can rest easy now knowing Phil is gone...Silvio probably won't die...Carmela & the kids are OK and best of all, Tony came out on top. Sure, there were some unanswered questions...but that's what makes this show so real. Not every situation gets resolved in real life. Mr. Chase, thanks for a great series!

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Joe Nieto, Sugar Land, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:30:55 GMT

The way to look at it is that life continues for Tony and the Crew. We were offered a peek into their lives for a number of years and now we move on...and they stay behind. Each day is fraught with danger and I think the director did an excellent job of putting the viewer in the position that Tony lives in each day; waiting and wondering and planning. I predict a movie deal will be announced in time for 2008.

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REV, San Antonio, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:20 GMT

This was a brilliant and perfect ending. It had that certain quality found in old movies where we, ourselves, created the ending we wanted while watching the main characters ride off into the sunset. In doing this david Chase let everyone create the ending they wanted...BRILLIANT!!!

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George Kennedy, half a mile from Holstein's — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:26 GMT

I was disappointed; I really expected Dumbledore to come back.

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Matt, N.O, LA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:28 GMT

THe guy that sat in the booth by himself was the "terminator two guy". The one who owned the hunting department store. I thought for sure he was going to whack toni.

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Clay K Rosemount, MN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:32 GMT

NO NO NO. The very same elitist snobs who say they "Never watched the show for the violence" are the same ones who will defend this garbage as "brilliant". Chase will make a movie. period. If Chase had not wasted last year's episodes, he would not have had to pack so much story into the last few. Chase is the first to admit that he should have ended the show long ago

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Billy E. Houston, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:34 GMT

I loved the ending too. By the way, the song was Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'," not Foreigner.

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Jimbo San Marcos, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:46 GMT

I guess I expected more blood and guts out of this final episode. But once again David Chase proved that he knows what is best for the Sopranos. Thanks for the great run!!!

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Jennifer, Omaha, Nebraska — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:55 GMT

Am I the only person that thinks Tony got wacked? Remember the conversation he had with Bobby? "You never hear it coming." The show ended abruptly because he was shot and that was it. He never heard it coming and neither did the audience. I think the ending was great!

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Brad Martin, Centerville, Tennessee — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:31:59 GMT

The only thing I was hoping for was one more scene with Tony and the ducks . . . and it looked like we were going to get it. But even Tony doesn't always get what he wants, only what he needs. Right? Beautiful ending, Mr. Chase.

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michelle smyth — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:08 GMT

I didnt like it. I'm sick of shows that think its cool to leave things up in the air. Also. this was the worst soprano's season ever. such a let down. so little character development. it was like clips of unfinished scenes. so much could have been done to have solid story lines. david chase failed. this was not the show that was nominated for numerous emmy's.

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Janice, Wichita, Kansas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:10 GMT

I LOVED the Sopranos! I know what everyone says about a movie - especially David Chase & James Gandolfini but I still think they are going to make a movie out of it! I think they will wait a long time to do so though - to allow them all to recover from the stress of this series but I think sooner rather than later, we will all go see THE SOPRANOS - THE MOVIE!

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Michael, NYC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:12 GMT

I think Test Pattern got it right. My mind was racing during that whole diner scene. All sorts of possibilities; and in the end, just a dysfunctional family eating out at the dinner. And btw, growing up in NYC, the urban myth was that if you took your road test in New Jersey you didn't have to learn to parallel park, because everyone just parked at the mall.

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I am Stitch 2 U, the Hammer — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:22 GMT

I got it and all, and yeah we get to fill in the final blanks ourselves, until a possible movie, which is not a sure thing. In many ways this was a most satisfying ending in that we got resolution to many issues, yet there is no resolution for Tony, only the next problem. Isn't that very much like our own lives? Great universal theme Chase. I wonder if Harry Potter will die?

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Chris Pittsburgh, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:27 GMT

Perfect!!! Remember that the 2nd to the last episode was supposed to be the real ending... What Chase did was to take all the watchers theories and make everyone believe they were right!! The feds, Uncle Jr, Paulie, everyone .... He took everything that everyone thought MIGHT happen and then did not do anything ( Did anyone catch the last part where tony walked in the the diner and he saw himself ) Dream???/ He used it all against us!!!! And it was perfect!!!!!

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Steve, Pittsburgh PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:33 GMT

It is not that i hated the finale, nor was it that i liked it too much. I have been a fan of this show since day 1, never skipped a beat. I just feel robbed of a solid ending. If, in fact Mr. Chase wanted to imply tony was killed, all he needed was one more scene. The guy putting on gloves in the bathroom, prepping for the kill. Or something along those lines. It makes no sense how Mr. Chase can get any fulfillment out of that ending. He put so much thought and creativity into the show, that ending on a "fade to black" just robs him of all of his hard work. If anyone has got blue balls before at a party when you meet a hot chick... That is the feeling i got from this. Also for those who thing "this leads to a movie", anyone who is a true fan can tell you this. David Chase and that entire crew are not cheesy enough to pull such a move. I guess we all have to wait and see what Mr. Chase wanted to imply, that is if he even comments. So as many say, i guess it is up to our own imagination on what really happed to the soprano family.

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Jeff, LA, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:36 GMT

I don't usually watch The Sopranos. But I'm a playwright/actor in LA and as a writer, I thought the ending was a pussy way for Chase to end the show. He didn't want to commit and piss off anyone so he ended it so everyone's left wondering what happened. Yeh, that guy goes to the bathroom like in The Godfather. The black kids walk in. All sorts of things made you think they could all be whacked at any point. I don't care if they lived or died (the characters), but Chase should've chosen an ending and stuck to it. He owed that to his fans who MADE the show popular. And that was Journey, not Foreigner singing, "Don't Stop Believing".

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John Lewis, Dallas, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:41 GMT

Are you people kidding? That's what happens when you die. Things go silent and black. Tony got whacked in the end. Chase just didn't give you the visuals. It was the end from Tony's perspective.

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frank h., central valley, ny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:32:43 GMT

i wish i had never started watching this show - 8 1/2 years for this ?

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Patrick, Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:01 GMT

How do people not get this. In the last scene of last weeks episode there is a flash back to Tony and Bobby on a boat talking about how you never see it coming. The instant cut to black of the final scene was Tony's end. You never saw it coming and you didn't feel a thing.

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Vic, Austin TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:14 GMT

Anyone who thinks that ending was genius could very well be an idiot. Thats the most uncreative ending it could have possibly be and its very cliche. Great stories have great endings and this was a copout, which matched the entire 7th season.

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S. Clelland, Toronto, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:18 GMT

David Chase has made his mark in TV history. How many people can remember...or care to remember how their favourite show ended? Usually predictably and in dissapointment. Thumbs way up. Your sure shocked me. I expected the worst and just when I thought I was going to see the end of Tony right in front of his family....nothing. What a fitting end to a rollercoaster ride of emotions from season one up until tonight. Expect the unexpected. We should have known.

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Catherine Sori, Highland, IN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:21 GMT

Once you're hooked on the Sopranos, "there's no way out!" Does anyone know if there's any chance of petitioning to bring the show back?

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Steve Turner Cdar Falls Iowa — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:23 GMT

Hey Tony! This thing of ours? Onion Rings. (Vox et praeterea nihil.)

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Dillon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:23 GMT

That was Journey,not Foreigner Tom.I would have rather seen Tony die than to have the show leave me wallowing in speculation for the last 5 minutes, The only scene that sufficed in that episode was Phil Leotardo getting ran over by the SUV. Even the smoke coming in through the air vents made me think that Aj and that girl were pulling some kind of "We both hate the world, so lets commit suicide whilst having sex" type of deal. I had been anticipating this episode for weeks and have been completly let down.

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cb — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:29 GMT

I did not like it. Not at all. It felt like the writers abdicated. Couldn't decide on "happy" or "sad" for an ending and just plain abdicated. Lame.

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Lafayette, LA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:37 GMT

I thought this ending sucked!! I would have to at least heard some gunshots as the camera faded... How anticlimatic...

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Joe — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:47 GMT

What, wada youse kiddin me, from a burnt out writting staff unable to come up with anything else, this is how you end one of the top two or three TV shows in the history of BROADCASTING c'mon youse guy's were so much betta than that ending

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Peaches, Kansas City, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:50 GMT

As I was sitting here watching the Sopranons, I began to realize that all is as well as can be. That is, if you began to think like David Chase. I like most fans, knew that the storyline coulnd't be wrapped up in 1 hr, but I also was waiting for the big bang. Instead it is now up to our imagination to figure out how this all ends. But I tell you what. David Chase owes my cable company a big apogoly. Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me... Thanks for keeping our imagination live Mr. Chase.

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Dave, Fort Lauderdale, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:50 GMT

Wasn't the final view of Meadow entering the diner from Tony's point of view? How about when the screen went blank, that was Tony being whacked? The men's room where the mysterious stranger disappeared was to the side of Tony, so if he was looking at Meadow, he would not have seen the guy shooting him from the side.

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JCS, Yuma, AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:53 GMT

I, too, thought it was brilliant. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. It was what it was. A man having dinner with his family, while customers come and go and his daughter has trouble parking her car. The guy going to the bathroom, was just going to the bathroom. It's not necessary to read anything into it and I don't need a movie in 2 years to end it for me. Life goes on. The best part was Phil Leotardo getting his head run over so he can't be viewed in an open casket.

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Denise Carver, Waco, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:55 GMT

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Jim, Long Island, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:56 GMT

Ending? There was no ending... Just a setup for Sopranos: The Movie

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Marc Dickman Tampa, Fl. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:57 GMT

Complete garbage besides Phil the douche bag dying. There has to be a movie. Major disappointment from last weeks suspense. No closure to the storylines.

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B.V. Judin, Jackson, MS — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:57 GMT

As poet T.S. Eliot said, "This is how the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper." A boring...that's right... BORING finale!!! This makes the Seinfield finale look brilliant and we all know how much we hated that!

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allison - atlanta, ga — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:57 GMT

Note: it was journey, not foreigner. i hated the ending. he left it up to our imaginations? it's not our story - it's david chase's. he should've not left it so open. i thought it was weak.

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Jason — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:33:59 GMT

The ending was classic. I can't believe nobody gets it. Remember the ending of the previous episode, when Bobby tells Tony in the boat "You probably don't even hear it when it happens."? Well, every time a family member walked into the diner, the camera switched to Tony's point of view and he watches them walk in. When Meadow walks in, she has a horrified look on her face and it goes black.... Tony got whacked in that final scene. He never saw it coming, much less heard it. Chase gave us a vital clue, but he did it in the previous episode. Nothing else makes sense because mark this down folks... There ain't gonna be a movie. If that's what you all are telling yourselves to make it better....stop right now and save yourselves some agony.

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Drew — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:00 GMT

The Lady or the Tiger has already been done too many times. I'd say just short of genius.

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joebo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:00 GMT

Good triumphed over evil in that the FBI seemingly helped Tony's men find and dispatch Phil, and then left Tony to the tender mercies of federal prosecutors and a grand jury. (My preferred outcome anyway).

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LR, Michigan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:03 GMT

I think a couple of alternate endings will be on the DVD. So having a hanging ending is probably a way for HBO to make more money of us.

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Andre N. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:13 GMT

It was a terrific ending. Chase made the final episode about more than just Tony Soprano, but about the end of an era for the "italian" mob. Many references were made to how the italian neighborhoods have been minimized and in one case reduced to a single block. The final scene pointed out that the only thing Tony had left was his family. His friends were gone, his power was taken, and his life is in constant speculation...

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Dave, Minneapolis, MN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:19 GMT

I read a post on another site that I thought explained the ending perfectly. Tony was whacked and he didn't hear the shot coming. The show has always been told from Tony's perspective. In last week's episode there was a flashback to a discussion Tony had with Bobby in which they wondered if you heard the shot that finally got you. The answer is apparently no.

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Daniel NY, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:21 GMT

i thought it w s a brilliant ending. At least conceptually, the filmmaking was a littly clunky, but just so smart ---people are frustrated; calling the cable compnay, each other---but that's the thing, when life ends, it doesn't do so at the right moment, your onion rings arern't brought to the table, you weren't next to your daughter....it just stops.... masterpiece.

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Clet R. Lafayette, LA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:34 GMT

I actually screamed "YES!" when Phil finally got wacked, although I did feel a little weird when the SUV ran over his head. I have to say though, the ending was weak. Seems to me that Mr. Chase couldn't decide what to do with his characters in order to wrap up the series. Classic "Sopranos" percentage of disappointment... 8 great things and 2 bad things. Its how they've always done things.

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Godfather, Atlanta, GA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:39 GMT

Expected more than Leotardo's demise. Need closure, so there must be a movie as others have mentioned or a spinoff series in the works.

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RA Atlanta, GA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:45 GMT

The Best Show in the History of Television has ended. (fade to black)

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KT, Portland, OR — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:34:59 GMT

Anyone who thought this episode was brilliant should spend their time with colouring books. There is no need to pay for cable. What a dissapointing episode.

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Anita — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:35:05 GMT

WHAT A TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!! The only two good items were Phil getting what he deserved and a small cheer for the FBI guy for helping Tony, even referring to him as "my friend". Other than that, it was the worst ending ever. There was more attention paid to AJ, a completely overexposed character, than to any other character this season. I was so let down, THIS IS WHAT I'VE WAITED FOR FOR 8 1/2 YEARS???

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john tucker, new york — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:35:24 GMT

Great ending. I read ALOT of predictions, and noone thought that Tony would undercut Phil by making a deal with his underlings.

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BeBe, Ontario, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:35:33 GMT

The show ended more than an hour and a half ago and I'm still on the fence about how I feel about the ending. One things for sure, the door is open for a movie!

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Keith, Portland, ME — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:35:50 GMT

Not taking the easy road? Are you joking? Can't figure out an ending worthy of the series? Just cut the tape and roll the credits. I like the idea of "the audience getting whacked", but this "cut ending" approach just seemed flat out lazy to me. There were far better ways to remain true to the intended concept without having people think their service was disrupted. Please....

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Cristina, Syracuse, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:35:57 GMT

I love that Chase managed to leave us with the frustration and paranoia that Tony lived his whole life--frustration that nothing is black and white, paranoia that the most mundane gestures and events can turn deadly (or not) and that there is no such thing as closure. Not to mention the paranoia that somehow our cable service cut out last minute, thus we were the ones whacked. It was brilliant. I want to watch it again and again. I want to teach this episode to my students. We are so used to gift wrapped banal endings in America, it's refreshing to be given one this visceral.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jackson — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:35:59 GMT

My husband and I sat there with our mouths open kept looking at each other then the TV and back again. Im glad Tony didnt go down, but Im afraid the final episode lacked the thrill it had all day leading up to it....At least Phil got what was coming to him, really that was the only bright spot...sorry we were a little disappointed.

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r chisolm — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:15 GMT

The posers that think they "get it" are come lately socialites that most likely watched one season, HBO rear ended all real fans of the show since the beginning, so you with it types watch all the new psuedo fey series going nowhere on your network. Unbunch your thong from seeing phils head go.

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Teresa Myers, San Diego, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:17 GMT

Does anyone agree with a couple of the posters on the HBO Community site that the fade to black ending was the death of Tony? They speculated that Tony was shot just as Meadow enters the cafe and that the music (& life) stopped for Tony. They referenced an earlier episode where Tony & Bobby speculate about how everything just goes black when you get hit...you don't see or hear anything anymore...Someone who watched the episode with me ( & is not a Soprano's devotee) also interpreted it this way.

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Random Jones — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:26 GMT

Clever - very clever. "Obla dee obla daa life goes on bra, nah nah how the life goes on."

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John Johnston, Lexington ,MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:29 GMT

Still sticking my hands in the cracks of the sofa, trying to find remote.. Not at all what I expected... The last episode did not hold my attention like others ,guess I expected more... Great show though, Actually the only reason why I have HBO and DVR

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Gil M, Grand Blanc, MI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:30 GMT

And don't forget the first music during the opening scenes, "You Keep Me Hanging On" by Vanilla Fudge. Chase foretold the whole episode right there.

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Kat, Austin, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:38 GMT

The perfect ending to the perfect series. David Chase raised the bar for television drama, and this was a fantastic denoument. The last five minutes are among the most nerve-wracking of any drama I've ever seen -- who knew that Steve Perry and onion rings could be so spine-tingling??? IMHO, we got the perfect mix of resolution and uncertainty: Phil Leotardo meets his just end (CRUNCH!), the humor of the show returns after so many sad, anxious weeks (meow), we glimpse a future for AJ, Meadow and Carm... and yet Tony's as nuts as ever, and headed for indictment or worse. THANK YOU, David Chase, James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Terry Winter and the rest of the cast and crew, for The Sopranos, which was not just another TV show, but really one of the most fully-realized and satisfying stories ever told about America.

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JCA, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:44 GMT

By the end of the episode, I got the feeling that it was too difficult for the writer(s) to choose an ending (which is why they chose no ending at all). You can look at this absense symbollicly if you wish, but I think it was just a case of indecision. Even still, it wouldn't have been The Sopranos without some kind of twist.

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Brian Merritt, NY, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:44 GMT

Perfect ending. Tony lived, and went on with his family happy. for those who think he was shot, who was going to shoot him? He made peace with the other family, and Phil was dead, so who was gonna whack him? As a mob boss, he has been under threat of going to jail forever, so that hasn't changed. So there was no final shot of the family together, or Tony smiling, or him in a big chair smoking a cigar. It is hard for people to accept that a show where the plot revolves around a villain, that there is a happy ending.

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Randy C (Randy Cushman) — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:45 GMT

Please, PLEASE give us a movie. A summer blockbuster to be sure.

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Billie Katterhagen, Rockyford, Alberta — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:50 GMT

Do we know for sure that there is going to be a movie. You hear lots of talk, but not from David Chase, and I'm sure he must own all the rights to The Sopranos. I don't want it to end, I've loved this series.

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Matt — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:51 GMT

My take is in the second to last episode when tony flashed back to bobby saying, "your probaly never here it when it happens" at the end of the episode (flashing back from the first)talking about getting killed, is what happened at the end of the finale, the music loud, plenty of shady characters around, and the dead SILENCE at the cut-off.....Think about it

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Bernie Birnbaum, Washington, DC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:54 GMT

Reminded me of a dream...Tony says goodbye to junior--bringing it back full circle to his dad. Goes to a diner, sees songs from past decades--to the 50s-70s, his days of courting Carmella, his own ascent. The characters of classic diners (Made in America was the title), and all the other stuff it meant--edge of your seat, etc--family together, then meadow (now about to be a lawyer to save criminals like Tony) runs and seems too late...suddenly, like TOny does at the beginning of every ep. (almost) wakes up...the dream is over...he can't get the help he needs...is he in jail? THe point? It is genius. This is just some theory. It doesn't matter. Give Chase a break, all those people who are angry (not so much on this board) and recognize how brilliant this is. Maybe Tony was shot. Maybe it was all in the head of an autistic child like on St. Elsewhere. The point? It is what we make of it. Thank you David Chase.

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John - NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:55 GMT

"If they had been wiseguys, I wouldn't have heard a thing." - GoodFellas

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Johnny Salami, Flemington, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:36:56 GMT

Brilliant!!! It was like you were in the diner and got whacked so you don't know how it turned out for Tony or his family. Look... There's just too money to be make in a move...if that's where Chase wants to go. Otherwise,leaving it where it is just suits me fine too.

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Chris Vetrano — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:05 GMT

A.J. reminds Tony that he once told him to "remember the good times." We all will...along with every brilliant shot, plot turn and twisted joke. Bravo!

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Rich Hamlin, Martinsville,VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:06 GMT

Since the show was 99% about Tony and his view of life, it seems to me that one possible interpretation of the final scene is that Tony was indeed whacked by someone in the diner -- there were several sinister characters to choose from -- and the sudden blackness was Chase's version of death for the character the we all kind of became. Like a true mob hit it was sudden and swift and unknowable from the victims point of view.

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Disappointed, Forest Hills, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:11 GMT

Where's a RONCO TV BRICK when you need one!

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Steve Berman — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:13 GMT

First I said, "no, no not that way." Then I started to laugh. Then I thought it was pretty cool. It had to end that way! No one really wanted anything to happen to any of the main characters.

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Pauline, Cumberland RI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:14 GMT

Loved it! Mr Chase, I love the way you think. Love how Phil got it - the overkill of Phil was just what I needed - got even more satisfaction on Phil's hit than my previous favorite hit on Ralph. I especially loved the Journey song "Don't Stop Believin'" ending at the word "stop". Just brilliant. Can't wait for the movie (there WILL be a movie, right?!)

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Eric Fond du Lac,WI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:28 GMT

After 7 years I am still kind of numb.Alot to ponder on,but I am very happy Tony is still alive and Paulie freaked by an orange cat.Farewell Sopranos,we will all miss you!

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John C, Philadelphia, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:43 GMT

Dumb...I am so glad I never watched this show. Now when ever anyone asks me if I know what happened on the last episode I can say nothing and be correct. And I didn't even have to waste my time today, except for the one minute it took to read the above text.

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chrissie, boise, idaho — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:46 GMT

um, i hated that ending, but at the same time i understand why it is the way it is. we also thought something happened with our directv, haha. now it will eat at my brain because i expected answers and resolutions. if a movie comes out, i will definitely be there. i need some sort of valid ending!

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jane doe — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:51 GMT

What a waste! Cop-OUT! I can't believe after all these years that is what we were left with!! What were the creators thinking...to all those who blogged above raving about the final episode...c'mon, you all must be interns or lowly office assistants for Chase! Pathetic!

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Anthony F. Nai, MA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:53 GMT

Just for the record...the ending sucked.Period. This whole last season was lame. I've been a fan sence the 3rd episode of the first season and I dont understand how other fans are gonna prase the last 65 minutes of a great run...I dont know, very disapointed.

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Lee Gerald, Memphis, TN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:57 GMT

Tony go whacked. Going back to he & Bobby in the boat discussing getting killed: "just goes black." The show ended where it began, from Tony's point of view. Just my take on it. I am sure the discussions will be on-going.

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Jen, West Deptford, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:58 GMT

The ending still sucked! I WANT A MOVIE!!

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Rob Smithtown, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:58 GMT

I must say I was secretly hoping that Doctor Melfi would walk in and shoot Tony in the diner, driven mad by her unique patient. Well Chase always left me wanted more and he accomplished just that. Well be trying to figure out for years if the Cat is a reicarnted Ade and why can't Meadow park her lexus? That's David for all the fun

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Randy C (Randy Cushman), Wells, ME — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:37:58 GMT

Please, PLEASE give us a movie. A summer blockbuster to be sure!

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Margaret Hinrichsen Shreveport, LA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:10 GMT

My husband thought I was a lunatic when I yelled at the top of my lungs "OMG, THE SATELLITE JUST WENT OUT" I swear, I really though it had gone out. I replayed my tivo 3 times just to make sure I wasn't imagining things. I was throughly disgusted and confused at this ending. WTF?!?! Kudos for a great run, but the end left ALOT to be desired!!!

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Nick, Philadelphia PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:22 GMT

The ending was terrible. It reminded me why I stopped caring about this show a couple seasons ago.

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Brady Bonk, Arlington, Va. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:23 GMT

"Tony was not whacked." Oh, I think he was. Why else would they have reminded us last episode of the conversation with Bobby where they discussed that one would not see his own demise coming? And Tony is the main protagonist, so it makes sense that the audience's P.O.V. would evaporate simultaneously with his. I think Tony was taken out, in front of his family and several dozen shocked restaurant patrons. The silent credit roll told me everything I needed to know: Tony Soprano is dead.

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Big "B" Jackson, Ms. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:42 GMT

There will be a movie coming soon that will complete the Soprano Saga. Right!!!!!

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anne dietz, canton,mi — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:45 GMT

Jouney singing DON'T STOP BELIEVING, HOLD ON TO THAT FEELING. Great ending

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frank kaplan, district of columbia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:52 GMT

indeed, in the end, it was the viewers who got whacked.......

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Pat, Zion, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:55 GMT

My impression was that David Chase 'pulled the plug' on the whole situation. Not being one who always brought closure to individual dramas I would have been disappointed if everything was brought full circle.

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Gibson, Mankato Minn. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:55 GMT

Hard to imagine Chase settling on a more conventional ending and being happy with it. And considering how long I'll be thinking about this episode, the same goes for me -- a thankful viewer.

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chris kosmos, Windsor, Ontario — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:38:59 GMT

After season 3 this all went down hill. Chase hit a writing wall after 9/11 and the show has lost its edge with some good moments but for the most part left us all wanting it to return to its once was at the beginning.

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Sea Aggie — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:02 GMT

Final song was by Journey, not Foreigner.

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r.c. seattle — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:05 GMT

That's the way we Ita;ians are!! R. Cinelli

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Al Capone, SwimmingWithFishes, Atlantic Ocean — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:09 GMT

Like the Sopranos, there's money to made and a movie will follow. If it weren't for the fact that there is some financial ulterior motive by the production company to make money from a movie, the ending would actually mean something. This sort of duplicity taints Chase's creativity by raising the suspicion of "motives for profit."

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TK, Springfield, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:10 GMT

If you liked this episode, I'd be happy to come over to your house and extend my middle finger directly in your face for a small fee. Because that is exactly what David Chase did to you at the end of that episode. Those of you defending it are just demonstrating your blind loyalty to that show. Also, anyone who thinks that's the best show in TV history, David Chase just took away any argument you might have had.

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Barbara Aloise, Manchester NH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:11 GMT

Did all you people who thought the ending was Brilliant watch the same ending I did? I can not believe it ended that way. David Chase owed a better ending it to his loyal viewers! I didnt expect Tony being killed or any of his crew to be turn coats, I did expect closure! How could David Chase sleep at night knowing he ended one of TV greatest shows in history with a Black Screen? Not only did David Chase annoy us loyal viewers, but how about the satellite companies and cable companies workers who had to deal with the millions of frantic calls thinking their cable was shut off at the most important part of a series finale? Or how about HBO who already knew their subscription rate was going to drop as soon as it was over, but they were so flooded with irate customers about the ending that it shut its website down? Bottom line, even if Mr. Chase and the Sopranos cast decides to make a movie (by the way for those you waiting for a movie, dont hold your breath! Just read any interview with James Gandofini, he has stated more than once, once the show ends thats it for him.....NO more Tony Soprano!)I will not shell out anymore money for the Sopranos! I have already spent $2000.00 subscribing to HBO for the biggest let down in TV History

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M Archie, Washington, DC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:16 GMT

I am absolutely disappointed and pissed. i could have watched the NBA finals and I certainly don't see myself purchasing the box set. Being indecisive is not brilliant. The ending was not brilliant. It took the easy way out.

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Chris — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:19 GMT

It was terrible. I didn't need everything neatly packaged, but I would have liked to have seen something. Anything.

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Louie, Saddle River, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:20 GMT

As a big fan of the original Godfather movie, thoughts of Michael Corleone in the bathroom came to mind and the last five minutes were full of tension as to what could happen. In the end...it left us with his life continues, but we are left to wonder what kind of life it will be with the pending indictments. It's been a great nine years and I agree...no movie. If a feature must be done, let it be cast on HBO.

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Carl.mtl , Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:26 GMT

mmmm nice ending but i have one question .... to who i send the bill for fixing my tv after thinking it lost the signal ? ;o)

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Aaron Zschokke, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:33 GMT

What was smart about it ??? Kill Tony...no more cash. Last season...no more cash. Leave it open for a movie..........tons more cash. See ya soon ..."T"

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Mike Crane — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:47 GMT

Exactly, The viewers got whacked. David Chase has always said that "you never see it coming"! Thats what happened. One minute we were watching the show and the next...... NOTHING!! We got whacked!

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Marie - Hartford, CT — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:51 GMT

I thought the ending was brillant. Tony wanted peace w/ his life.. his family, with the boys, with his sister, the feds and especially his uncle. There was no one Tony or any of his family members would have gotten WACKED. The music "Don't Stop" from Journey was the icing on the cake. The music is this last episode was all Rock. GREAT JOB DAVID CHASE!! Also, let the Soprano rest... NO MOVIE!

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brian, long island, ny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:51 GMT

I think tony was almost definitly killed.... Look at it like this....remember earlier in the season paulie was saying that he heard that you never even realize it when you get shot....I think the last few seconds were from tonys eyes....you heard the door open the camera raised as if tony was looking up and the sudden black was when he was shot..

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Chad, Rome, GA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:39:58 GMT

I agree with what appears to be the consensus; David Chase is a man of remarkable vision and genius. The (remaining) characters can now live on in our imaginations, or a big-screen adaptation. In addition to what all previous posters have stated, I think another point the last scene was trying to suggest is that despite La Cosa Nostra, despite the paranoia, depression, college, marriage, etc., the Soprano family is just that, an American family. And after all the drama, that's the one thing that has remained the same. Bravo, Mr. Chase, bravo.

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Greg W Long Island NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:12 GMT

No....Tony WAS whacked. Think about the conversation he had with Bobby in the boat. "it just happens,you don't even know it" He was eating an onion ring and.....done. David Chase showed from Tony's perspective, the last thing he saw was Meadow walking through the door

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Garbage, — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:19 GMT

What a waste of time on entertainment

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Dan Goulet, Phoenix, Arizona. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:25 GMT

Excellent ending. The last 10 minutes had me on edge and Chase played it off brilliantly. I never thought the HBO signal crashed - I knew it was the end. A smile crossed my face as my TV went black. The show didn't fade to black, the audience got whacked to black! Beautiful. No happy-ending, no closure. All that we know is that we live one day at a time and anything can happen in that one day. To all those "fans" that wanted closure - too bad. Life goes. Use your theater of the mind if you need closure. Dan Goulet

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DWS — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:29 GMT

I just wanted to see that whimpering, good for nothing leach get whacked... AJ of course!

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Aaron Zschokke, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:39 GMT

What was smart about it ??? Kill Tony...no more cash. Last season...no more cash. Leave it open for a movie..........tons more cash. See ya soon ..."T".

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Jim Hall, Fredericksburg, Va. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:45 GMT

This episode was an example of the arrogance of success. Chase ended it that way because he could, not because it made for a good story.

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Doug — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:57 GMT

This was a terrible finale. Boring. Way too much time wasted on useless (and boring) sub plots. They set the stage last week for what could (and should) have been exiting with a bang. But they chose to exit with barely a whimper.

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Sarah Williams — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:40:58 GMT

I thought it was great, pulling us in with the tension that they must feel all the time, but I really think Tony was killed - I think without him, there's nothing left to see, it's over, so suddenly.

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Muzzy Q — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:41:04 GMT

We are not the spoonfed ones without the vision to appreciate the ridiculous ending presented by this supposed auteur. We lack nothing. Chase lacked both the vision to give his story an end and the intestinal fortitude to kill his goose that laid the golden egg. Hollywood calling, maybe? We are not stupid and waking up from some sort of electronic fog. We are discerning and saw the thin stuff of this final episode for what it was: bad writing in bad television.

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Cristina A, Santa Clara, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:41:23 GMT

I loved it, and jumped off the couch wondering why my TV went to black. This is the way The Sopranos should have gone out and the way it was meant to. It leaves everyone wondering "what if..." If they make a movie, great, if not, that's OK too. I'm going to miss the Soprano family, but I've always got the DVDs.

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LV Woo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:41:23 GMT

Perhaps Tony was killed and that is why it all faded to black? Whatever, even tho' I threw a wad of paper at the TV, I thought it was a way to end even if it didn't conclude.

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Big Al, Richmond, VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:41:32 GMT

Fantastic ending -- Tony survives to be haunted by the Feds, Paulie does not turn on Tony, another Fed is trapped into helping his arch enemy and the tension at the end is absolutely classic.

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B. Wilcox, Conway AR — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:41:43 GMT

I dug it, too. I'm glad to see that some folks appreciated the lack of resolution and that the irony of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" playing on the diner jukebox. It was unconventional and daring, just like the show has been for most of its eight-year run. I can certainly understand the criticisms of this kind of finale as it doesn't leave us with any sense of closure--and I don't see a movie in the offing, given that so many memorable characters are dead or incapacitated by now--but there's something to be said for finishing things with a little panache and creativity.

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Robert F. Baton Rouge, LA 70806 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:41:49 GMT

Remember every episode title has importance. Last week was Blue Comet which was the name of the train Bobby was buying when killed. There are many conclusions you could draw from Made In America. I happened to notice the trucker they showed 4 times in the diner was wearing a USA hat. I wonder if there was any significance to that? And last episode Tony flashed back to Bobby saying I bet you never even hear it. He was talking about being shot. And with the way it went to black, it would seem that from Tony's point of view that he was shot & never heard it. It just went to black.

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Justin K — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:00 GMT

Brilliant! oh by the by, it's Journey not Foreigner!

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SJL, Santa Clarita, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:00 GMT

well, 1st off...it was Don't Stop Believen by Journey. 2nd, the ending had you on the edge of your feet. I thought it was a great episode. Chase leaves it open for whatever he wants in the future.

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NewJerseyKnows — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:02 GMT

My heart was pounding...I thought I was having a heart attack! The ending was better than any of us could have imagined. After 7+ years of watching, I don't 'want' to stop believing! David Chase gave us all the opportunity not to have to...

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Duke Santos, Nevada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:17 GMT

Is Chase brilliant or condescending? While many may decry the finished product as artistic brilliance - (and let’s admit – was your heart pumping in those final moments at the diner) - I cannot shake the feeling that Chase was thumbing his nose at many viewers and HBO. At least the finale did not end with Tony, Paulie, Uncle Junior and Malfi in a jail cell discussing shirt buttons.

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Bob D., Denver, Colorado — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:39 GMT

We are cat lovers and were convinced for a time that Paulie would whack the kitty. We're glad he didn't. The cat looked too much like ours! We now wonder if keeping the main characters alive foresees a "Sopranos" revival. Of course not, but it would be nice. We will miss "The Sopranos." Good luck to Mr. Chase and crew.

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Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:45 GMT

is this just hbo's way of seeing how much money it can make from another season?

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Richie K, Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:46 GMT

Any day above ground is a good one... pass the onion rings

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Robert Bruce, Denver, CO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:47 GMT

Well, at least the writer's of Six Feet Under knew how to end a series with panache!

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Marlene, NYC, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:48 GMT

David Chase is brillant. The way he ended the Sopranos leaves it all up to discussion. Earlier this season, Bobby and Tony have a conversation on the lake about when you get whacked, how there is no sound, nothing, blackness and this is what happened to the audience and Tony. Perhaps we were seeing Tony's POV..... something to think about.

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Marco, Joliet, Illinois — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:56 GMT

senerio 1. Tony was not whacked. The guys in the diner were the feds taken him down. It was mentioned in the episode that it was 90% certin that he would be indited. This with the Carlo flip and the new phone taps points to Tony in the Feds hands. Senerio 2.Tony was whacked. The guys under Phil in New York planed this whole thing. They purposely didn't put a hit on Tony so they can make a false peace to get Tony and Phil out again. With them out again New Jersey got Phil and New York got Tony. The new New York guys basicly doudle crossed everybody to take the top spot. Maybe with the help of Paulie?

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Brian 3000 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:59 GMT

This episode and most of the final season was laughable at est and horrible at orst. Those douchebags above who thnk that this will alow them to spend ther days propheszing what could havehappend, go ad a book. This was one of my favorite series for a. And this was big load of shit. Oh and "brilliant" No. You guys must just be "dim".

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Brett Grosso, Sayville, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:42:59 GMT

Chase got exactly what he wanted from the finale, to keep everybody guessing and wishing for more. This will argued about for years to come! I think it was great!

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Scott Johnson, Omaha, Nebraska — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:04 GMT

....wow, it could not have ended better. Reminds me of one of the most underrated movies to ever hit the theaters; "Cableguy". Oh yeah, that was "Journey", not "Foreigner".

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larry meyerson, olney, illinois — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:05 GMT

WEAK. What a crap ending. If there is a movie, I won't watch it. I'm done. First HBO abandoned the Carnivale viewers, now this. I'm done.

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Matt, Richmond, VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:09 GMT

one thing i find interesting and i saw on another post elsewhere....One could be led to believe Tony got it in the end...in the last episode he ponders if you ever hear the one that gets you....we did see all the show through his eyes...therefore if he was whacked..... :)

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Jay Bileti, Sonoita, AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:15 GMT

My feeling is that the final seconds were from Tony's point of view. He looked up at Meadow and saw...nothing, as the bullet destroyed his brain. Tony was hit.

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Armando, Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:24 GMT

Brilliant to say the least..... like the song says "Dont stop believing" life is going to be ok for Tony & his extended family P.S.(making peace with Uncle Jr. superb) we should all learn from that scene. Its great to live in in the eastern time zone...

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Thomas, Los Angeles, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:29 GMT

As much as a hated the ending. I understand it. Better to leave them wanting more...

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John, Pittsburgh — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:29 GMT

Well I must say - I am not disappointed. However, I have more lingering questions to ask.. Where is the terrorist link, is AJ going to work for that terrorist unit or actually join the military, what happened to Phil's counter part - and the most lingering question of all: How did Tony re-act to knowing that Phil is out of the picture. These questions and answers I believe will be left up to the HBO movie coming out in 2 years. Be prepared.

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Anthony, New Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:38 GMT

WOW!!!! A total nail biter the last few moments. I thought about what Bobby and Tony were talking about in the boat. About not hearing it comming. Just think if Tony was gonna get it in the end from his perspective the last thing he would see would be the door as he's looking up, Then everything is black.Silent.

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anthony chimera, lancaster, ny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:43:47 GMT

not a bad ending thought of it as a wide open opportunity to create a sopranos movie, but with phil gone and paulie taking over new york why not make a hbo hit series around paulie and a new york gang taking over reuniting with tony here and there haha us soprano fans can only wish. but suspenseful and creative i guess. ill dream tonite of the perfect ending. good 8 yrs sopranos!

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J.E. Arizona — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:17 GMT

I think they ran out of plot-lines a couple of years ago. I've been disappointed by the last couple of seasons when I found taking the time to watch a show about bigger than life guys making really small moves. I know life it like that many times... but if I wanted real life - I wouldn't have been watching a TV show )oh, sorry, not TV.... HBO) or wasting my monthly cable fee on a season that goes nowhere. For me, this show was over 2 sesons ago. With tonight's episode, who cares?

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Sandy M. Olmsted Falls, Ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:23 GMT

I'm very disappointed!! I think Chase should get whacked!

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Dan, Memphis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:25 GMT

That freakin' cat and Agent Harris cheering, that's all I really needed. Oh and for those of you who don't know it really was you that got whacked. You're just sittin there minding your own bidness and BAMM! Who are you to think your going to get to see every waking last moment of this family's life, now i axe ya what kinda talk is that!

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Tim Chesney, Pittsburgh PA. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:27 GMT

"FOCUS ON THE GOOD TIMES" thats what AJ said Tony told him. everyone was waiting for something to happen, and many probably didn't listen to their convo. The music started exactly when Carmella walked in. family life as usual, meadows couldn't park, AJ bitching about answering phones, Tony actually had a look of relief somewhat. plus if you listen to the music, it kinda goes with what is going on, especially at the end it goes "DON'T STOP...."then all goes black.. I went over it 10 times to see if there was something we missed... but it was family life goes on.

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Nelson, Chicago, Illinois — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:30 GMT

How do you know when it is all over? Silence... Darkness. That is all. You don't get to see what happens after you die. Tony is swimming with the fishes folkes, no doubt about that. I don't believe there will be a movie. Then again, "Don't stop believing..."

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george — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:41 GMT

This was not the way for this show to end. Such a hard nosed show should have gone out in a conclusive manner, one way or the other. This was the wimp way out. No guts for an otherwise gutsy show.

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Dave Austin, Rineyville, Kentucky — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:46 GMT

Thanks for a great nine years Mr. Chase. See you at the movie when it comes out.

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Vincent, NHP NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:44:55 GMT

Anybody who didn't get the fact that it was all a dream sequence, keep on holding your breathe for a movie. Tony was a good father, AJ suddenly isn't depressed but getting on with his life, Carmela practically dotes on Tony. Phil suddenly appears in public, and his crew were anxious to turn on him? (Did anybody see Phil's crew the week before???) The fact that the FBI agent gives Tony a tip on Phils whereabouts is Tony's wet dream. The hideout house was across from the ocean, instead of in the packed neighborhood we saw the week before... The turncoat was Paulie. He tipped phil off early about the assasination plot, which was why he was in hiding before the botched attempt on his life. Paulie realized he was being set up with the promotion Tony offered him. Tony didn't hear the shot that killed him. And he wasn't awakened to gunfire from his crew below. Why? Because Paulie had access to Tony and the safehouse. He knew he was being betrayed and made the deal he had to make. Paulie isn't smart enough to figure out he was being set up. He had help from Phil. (Phil ruled out Paulie as somebody to hit in the decapitation attempt on TOny, Sil, and Baklava.)

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Scott Marcus — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:00 GMT

It ends with the status quo. The finale left us with what must be a daily feeling for someone like Tony...not knowing what is around every corner. Now, having said that, this was supposed to be a finale and as such, it was a disappointment! This show isn't a parable for the real world, it's fiction based on reality. It's drama... Well, not the last two seasons anyway.

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Michael Andrew, Denver, Colorado — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:03 GMT

The first emotion I experienced as the screen went black was shock at the ambiguous ending. My mind then worked out the fact that this was the perfect ending, allowing viewers to imagine many scenarios. As my heart stopped pounding, the lingering emotion was simply sadness -- sadness that I will no longer be able to enter that he compelling world of the Sopranos. Hat's off to a brilliant show!!

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JoJo Scottsdale AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:05 GMT

Pretty much stunned, was that Tony's father sitting at the counter?...life's flashback? Our family (all Italian)are on the fence with the ending. Please Mr. Chase, cast & crew make the movie. Thank you for one (#2 - 6 feet under) of the greatest show's ever. You all will be missed. Badda Bing!

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Denis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:06 GMT

Dont stop believing !!!!! Tony NEVER knows who is the next person to come into his life........for a reason or a season.......BADA BING

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Alvin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:15 GMT

The guy at the counter was the man sititng accross from the FBI angent who has been going along with Tony. The weird guy sitting in the booth alone? My GOD I was pissed at first but after sitiing in awe for sveral minutes came to grips and realised that this is how it should end...cliff hanger. It was a good run and why kill the main guy; after all he made amens with NY. Now what about the slip by the FBI guy "Yes... We are going to win this thing!"

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KJ, Philadelphia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:24 GMT

Rather than putting emphasis on the killing of the NY boss Phil, which is an extremly big deal, there was more focus on an orange cat. The cat may have been 3 or 4 scenes. Phil had 1. The last episode EVER, and thats what the time is used on? David Chase may think he is Orson Wells, but all of the atrsy-symbolic stuff just didnt work for me. Watch the first two seasons, they's never wast time on pointless things that never saw closure...

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Gil, Columbus, OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:28 GMT

Like others I thought the entire episode and the ending were brilliant. David Chase just couldn't bring himself to have Tony killed off. The ambiguous ending was perfect with the tension building up. Either Tony was going to get whacked in front of his family as Phil did or he's going to prison for life. So either way Tony's life as he knew it was going to end (go black) and he was going to pay for many of his evil deeds. I also thought it was a nice touch having the final song come at the end of the show rather than afterwards and having the credits roll in silence.

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Aaron New Orleans, La — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:33 GMT

I loved it.

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Jenkio, Tulsa, OK — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:45 GMT

It's a show preparing for a sequel! There's 100 ways the show COULD have ended... But what happened? It just ended without any real ending... Strangely, the finale was the best episode of all. I was about to puke over all the freakin' psychoanalysis sessions in the last 6 or 8 episodes... I loved the show and hated it...

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RLewis, Tacoma, WA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:45:53 GMT

The final episode of so many popular programs have been major disappointments. The Sopranos has avoided tha curse and more. Viewers got what they wanted most: Phil getting his; and we were left with tension right to the last second and then an ending we can each interpret as we choose. Plus there was so much more to savor in this episode. Paulie and the cat was a classic bit. The summit between Tony and Phil's guys in that dark, cold and frightening factory. The FBI agent rooting for Tony's "side" when told of Phil having been hit. AJ feeling "cleansed" by the burining of his SUV. All of this was great stuff and why we loved this show.

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Brian T — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:09 GMT

Don't you think that Tony does die? I think it was like Bobby said before you never see it coming, everything goes black. I think that guy came out of the bathroom and popped him, just like that and everything went black. With mobsters you never see it coming, just black. I thought it was great.

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Greg — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:10 GMT

Terrible!!How can you be a fan of this show and say it was "brilliant". Absolutely nothing happened; everything every die hard sopranos fan was hoping/waiting for never happened. They never clearified if Paulie was a snitch, they left you guessing about Tony and his family, they dont clearify what that guy from the feds meant when he was happy that Phil died(was he just happy or was he using the info he gave tony of phil's hit to build his case on Tony), all of a sudden its Carlo that is a snitch that may make Tony see jail time? ARE YOU SERIOUS, the best they can do with AJ is put him on screen with a psychitrist and girlfriend for 20 minutes of the show resulting in nothing relevant. A series finale is meant to tie up all loose ends and bring closure to a show. You call that closure? Half the episode was absolutey irrelevant and meaningless; I dont want to have to guess what happens to Tony or wonder if Paulie is a snitch. I want an ending and if in fact there is going to be a movie then HBO shouldnt have absolutely pounded it into peoples heads that its the last time to see america's favorite mob family. One person died that whole episode and it was the one everyone knew was gonna die and even that was was very anticlimatic. I read so many articles say well maybe the feds will get Tony maybe, Paulie is the snitch, maybe AJ will get involved or Carmela for that matter. I bet you didnt guess "nothing" because if you did you would be a genious. This is a slap in the face to fans who have followed this show from the beginning.This is nothing of brillance or Chase being clever; this is failure to produce a quality/dramatic ending to a once great show. Im shocked

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Jim C. Selden, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:15 GMT

I feel completely ripped off. To call it genius or to make excuses would be to lie to myself. I expected a whole lot more and am disappointed.

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Metamagico, Montreal — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:17 GMT

Wouldn't sudden death be like that? Serious trauma, especially head trauma would cause blackout. Having been hit by a car while on foot, I can say I can't remember anything, no screech of brakes, no impact, no strike of head on pavement. Just nothing. And sudden death means a lot of loose ends that never get tied up. You're just out of the picture. Still, there is a glimmer of a possibility of a continuation. The shot may not have been fatal, but the blackout would still be the same.

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brooklyn boy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:25 GMT

i think jmlmedia has it right. remember the dicussion "you never hear it coming"? well, the audience never heard it coming. yes, in a way it's left open ended, but also in a way it's clear what happened. we never heard it....

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paul — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:26 GMT

that sucked. worse then the dream sequence. wont see the movie when it comes out. total wast of time

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***** — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:30 GMT

BORIKG. One of the kids shoulda got whacked..like dummy AJ

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David Hamme, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:34 GMT

We all saw the hit man. We all knew he was there. "...if only they could put it together in time..." Yeah. We saw him, but he still took us out. We never saw it coming...never put it together in time...some of us still haven't. Brilliant. Bravo.

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TJ Drake Marietta, Ga — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:36 GMT

i fell like I will never find closure

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Ron Menton, Seattle, WA. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:39 GMT

Change the name to the A.J. show. This fruit was in almost every scene. Of course the left coast got their shots at Bush and Iraq. Keep your politics out of it!!! Chase is a moron who spoon fed us oatmeal when we expected a nice steak. If I want to use my imagination, I'll look at a picture of Angelina Jolie. Next time go to the nearest community theatre for writers and directors. The show was sophmoric and I wouldn't pay a dime to see it on the screen. Maybe that was the idea of it. Get you to pay ten bucks to see it on the big screen and line Chase's pockets. Fools!!!!!

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Maida Springfield, VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:45 GMT

Wow, I thought it was just how TV producers want their viewers to tune in next year! Tony Tony Tony

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Debbie, Las Vegas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:58 GMT

OK, I gotta thank everyone that posted a blog. I was totally irritated with the ending, sitting on the absolute edge of the couch during the diner scene then screaming at my cable box only to find out the episode was done for good. Then I read the posts and calmed down. It's true. You can end the story anyway you want to. Or you can keep the perfect mobster family life alive in your head the way Chase wanted us to. And now in 5 years when all the actors are bored and/or low on money, they can bring the family back. Thanks again for the blogs.

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George Schroeder, Pompano Bch, Fl — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:00 GMT

What an intense ending, the last 5 mintes had me on the edge of my chair and then nothing happened. I can only imagine what kind of grind it is for Chase to have to write so many shows but after a year or two off, the creative juices will start flowing again. They left it wide open for a movie, I know I want more.

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Gregg, NY, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:00 GMT

LOL - why do people think there's going to be a movie? Tony clearly got killed. The series was his story. When he dies - end. That's it. The ending was absolutely brilliant.

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Remikane, Santa Monica - CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:29 GMT

Out of all the "endings" I had a feeling that The Sopranos would end with Tony and his immediate family together. None of them would die, but Tony would realize they were really all that he could count on....yet at the same time, you knew - you could see it in Tony's eyes at the diner whenever anyone would walk in/by - that he would never relax, never be safe. In fact, the look on his face/in his eyes before the cut to black (no fade to black here!) could either be "happy to see Meadow walk in safe & sound" or surprise to see someone unexpected.....Either way, Tony was with his real family, as it should be...

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Joe R, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:40 GMT

Terrible ending. Classic Chase self-indulgence. I love all you people who laud his "brilliance" because he in essence didn't end the show and left it to us. Imagine reading a book or going to a movie that ended like that. Of course, you never will, because it would never get published or greenlighted in the first place.

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dh, pittsfield, ma — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:42 GMT

Well, I thought the last episode of "Seinfeld" was bad, but this was worse. I thought it was terrible. Other than Phil finally getting whacked, it was a waste of my time. I'm glad they're done manipulating their loyal fan.s

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Hans Maloney, Indian Trail N.C. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:46 GMT

Hated ending. Last episode let it play out. Now you have the option to bring it back in some watered down crappy version to make money whenever HBO want's to. Pathetic.

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George, Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:54 GMT

Brilliant??? Hardly. Boring, definitely. Why was so much time spent this season on A.J.? Do we really give a hoot about him? Brilliant would have been A.J. killing himself. Brilliant would have been Tony whacking Janice, Junior and Paulie. No ending is a lame cop out for taking a risk of actually ending the show.

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Gary — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:47:57 GMT

Geez, Muzzy Q, sorry Chase ruined your day. I thought the finale rocked from start to finish, and I'm not some kind of Sopranos fanboy--in fact, I thought Season Four and Part One of Season Six were extremely underwhelming.

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Robert F. Baton Rouge, LA 70806 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:14 GMT

David Chase just ruined any chance of HBO's new show John From Cincinnati to succeed. I was going to watch it, but I was so shocked and appaled at The Sopranos ending that I stopped watching TV for the night. Bad move trying to start your new show right after you have angered your loyal fans. Oops. How many others changed the channel or cut it off in disgust or dismay.

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JJ, Orlando, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:15 GMT

Just for the record -- That was the WORST final episode of any show EVER -- especially a show that enjoyed 10 years of success. To say it could have been better would be a giant understatement

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Tony DiCenzo Hamilton Ontario Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:19 GMT

Tonights final Soprano episode was worse than the final episode of Gilligans Island.

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Dan Weinberg, St. Louis, MO: — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:19 GMT

I haven't watched The Sopranos for three years. I tuned in just to see what would happen to Tony and his family. Nothing happened. The screen went black. On to "John from Cincinnati." You call that creativity? What a crock!

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Chris Barr — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:19 GMT

I wonder how much the seasons DVD set with the alternate ending will cost?

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Melissa V., Miami, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:19 GMT

Well I hated it. At first I honestly thought something went wrong with the TV, but then when the credits came up I was shocked. Shocked and disappointed. I just can not get it through my head that it ended that way. I keep believe that there must be something else. They'll probably put the reall ending in the DVD collection and charge an extra 50 bucks just to see what actually happened. Or maybe they will make a movie. Oh well I guess we . . .

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Mr. R.A. Perez — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:33 GMT

I didn't see the ending just like I avoided watching many of the episodes that I came across, over the years, as I channel surfed. The few episodes I did see usually had it's unnecessary share of infidelity and generally portrayed women like sluts. HAD David Chase avoided that, the series would not have been watered down in any manner and would have appealed to a much wider audience. I would encourage my kids to watch the Godfather, but sadly never the Sopranos! Chase prevented the series from being something that the entire family could enjoy. That means that MANY of us sadly had no choice but to avoided it.

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Rod, New Orleans — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:34 GMT

WTF?? Yes, I did curse DirecTV for picking a fine time to act up right there at the end.....until I saw the chillingly silent credits...I yelled at the screen....Chase....you SOB you got us again....I don't know if it was brilliant as some have described or it was intellectual and/or creative exhaustion by the writers....a movie might be a way to vindicate the finale. I don't know. Maybe tomorrow this will make more sense than it does now...but right now...I kinda feel like i got sucker punched...I'm lying on my sofa...trying to figure out if I got knocked out somehow and missed something? Who knows...

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Costa C., Ottawa, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:52 GMT

Mr. Chase has brought us perfection. Again. Tony dies in the end. "You probably don't even hear it when it happens", says Bobby in the first episode at the cottage, and Tony reminisces of those words in the penultimate episode, just before laying down to go to sleep. No episode of Sopranos has ever ended without credits rolling to music, save for one - this series finale. Again, it's because you don't hear anything when it happens. Chase and crew have worked this on so many levels, it's just left me in awe. Thank you for a wonderful 8 years of the best drama ever written and produced for television.

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Keith Cornell, Santa Monica, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:56 GMT

Brilliant, consistent finish. Bobby had reminded Tony that when it comes "you probaly don't even hear it." So he could've been whacked. Or that silent blackness was just a metaphor for the end/death of the story. And I don't think Tony's tears were over Uncle Junior not recognizing him, but brought on by the realization that Junior's pathetic deterioration was as good a fate as any that awaited Tony himself.

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Pete, IA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:58 GMT

I was expecting Gandolfini waking up next to Suzanne Pleshette to tell her about the strange dream he'd had!

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AJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:48:59 GMT

Flashback...Bobby and Tony fishing in the lake. They speak of when it happens...you don't hear anything, you don't feel anything. Tony is dead.

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Shannon V — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:49:22 GMT

It is a very rare occasion on TV and film that allows the viewer to subscribe to their own moralities and conclusions. Well done! I wish more story tellers would have to guts to not deliver every thought and emotion on a silver platter. I am still tingling!

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Keith Cornell, Santa Monica, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:49:35 GMT

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Tom, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:49:38 GMT

At first I thought the Emperor wasn't wearing any clothes, but then after having all the artistic people explain it to me, I realized Chase was brilliant.

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Steve, Concord, MA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:49:52 GMT

The more I think about it, the better the ending gets. An authentic NJ diner, a family of fat cats stuffing down onion rings, "don't stop believin'" on the juke box, and an unmistakable nod to the 'Godfather' of all mafia films serve to underscore that characters were what this show was all about. That the characters were all living in a world of doublethink and duplicity was portrayed right up to the end...the loving family just trying to care for one another despite those troublesome obstacles we all have to deal with: murderers, assassins, federal agents, laws. What's a family to do?

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J Price, Baltimore MD — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:49:52 GMT

I find myself torn. As a loyal viewer for the last 7+ years I find the ending brilliant. However, as a loyal viewer for the last 7+ years I find myself asking whats next? In my opinion too many story lines for this to be it...Mr Chase?

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Denis,Mokena IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:50:15 GMT

Dont stop believing !!!!! Tony NEVER knows who is the next person to come into his life........for a reason or a season.......BADA BING

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Jeff — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:50:18 GMT

The whole idea that this FINALE was brilliant and making the audience think is a farce. This is television (the boob-tube), a finale should have closure. If I wanted to challenge my mind, it certainly wouldn't be from a television show. Pick up a book by Shakespeare, Kafka, or Tolstoy to do that, not a work by Chase. Let's not overanalyze things people. Television is for entertainment and after that ending, I am not amused or entertained. I felt like I wasted a half of a decade.

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John Dietz, Atlanta, Ga. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:50:19 GMT

Well I am glad everybody thought it was such an incredible ending but honestly I thought it was kind of a cop out. It almost seemed Chase did that just for the simple fact of pissing off the viewing audience. It would have been much harder to come up with an elaborate ending than to just leave it completly open. It was the coward's way out. HBO owes me some money.

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John Doe, Seattle, Wash. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:50:59 GMT

Tom in Council Bluffs, IA...Before drawing attention to the poignancy of the music and its appropriate placement check your facts....the name of the song was "Don't Stop Believin'" recorded by the band Journey (Steve Perry being the lead singer) for their album Escape in 1981; not 'dont stop' by Foreigner

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Marty, San Antonio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:51:05 GMT

The final episode was perfect. You have to know it will end badly for Tony one day; he'll never know until it transpires. He will always have to look over his shoulder at every turn. That's why he looked at the guy headed for the john and the young black men at the jukebox. He is tormented in chosen life and looks in the mirror and lies to himself daily.

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tjdatbronxkid — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:51:14 GMT

Did you hear me scream when the screen went to Black? On a mild evening with the windows open, I'm sure my neighbors wondered if I were ok...that is unless they too watched the finale, which means they would not have heard my screams over their own. Am I surprised by the ending, no. Am I disappointed...(expletive) yeah! They got me! They had me hooked every episode this last season & per usual, I was glued tonight, not wanting it to end. I had a sneaky suspicion that the final episode would not provide the closure we feel we deserve after this 9 year relationship. It didn't end, it stopped. A hit job on the viewer, just like jlmlmedia said (that statement is brilliant by the way). Guess I'll have to find something else to occupy my Sundays from 9-10.

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AG, Seattle WA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:51:18 GMT

Brilliant, maddening ending -- and perfectly for what was supposed to be, remember, a black comedy. (And yes, I'm of the school that believes that Tony was indeed whacked at the end. hevaens knows they foreshadowed THAT enough throughout the season.) But I'm happy to wait for the DVD commentary; either way, I'm having a good time laughing at the haters. It's David Chase's ride, people; you're on it or you're off it, and as a previous commenter noted, if you need something else, you're free to play it in the theater inside your mind. As for me, I'm content and grateful for a satisfying eight years (hiatuses notwithstanding).

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Susan, Mountain View, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:51:28 GMT

I feel so very cheated and wholly unsatisfied. If this episode ran mid-eason, it would have been disappointing. This is the end of the series??? I dodn't expect to have all the loose ends tied up but I certainly expected more. This feels like Chase took the weasel-y way out. Tony didn't get whacked, but maybe he did, no movie .. but maybe. The entire scene at the diner was a cheap set-up to nowhere. Sopranos fans deserved better than this. I have invested years in this series (hell, I even have a Sopranos jersey and snow globe) and I have no sense of closure. Maybe I should look up Dr. Melfi. Have I mentioned how horrifically disappointed I am?

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Wasted $240 last year on HBO for this? — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:51:41 GMT

Here is how lame the final season was ..it begins with Tony playing monopoly and ends with Meadow prallel parking. How awful could the other two ending that were filmed for Chase to chose going to a black screen?

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Tony DiCenzo Hamilton Ontario Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:52:24 GMT

Tonights final Soprno episode was worse than the final episode of Gilligans Island.

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belo horizonte, Brazil — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:52:26 GMT

The Cat knows what happened , find the cat

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lola felana — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:52:26 GMT

The Fbi agent was rooting for tony. AJ might not have turned out pathetic and found his own path, but in the end he did turn out pathetic, replacing his yellow suv(he felt liberated when it burned up) with a stupid beamer, so tragic. Paulie is not playing both sides, he just is also pathetic, bending to Tony yet again and simmering in it. Carmela is still her ridiculous self, playing the role of the normal mom to the hilt. Meadow...what can be said about Meadow. She is the smartest one, but disappointed me with that comment in the end about how Italians are treated badly, surely she cannot still be so naive as to think Tony's run ins w/ the FBI were not b/c he is in the mob? Maybe that is her unconscious way of showing her loyalty. Babies always in danger on this show, Tony's baby thing. The end, I don't know what to say about it, but I loved the feeling of the last scene, the parellel parking nearly drove me mad, and I was glad not to see anyone get shot, maybe it would have been too predictable and less satisfying than this. I kind of thought maybe Tony's lights went out, we were feeling the anxiety that he feels, but he didn't seem anxious, they all seemed happy. interesting choice of song, he did have a choice, which others did he consider now? perhaps we were whacked, hee.

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Susan Raisin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:52:54 GMT

Ithought it was a genius ending. My friends, the Soprano's and their friends can live another day. I know Tony and the group are pure evil but they are also just like the rest of us. I've invested many years with this family and I am thrilled they can still be with me, if only in my thoughts. It has to be the greatest series on TV. So it's not goodbye but see you later on DVD.

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marisa---TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:53:22 GMT

that's 60 minutes i'll never get back! thnx alot!

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D. Chase — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:53:26 GMT

The clues are there for those who want to see it. Tony gets whacked. For those who are frustrated because they actually didnt *show* it - you guys are mental midgets and desire to be spoon fed. Perhaps you guys should tune back to "American Idol" and leave the art appreciation to those with an IQ greater than 90.

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TNT — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:53:56 GMT

Absolutely ridiculous. Purists are saying Chase 'didn't take the easy way out'? That is EXACTLY what he did! Instead of facing criticizm regarding taking an actual path to the end, an absurd buildup to nothing is the answer. And apologists are already defining it as "artistic genius"? Only in film can a lack of commitment and avoidance of closure be termed "artistically bold and brilliant". Bottom line: what should we have expected? The series grabbed us in the first season, and proceded over the past few seasons with year-and-a-half haiatus', boring episodes, undeveloped characters, unreached potential and unfinished plot lines. "Purists"....give me a break. The vast majority of us were looking for something, ANYTHING other than what happened.

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Kevin C, Nashua, NH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:54:00 GMT

Anyone who thinks that ending was "brilliant" is a Sopranos'-kiss-ass. This show has not been great since the second season, but I was duped into hoping it would get better. If you thought that was so great, I am sure you loved Carm's Paris vacation too...Yawn.

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Scott, Orlando, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:54:16 GMT

The final episode of the Sopranos was a let down. To many questions were let unanswered. There were three endings that were filmed to keep everone guessing, I would love to know what they were, this couldnt have been the best one. By the way, what a terrible song to end off with. Tony woke up one morning singing Pink Floyd, that would have been better.

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jose,norwalk,ct — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:54:44 GMT

this is for...Tom, Council Bluffs, IA,foreigner does not sing dont stop believing,that my friend is journey,at their best!

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Esteban Leo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:10 GMT

The ending was absolutely brilliant!It was whatever you wanted it to be: The pisser in the bathroom a la Godfather 1...the black guys coming into the diner...or nothing...just another night out with the family in a jersey diner.

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Albert Bencosme, Elmont, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:11 GMT

Cliffhanger for a movie plot???? It seems like they were leading in to so many points, like the FBI case, Paulie taking over the construction end, Silvio hanging on.... Way too many open ended points of interest. We could be headed for big screen Sopranos!

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Kandy, Stamford, CT — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:20 GMT

Perfecto...

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No One Important, Anywhere, USA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:24 GMT

On January 21, 2001, DirecTV sent an "ECM" (electronic counter measure) down from their satellite during a repeat episode of the Sopranos (obviously season 1 or 2, since that was all that had been broadcast previously). Thousands of satellite pirates saw their TV go dead right in the middle of the Sopranos repeat. This ECM was widely expected to be broadcast a week later, just before the Super Bowl. Don't ask me why I know this. But when I saw the ending of tonight's episode I couldn't help but laugh out loud. David Chase has, if nothing else, a perverse, contrarian sense of humor.

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D. Carver — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:33 GMT

It was Journey, "Don't Stop Belevin'"....listen to the music. It tells the story. The music in each episode has meaning. Just listen...

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michelle brooklyn ny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:33 GMT

i love it i was crying i dont belive tonys dead

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Jim SantaFe — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:34 GMT

Wait a minute! Tony's lawyer told him there is a 90% chance he'll be indicted, due to Carlos' flip -- he's talking to the Feds. So, I think we know what will happen to Tony. Meanwhile I loved the Hitchcock ending -- the intense tension of the final minutes - dissapated. Quite a Joke. Ended on a humorous note! Why not? MrMr/Santa Fe

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trixie, Huntsville, AL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:56:18 GMT

At first I didn't really know what to think about it; but after giving it some time to sink in and imagining all the possibilities, I think I'm ok with it...

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Tim Campbell, St. Louis, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:56:31 GMT

Did anyone catch the Ketchup bottle scene...with 15 minutes to go..."Anticipation..it's making me wait". Ha! Nice touch while I was on the edge of my seat!

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Chris DeWitt, Fort Worth, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:56:37 GMT

hes dead, noone sees that? the man who went to the bathroom did it. The camera went to black as it was the end of tony. it wasnt imediately to credits it was a staggered darkness. We have seen him enarly killed so many times the one time he dies just like we fade from black every episode to see him wake up we fade TO black to see him never wake up

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Chris DeWitt, Fort Worth, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:56:38 GMT

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Chris DeWitt, Fort Worth, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:56:39 GMT

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Bob C — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:56:45 GMT

Worst series finale I ever saw. We deserved more concrete answers. Chase copped out.

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John Smith, Seattle — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:56:49 GMT

I agree, Six Feet Under left things all tidied up....but in a way made us sad that there is no potential for a reunion or movie. But maybe what Chase did was good, maybe we will get that movie that we all want.

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William — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:57:08 GMT

I think the ending was either Tony was shot and killed or that The show has made us stereo type I talian americans and when we saw the guy sitting at the end of the bar we assumed he would kill Tony and the rest of his family. But he didn't and Tony was juts at peace and was happy to be with his wife and kids. Also how great was Phils death scean saying bye bye to the grandkids and getting shot and then his head crushed

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VINNY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:57:31 GMT

Um ...like theres been plenty of movies with weird endings.....take it like it ended,,,ITS OVER

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Dramaqueen, Kansas City, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:57:39 GMT

Standing Ovation to David Chase & the cast - to have how many households scream and throw things at the TV screen all at once - brilliant

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Devreaux Advil — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:58:07 GMT

Tony is not dead. In response, I want to remind everyone that the "criminal mind loves red heads, babies and pets." Tony talked to a red-headed psychiatrist, loved the weird cat and was sidetracked from a conversation by a child on a television. My point is this: Chase was just showing how Tony (aka the criminal sociopath) won. He has found a way to live a dual existence: criminal mastermind and conforming citizen. This is the scary fact of the final episode: Tony (again, the criminal sociopath) is able to learn from the psychiatrist treatment and to thereby conform with societal standards and sit in a diner with his family and act normally, even with a price on his head!

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Charlie Fetscher — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:58:10 GMT

The fade-to-black from the boat is interesting. But how about that Agent Harris meant by "We're gonna win this thing" was the RICO case and that he was never in anti-terror but just getting close to Tony. He tipped off Tony to Phil to keep Tony alive for the FBI. Remember the snippet where they are still listening to Tony's phone call? The attorney says an indictment is imminent?

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Chris C, Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:58:21 GMT

Sopranos The Movie?

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John E, Portand OR — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:58:38 GMT

I think the ending was Chase's way of saying to the audience, your turn...we're done. Every single one of the above posts is potentially the truth. The never-ending discussion will reveal the subtle brilliance of the entire series, and in doing so, will enhance our appreciation of it. Movie sequel? Hope so, but I doubt it.

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F. Salsbury Utica NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:58:48 GMT

Worst ending I have ever has the misfortune of watching!

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Mindy, Mechanicsville Virginia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:59:18 GMT

It was 7 years of pure genius! Let us remember we were all glued to the TV sets on Sunday's no matter what life had in store... The Soprano family gave us a different philosophy on life. On Sunday we were all Italian's. Personally speaking, It was a brilliant ending to a ingenius run! Thank you David Chase and James Gandofini! You will live forever in our hearts!

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Ryan, Hillsboro, Oregon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:59:40 GMT

Why I loved this ending is ending is because you can make it whatever you want. Tony got whacked, Meadow sat down before the guy came out of the bathroom thus stopping a shooting, family dinner was normal and life goes on, Tony is on his way to prison, etc. Tony made up with Junior, reached out to Janice, and Phil got his. I'm satisfied.

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m. thisius, St. Paul, MN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:59:45 GMT

Movie or not it was a great ending. Chase held us in suspense until the dead air. My guess is the movie will pick up from there in a few years. Many have lamented this possibility. I look forward to it. If the creator Chase wants to bring his masterpiece to the big screen we should all be happy.

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Kenny Vincent, Orange County, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:28 GMT

have to admit it was a nail biting finish but im disappointed that Chris died.

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Kevin in Rancho Cordova — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:48 GMT

Are you kidding me?...Sometimes less is more, but in this case, less was just plain less.

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Rick, Tampa, Florida — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:49 GMT

I've been a huge fan of the series from it's beginning. I own every season on DVD and have been waiting for these final episode with tremendous anticipation. My thoughts are that Mr. Chase let me and his fans down. The episodes leading up to the finale were basically useless and drew everything out to the final two when things finally started happening. The finale had it's moments but the ending ruined the entire epsiode for me. The bottom line is the show is over, the stars are moving on and there will no longer be a Sopranos EVER. If that's the case, end it. Give the fans what they want. Close all the story lines and give the series and its characters finality. This did none of that. Maybe Mr. Chase wants to keep people talking around the water cooler or see if he can get an uprising to try and bring the show back. Who really knows. The one thing I do know is that one of my favorite shows has ended and the ending was something I would care to forget.

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Vivi McDowall, Hemet, California — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:52 GMT

Here I sit in my suite in Las Vegas, having had a big party for the finale, and wondering "Wha?" Is it just me or did I miss something? Oh, it was the ENDING that I missed. I still love the show but we're all still wondering what happened.

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stu302 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:00:52 GMT

Tony's dead. It's a small Italian restaurant. The man gets up and walks to the bathroom. He walks out, you're watching the whole thing through Tony's eyes. Did you hear a "click"? Then it all goes black.

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Branden R, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:01:12 GMT

Cheap, condescending and self-indulgent. That pretty much sums up my thoughts about the finale. Worse than the Seinfeld finale.

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Scott, Orlando, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:01:35 GMT

Whats was the deal with wasting so much time with Tonys kid, who cares what happens with him, he is all messed up!!

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Steve NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:01:48 GMT

Of COURSE Tony got whacked. We are always watching things from tony' perspective. In the boat scene with Bobby they speculated what getting whacked was like. "everything just goes black". In other episodes they discussed that you never see anything. Same was alluded to in Goodfellas. so..Meadow is walking in...Tony glances to look at her...BLACK.

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An ganstaer Eireannach — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:01:58 GMT

Butchie didn't die, but he turned out normal in the end instead of being the usual giggling fiend that made you want him to die. Glad that Phil got it. I actually read one prediction that was 100% correct on Sat night on the internet. It talked about AJ's car catching fire, Phil getting hit by Bennie at the gas station and even the car rolling over his head and Tony working things out with New York......someone leaked....:-) That ending was odd. It did look like something was about to go down....and I did fall for the "my cable went out" scam.....until the credits went up. Oh well, leaves it open for another season or a movie.

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Mike Thompson, Gallipolis, OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:02:06 GMT

I didn't like the ending so much. I don't like the whole - let the audience make up their minds. I watch or read a story to be told a story. I'll buy an empty book if I want to make it up. I don't buy a book or movie not to get the story. I think no ending is the easy road. I am glad to see Phil bite it though. I can see the idea that the audience got whacked. If that is the effect it was outside the box and i do like that.

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adam moret — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:02:08 GMT

this was a joke, all they did was set up for a movie which they know will make millions of dollars. They set it up like godfather, the only differnece is that Medeao will be the new Michael Corleone but in the 21st century, and as the first successful female mob boss. I am very dissapointed because this ending was simply about money!

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Jesse, Lafayette, IN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:02:11 GMT

Chase is a genius. He knew he couldn't write an ending that pleased all the fans that have invested so much time in the series, so he didn't write one. I felt like I could finish the story the way I wanted to see it end, just like someone else out there could end the series how they wanted to. And the tension at the end, I feel like David Chase was trying to show us how it felt to be a Soprano. Always wondering when the next shoe will fall. The nervousness and tension I felt in that diner was awesome. A great ending to one of the best shows of all time. Bravo!

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Lisa, Indianapolis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:02:18 GMT

This show that heightened what the American audience came to expect from TV DEMANDED an extraordinary ending and failed to deliver. As a dedicated "Sopranos" devote, I could not be more disappointed!

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A. Brodski — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:03:13 GMT

Will you people stop praising this Chase moron. Nothing was deep, nothing was class, nothing about that damned episode was worthwhile. Not only does Chase cop out to money and pressure by not choosing any of the many obvious endings, but he ends his great soundtrack career with that insipid song. Journey, give me a break!

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Lauren, Fairview, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:03:20 GMT

Chase left way too many loose ends. Even new plotlines were started. If a movie isn't in the works (a movie which could possibly have the potential of another Godfather trio), the finale was a disgraceful ending to an amazing show. I grew up with those Soprano kids, i'll be so disapointed if that's simply the end.

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Adin D, Denver, CO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:03:33 GMT

To all you people who think he lived you're not thinking clearly. Him and Bobby talked about this remember? One minute you're alive and the next minute everything goes black. He's dead. That's it. There is nothing to debate. Has there every been one episode where the credits silently roll? This show was one of the most well written pieces of entertainment on the planet, but after season 3 things have been terrible. All the really decent mob intrigue left and lets be honest that is why we all tuned into the show. We wanted a mob war for ages but people kept dying or making peace. Carmine's pissed, has a heart attack. Johnny Sack is pissed, goes to prison, dies of cancer. Phil even had a heart attack before he got the balls together to do something and then his crew just flakes on him? What a bunch of manure. This war could have spanned the whole final season if Chase still had the ability to write. Fire bombings, assasinations, arrests, kidnappings... think about the possibilities. Instead we get to watch Goth kids empty their bowels in public showers, Carmela whine about spec houses, AJ bitch about nothing in particular, and Christopher fall in and out of sobriety as often as people open doors. Can I even express how little I cared about these things? What a waste. AND GOD WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE RUSSIAN!?!?!? THAT WAS THE BEST EPISODE EVER!!!!

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Tim McAliley, Daytona, Florida — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:03:33 GMT

As Tony said to Dr. Melfi two shows ago, "..this whole thing is a jerk off"... Its not TV, its HBO? WTF? Its no longer going to be on my cable bill...what a waste of time...

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B. Buckner, Durango, CO. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:03:51 GMT

I hated it! I kept thinking something was going to happen. If this was just a regular season finale it would have been more tolerable but it being the series end - it sucked!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think it was fair to the series followers.

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wt, new jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:04:02 GMT

Tony was killed one shot and the last thing he saw was Meadow walking in the dinner. The show is from the point of view of Tony so when your dead everything stops. immediately. Just as if the cable when out. There is nothing else and no other point of reference.

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jose,norwalk,ct — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:04:25 GMT

ah...what a joke!8 crummy epi's this season and the only good thing that happened was phil getting popped in the head two different times in two different ways!hahahaha!does this mean that butch is the new top dog in new york?why was tony so cold to janice,she lost her hubby and tony should have taken revenge himself,with the gun bobby got him.sil in a coma,carlo apparently flipping.the saddest moment was jr soprano at the end of the finale and chrissy biting the big one.he was supposed to be there,even after tony was gone.dr melfi giving up on tony,that was shocking!i just think they should have come up with a full season.now i hear about a movie,it's bad enough that there was a lapse of time with a couple of the seasons and we had to suffer,but if they dont give us this flipping movie soon,im gonna be very disappointed.you know what this means,just like OZ,the Wire and whatever other shows that hbo has,they will throw these actors around and it wont be the same.it could have kept going,for atleast a few more seasons....so why give up?each of these actors are either b rated or washed up from the music scene or silver screen.this was their last chance to leave some kind of impact on their careers and on our sunday nights.now what do we do? no OZ,no sopranos and for the ladies and the dudes that get into it...no sex in the city...all that is left is the wire.john in cinncinati looks bad,big love is a joke,is carnivale even around anymore?how about six feet under?hbo is it's own worst enemy,killing off millions of dollars to end these shows and put on more crap!

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Kristian Charette — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:04:32 GMT

A stellar ending as Tony realizes that his life is not his own and moves back into the day-to-day with hyper appreciation. David Chase gave us a glimpse of Tony's life for seven years and I adored that Tony, not the director, chose his own background song as the series ended. Tony took over "directing" from that point and there was no reason for a third party narative as credits rolled... Whatever Tony Soprano's character "ending" will be David Chase gave it to him to complete. A standing ovation!

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Jim, Chicago — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:04:40 GMT

AG of Seattle.....dead on commentary.....well said.

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a romero — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:05:24 GMT

I thought it "SUCKED BIG TIME" Tony and his crew deserved a proper ending!! The best would have been to have Adriana pop out of Witness Protection , still alive and take them all down. The look on Tony's face would have been worth all the years of watching him kill everyone!!

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CMC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:05:34 GMT

The fact that I am on this site reading other viewers' responses tells me that I needed to hear how other people experienced the black screen at the end. I think that we all love Tony with all his faults and hope that in the end the family prevails.

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Anna — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:05:47 GMT

Thank you for the (SOPRANOS) it was a blast watching the episodes..........

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Piss on HBO, Everytown, USA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:06:35 GMT

I hope HBO enjoyed the money it made while the Sopranos series was runing - because they will never get another dime out of me! Everyone who thought the ending was an injustice should cancelled HBO tomorrow - that would be a PERFECT ending! We deserved better.

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MM — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:06:59 GMT

The ending/show was absolutely awful. What ever happened to TV being entertainment? I watch TV to be entertained, not to think about possible endings to a show because some writer thinks he's being "artistic". And I can't stand to hear "it makes you think". If I could write a petition about NOT watching another thing by Chase I would. Anyone know of anything like that?

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Brines South San Diego Killafornia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:07:11 GMT

I cant stop thinking about several previous posts that the viewer was the one who was wacked. So far that is the best theory. Great ending.

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Steve, chicago, Ill. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:07:44 GMT

Above write-up misses the point - Tony was killed - it was Tony's life going black at the end.

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PNL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:07:45 GMT

The tension/banality contrast of the last few minutes is what the Sopranos has always been about. A violent ending would have been easy and predictable. Better a scene where danger lurks everywhere. That's clearly what's in store for the Sopranos -- a serving of enduring vulnerability with onion rings.

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sinicalgrl, MV, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:07:50 GMT

OMG, I sat in stunned silence and confusion with one hand holiding my wine glass poised in midair and the other at the ready to cover my eyes for what I surely thought was the inevitable bloodbath...the credits began to roll - are you kidding me? I am still processing this, but am inclined to believe that while part of me was sure this would play out as any Greek (or Italian as it were) tragedy worth its salt would, this was utterly in keeping with the brilliance that is this show in honoring the mumdane. Mr. Chase was to be both praised and lambasted regardless of how he chose to end it all. Bravo to him for remaining true to himself and his characters.

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Mitch Connecticut — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:08:00 GMT

The Sopranos has been the most overrated program in the history of television. There hasn't been a good and compelling episode since the 2nd season ended. Who cares about AJ and his problems, Meadow etc. This is a gangster program that barely do gangster stuff. The ending could not have been better because it proved that without a doubt this is all hype and nothing behind it. It was the biggest FU in the history of TV. What a gigantic waste of time and energy. I say good riddance. I'm tired of wasting my Sunday nights on this garbage. If you want to watch two shows where more happens and the acting and writing is FAR superior and stuff actually does happen, watch "Rescue Me" and "The Shield." Hopefully this is the last we'll ever see of David Chase.

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Jeanne, Hyannis, Ma. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:08:13 GMT

My opinion is that we're to assume Tony and his family got whacked. It had to happen because of how brutally Phil was killed...a mob boss with his face flattened so that he wouldn't even be able to be mourned properly! I think the show faded to black as soon as Meadow entered the diner because Chase was saying that all 4 Sopranos made it into the diner, where the killers were waiting, so nothing more needed to be shown. The choice of "Don't Stop Believing" to me was typical of Tony's blindness in the face of so much danger. I mean why in the world was he strolling comfortably around town at the same time that he was ordering the hit on Phil, a boss himself! Trust me...they all got whacked, and because we loved them, Chase decided not to show it happen on screen.

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Remond, NYC, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:08:19 GMT

No way, Tony Soprano was not whacked. And not just to keep him alive for the movie. Tony dying would have been the biggest cliche in the gangster genre, everybody expected it, and that's why it was never going to happen. It's like Chase's screw you, I'm on TV, not in the movies, I can make my lead unredeemable and still let him get away with it, I don't have to kill him. then how does the series end, with Meadow waking through the door and everyone eating onion rings like the Brady Bunch? That wouldn't work either. Create enough amusing ambiguity and tension, then just pull the plug.

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Glen Audet, Crosswick, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:08:47 GMT

I was hoping Paulie would turn, whack Tony and hang up his own shingle as the lead-in for a much needed spin-off entitled, what else...The Walnuts

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Anthony — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:09:05 GMT

No, you’re brilliant Mr. Chase… you’re a horse’s ass! The ending sucked, it was a pathetically moronic way to end the show, as aggravating as it was frustrating. Absolutely no one watching it with me was happy with “don’t stop” ending… we all hated the ending and everyone in the bar was booing… you suck.

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Jim, Mpls — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:09:14 GMT

I just watched the last two minutes again on video...the last thing Tony see's is not necessarily Meadow...we don't know what he looks up and sees. You can't tell. I agree that he was killed. For all the reasons sited above. It makes perfect sense within the tone of the show, with the fact that Gandolfini has made it clear he doesn't want to reprise the role, and with Chase ending it definitively.

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Giannini, Pgh, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:09:23 GMT

I also thought my tv went bonkers, I was like what the F, but it was the end, I thought it was both great and frustrating. Use your imagination and think for yourself, how many people ever like when a beloved show that has been on the air finally signs off. So screw all of you people who hated it and can't say anything nice about Chase or the Sopranos. Get some stogots. From one REAL ITALIAN TO ANOTHER

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Katrina, Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:09:43 GMT

I loved every second of it. My heart was racing at the end and I couldn't even sit and watch! I ended up screaming, crying and jumping around. I think what Chase did was absolutely perfect. The end.

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BJ from Connecticut — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:09:54 GMT

People are reading into that ending too much. I just rewatched that episode that everyone was referring to, and all that Bobby said to Tony about getting whacked was "you probably never even hear it when it happens, huh?" Nothing about 'fading to black', etc. I think David Chase found a way to satisfy everyone, without satisfying anyone. He ended it in such a way that gave you 3 realistic possiblities and the ability to evenly and equally argue any of these 3: 1. Tony was going to get whacked by that guy who went into the bathroom. 2. Tony is about to get indicted and will fall hard or 3. Life goes on- who knows what the next day will bring. I can't say it was the best ending for a series ever, but I admire the originality and just based on all of these posts alone, he has clearly accomplished what he set out to do- force the viewers to talk about it!!!

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Frankie A — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:10:47 GMT

I've never seen so many cry-babies ever. The show was well done.

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august, kc, ks — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:10:51 GMT

there's gonna be a movie or another mini-season or somthin. there's too many people that need closure for their sunday nights. personally i thought the final episode was terrible. the only good part was phil getting whacked and havin his popped. i will admit i was on the edge of my seat those last few minutes in the diner. but this is not the first time the season built and built on itself and then... nothing.

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Chris, Tuscaloosa, AL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:11:01 GMT

I too believe that Tony was shot by the guy in the bathroom. It imediately brought up Godfather images to my head. However, I'm still a little confused about the cat. He was brought there to chase out "rats". I can't figure out if that is why he constantly stared at the picture of Christoper, or if that was why Paulie wanted him gone. I was mad when it cut to black. After staring at TV for about 10 minutes, and thinking about all the symbolism, I felt much better.

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George, Fayetteville, Georgia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:11:29 GMT

Now that i think about it the ending was magnificent. The Sopranos had ultimatly always been about tonys struggle between his mob life and his family life, and the ending sort of gives you the hint that maybe everything pulled out ok with his family life and he accomplished what he had been trying to do for the past 7 years.

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Nikki Lat Wallkill NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:11:45 GMT

I've Paid 12.00 a month for years to be entertained - if I wanted to use my imagination I would play with an Etch A Sketch.

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Cindy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:12:01 GMT

Stop telling him it was brilliant… there’s absolutely nothing brilliant about NOT ENDING THE SHOW! It was stupid and annoying. I could have wrote that ending… a child could have wrote the ending. Not unless there’s some Sopranos movie in the works or something… other wise there was nothing brilliant about it.

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Dustan Howel, West Chester, Pennsylvania — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:12:35 GMT

David chase took the easy way out. This was a horrible ending to a series that quite frankly was losing its luster the last coulpe of seasons. This ending really shouldn't suprise me. Chase failed to bring light to a lot of things that in my opinion were essential. We knew basically nothing about Tony's children. Why did Meadow break up with phin?(if thats spelled correctly). Why did Blanca leave AJ, What happened? We only knew Meadow and AJ, or any other character as they related to Tony. Meadow and AJ were wasted characters and I knew nothing about Carmela other than she was Tony's wife. The conflict with Phil was resolved too quickly. David Chase basically took avantage of the fact that the who world was waiting for something to happen, so he teased us for an hour and then ended the show. What's the matter, he couldn't think of an ending? Tony Kills Chrissy. Tony fights will Phil, Phil tries to Kill Tony, but Tony Kills Phil. That sums up the whole season.

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Mike L., Ventura, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:13:24 GMT

Incredibly dissapointing. The Sopranos was an episodic trip into the dramatic, a foray into the dark side of man, to end with a whimper was a betrayal to the audience that followed the saga for years, wondering when those who filled their hearts with darkness would reap the grapes of wrath they sewed in blood and greed for more than half a decade.

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JMF, Monrovia, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:14:04 GMT

I too am totally disappointed in the "Finale". A show like the Sopranos with all it's prominence should have delivered a better ending. I understand the "leaving the audience wondering" concept but that did not work here. Leaving us frustrated and guessing is not what we wanted. If any of you watched "Six Feet Under" on HBO then you know what a show's finale should be like. It was the best finale I have ever seen and I expected more from The Sopranos. I was hoping to talk about it tomorrow with co-workers but now we will just share our disappointment.

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Jerri Z — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:14:12 GMT

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!Why Why Why I can't live without T..........

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Jason, Austin, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:14:21 GMT

I think the numbers of insightful and emotion filled posts are a testament to how great of an ending it was for the Soprano's. This was never a close-ended show; there was always room for interpretation. Otherwise, what was the significance of Dr. Melfi? The fact that there were so many options at the end showed that this series could go on for as long as someone wanted to direct it. Many viewers wanted closure, but did anyone really want Tony to die? The obvious ending for the show was for Tony to die...so it creates a conflict for Chase in choosing what is right (killing off Tony) and choosing the best ending for the audience (providing closure). Chase did neither. I don't think that such a rich and meaningful series would end with something thoughtless. If you're angry with the ending, it means that you were likely sitting on the edge of your seat and yelling at the TV when the screen went black after filling your mind with possibilities. That...is good television.

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Stephen, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:14:43 GMT

To everyone who thinks it was a great ending because it lets the viewer imagine an ending for his or herself: people watch television to learn of the stories imagined by others. If people wanted to imagine their own stories they would write their own screenplays.

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Pasquale Caputo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:15:13 GMT

STUPID! STUPID! STUPID! I guess we all were "whacked"! Very disappointed................

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Vern Zehr — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:15:15 GMT

Gandolfini has stated he would never do "Tony" again... Sigourney Weaver said the same thing about Ripply in aliens and the writers had to "clone" her when she changed her mind. Chase obviously left it "Open ended". I would think that most of the cast would HAPPILY come back again but if "Tony" isn't there there is no show. The ending could mean Tony is dead... but he might not be dead. Chase didn't burn any bridges. When they killed of the villain in "Under Siege" with Steven Seagal and then wanted to do a sequel, they really really really wanted the villains to come back somehow... but they were most definitely dead. If Gandolfini changes his mind later... if he needs the money or gets bored... the option is there to do it. This all makes perfect sense. How many people SWORE never to revisit a character and later changed their minds? Sigourney Weaver, Sean Connery, I'm sure there are others. It just takes some time and enough money.

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Ryan, Decatur, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:15:34 GMT

It was a great ending, I never thought Chase would pull Journey out of the Sopranos. I was so yellin' "what the ****?" at the tv with the brief yet long 5 second black screen. I agree with another commenter that it was like a hit job on the viewer. When Leotardo was hit at the gas station, I immediately had a feeling Chase would leave a cliffhanger, thinking Leotardo's death would be the "big bang" (no pun intended) of the episode. Brilliant, Emmy material.

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Pat, Valencia, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:15:46 GMT

Ohmygawd !!! Meadow parks the car, joins mom, dad and bro at the table. The guy comes out of the bathroom and mows 'em all down !! Lots of blood !!! There, thats my ending and I'm sticking with it. Best friggin' show on TV.

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Susan, K-Vegas, NC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:15:48 GMT

The ending was certainly 'within character' to the show's history. Just like with the other previous episodes before it, stuff happened during the hour and then the episode went off. The creators always left you wanting more; waiting for the next installment. Loose ends that never were tied up; Clues to what may happen next that lead to no where; Characters getting whacked,sometimes without warning; Subplots that spiraled out of control; The tease of trying to figure it all out. The difference is that this time it was the finale. There are no more installments, only syndication. We expected more. We wanted more. Some kind of ending- a final episode. My husband says it was a brilliant "non-ending" that lets you wonder and create your own ending, personalized, customized. However, myself, a dedicated fan of the show, who waited for months for the new season to come out each year, who looked forward to watching the characters develop, who was entertained and intrigued by the actors telling the story; the finale just left me wondering. And the answer is "yes"; there is a worse ending to a great series other than the one for Seinfeld.

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DB Phx AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:16:08 GMT

Well one thing is for sure it will be a long time before I get sucked into a TV show that expends so much of my valuable time. I'd rather spend it doing something with the kids. As for the show / Movie... Rocky sequence ring a bell to anyone? Get hooked and waste your time.

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Michelle, Shreveport, LA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:16:10 GMT

David Chase had the gall to make us wait months and months for new seasons of the show. I can't think of any show in history that has had the balls to do that. So we did, we waited, and we always came back. We were loyal until the end. But even forgetting the most bizarre final scene in history - what about the rest of it? Random, scattered, 20 second clips of footage, all leading to ... nothing. It was a mess. I couldn't follow one story before another was thrown in. I felt like I was watching all the pieces of film they picked up off the cutting room floor and threw in a blender. Despite the "artistic" ideas of the going to black and that is how Tony's life would end, all 65 minutes sucked. I was bored from the beginning and it never got better. If the other 64 minutes would have been good (not even great, but just good), I could appreciate the irony. But come on, you have got to be f***ing kidding me. I am cancelling my HBO subscription. And even though I was really looking forward to Big Love tomorrow, I just can't do it. For God's sake, I will never watch anything by David Chase again. (Nice plug for his daughter though - 65 minutes of show left but he just had to fit her in, didn't he?)

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Eddie Walters — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:16:38 GMT

Complete garbage. Enough with the phony "it was so artistic" garbage. Chase wimped out and sold out. I was fine with the show ending. All good things come to an end. They spent at least 4 years of teasing us with the show coming to an end and then left it open. Last weeks episode had so much momentum with wrapping up all the story lines. This week they wrapped up nothing except contracts to make a movie. This makes the ending of Seinfeld look genius.

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Lou G, MASS — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:18:47 GMT

DUMB, STUPID, IDIOT! Cancel my HBO and I will not go see the movie!! SCREW HBO

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Chuck Feldstein — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:18:48 GMT

OF COURSE, I want more. Guess what? I will have more...Tony and his family and crew will live on in my imagination, forever. Chase got it just right.

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WADE QUEEN, LOUISA, KY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:18:50 GMT

I just posted on the Sopranos forum at TV.com an MSN article that "Sopranos" creator David Chase reportedly filmed three different endings to the finale to help keep the conclusion secret. Chase has always reveled in denying audience expectations (most memorably by never returning to the escaped Russian) and likely delights in foolhardy pundit prognostications. But it's fun to try anyway. Back in 2001, Chase was illuminating about his approach to the ending while speaking to Rolling Stone magazine: "The paradigm of the traditional gangster film is the rise and fall. You have to ask yourself: Do I want to bother with that paradigm?" I PERSONALLY AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT HTE ENDING. IT IS NIND-PROVOKING THOUGH. STEVEN VAN ZNDT SAID IN AN INTERVIEW THIS WEEK THE ENDING WOULD BE 'VERY CONTROVERSIAL'. EXPECT A LOT OF CRAP FIRESTORM THIS WEEK IN THE VARIOUS TV & RADIO ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS. THIS WILL BE MOCKED BIGTIME IN THE MONTHS & YEARS AHEAD BY COMEDY SHOWS & MAYBE EVEN SOME DRAMA SHOWS, FAMILY GUY BEING THE FIRST TO COME TO MY MIND!

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Tera S. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:18:59 GMT

It goes both ways. I like that they went on more of the emotional side for the ending instead of on a bloody rampage. It was like a last & final visit to the famiy.....Bobby's funeral, Seeing Sil in the Hospital, Uncle Junior & his memory loss, a meaningful talk with Paulie & then a get together with his immediate family. The silence of the credits was kinda erie though. Endings are final & cutting to black was as final as it could get!

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Bryan, Florida — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:19:01 GMT

I thought the ending was brilliant. David Chase is a genius. He makes you think which Im sorry to say not many writers of TV shows nor movies make you do anymore.. Everything is wrapped up in a neat little bow and handed to you. Not this show , It was never like that, it always made you think and wanting more. People who are disapointed, Im sorry, maybe its just your mind just coming awake...

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Melissa P Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:19:12 GMT

WTF David Chase!!!!!!! WTF?????? Although I agree with alot of the comments previously made, I thought it was facinating. I never beleived that I'de ever meet a show that could actualy have me holding my breath for one hour. Only to end up screaming!!! It was exilerating and I liked it!

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Josh, Albany, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:19:57 GMT

I thought the episode was a terrible series finale. It would have made a decent season finale, but it was not a fitting end for the series. They were introducing new plotlines (such as Tony's possible legal issues) at the very end, which is just bad storytelling. It felt like they were trying to pack as much plot as possible into it and leave the last 5-10 minutes for resolution, of which there was very little. It just feels like it was a typical episode of the show, and not a proper ending to the series.

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Not a Fool for The Sopranos — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:20:11 GMT

Brilliant? Don't you realize when you've been had? "He left us to use our own imaginations!" Gee, you mean he left you to flatter yourselves that you could come up with something MUCH better than David Chase ever could! (Then again, you may be right.) No, he played a practical joke on us. Andy Kaufman did that with a moronic TV special (which never aired because it truly was moronic, although I suspect present company may disagree and find it "brilliant," too) in which he had the picture "roll" as though the vertical control needed to be fixed. This was a practical joke. A tribue to David Chase's uber-arrogance. And you're all lapping it up. In a New Yorker article several years ago, Chase bragged about his disdain of televison, a medium he despises so much, he kicked around as a Charley Nobody director of various TV series for DECADES. He wouldn't even reveal his age (prima donna, who cares? You’re OLD, fella!) but sufficient to say that he’s been a journeyman director long enough to have helmed episodes of the old "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." Tonight’s series “finale” proves how disdainful David Chase is of his fans, too. (Excepting the Rhodes Scholars among us.) And, apparently, he really does want the money and the fame.. Chase clearly believes the old H.L. Mencken dictum that "nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." Your statements are proof positive of that. Do you really think he’s FLATTERING any of you into using your imagination when he is clearly foreshadowing the return of The Sopranos--by popular demand. More predictions: don’t be surprised if Syl suvives, Paulie does turn out to be a turncoat, the NYC family decides that they’re better off without Phil AND Tony, after all, and that Adriana will pop out of Witness Protection at Tony’s mob trial. Far-fetched? If anyone had told you that tonight’s series finale would end with such a cheap trick, you would have howled with derision! But you’re all wiping the egg from your faces and saying it’s better than you ever could have expected. Good Lord.

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kostaki, columbia, mo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:20:27 GMT

I really thought it was gonna end the same way robert deniro's father died in Analyze this!!

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Sara, Ithaca, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:20:40 GMT

The entire episode was rife with foreshadowing of Tony's death. The cat was the biggest clue - suddenly appears at the safehouse where they're hiding from death, stares at the deceased Christopher's photo, Paulie's comment that cats will suck the life's breath from you, and how affectionate it is with Tony. Did you catch where the cat walked up to Paulie outside of the meat store after Tony walks away? Other clues I saw included T and Carm's happiness at hearing Meadow's potential starting salary (because they've been concerned about how she'll support herself if the unthinkable happens), A.J.'s brush with death plus his parents' concern about his life if he goes into the Army (never thinking about the fact he's already involved in a war in Jersey, even visiting Silvo as he lay in a coma exactly like Tony's near death situation after being shot by Junior. And, of course, Bobby's comment that you never see it coming, everything just fades to black. Not to mention the fact that Phil was whacked - how could they knock off the NY boss without some sort of retaliation? I think Chase did a superb job with the finale. The scene in the diner had me on the edge of my seat, watching every nuance as the music played. Those that are complaining about the ending - the only thing you weren't shown is the bullet going into Tony's brain.

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Taboo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:20:41 GMT

Tony was killed.... The fade to black was brilliant...when you get shot, life as you know it ends....in a split second....his daughter saw him get shot.... Sorry folks, but Tony was killed.

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Bob — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:21:03 GMT

Not sure about everyone else, but I'm very content with the ending. Sure Tony wasn't popped, but Tony with all his problems prevailed as he always does. It's a hard life he and his family leads and it just goes on one day at a time.

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Patrick McIntire, El Monte, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:21:09 GMT

David Chase, you are the man. You gave me the ending I wanted. Thank you. I was gonna need Dr. Melfi if Tony got whacked. There were 4 people in my livingroom on the edge of their seats until the silent credits ran. We were fooled. You got us. Very satisfying without disappointing. My only disappointment is that it is over. Nicely wrapped.

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Mike Spence Toronto,Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:21:10 GMT

In the Imortal words of sal "FORGET ABOUT IT" Another great series candles blown out. Interpretion is a great thing! Water coolers will be bubbling everywhere.Good one David Chase!! and fade to black....

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Amelia Heinl — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:21:32 GMT

Just as Orson Welles brillantly terrorizd America with a Martian invasion, David Chase played with our heads and hearts. The Sopranos has always had an ambiguity, an alternate reality as part of its theme. The ending or stopping actually was fitting to its yin and yang. Chase, your brilliant. Don't leave us empty screened too long.

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A Fan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:21:49 GMT

Great ending! I love David Chase for not pandering to the people who must have their shows all tied up in a neat little bow. The ambiguity of this ending was brilliant and gutsy. Bravo.

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Roger Barrow — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:22:16 GMT

As a fan from the beginning, I felt undermined and disappointed. I found David Chase and his 'nothingness is everything' to be absurd. I'm sure David Chase will make a most profitable movie. Why didn't He just take up a collection and show the real ending tonight. I feel extremely let down!

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Winston Smith, Buffalo, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:22:25 GMT

There needs to be one more episode, the one where David Chase is taken out and whacked. the last two years it was like Chase said lets just throw in some crap script and see what sticks to the wall. Gas up the dingy David (fredo) because you are dead to me.

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lp, sf, ca — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:23:23 GMT

boring. boring. boring. Finale episode was a lazy and mediocre ending. No suspense and a blah finish. Can't wait for entourage to start back up again!

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jeff chance aventura florida — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:23:31 GMT

it is 12:20 am 0n 06/11/07 and my wife and i are still talking about a great ending and all the meanings possible. great show

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Michael Musick, Queens, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:23:53 GMT

The ending definitley had its pros and cons but overall i have to say it was great. That is what a genius writer like david chase is supposed to do. That last scene with just the four of them reminded me of why I fell in love with the show the very first episode.

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Mike Voss, Los Angeles — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:23:57 GMT

Art, in true form, is supposed to be subject to interpretation with no one definite perspective necessarily being 'correct'. Thirty some years after it was written, Don McLean still won't tell what exactly the lyrics to American Pie meant to him when he wrote them, which makes the song live on in discussion and interpretation. The more I know about it, the more it fascinates me. That is art. The final episode of the Sopranos is just that - final. Believe it- James Gandolfini has been definitive about that. An ending that was cut and dried would have been just that - an ending. What we got was art - good art. The last 10 minutes demonstated just how well the production quality has been manipulating us for years to interpret every little nuance when we've been lead to expect something big. Talk about pulling our strings. I've found that episodes of this show get better, and more digestable, with age, and this one may be the ultimate in that respect. It's taken a few hours and the views of others to really give me all the tools to see it for what it was. All I'm sure of is that The Sopranos is definitely over and the last episode was art in the purest form - love it or hate it.

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Jeff Edgewater, FL. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:24:23 GMT

What a disgrace. Unbelieveably bad. Worse than no ending at all. Shameful.

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Skip — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:24:28 GMT

I'm not sure what prompted anyone to believe you could have a one-hour "finale" to a show like The Soprano's, and then for them to think they could waste time with Paulie's promotion dilemma (who cares?) and a stray cat staring as Chrissy's picture (was that supposed to be deep?)... this last show proved it couldn't be done. I'm not a big fan of shows that tie everything up in neat little bows, but this day-in-Tony's-life was boring. And prove to me the final 10-second blackout wasn't because they simply couldn't think of anything better to do. Seriously... cut to black? That's the best you got??? Not even a gunshot or screeching tires in the background... nothing?!? I did like the goody-two-shoes FBI agent sleeping with his pissed off co-worker... it was something new at least. 15 seconds out of 65 minutes... thanks a lot. If this finale was an example of all they had to offer then I'm grateful there won't be another season. As far as I'm concerned, the finale was nothing more than 65 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

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John Doe, Seattle, Wash.):* — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:24:32 GMT

Tony did not get whacked, at least not until after the VIEWER did and the viewer never heard it coming.

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Cal, Prescott, AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:24:34 GMT

See if the cat stares at a picture of T.

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scott mason ,martinsburg, wv. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:24:46 GMT

great ending, allowing we the fans our own end,we got whacked as punishment for wanting a bunch of made guys killed. when tony went to vegas he got high and watched the sun come up. he rose and yelled at the sunrise "i get it". that was the key family,is the thing his kids and his mob buddys . they met as a normal family with heathy goals not in the tonys business.meadows parking problem was a return to being normal as a family.

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Jennie Christian — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:24:47 GMT

Oh, please people, the whole family got whacked; they couldn't leave anyone who could avenge Tony's death alive! That's why the frustration with Meadow's inability to park the car; the sight and sound was clipped the second she walked in the door. For anyone not a die-hard fan, this would have been a difficult episode to keep up with; for me I got every nuance almost immediately. "This thing of ours..."; when Uncle Joon failed to understand the simple translation of la cosa nostra, Tony knew he was truly gone; Carm's spec house pictures, AJ laughing, Meadow's oh-so-satisfying (for her parents) job offer; the East's giant ATM machine...all brilliant. Sometimes those of us who get caught up in these kinds of shows and movies forget who these people really are, the harm they've really done. Even the kids knew what their dad did for a living; that was made clear seasons ago. In any case, good ending, not predictable, just like nearly every season of this great show has been. I will miss it.

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Mitch, Los Angeles, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:25:20 GMT

Uh, the one thing that debunks the theory that the fade to black was Tony getting whacked is the simple fact that THERE WAS NO ONE WHO WANTED TONY DEAD! Who could've ordered that hit? Why? His main rival is dead, he makes peace with any internal enemies (Paulie) and the NY guys wanted him to whack Phil so why would they go after him? That's what doesn't make any sense. If anything, it was us, the viewers getting whacked and no longer being able to follow the story of the family. But Tony getting whacked makes the least amount of sense.

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Steve Ferda, Cuyahoga Falls, OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:25:55 GMT

Awesome ending. A final ending with bullets flying and Tony in a pool of blood, Carmela screeching, would be wayyyy too cliche. There is no romantic final moment; it's onion rings. There is no peace with the family you raised; your only son is a horse's behind and your daughter would've been a doctor if not for you. The uncle who played catch with you is gone. Your family is falling apart. The drama of being chased has been replaced by the ho-hum of yet another indictment. Tony is on the cusp of falling right back into the monotony of life when he is turned off like a switch. If you were looking for a hail of bullets, may I suggest the totally-overrated cheesefest final chapter of another Tony -- Tony Montana.

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Guy Davidson, Minneapolis, Mn — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:26:16 GMT

just crap - extremely lame. the writers couldn't come up anything strong so they bailed.

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Maureen, Warren, Michigan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:26:27 GMT

What a disappointment. It's like they called the show in.

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Patrick McIntire, El Monte, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:26:39 GMT

Tony was not whacked folks. The people that would have done the whacking are gone. They are dead. There is now peace between New York and New Jersey. The only one that wanted to whack Tony and caused all the problems was Philly. And if that bullet didn't do the trick, the tire certainly did. Again, brilliant! Best ending ever :p

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Virginia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:26:50 GMT

It was funny ... because I get HBO on the sly ... I dont steal it, the cable company just has it coming in for some reason ... so when the last scene went black I was like NO WAY! They pick NOW to kill HBO!! LOL! What a stupid way to end a series. I never watched the show until these last episodes to see what all the buzz was about. I wasn't impressed, and the ending didn't do much for me either. Tony did not seem menacing to me at all, just a bully, his wife was typical stereotype-cast NJ/NY bimbo, Phil LeoTARDO (for crying out loud! is that a real family's name?), the skunk hair on Paulie, an obese homosexual mafia goombah?!! ... on and on ... it was pure drivel. I never liked it and only wanted to see what was happening. I am glad I didn't waste more time on it as most did.!

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Makinzy Springer — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:27:12 GMT

I found the "anticlimax" to be refreshingly brilliant. For all the pointless media attention focused on the ending of yet another show, this blackout ending was perfectly disappointing to all those Middle Amerians with thier 2.5 children and blue SUVs. A good director must always know when his show's become swallowed by the imbecilic masses, and Chase used that knowleadge to his advantage by putting in an ending that left a large portion of viewers- those who flit from show to show in the American Idol off-season- befuddled. Whereas, those of us who have watched sine we were 'ye high' are grinning to ourselves and applauding the ideal finale to an awesome series. But, hey, I'm 13. Don't listen to me. Go back to your couches and wait for Simon Cowel to come back on the screen with his "witty" remarks.

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Murph, Chicago IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:27:12 GMT

perfect ending. Not your typical series finale where everything gets neatly tied up with the main characters walking off into the sunset. This was always the tale of the glamorous, albeit soiopathic American Mob boss, who more than anything was a human, a father, and a husband. A character who always lived with the constant nauseating stress of getting arrested or killed. That is how the series began and, just as in life, things did not change all that much. people came and went but in the end tony was last seen as a father, a nephew, a friend, a husband, and a person.

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Penny, KC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:27:14 GMT

I cannot forgive Chase for the last season with all that wasted gay storyline. He led us on then and he is sadisticly enjoying now that he made you all think up the final ending. He was not a caring enough writer to give you one. He is going to let you argue it out. It was like his season last year, wasted space and disappointment. What a lazy writer. He rarely filled the whole hour anyway. And if he does not want to nurture the great characters and storyline for a movie, then he should sell it to someone so they can write a real mob story and give those characters the excitement they had the first few seasons. The only good thing in that episode was the cat and Paulie. Chase is laughing at all of you.

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Santana, Athens, OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:29:08 GMT

The final scene was stellar. It was not a big F-U to the audience. It was a reminder to all the people who loved this show from the very beginning exactly why we fell in love with that show ...that tension buiding to illicit a physical response. I don't want to think that Tony died but I just remembered that scene when Silvio was at that restaurant and that guy got shot in slow motion .. Silvio got covered in blood before he heard the shots. It could go either way but they certainly opened the door for spin-offs and/or movies. They introduced five or six new characters.

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Randy, Tacoma WA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:29:25 GMT

If you recall, at the end of last week's episode, Tony has a flashback of him and Bobby in the boat. Bobby says,"It all goes silent and black anyway." He was talking about getting shot in the head. Leaves me to believe that this is why it was done this way. It was Tony's perspective. He died.

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John, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:29:54 GMT

That ending blew. Be a man and finish the story....That ending wasn't genius or clever. It was just plain LAZY

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Jack Spade, Inez, Kentucky — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:32:02 GMT

this is a quote from David Chase "Network television is all talk. I think there should be visuals on a show, some sense of mystery to it, connections that don't add up. I think there should be dreams and music and dead air and stuff that goes nowhere. There should be, God forgive me, a little bit of poetry." a brilliant ending for a brilliant show

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m correnti, boston ma — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:32:03 GMT

he should have been killed. PERIOD

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BGT48 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:32:21 GMT

Ending an episode with Journey's Don't Stop Believin'? Been there, done that. "Scrubs" did a better job of it four years ago; Episode 48 - "My Journey"

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Paul, Walnut Creek, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:32:30 GMT

What has always made the show so special whether you are aware of it or not, is in the fact it does mirror all our lives. Every single day we watch as our lives unfold before us. Never knowing that the very next moment can be the one that changes everything. Or, as most everyday, nothing eventful occurs and the days seem routine, as so many of the episodes were. For me the ending was perfect and real. I cannot tell you how many times I have said to myself in the mist of drama and trauma, "this will all work out, it always does." Sure enough Tony's life will work out for another day.

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Darrell, Columbus, OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:32:38 GMT

Brilliant ending... Folks, Tony is gone...plain and simple. As many people have stated on here, he and Bobby discussed in the first episode how you don't know it's gonna happen..it just sneaks up on ya. Tony saw all kinds of different cultures (notice the boy scouts, the black dude, the trucker, etc, etc....) come in, he sees his wife, his son (the future...even if he is a punk), and last, his daughter. We saw the "ending" through TONY's eyes...and at the same time, THE END. I think David is brilliant for how he ended it, because it causes the WORLD to question what really happened...you can assume Tony is dead (I do...but makes you feel better not having to SEE the bullet, the blood, the heartache for his family, etc...), or you can assume he continues...and goes through hell with court (he brought it up to Carm). Either way, David did the damn thing. And no, there won't be a movie, because what's the point? You can put more in a season on HBO than you ever could in a MOVIE. NO MOVIE!

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Jeff Lowney The Woodlands, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:32:47 GMT

Diud anyone else notice Tony walked into the restaurant and saw himself sitting in the booth??

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Ronnie Fliss, Montville, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:33:42 GMT

I wonder how many people replayed their tivo/dvr - and yelled at their tvs? Thank you Mr. Chase for one of the most frustrating experiences - our phone didn't stop ringing after the final scene - everyone yelling, like it was our fault!!! Kudos though on creating incredible buzz..

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Had enough... — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:34:03 GMT

The ending was horrible... All these years to end like that? All the ending did was make everyone think of writer and not the story or that the cable went out. Nice going. Always thought the story came first,but.... Guess I was wrong.

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FOLLY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:34:34 GMT

The last words Tony hears...and thinks as he watches the thug exit the bathroom....."DON'T!" "STOP!"

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SDL, WASH DC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:34:37 GMT

The ending wasn't a black screen in a second but a drawn out 5 minutes of suspense that I don't think a tv show has ever had me on the edge of my seat presuming what was to happen next. No matter the ending would have been, everone would still complain because the best series ever on tv is over.

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JE — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:35:09 GMT

Somebody here said that this whole thing was David Chase's ride. That's certainly right. It's been a long happy relationship for Chase and HBO and their actors. I enjoyed most of the seasons. But I don't like being the chump and that's how I feel after watching the last few years and especially tonight.

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Mad Marcy from California — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:35:12 GMT

Are you kidding me Chase? You must think we are all idiots. Sure I see your problem 'hmm, if I kill T off then there is no movie'...right? So for lack of a better ending you go for the over-used no-ending-ending??? No closure. No nothing. And I have seen every episode of this show for 9 years!!! You have screwed me....you should be ashamed. The characters deserved a better ending than this....all these years I thought we would find out WHAT IT ALL MEANS. And all I know now- is that you are greedy greedy greedy and want to make a movie. This was not an ending- it was a cliffhanger!!!!!!!!! Thanks for nothing.

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James C Chivers PhD Albuquerque, New Mexico — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:36:27 GMT

God Riddance, how maybe we can get some real entertainment on Television the Saprano fans denied me my sci-fi theatrics for what seems like ages, with their love for a gangster family peyton place, I am so relieve that lousy show is gone, someone should put a hit out on the Saprono Fans

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Karla Kay — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:36:49 GMT

I said it would either be as memorable as anything we have ever seen done on the Sopranos OR it would suck big time....I expected nothing in between. My opinion...It sucked BIG TIME!! So long Sopranos....it was a helluva ride!

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Matt, Littleton, Colorado — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:04 GMT

It was the perfect ending for TRUE Sopranos fans. Everything this entire series alluded to this ending. Chase said that the series finale would be tied to something from the 1st episode of the series. If we all go back, the ONLY episode that ever occurs with Tony's narration and from his POV, is the 1st one. Hmmmmm....the last one ends from his POV when all goes black and he doesn't feel or expect it. Incredible!

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Christian, NY, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:30 GMT

Chase ruined the fun by making it art. We get it, they're a normal family.

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Jerry McKenna, Stroudsburg, Pa. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:35 GMT

Brilliant ending, we'll see them all again, so never say never or ever.

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PG — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:47 GMT

I don't know if anyone else has posted this but I think the fade to black means Tony is dead, or maybe he has an upset stomach.

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G. Williams, Boston, MA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:52 GMT

Excellent.....just like life, no neat ending. It left me with a smile on my face at the thought that, while this is the end of the series, the Sopranos live on in our minds. If there is a movie some where down the road, great, if not, most of the characters we love are still alive in our minds.

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NonWoot, Media, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:38:56 GMT

David... Chase... RULES! Yes, that was an unexpected ending, and sort of a letdown, but it was complete brilliance in all other sorts simply because it was probably the only way he could take the series out without it being a cheesy ripoff type of finish. Hats off to Mr. Chase!

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FOLLY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:39:25 GMT

David Chase is smiling like a Cheshire cat right now. Sipping champagne as he reads all of these comments on 100's of websites.........deciding which of your analyses he will adopt tomorrow on all the talk shows.

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Adam, Arlington, Va — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:39:58 GMT

Brilliant? Not even close. For some reason there are a bunch of people who seam to think that making things different makes them great, but its a far shot in this case. People followed Sopranos because of the way it has been written for the past years. Its about both unexpected situations and execution of plot (no pun intended). This formula was the basis of how Sopranos operated, and ultimately sets its expectations. People watched because they were still amazed by the unexpected turns Sopranos can take within this "setup and execute" delivery. Setting up a situation and not doing anything with it is A BAD ENDING. What a horrible way to finish this. If I wanted the creativity to come up with my own ending, I would have shut it off before it was over......

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darkness, los angeles, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:40:07 GMT

Tony is DEAD!

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Jerry McKenna, Stroudsburg, Pa. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:40:11 GMT

Brilliant ending, we'll see them all again, so never say never or ever.

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Kevin, Overland Park, Kansas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:41:01 GMT

I thougth it was absolutely horrible. As I was watching it and watchin the time dwindle, I thought "somethings got happen soon... time is running out." I thought we would see something in the resturant but we were robbed. this ending was actually worse than the rumor I heard that Tony wakes up from the coma after he got shot and dreamt everything in the last two seasons. I'm also PO'd that Paulie was not wacked. Tony should have thrown him off the boat a few weeks ago. Then I thought... their setting up for a movie. Pretty lame though... They should have ended it all with the two mobs going at it with a blood bath shootout like LA confidential. Especially since they ended last weeks episode wtith Tony sleeping with his machine gun. In the end, very disapointed and I felt the characters and the series deserved better.

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Jan Campbell — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:41:07 GMT

It MAY have been a brilliant way to leave the door open for another season or movie someday, but it was certainly THE most slow season of anything I have ever seen-it could have ended before this season even started had I known it would be left to us to just ponder on our on.. I can't help but wonder what the other two options were - I heard there were three endings filmed. Yes, it apppeared that some wacking was going to happen or maybe the guys were FBI protecting them - I find it hard to believe they would go into witness protection with the children getting it together with their own future plans. I still won't be happy until I have more Tony and the interesting cat tale in my life!

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Chris G, Fairfax, VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:41:26 GMT

It kinda reminded me of the Butch Cassidy ending...

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Dave Fairburn, Reno, NV — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:41:31 GMT

TonY & Carmella should encourage AJ to joint the Air Force rather than the Army, they take better care of their personnel. By the way, did any recognize the man who preceded AJ into the restaurant? Moral to the story: Your head can't be used for everything. Just ask Phil!! The ending will allow David Chase to make a movie in a few years. It took about 15 years for Star Trek to be make into a movie.

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Ron, New York, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:41:43 GMT

I think I saw this ending before, when this show on HBO called OZ left the viewers wondering what's going to happen when the dust clears. Did we ever get a resolution to the remaining characters? No. Nor will we for the Sopranos characters. It would have been a smart ending, if it wasn't already done before.

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Barbzilla, Festus, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:41:45 GMT

There must be excruciating pressure on someone like David Chase who has created a television icon that must somehow meet - even exceed - a loyal audience's expectations every week. Even more pressure when just about everyone in the country is tuned in for the last time to see how you wrap it all up. Fans of "The Sopranos" knew it wouldn't all come together in one tidy package. There were far too many questions to answer and we all realized the show was never one to bring us the typical Hollywood ending. But, it is reasonable to expect SOMETHING to happen. It's not a crime to make a last episode an exciting one, nor is it a sell-out. By ending "The Sopranos" with no ending, he didn't have to be brilliant at all. One could psychoanalyze the final episode til the cows come home, but the fact is Chase copped out.

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DJJohnny Marasco, Ozone Park Queens New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:42:11 GMT

I Loved it.. so many hated it! As a dj I would have ended with a Stones song "Paint it Black", but nothing is stronger than the "Sounds Of Silence" & a "Black/blank Screen", talk about going out with a bang! Davis Chase did not cheat us he left the doors open for movies & more Sopranos in the future! Remember there will always be a so called mob. The Mafia will be around for many years to come. Nothing is for certain except death & taxes. I come from Ozone Park Queens When John Gotti was alive it was a safe neighborhood to live & shop, now its all trash. Did David Chase wanted the Sopranos to End on the Anniversary of John Gotti's Death (June 10 2002), died of throat cancer not a rubout? Or am I the only one who finds this strange. Remember John Gotti was called "The Teflon Don", his son John Jr & "The Family" is still around. There is a reason for everything. Did David "86ed" the Sopranos for good? I DON'T THINK SO. Hey David "Black is Black, I want My Sopranos Back! The Best ending was the finale of HBO's Six Feet Under, but did we really want to see the Sopranos "really" end????????? To be continued.......................

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Geri H, San Francisco, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:42:21 GMT

The series has been a page turner and you never knew what would happen next. I think ending it this way killed it for me -- with nothing happening, basically it was a cop out. David Chase made a brilliant series and this ending was not brilliant -- it was not the way we wanted it to end. He owed us closure.

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Mike, Munroe Falls, Ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:42:40 GMT

I think everyone is missing something about the final few minutes. I don't think it was as much about leaving it up to our imagination as people are thinking. What he did was let us be Tony Soprano for a few minutes. Every person we saw we thought could be the one who kill Tony but thats exactly how Tony lives every day. In the end Tony lived but seeing how he lives his life he doesn't derive much enjoyment from always having to perceive everyone he doesn't know as his enemy. He also he about to be brought up on changes for gun posession.

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Shawn, Atlanta — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:42:41 GMT

You think Chase had the last laugh with the HBO ending,then wait til the movie, then part 2 and part 3 and of course a few prequels.....bottom line this sucks. Sad way for this to end, or did it.....

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Jef, Cedar Rapids, IA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:43:43 GMT

So many whiners!! David Chase will be smiling not because he "duped" anyone, but because he gave us an ending no one predicted. I've read a lot of posts, and not a single one said "I knew it was going to end this way". I have a feeling the people who are complaining the loudest are the ones who were so sure they knew what was going to happen. Like the song said "The movie never ends/It goes on and on and on..."

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B J , Houston TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:43:45 GMT

Nobody seems to think that this is just a scheme to have all of us buy tickets to a two hour motion picture at 12 bucks a pop? I am so pissed...

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neil adlington, Toronto, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:43:49 GMT

Hasn't anyone ever thought that when he dies everything goes with him and all turns to black? Tony is dead.

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tommy, lake havasu city, az. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:43:53 GMT

all i can say is WTF?!? 6 years ive watched the show waiting over a year at times to see the new season. i thought these final set of episodes were supposed to wrap up what the last season didnt. NOPE! The people that thought the ending was brilliant r easily amused. the people that were killed off didnt make it special, phil was only in charge for what 5 episodes? bobby? awe janice lost another man. all this we have seen. i wanted to know if tony got clipped. ending to black, im sorry if that was supposed to be the way chase showed that tony got killed he could have at least waited til the guy came back out of the restroom and reached into his jacket because he was the one that kept eyeballing tony and the family. the jumping to black b4 meadow even got to the door left too many questions. no one can say what they thought about what happened because no one knows what happened. we can all speculate but yea we could have done that without there ever having been a sopranos series. we are fans. we watch and chase writes. i just think he went into early retirement. about 5 seconds too early.

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John M, Vancouver BC, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:44:23 GMT

Was the ending 'genius'? 'lame'? ... or corporate decision? I suppose, "Only 'The Shadow' or Chase knows! Personally, I felt let down somewhat - although the cat was a delightful touch ... reminded me of (the much more sinister) cat from the credits of "Walk on the Wild Side". Dramatic, but if Chase wanted to keep it open he could have done it better.

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margaret, arizona — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:44:57 GMT

Maybe we'll find out the answers in a feature film. Hmmmmm. What a way for them to make money.

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Joey, New York City — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:45:27 GMT

I find the unconditional love towards cold-hearted murderers.......sickening. We have people drive DUI, with no intention to kill, being villified and publically punished as demons. At the same time you idolize and make hero's out of cold-blooded murderers, and tv shows who portray them. Simply disturbing.

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Dr. Ben Smith, Dallas, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:46:13 GMT

How many times have we seen an ending in a series where the main character dreamed it all, was actually killed off. or escaped death by a narrow margin? I have to say, the first thought that came to my head when the screen went black was MOVIE (not fooled by the sudden loss of picture). Now that I've had time to think it over a bit, I'm content with the ending. About a third of the viewers will love it, a third will hate it, and the other third will want more... Mr. Chase left it about as well as he could, and I applaud him. Leaving it to subjection is the best way to make your true fans happy, and of course, leaving it open to possible future production if necessary (or desired).

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Boycott future David Chase joints — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:47:11 GMT

What a let down. For David Chase and HBO: Millions of dollars over the years. For actors Gandolfini, Falco and company: Money, fame, awards. For the fans who made it happen: A slap in the face. PRICELESS

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Diane J Newberg, Oregon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:47:11 GMT

The ending reflected the uncertainty they all had to live with throughout the series. Every single character had to look over his/her shoulder all of the time, and they will continue to. The "fade to black" equated to limbo to me. They will always be somewhere between life and death.

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Matt Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:48:02 GMT

For all those that liked the ending...let's all go to a movie in a theatre that does just this...you'll ALL be pissed.

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Debbie Belj , Madison, CT — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:48:57 GMT

After reading all the above, I guess I can understand all the different viewpoints about this finale, BUT, for me, I was really disappointed. I wanted more, but what that "more" is, I don't know. I guess I do like the idea of having the freedom to wonder, rather than "know" Tony is dead. Meadow's parking scene was crazy--you could have pulled an 18 wheeler in that spot.

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Lillian, New York, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:49:59 GMT

I loved it. Everyone's echoed my thoughts, so there's no need to comment much. But I also thought that the daughter would get shot and/or spared as her family was killed by the guy at the bar. My heart was beating, even though it's fictional. This show really had fantastic actors and scripts. The cast should take a bow. Bravo!!

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J L, Portland, Oregon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:50:44 GMT

I loved this last episode! We're left to speculate and create our own ending. Figuratively speaking, "Tony lives." Please don't ruin this finale with a friggin' movie!!!

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Cris K., Seattle, WA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:50:54 GMT

I just finished watching the last episode and then read all these posts. While I do see how the ending can be interpreted as a great "fade to black, you never see the last bullet coming", I can't help but feel a bit empty and disappointed. I sincerely think that this kind of finale, a finale that leaves so very many open ends, is a cop out. I think that this is a case of an extremely condescending David Chase who thinks he knows more than all of us. I have been a loyal viewer all along and just feel...cheated. We deserved more than this for our loyalty. Someone above said what I also thought on my own, which is that at least the writers of Six Feet Under wrote what I firmly believe was the best ending of any show I have ever seen. This was arrogant crap that was designed to leave things wide open for the huge money streams in the future. But I believe that if they had ended the series with some kind of the panache that we have grown to expect, that the end result in the big picture for movies, sequels, future seasons, etc., would be much greater. Shame on you David Chase and shame on HBO for this monumental disappointment

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John, Santa Monica, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:51:32 GMT

A while back I thought the show would end this way - i.e. anti-climactically - but as the end approached I found myself speculating about other endings that would provide more closure. I never should have waivered. The ending was par for the course for this show. The last 3 episodes prior to the finale were explosive and some of the best TV ever. Chase closed the series with the family just being the family. Tony's a survivor; he brokered a deal to end the feud with Phil, and he will live another day, but always looking up at any strange sound, as he did with the bell in the diner, always looking over his shoulder. It's a bittersweet ending in that it wasn't satisfying, but we should have seen it coming all along.

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Birdgirl, Rutherfordton, NC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:52:13 GMT

The ending was a mind blower. We thought we TiVo'd too short a time but then we learned we saw the same blank screen as the rest of you. Great ending - the family is still alive in my mind...even if only for our last minute view.

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L.Perrotta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:52:48 GMT

I feel like I wasted 6 years.Ripped off with only an hour and further ripped off that it was a boring hour. In all fairness, the blackout was brilliant.

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Mike Nave, Arcola, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:52:56 GMT

I get it! Chase whacked us.

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Sean Dungan — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:53:40 GMT

Do what I and my wife just did. Go to Youtube and type in 'Six Feet Under Last Episode' to see how a show should end.

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Mateo P — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:54:29 GMT

I agree that we were shorted a little bit w/ no big ending. I never thought Tony would bite it, but I thought something tragic would happen beyond Phil's death. I still loved it, and it was weird to watch it thinking it's over. I agree w/ NewJersey knows: my heart was pounding at the tension there at the end. Also , did anyone else notice that "Don't Stop Believing" wasn't finished? All you heard was "Don't Stop"......there's something else coming soon!

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Rick From Chicago — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:56:43 GMT

the last 5 minutes proved anything is possible for the viewer to paint a picture of how the final scene would conclude. brilliant writing/direction by chase. the first 30 minutes started off slow, but the final 15 minutes picked up big time. season 6b redeemed itself from season 6a and even with the possibility for a movie is possible...the conclusion we saw witness by millions is sufficient for most die hard soprano fans, even with most of us thinking hbo shut down the video feed at the end - it was great suspense....

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Steve Wijeiwiaski — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:57:09 GMT

Those of you that are displeased with this episode and are saying things like, "I haven't liked it since Season 3, anyway," strike me as odd. You must like it an awful lot to watch it and then post about it on the Internet just an hour after it goes off the air, no? The ending was brilliant. Either 1) Tony got whacked or 2) life grinds messily on....

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Steve Austin — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:57:11 GMT

David Chase ended another season with the family sitting down for Christmas dinner after a tremendous amount of violence. Tony's lost his closet lieutenants, he's facing indictment, his business is suffering, but still he sits down with the family to eat. Very Italian, and more real than any mafia show or movie ever made. Kudos to Mr. Chase, the production crew and fine actors for giving us the best television series ever produced.

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M. Coluccio, Brooklyn, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:59:36 GMT

Apparantly, people who were 'fans" of the show prefer to be "vouyeursistic" in scope and actually SEE the pieces of brain pop out when one is wacked. Apparantly too, those who felt there was "no ending" are just people who cannot appreciate what it means to "interepret" something artistically. Grow up.

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Dan, Vancouver, BC, Canada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:59:38 GMT

I was trembling with anxiety in the final minutes, then in shock for a couple of minutes after the screen went black, then laughing after realizing what Chase had done. I loved it. Those who didn't epitomize the immature North American audience who don't have any imagination, having a hissy-fit like a child who didn't get it's way. The Sopranos started and ended as the greatest ever. INCREDIBLE!

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Candace, Hattiesburg, MS — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:01:24 GMT

It was a perfect ending to a perfect show... We all fell in love with the idea of seeing inside "the mob." It was made to fill our idea of what it would be like to see in and the ending gives us all the chance to end the story the way we think it should end. Did he die, go to jail, did Carm stand by her man until the end, did AJ one day become a part of the "family", did Meadow one day save her brother or father from going to jail in the legal system? It's up to all of us to decide the out come.... Happy or sad... Fitting or unjust... It doesn't matter it became, in a twisted way, our own story because over the years they have become "our family" in my mind....

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Gabriel B. Dallas,TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:04:39 GMT

The entire show gave us a peek at over 80hrs of the life of Tony Soprano. I don't understand why people think a 2hr movie would even be seriously considered or would be better than the show itself. Besides, if anyone else had died we would have felt betrayed because we would never see them avenged. It's done. Forget about it.

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paul marcoulier — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:05:01 GMT

thankfull that i have the complete series to enjoy over and over... what a show... but please do not prostitute the ending with a follow up movie....

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Devin, Chicago, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:05:01 GMT

I had mixed feeling about the finale. It was okay; I do like how David Chase makes the viewers use their imagination about how the series ended. I miss the lighter side of The Sopranos, though. This season was so dark...depression, killings, etc. Sure, the early seasons had their share of killings, but the show always had a comic air to it. I liked the earlier seasons, since they had sooooo many characters and events going on at once. This season, there were less characters, and obviously, they kept getting killed off. We lost all of the fan favorites...Pussy, Adriana, now Silvio. Furio was my favorite...he was tough.

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Andy Lapinski — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:05:22 GMT

There are two possible major outcomes: Outcome #1- Nothing happens. The family seems finally to be together and 'normal'. They are going to just eat their meal and go back home. The trucker is just a trucker who is just going to eat his meal and leave. The big guy going to the men's room is just 'going to the men's room' and is going to come back, eat his meal, and leave. This is the scenario for those who want the Sopranos to 'live forever' at the series end. Then there is outcome #2 where everything happens. We wonder about retaliation against Tony. So he is sitting by himself; a perfect time to whack him, if they wanted to, without also whacking his family. Next, Carmela and him can get whacked, without also whacking the kids. Next AJ walks in, just behind an unknown guy, and it just becomes obvious that this is going to be a family affair. All of them get whacked, but where is Meadow? She is having trouble parking. Will this save her from fate that awaits her family inside? With each attempt, if appears that she will be saved. The tension builds with the potentially deadly characters in the room. The guy who walks in just in front of AJ who moves off screen, the trucker, if he is deadly, is playing it so coolly, and the big guy who looks like he is extremely likely to be carrying some equipment. The look in Tony’s eyes, as they dart to and fro, show both and an underlying fear and cautiousness of the potentially deadly situation. The big guy begins to make a move towards the Sopranos. It looks like this is it however Meadow won’t be part of it due to her trouble parking. Why not have the nicest member of the Soprano family not meet such a deadly fate? Seems like an end with a saving grace. However, this not her fate and she is destined to take her place with her family. The big guy has to be taking precautions for himself by going into the men’s room to prepare to be fully armed and ready to get the drop on an unprepared Tony and Soprano family. And he does with the help of his backup man, the ‘trucker’ and possibly the third guy who came in with AJ.

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Erich, Gurnee, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:05:30 GMT

The last episode was a dissapointment.

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Beth, Los Angeles, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:05:44 GMT

All of the posts calling David Chase a genius or rambling on about his brilliance are idiotic sycophantic garbage. The first 2 or 3 seasons of this show were very good, but it went downhill pretty fast after that. I am glad I canceled my HBO subscription 2 episodes into the 2005 season.

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In One Night - No Longer A Fan, Milpitas, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:05:52 GMT

I was neither frustrated nor fascinated. I was disappointed. This ending left me not really caring anymore. I won't be talking about it at work tomorrow. It was just dumb.

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Rafael, Austin, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:07:30 GMT

The ending was a very clever plot device leaving the viewer to reach his/her own conclusions. Very reminicent of the classic short story, The Lady or the Tiger, by Frank Stockton. Kudos to David Chase for not taking the easy way out.

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John B, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:07:38 GMT

I believe this was a great and horrible ending all at the same time. I personally did not want tony to die even though he probably deserved to. We all grew a kind of personal bond to him, and this ending enables us all to chose in our minds the future path of the Soprano family. On the other hand, I believe that true fans deserve some kind of closure as to what really happened, and I am hoping for some kind of follow up whether it be in the form of a movie or a continuation to television.

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JS, San Francisco — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:07:41 GMT

A movie? FuhGET about it!

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cara, brooklyn, ny — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:08:02 GMT

something should have happened. i did scream "WHAT?! WHAt?! WHAT?!" and flip the channels a few times to see if my cable was working... something should have happened. an ending like that is just like a drumroll and no firework.

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Banco — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:09:56 GMT

eooohh ! w.t.f....oh ! I got it. I laughed I cried, briliant ending.and that actor that played Leotardo I have to say you got wacked great in GOODFELLAS & ya got wacked great in the SOPRANOS. You wackey guy you.

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NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:10:28 GMT

I think over the course of the show we've kinda forgotten that this show is about a guy and his everyday problems with his wife and children - who just happens to be the Jersey Mob boss. I think Chase made it a point to end the show about how far they've all come and are still together - so what i'm trying to say is - it took Chase about 5 minutes to turn the show into a chick show! What a rip off!!

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David C. New York, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:11:13 GMT

The people who think he was whacked seem to be those who need the closure that was not provided so bad... they make it up. Might as well shoot a few more scenes and put em on youtube while you're at it. He didn't get whacked. IT ENDED. DEAL WITH IT.

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Dave, Falls Church VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:11:18 GMT

It's a way of life not a story and therefor does not have an ending. We watched because we all want to think of ourselves as The Boss at one point in our lives. It would take a while but if Tony died we would then be fancinated by the next boss. The fact is Tony's last meal could have been onion rings in a diner, or he could have heart burn in an hour. The point is not how it ends but how he lived. Just like Holden Caufield (sp?) we all love a character that for all his power, money, and flaws can still show weakness, fear, and a moral basis for the life he chooses to live. He is a mobster but on the scale of evil he is long way from being a terrorist.

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Joel, Dyer, IN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:11:38 GMT

I don't really understand the point of the ending unless it is to film a motion picture because since I've spent nearly the last decade of my life watching this show, I can only say that I'm extremely disappointed that Chase didn't tell me how it all ends. So if I started watching the show at 18, will I get some closure by the time I'm 35? I can only hope so.

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Disappointed, Southern Illinois — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:11:46 GMT

OMG!! WTF?? After all these years and the pitiful plays of building tension this is it? I love a good twist, a mind bender, a tease but a black screen? I am so disappointed in the writers and producers. I would love to hear what the actors have to say about such a pitiful finale.

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Brandon from New Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:11:50 GMT

A great ending. I personally think Tony was killed as the screen went black. However, it should of ended a different way. I felt as we should have seen things through Meadow's point of view as she walked through the door and seen a man standing behind Tony with a gun aimed at him. All speculation would of then be ended. That would of been interesting. All in all it was a great run.

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Jeff — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:12:17 GMT

Seriously. Worst ending ever in the history of television and movies.

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John. Minneapolis, Minnesota — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:12:39 GMT

There was so much tension building up in the last scene, and the song by Journey was perfect. Chase, like Scorcese, is a genius. So when Tony looked up in the last scene, before it went black, what did he see? Did he see his daughter Meadow walking in to the diner? Did he see someone with a gun? You will have to wait for the movie to find out. And I hope there is a Sopranos movie.

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Barbzilla, Festus, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:12:56 GMT

I find it amusing that so many people opining about the ending are calling it "brilliant." There was nothing brilliant about it - Chase didn't have to be brilliant to "whack" the finale without writing a clever plot twist. No question, audience expectations for the final episode were high. And it's great if you can defy convention and be true to the spirit of your show. But, there's no crime in delivering excitement to television viewers, either. Chase was true to the spirit of the show in that he did not do what was expected of him. But, when it comes to giving viewers an exciting ride, Chase's finale betrayed us all.

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Jon Columbus, Ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:13:19 GMT

This episode was perfect. Yes Tony is dead. As someone mentioned, when Tony walked into the restaurant, he saw himself sitting there.(1) Out of body experience. (2) Combine that with what was also mentioned above about not seeing or hearing anything, just blank, I think it can be safely assumed that he died right there. (At the bell) You may all hate Chase, but this will go do as one of the greatest finales of all time.

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jamie jean xenia, ohio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:14:01 GMT

I love you Tony Soprano!!!!! Thank goodness you are safe!!!!!

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Guido — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:14:28 GMT

PERFECT - ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. I laughed all the way through the whole show. All that tension and suspense! With only 20 minutes left, I started to panic. How is he going to wrap this mess up? Then I realized - HE'S NOT. IT'S FREAKING PERFECT!!!!!! Thanks guys.

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maloik,phila,PA.19446 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:14:35 GMT

Come on people! Everybody really thought they were going to make this final when they can make BIG MONEY on a Movie!! All the predictions I read and web sites I been to,NOT one person ever said what I was thinking.I really never thought there were so many clueless people in this world. Like they say, "THERE"S A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE!!!!!!!!" These actors are all the same! wave enough money in front of there face and they'll all fall in line!!!!!

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Donna — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:14:57 GMT

Funny...I have only seen one episode of this show, but I couldn't wait to see what real fans thought of this important night, so I logged on here. I can only compare it to the last episode of Sex and the City for me, where I had lived with those characters for 6 years and really wanted to have some sense of closure. With Carrie & Co., we knew there were still more great stories to tell, but we also still had a general resolution to things. To think that a whole bunch of true Sopranos fans are this disappointed in how things turned out makes me glad I never committed to this show. Man...I just think I'd be one of the pissed off people here. I can live with knowing the story is not over, but this kind of crazy, WTF ending is just maddening! My condolences.

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Matt, Coronado CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:14:57 GMT

I could not be happier with the ending... it would have been tragedy if Tony or anyone of his immediate family were to be whacked in this final episode. This ending leaves it all up to the viewer to decide what transpired thereafter. I'd like to think Tony retires and moves to Florida, although I can't see him kicking the bucket just yet. Maybe he's headed back to Vegas to get in touch with his spiritual side again!

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Lexi B, San Diego, Ca — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:15:33 GMT

My fiance and I were on edge waiting to see the whole family get done leaving out Meadow. Think about it, Tony Sr. (dead0 Tony jr. (dead) Only a man could carry the name. So it is over; on to Macnamara/Troy in Hollywood and the D Messing's Starter Wife.

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Doug Cooley, Portland, Oregon — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:15:48 GMT

Chase, faced with actually putting an ending to a story, took the cheap way out. Storytelling has an arc for a reason, and his choice to make no choice makes the end of Seinfeld look like high art. I don't need every plot line tied up neatly, but this was a meandering, dull, gratuitous final episode (Phil's head run over by a car? Please.) Chase will be called an auteur by all of the fanboys and girls, but like Stephen King, he just couldn't pull off an ending of any kind.

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Connie D, Houston, Texas — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:16:33 GMT

What's with Meadow going to the Dr. to change her birth control? In the sequel, she will give birth to a little mobster, I think. Her friend, who is now in Med School will deliver it. In my mind, A.J., Carmela, and Tony were whacked because Patsy Parisi set up the hit.

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Larry Goldstein, St. Louis, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:16:43 GMT

What a conflicted mess. Love Phil finally getting his just desserts; not so much finding no end to the end. All I can imagine with this non-ending is this... The sequel's coming on the big screen.

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Gabe, Cedar Rapids, IA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:17:00 GMT

So leaving me to come up with my own ending is brilliance? Really? Why bother with the finale, I can come up with it on my own right? Chase took the cheap, cliched way out. Kind of wrapping up loose ends is not brilliance, it's laziness. Let the viewers figure it out. No, YOU the writer/creator figure it out and DEAL with how people react. Show US what happened. If Tony died SHOW us, we can handle that. Sure it would have made people mad, BUT at least Chase could have said that's HOW I envisioned it, deal with it. Instead he has no back bone and lets us all figure it out on our own!

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Disappointed, Southern Illinois — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:17:14 GMT

For the record, if there is a movie to fix this slop I'll forgive ya! otherwise - fuhget about it.

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eric Queens NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:17:26 GMT

What is this Sopranos thing? Was there an Opera that I missed?

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JT from Seattle — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:17:35 GMT

I would bet like a lot of other Soprano's fans , that Tony took that big dirt nap in the end. The guy that went to the restroom was more than likely the killer. But ponder this.... When Tony walked into the diner, you never saw him sit down at that table. And on top of that could the "Made in America" title tie in with the Journey song based solely on the lyrics. Just a small town boy......If Tony did get whacked in the end, it would have come from who? After Phil was taken out who would have been in the leadership over in NY? Could little Carmine have been behind Tony getting taken out. He didnt have much to say at that sit down between NY and NJ. All in all....Great Job David Chase they will be talking about this for weeks!!!

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SeanS, B'more — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:18:32 GMT

I haven't read ONE comment of anyone mentioning how Tony's father died. Tony witnessed his father get shot while at dinner with his family...And now AJ "might" witness it...and maybe be like his depressed dad and one day be head of the family..just a theory...Damn, can't believe its over!

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Brady B, Santa Barbara CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:18:49 GMT

I hated the ending at first...but within minutes, it started to really grew on me. Now, the more I think about it (just watched the episode again), the more I love it. At first I thought Tony turned, and that the cut to black was because he disappeared with his family into witness protection. But after watching a second time and seeing the plans that Tony was setting into motion for his son, and after being reminded of the flash-back scene with Bobby and the what-does-it-feel-like conversation, I'm now leaning toward what everyone else seems to be thinking: Tony got whacked. Either way, the episode -- and the entire series, from start to finish and in every way -- was pure brilliance.

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Paul P. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:18:57 GMT

For more research, see John Sayles' "Limbo." The exact same timing, exact same dread, exact same ending. I was trying to tell myself all week it wasn't going to be a typically Chase move, but of course that's exactly what happened. When Carm and Tony sat down at the restaurant, and especially when "Don't Stop Believin'" came on over the jukebox, I told my sig other, "Holy crap -- nothing's gonna happen." At best you can figure out Chase maybe thirty seconds before he tells you... I wasn't what you'd call disappointed, because I was miserable all week long about the chance of something happening to Tony's family. So I'm more relieved than frustrated. But I certainly understand if anyone else feels differently.

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K Jordan, Abroad — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:19:04 GMT

I don't think it was genius, I don't think it was ground-breaking, I dont think it was a great ending at all! I think we're being strung out--movies, etc. Worst series finale I've EVER seen

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Confused in Visalia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:19:06 GMT

I can not even begin to comprehend the ending. It left all of us in such a shock. Did the tv go out? did the cable cut out? wtf just happened? it left us with a million scenarios....but yet none of them happened.. or did they and we just didnt see it? we will never know. sopranos is an amazing show with an amazing cast. despite the ending..we loveeeeeee SOPRANOS! BADA BING!!!!!!!! "wha do you do?"

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GJ, Washington, DC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:19:32 GMT

Very frustrating finale, but given the choices it was the only fitting choice. Some people talk about this ending being a cop-out to then film a movie and I can bet money on it that we'll never see such movie and I am glad. I wonder if those who complain would have prefered to see Tony get shot with his family watching and everyone in the diner screaming (done last week with Bobby at the toy store). But unless they showed a tombstone those people would complain whether he lived or not? Did he wind up like Bobby or Silvio? It really does not matter. A bloody body or maybe the whole family getting whacked does not make for a more satisfying ending anymore than having them walk out after dinner and showing them turn off the lights at their house. I am frustrated but more because I'll miss these characters. Whether one or more died that night, they will all eventually die. AJ is sure to get in a car wreck very soon in his new car. My thinking is that Tony got whacked, but I used to hate when some got more excited about the body count than what Chase was trying to say about the American Family of the new millenium. This series had a way of satisfying me and frustrating me at the same time. Tony's mother may not have succeeded in having him whacked, but her legacy to me is that both her children, grandchildren, and we as viewers never got all the love that we wanted. Those Sopranos left the way they arrived as a disfunctional family whose lives are at a little/lot more risky than ours, but one which lives in a world in which life will go on no matter what. RIP and I am going to enjoy seeing all 86 episodes again as they are no more or less than well crafted scenes from a group of lives. There is so much they will never know and that is the way it should be. Does anyone think that we new everything that happened during the show's run. Heck no. Loved the cat!

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Verbal Kint — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:20:12 GMT

0nce again... the Sopranos left more questions than answers. When the show first began.. it more about the "mob boss in therapy" angle that made it so appealing. Then week after week, loose ends and more loose ends. Characters that really had NO substance getting screen time. Filling "guest roles" for pals of the creator/producers. I think what hurt the Sopranos was what ALWAYS hurts anything good.. FAME. The show became so popular, so fast, that is was harder and harder to put up. I didn't even watch any of the last two seasons amid frustration at all the loose ends. I watched this "final" season in the hopes those loose ends would be tied. It's a shame really. It's like the Red Hot Chili Peppers or the Dave Matthews Band or R.E.M. When they were "underground", college station bands I LOVED them and popularity made them all just a few more bands on my playlist. But I'll tell you this... the ending tonight left the important people, the fans of the show, to draw their OWN conclusions. Whatever they may be.

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Ogden, Lowell, MA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:20:51 GMT

I have been hearing for moooonths now how this show will end. Who will die, why they will die, how they will die, who will snitch, who will come back, alllllll types of situations--some that I liked, some that I hated, and some that made me change my mind on more than one occasion. And when the ending got here, what prediction was right, what prediciton was close to right...the answer---->none of the above. And that is the one and only way to end the greatest drama of all time. Originality, that's what the Soprano's were always about, and that's what the finale provided. by Ogden.

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Rick, Richmond, VA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:20:52 GMT

He stole the ending from Monty Python. I thought the ending was awesome. Just like in real life, it's not always tied up in a little bow for you at the end. Tony will live on having to look up at the door every time the bell rings; uncertainty is the only certainty. And where every episode had a great tune under the final credits, the final episode didn't, ending our little intrusion on Tony's life. Good stuff.

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JT Brooklyn, NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:21:38 GMT

The Soprano family lives on, at least for now. The viewer was whacked. We were intensely focused on "what's going to happen next" and then suddenly--we didn't see or hear it coming. Bam. Black. Just like they've been saying. Also, that wasn't Tony's perspective when Meadow walked through the door. It was ours. Chase I dare say, included us in the story at that point. Another thought would be that he simply whacked the show. Too much to think about! Life goes on...

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James, SLT, Ca — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:21:46 GMT

You all say brilliant, I say cop out. The entire series was indeed brilliant, but David Chase showed us what just about every major modern day writer is all about - not able to make the close so they cop out. Nothing original.

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Dave, Ashland, MA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:21:55 GMT

Worst ending imaginable to the one of the best series ever. My wife just looked at me and said, "that was not an ending." No kudos, no brilliance, just a lame and anticlimatic wrap-up that made most of us think that the signal went out. At least it wasn't one of Tony's dream sequences ...

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Paul J — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:21:59 GMT

I really don't understand why people think Tony was whacked? Who would have whacked him... the cat? Like the song said, "the movie never ends, it goes on and on". Its all about family and the talk he had with Phil in the hospital. It about watching your grandkids get old. And Meadow was coming in to tell them she was pregnant. Still, vintage Paulie with the cat. Too funny.

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David Hamme, New York, New York — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:24:05 GMT

We all saw that Hitman. We all thought he was gonna whack Tony and family. We all saw him, so why is it so hard to accept that we let our guard down? He was there to finish US. We didn't even see it coming. Some of us still don't see it. Brilliant. Bravo.

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Gail P. Barnegat, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:24:35 GMT

At first the ending really made me think my cable went out! Then I relaized it hadn't and the first thing that came to my mind was "They will be back"! I feel that Chase left the ending open in case they do decide that they HAVE to come back! Hmm, that would be awesome! I'm sure millions of fans are going to miss them and this show should have never ended, it was too good and brought millions and millions of watchers for many years.

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JTC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:24:48 GMT

Didn't anybody get it? Chase was declaring his independence of the "Godfather" movies. He was playing with us all through the episode, from the sound of the elevated subway during the sitdown, to the entry into the bathroom in the last scene, to Meaddow's arriving late, as if to recall the death of Michael's daughter in "Godfather III."

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Jeff, Rocklin, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:24:48 GMT

Reminds me of the end of "Lost in Translation" where Bill Murray's final whisper to Scarlett Johanssen is unheard. The viewer can make up their own ending. Did the couple in "Lost" get together in the future? Did Tony and family live on?

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Quantum Flux, Miami, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:25:30 GMT

The ending was brilliant and maddening at the same time. The discussion here is proof that it worked. I dont buy any cynical BS about "leaving it open for a movie" Do you realize how much these people are worth? If Chase ultimately wanted to do a movie, he could do a movie and make a pile no matter HOW he ended the series. Use a little common sense here. The word "fanatic" really fits. Time and again you see so many "fans" turn on the creator of the thing they love in a really vicious way just because things didnt quite fit their personal view of the ideal. Anyone who feels they "wasted 6 years" b/c they didnt like the finale... Shame on you really for not managing your life better - seriously. Anyone so effected by a TV show probably needs some help.

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ac elsinger reno nevada — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:25:34 GMT

"I'm just glad the cat didn't get wacked....

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Randy, Philadelphia, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:26:01 GMT

Well this is my comment and I am sure that I will have those who agree with me and those who do not but none-the-less this is what I have to say about the travesty that happened this evening. I feel that the ending sucked and that David Chase is a sell out! I did not waste 86 hours and countless dollars of my hard earned money (paying for HBO) to get shafted the way, I did this evening. I am sure that I speak for many of you when I say, that I watch this show to escape the BS of everyday life as well as the insanity of the world that we find ourselves living in. I feel that we get jerked around and short changed everyday by the government and their lies and we as a people look to good entertainment to try brighten our day. However, I expected more from HBO and David Chase and I feel as if they have just shafted all of us as well. He left the ending the way he did because he wants to suck out another 2 hours out of our life along with $12 to go see his movie. I loved this show but can assure you that I will not be devoting any once of my time or money to Mr. Chase’s endeavors. If, I wanted to be this disappointed and manipulated, I would have just waited till 11pm and turned on the local news.

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///Arash — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:26:11 GMT

This episode was frustrating and creative at the same time. Not only was it a creative extension of the executive staff, but also an extension for the end user: you and I. We have the power of millions of imaginations, now at play, determining what the ending needs to be for our minds to find peace with seasons of suspense. However, graduating from USC does afford me the perspective that...A. There may be a movie (although, whorish in pure concept), B. DVD sales will be huge...then when they've sold to the studio's content, Blu-ray/HDDVD will be released for another revenue stream, C. Look for multiple endings on any media release of this season this Fall, (this may provide some more exacting closure to the uncreative minds, out there). All in all, at least Phil got whacked, and the crunch sounded amazing on my B&W Nautilus speakers.

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loyal viewer — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:26:40 GMT

perhaps tony didn't get whacked. maybe we didn't either. maybe he had a panic attack and blacked out!

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Ray Gee — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:27:32 GMT

The ending? Whatever. Even the set designers seem to have lost interest in this show. Last week at the end when Tony laid on the bed with the assault rifle, the matress had no sheets or blankets. At the opening of the finale we see Tony wake up on the same bed now made with sheets. I'm over this show and hope there's no movie in the future.

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Alex Martez, Orlando, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:27:32 GMT

THE WORST ENDING...EVER!!! You gotta be kidding me? After several years of investing time, emotion, and monthly payments to my cable carrier, I can't help but feel completely cheated. I was so looking forward to debating the way the show “ended" no matter how it ended up, unfortunately, "it" never ended up anywhere. Instead, I get a black screen and deafening silence. David Chase ends up looking like a BIG (insert name of Tony’s dearly departed fishing boat victim). By not picking an ending, they made a conscious effort not to offend some of the viewers. Regrettably, they opted to provide no closure and offend ALL of their viewers. In the end, the people I feel for the most, are that sorry crew from the show that immediately followed the Sopranos, John from Cincinnati; I can’t imagine that any show has ever debuted to more cancellations and irate customers.

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Pasquale Caputo — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:27:45 GMT

Dumb ending. I guess we all got whacked. See you next season.

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reeeek. Las Vegas, NV — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:28:14 GMT

WOW! I can't believe all the haters on this ending! I think it was fantastic--- A lot of tension, a lot of escalation, and the truth is, we don't know what (if anything) happened that night at the diner with the family. My take on it is that their lives are unpredictable, and anything can happen at any time. Anyone who was looking for a big guns-drawn, scarface ending, then you really didn't get the show. Here's a newsflash: E.T. doesn't always go home, Rose doesn't always make it off the Titanic, The Oceans 11 team doesn't always pull off the heist. It's only in American Movies and Television that everything is wrapped up every time with a nice bow on it. Learn to live with uncertainty, and the possibilities will astound you.

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Jill, Roanoke, Va. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:28:20 GMT

Like others, I thought my TV had gone out, even though I knew the show was ending as soon as I heard the sentimental Journey song. When the screen went black, I actually turned off my TV and turned it on again, hoping it would find the lost signal. Then I saw the silent credits rolling. I cursed David Chase, then I cried. Life ends in motion, in the middle of things, without a final family portrait, without justice, without satisfaction. Before reading this thread, it hadn't occurred to me that Tony was whacked at that moment - along with us, the viewers. But that idea makes total sense to me. I would not hold my breath for a movie.

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chris, st. louis — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:29:38 GMT

Read Mike from Munroe Falls, a dozen posts back. I think that's the best take on the ending. Tony is a fading mobster in a cheap restaurant with a wife who wants to redo the house again and two more or less helpless, self-deluded children. There is a 90 percent chance he'll be indicted, and he thinks everyone is out to get him ... and some of them, indeed, are. The final scene shows us his future, cheap, diminished and fearful of the worst. It's the final and indeed ultimate extension of the diminished latter-day mobster that "Sopranos" defined for us from the first episode. Even the ducks only quck distantly now, never land.

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ernie brown, hasbrouck heights, nj — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:31:21 GMT

i was disappointed because i wanted closure. however, being that there wasnt closure, to me, i think that tony enjoys his dinner and eventually, like his lawyer said, he gets indicted. The FBI had tapes and carlo squealed; thats enough to get him indicted. the way the ending was filmed showing the possible hitmen in the diner was just chases way of filming to make people think tony was gonna get whacked. but really, once phil was dead, tony met with janice, uncle june and paulie and smoothed everything over. finally, a nice dinner with his family at a diner, before getting indicted and sent to jail eventually. i think thats what would happen/

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Frank, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:32:16 GMT

"David Chase will be smiling not because he "duped" anyone, but because he gave us an ending no one predicted." Exactly. You don't hear the shot that ends it all, you don't see it coming. We literally didn't hear the scene that ended it all, and nobody saw that coming.

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Luis Hernandez, Imperial, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:32:29 GMT

I thought my DVR messed up. I had to watch east and west coast shows to be sure I didn't miss something big. Also, where was the music over the credits? Otherwise, I loved every minute from start to finish -of the entire series! People can believe what they want about whether Tony lived or died. I believe in the big bang theory and since there was no bang, Tony lives on. Can't wait for the DVD for Part II of Season 6 or whatever it will be called.

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Joey, New York City — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:33:47 GMT

Woah, let me get this straight. So if u say "woops i drove a car drunk, thank god i didnt hurt anyone. I didnt intend bodily harm to anyone"... so you take that person and you burn him on the cross

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Mark — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:34:15 GMT

Before "Don't Stop" was Little Feat's "All That You Dream", another interesting choice.

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Phil C. New Mexico — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:34:43 GMT

I can see the movie allready, the movie will start with the family having dinner, the guy in the restroom a FBI agent, and the story begins.

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Doug F., Warrensburg, MO — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:34:57 GMT

Hey, at least the ending wasn't a dream sequence...be happy about that! I was hoping for ducks though. Somewhere. Anywhere.

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Joey, New York City — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:35:17 GMT

now, we have a murderer...who admits his business is to kill you....not just you, but your son, your uncle, your mother, and your brother... now you love the man, because he PURPOSE loves to killing people

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Joey, New York City — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:36:22 GMT

very strange sense of right and wrong, if thats how you think.....warped

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ChrisFJersey, New Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:36:53 GMT

I think all of you who are saying that David Chase 'weaseled his way out' or 'took the easy way out' is insane. Chase has given us what will probably be known as the best series ever to grace our television sets, I seriously doubt that he got frustrated and confused at the end. On the Season 1 interview he said that he knew how the series was gonna end before he even started it. I thought it was brilliant and still havent come to a conclusion yet on whether he got whacked or if it was his family returning to his side and keep going through the motions. But it was great...I also knew when it went black that it was, in fact, over... and it was a fantastic eight years...I sure cant wait to hear what Chase has to say to all us fans about it.

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Ed Portland OR — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:37:44 GMT

There is only one person who is satisified with the outcome. His name is David Chase. Look at all the chaos he has created. The conspiracy theories on top of top of conspiracy theories. An old saying in show biz is to always leave em wanting more. Chase has done this better than anyone ever. Somewhere he is smiling an evil smile.

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John C, Kokomo, IN — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:37:45 GMT

What in the world was that, Don't stop, then nothing. I would have rather seen nothing than nothing. David Chase makes one of the best, if not the best shows in t.v. history and ends it with Tony eating onion rings and listening to Journey and then blank. "With all due respect I don't want to mull it over a little, I'm a little biffiled and do not want to sit with it Mr. Chase". We as faithfull viewers deserved much more. For a show about respect we get none.

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John Doe, Seattle, Wash — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:37:49 GMT

My husband and I thought that the screen fading to black means that the onion rings the Sopranos family were eating in the restaurant were poisoned by Al Quaida (working directly with the Feds, of course). Everyone at the table meets their demise--the black screen can mean nothing else--with Meadow narrowly escaping her fate due to her bad parking job. It was also implied that the cat from the episode (who haunted Paulie so much that it can be assumed he eventually turns himself in to the police out of superstition) was inside the car biting Meadow's leg, an obvious reference to Christopher's spirit (in the form of the cat) saving Meadow from the food poisoning tragedy. She will obviously go on to become a very good lawyer, specializing in cases involving organized crime. I can't believe people aren't getting this!!

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Mike M., St. Louis Mo. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:38:00 GMT

What a letdown for the Sopranos Finale ! The Sopranos Fans such as myself that have followed them from Day one, Season one deserved better than what they gave us.

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Bill Mack — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:38:16 GMT

Love the ending ... or hate it ... projects one single fact: Mr. Chase and company managed to fulfil what Louis B. Mayer, Darryl Zanuck, the Warner Brothers, and all of the old movie studios heads-of-state spent millions of bucks to accomplish: He managed to get the whole world talking by simply "going to fade" --- with no attachments --- at the end.

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Mike perry, Seatrtle WA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:38:21 GMT

This was a tv show....sheesh!

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Joe S, Red Bank, NJ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:38:22 GMT

Awesome ending... with plenty of symbolism. Not having read all of the comments here, I hope I am not repeating too many of other people's theories, but here goes. First of all, the onion rings..... the three Sopranos ate the onion rings by placing them on their tongues like communion wafers.... all three also had cokes delivered, to symbolize the wine (drinking of Jesus' blood) so the final scene was perhaps one of final communion/confession. I also noticed there was A) No onion ring/communion wafer for Meadow, and there was mentioned the fact that she switched birth control pills..... something I think is frowned upon by the Church... she was also marrying a Parisi... thus no longer going to be a "Soprano". The Cat was either the ghost of Christopher, or Adriana, or a reference to the beloved, departed "Big Pussy" (in thge form of a pussycat). Christopher and B.P were, after all, the only original members of Tony's crew that didn't get out alive. Also, I noticed in the last scene they were all wearing a combination of black and gray... the symbolism was overpowering. Also on the wall, pictures of High School football heroes, something Tony aspired to and was always irked by his own failure, and Uncle Junior's reminding him of it to bust his cajones..... So much episode, so sad to see it end, my favorite show of all time, with Deadwood a very close second. R.I.P to both of these quality shows.

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ron rocco cortland,ny 13045 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:40:12 GMT

i know what happened and i'm not telling....Chase was brilliant and i do so look forward to the movie.....

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Johanna Gladieux, California — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:41:23 GMT

A brilliant ending. Tension building, leading the viewer to fear that the entinre Soprano family will be shot in the diner. But no, they are actually "connecting" and feeling the warmth of family ties...and the music saying don't stop believing....Always resilient. They will continue on. But, at the same time, David Chase wacks them all. He's the creator, and as with any creator he decides when it's over.. He decided this would be the last season...there would be no more....it's over...it's stopping...he wacks them all. ..Everything is immediately black and slient. So, a perfect ending where the Soprano family lives on, and they die to us, the viewer....forever... Chase gave us an ending that plays it both ways.

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Chris, Minneasota — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:41:38 GMT

WEll! Does anyone remember the job that Tony got for his son? What was the movie about? I think it was about a detective who "GETS SUCKED INTO THE INTERNET.." searching for clues to solve some murders and look at what we are all doing... seaching the internet to solve if there was a murder, how convenient.

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brian, Chicago — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:42:31 GMT

i think that Chase left it up to the viewer by stopping the show at the perfect moment. he played it so well balanced, not showing a hint as to what he wants us to think about the ending. and i get the point about what Bobby said in the boat, but Bobby had a pretty good idea what was going on in the train store, so clearly, it was a plant of Chase's to let people who want to see him dead hang their hats on something. as for the people angry about the money they spent, and being mad at the cable company, etc.....i think Chase is getting a little Orson Wells-ian. I wasn't around for this, but i bet a ton of people were pissed when they found out that the War of the Worlds was a tv show....and now, that show is studied in college media classes. great work Chase. i think he lived, but that's what i want to believe.

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Frank M., Silicon Valley, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:43:18 GMT

David Chase...brilliant? Oh please. The old "leave it up to you to determine the ending" ending. Wow. How original. Sounds more like Mr. Chase couldn't come up with a way to finish it without disappointing someone. So, if you don't like it - blame it on yourself. Give us a black screen so we can figure it out ourselves. How creative. Yawn. Oh, and the 60 minutes that led up to that. Uncle Jun and Tony - no resolution whatsoever. Phil gets whacked switfly and unceremoniously in a gas station. And, a lot of boring filler in between. The last episode and also the worst writing ever. I guess *that's* the irony and the big surprise from David Chase. RIP, Sopranos.

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R.J., Smithtown, N.Y. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:43:52 GMT

For those who say that Chase "owed" you some tidy ending...He owed you nothing. It's his show, his art, and he can do with it what he wants. If you think he "owes" you something, or you don't like what he's doing, change the channel and watch something else. If you want guaranteed resolution in a show, turn on Nick at Nite and watch re-runs of Three's Company. Those episodes always come together real neat at the end. And did anyone else think the guy who got up to go to the bathroom at the end looked like Agent Harris with a toupee?

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Bill Mack — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:44:59 GMT

Love it ... or hate it ... Mr. Chase and company managed to fulfil what Louis B. Mayer, Darryl Zanuck, Harry Cohn, the Warner Brothers, and all of the old movie studios heads-of-state spent millions of bucks to accomplish. He got the attention of countless millions by simply "going-to-fade" at the end --- leaving the breathless wanting more!

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,Philip H, Atlanta, Georgia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:46:30 GMT

Actually, Robert F., "Made in America" was originally supposed to be the name of the show when they pitched it to FOX. I definitely agree the conversation between Bobby and Tony foreshadows the ending of the series. My opinion is that instead of killing off the main character, like so many people expected, they killed off the audience.

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Rick, Detroit, Mi. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:48:30 GMT

I wonder why so many viewers seem to feel cheated if they aren't handed "closure" in a tidy package. This series was a story about precisely what people are grousing over, the mundane family life of a "family" man. The final episode ended in the only respectable way it could, the way every life proceeds through every otherwise mundane day...with unanswered questions, unresolved conflicts, and the same moral ambiguity that made you grudgingly enjoy and root for a murderous sociopath who may or may not have a shred of decency. If you only want to see blood and superficial action, or if you insist on being spoonfed black and white resolutions, i.e. ending the series by killing the central character, then you've been watching the wrong show for seven years. Congratulations to David Chase and all involved on creating the pitch-perfect wrap-up to a remarkable run.

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sandie, sf ca — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:49:36 GMT

there is no way that the show could have ended "decisively" and pleased more than a small percentage of fans. even though I yelled "sadistic bastard" at the screen when I saw the end, I soon realized that no end would have been good enough to this highly addictive tour de force. Sopranos, I hardly knew ye...

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Mike, Pleasanton, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:51:01 GMT

Chase provided white knuckle suspense at the end. I'm content with the ending. Chase tied up lose ends with Phil Leotardo getting whacked and leaving Tony untouched for the time being. I think there was enough bloodshed this season with Christopher, Bobby, and Sil dying. It was nice to see the family at the end. It brings closure to a great series.

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D.M. Los Angeles, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:51:41 GMT

Very disappointing ending. The whole episode seemed badly written. It was all over the place. Maybe Chase was trying to say that it was all nothing more than life as usual but it didn't have the punch of a regular episode let alone the finale of a great show. Also, having your viewers wonder if their cable went out means a trick ending didn't quite work, don't you think?

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Richard Hart, Huntington Beach, Calif. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:51:50 GMT

The ending was very boring. What a disappointment. Just like the Super Bowl, the lead up to the ending is better than the ending itself.

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Joe, Clearstar, OH — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:52:13 GMT

The credits rolled in dead silence. Tony got whacked in front of his family.

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Joe, Alhambra, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:52:48 GMT

This was a Alfred Hitchcock ending.

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dee fields — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:53:31 GMT

I upgraded to HBO Sunday just to see this episode. What a disppointment.! I have DVR so I was recording it I thought the DVR quit and cut off the ending and I was francically trying to go to live TV, never dreaming it was OVER and NOTHING happened. Oh, Well, I must say I wanted something with a little more closure, just ANYTHING!

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Tony Soprano , New Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:54:28 GMT

Like the last glass of an amazing bottle of wine I tried to keep my senses open and savor every minute of it . A nuance here , a catch phrase there, the color correction and lighting of each scene , every sideways glance and mannerism of Tony's , AJs teenage anger and then acquiescence ..I tried to taste it all for the last time . The bloodbath that I was fearing (from a nervous and an artistic point of view) never happened and I tried to relax . But the tension of the last few minutes was unbelievable and exactly what I wanted from the Sopranos . The open ended ending just seems to me like an author not being able to say goodbye to his character ..for financial reasons or otherwise .

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E. Reginald, Houston, TX — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:54:28 GMT

I was disappointed with the ending. But I am glad that the final minutes was left to our imagination. Tony lives! See details at the movies!

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Michael Tacchia — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:56:51 GMT

Truly there was no other way for this incredible series to end. Any sense of finality would have been a betrayal as well as seeming pat. It leaves us with the Sword of Damocles hanging perpetually over the core family. Whaddya gonna do?

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KO, LA, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:57:06 GMT

so nice to know that my husband and i weren't the only ones looking at the box connected to our satellite thinking "holy (crap)!!!!!" i agree. Tone was whacked. wish i had tivo'd it to watch again...the last ten minutes were nerve-wracking with the anticipation of what was to happen...but I won't "stop believing" that maybe T survived...

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Steve S. San Jose, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:57:17 GMT

I was pretty pissed when I first watched it. I wanted to be taken for a ride, and not have to think, but just be entertained. I should have expected otherwise. The show was never about "mob life", it was about the struggles of one man and his family who happened to be in the mob. This final season was about reconciliation. There was no closure, because we only get to see piece of the whole story. I really don't want to see a movie. If they make a movie, it will have to be filled with action/adventure/violence etc. which has never been the point of the story. If you wanted an action filled, shootout ending, their are plenty of big-budget, mindless sequels in the theatres. I will enjoy watching the entire series over again on DVD. Chase does a great job in his details. Pay close attention to the songs that are playing, and the scenes that are on the TV's at different time. Those are the real pieces of genius.

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Dan, Salt Lake — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:57:21 GMT

If your going to reason that he was whacked because of previous events in the show, you must also take into consideration that throughout the show all the hits were done very quickly and there has never been any attempt made with with much deception. Either one or two hitmen enter the targets area, the target is hit, the hitmen drop the weapon and quickly walk out. Characters in the show have done this through and through so why be all sneaky now.

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Ms Viv, Tucson, AZ — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:58:23 GMT

Oh well. Deadwood and now the Sopranos. I might try Treatment. Glad Rome will be back otherwise I would tell HBO to take a hike. Endings are not ever a good thing when you dont want it to end. I can not say brilliant. Left me cold.

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kojo, reseda, ca — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:59:03 GMT

the more i think about it - the more i realize the sopranos had multiple layers and were not one dimensional like the typical-standard mobster characters - i think chase ended the sopranos the sopranos way - being a faithful fan for all these years, i appreciated that the ending was not the basic-no-brainer that we all thought we expected and wanted- i think that would have cheapened my whole sopranos experience - now the sopranos can live on in our minds in the dark! that cat was a little freaky!

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sherri, overtown (MIA), fl. — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:59:17 GMT

Chase You left us (ur viewers in the dark) :0 i believe tony & the fam got whacked & this is why we saw darkness & heard no sound while the credits ran... one question?? why the entire family???? What's Janice to do??? soooo sad.. Stugots

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Jerry Jerrison — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:59:23 GMT

All you people whining about "closure" are a psychologist's (or a psychic's) wet dream. You've been programmed by TV and film to expect the traditional linear narrative structure of beginning, middle, end. Now, when you're not spoon-fed your expected ending and cherished "closure," you're confused, angry, and don't know how to deal with ambiguity. So you come here and cry that you were cheated out of your own expectations. That kind of thinking is what makes religion so popular. Faced with an unknown and ambiguous after-life, humans created their own linear "ending" called heaven (or hell). Don't be afraid of a lack of answers people. It's not that scary, and David Chase providing you with a "God" that will answer your questions would just be reinforcing the sad habit you've all embraced.

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Michael Tacchia San Bernardino, CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:59:37 GMT

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John Tally — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:59:46 GMT

I have a relative, who has a friend(i know, real likely), but seriously, hes seen the script for the movie, they dont have everyone on board yet, but its said that paying out record salaries for most everyone, will still leave the studio with a box office record, bear in ind this is in syndication here on A&E already, and in many venues over seas, this has been a money machine for a while now, and we "aint seen nuthin' yet"

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Kawika Kahili, Wailea, HI — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:00:43 GMT

I'm a little surprised about the lack of drama after Phil was hit. You'd think an all out war would've taken place. But yet, here was Tony moving back into his house and the family going out to eat at a small restaurant. Something just didn't seem right about the events played out up until the black screen.

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kojo, reseda, ca — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:01:09 GMT

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Tony LA CA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:01:37 GMT

Well, I guess we should have expected Chase not to make this easy. Hey if nothing else it has folks talking. if you saw Tony get killed there woudn't be much to talk about after the fact. As for me I think MSNBC has it right, Tony lives on in resignation knowing he will never be free. Either a jail cell or death await him. Just from a logisitics standpoint I don't think anyone coming through the front diner door could have killed him. Weren't Carm and AJ sitting across from him? No way to get a clear shot unless you think the whole family was capped. But that violates a standing LCN rule of not harming families. Maybe the cat knows the outcome.

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TK — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:04:43 GMT

The whole series was a bunch of cartoonish characters with a smug audience and series creators feeling better about themselves by laughing at others.

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maya lucia rubio — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:08:54 GMT

the tension i felt watching that last scene was pretty intense....and i'd like to think that must be how it feels to be a mafia family.....to live like that is what they must deal with at all times.....so, this was just a way to remind us......I LIKED IT VERY MUCH.......

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Daniel Polson — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:08:59 GMT

I personally believe Tony was wacked. There is no way a series ends with the screen going black for 5 seconds....with the song UNFINISHED. Tony Soprano is dead ladies and gentleman. I hate to say it cuz I loved Tony but this episode gives you way too many clues that he is gone. The music ending is the biggest clue....the scrfeen fading to black tells the whole story. R.I.P Tony Soprano, thank you for a great series. The greatest TV drama of all time, no question.

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J. Hoffa Somewhere In The Swamps Of Jersey — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:09:56 GMT

A perfect ending..... In the end.......... Just a normal (well semi-normal..... OK that is pushing it too!) Jersey family all meeting somewhere for dinner... No words, no whackings just a family having dinner.. You have to admit, the tension was building up ( even for me ) and to hear the words of Journey saying, "Don't Stop" and the screen go black was a great ending ! As all of us, we all love to know what happened to the Russian in the "Pine Barrens" episode and other stories on the show that were left open, but one never knows what the future holds. Thank you Mr. Chase for the "Thinking Persons" type ending instead of just 61 minutes of Who Is Whacking Who.

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NYC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:11:08 GMT

With a nod to Pulp Fiction, there are two kinds of people: Elvis people and Beatles people. My guess is that those who hated (didn't get) the Sopranos ending are "Elvis has left the building" people, and those who thought it was brilliant (got it) are "let it be" Beatles people. Gosh, I guess it's obvious which side my rock and roll toast is buttered on.

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victor, DC — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:12:31 GMT

Most of you people that have posted are completely LOST!!!! Chase made it feel so suspenseful in the final scene (is Tony gonna get whacked? is the family gonna get whacked? "Don't stop believing, Hold on to that feeling" in the background to make you think something more is coming) when all the sudden he just told us all (the viewers) "That's it... It's over". WE JUST GOT WHACKED!!! No music during the credits, no Tony & families, won't see the Sopranos ever again. We had VIP seating inside a mob family - we knew too much - and it was now our time to go!!! What BRILLIANCE!!!

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Richard Wm Short, Ottawa, ON — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:13:20 GMT

The episode was dull. I think people will fall into two camps: those who feel they were cheated and those who feel it was art.

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me — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:13:27 GMT

I didn't even see the last episode, but I already know that it was just a way of saying that live or die, all they have is each other, and they'll always live in a constant state of endless fear for their lives, because of the life they chose. That's it, that's all you need to know. The rest of the details are just details. Poetic, and cool. And I've only seen one episode.

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PB Leonard, Bala, Ontario — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:14:55 GMT

If I may offer a slightly different take on this evening's festivities... Every season of The Sopranos has begun with Tony's morning family life and ended with his family life, such as it was at that point in his life, towards the end of the day. It appears to me that Mr. Chase has now gone an appropriatly macro-step further and bracketed his entire series. He began way back when by letting us further into a mobster's head than had ever been done before through the scenes with Dr. Melfi. I believe he's ended the series by taking us directly into Tony's head, letting us feel what he feels every waking moment - letting us intimitly know a character we've come to understand very well over the years, for this is Tony's life: Did that fellow walk into the john to prep a hit? Who are those other mooks hovering around the counter? Is his family safe? Can they ever be? Who's that coming through the door, his daughter, or someone else? This is and will always be Tony's reality, and with that incredibly tense final few minutes Chase let us feel it in a way he never has before. Without an overuse of POV shots he's pushed 1st person filmmaking to a new level, and I'm still sweating from it. No wonder so many other posters feel angry or even betrayed; We just got yanked into this guy's skull, finally got to look at his world through his eyes. After eight years with these people, those who were hoping for closure at a safe distance just got hauled in closer than they'd ever bargained for. Brilliant, shocking, rude... and unforgetable. Bravisimo!

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Berger, Putnam Valley (home of episode 78), NY — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:15:38 GMT

I think the finale sucked and everyone i watched it with did too. the ending was terrible. nothing happened besides Phil getting wacked. there better be another season in the future!

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Ed, Miami, FL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:19:38 GMT

I thought it was great. It leaves you wondering what happened and will debated for months around water coolers at work. With the family and friends there are several theories that were debated. My personal theory is that with all the subpenas (not the best of spellers) being served, and that was told he will end up getting arrested all the "suspicious" men that kept coming in and hanging around were FBI and not there to wack him or anyone else. My brother says they were casing the joint before holding it up, my uncle says they are hit men, and a cousin says they were nobody and that nothing happened. Anyways, the debate wen't on from the time the groans ended after we relized that there was no problem with TV till about a half hour ago when we realized the time and that we had work in the morning. All this discussion on the what if's is what will keep the show on the minds of it's fans and cause debate for years to come and was a brilliant move by the writers/producers. This ending will be more memorable than even the immortal phrase of "NO SOUP FOR YOU!"

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Zebra, PA — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:26:21 GMT

Not impressed. I won't watch it ever again, nor will I waste my time pondering what might have happened. The show's writer took the easy way out. No conclusion. Its like if I were to

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Jason G, Pasadena-California — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:27:39 GMT

For those folks that were disappointed with the final episode, I would understand that point of view if you were expecting to see Goodfellas or Casino reborn. However, this show has always proved to be anything but that stereo-type of Mob-Movies from the very first episode in 1999. The show ends the way we Sopranos fans want it to, not the other way around. That, friends, is creativity encouraging creativity. The entire 8-year run of the show forced you to think, and that is real art and outstanding vision of David Chase and others alike. Anything else than The Sopranos final episode that we watched would have been a short-cut to thinking, in my opinion. Thank you David Chase for breaking the mold and delivering art. I hope to see the series shift into a theatrical movie in the future.

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Dennis Varner — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:28:33 GMT

It Sucked..Kinda a love-hate relationship.Maybe a movie is in the mind of Chase!

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Jasmine, Little Rock, AR — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:30:17 GMT

Six feet under showed us how a series should be ended... I feel cheated and disappointed... TERRIBLE ending

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Diana Lake Villa, IL — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:32:23 GMT

What was up with the cat staring at Christopher's picture? Could it have been a reincarnation of Adrianna? The editing during "Don't Stop belivin" were really well timed. Especially the cut to AJ during the line.."the movie" as he is now in the movie biz, and Meadow going across street during "Strretlight, people". I think that this was an ending that we will remember forever, good or bad, we will never forget it.

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Ariel, San Juan, Puerto Rico — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:33:41 GMT

Tony died. That is why everything, including the song ended abrutly. It was from Tony's point of view. There is no mistery, or other possible scenarios were you get to your own conclusions. What do people wanted? To have the show end with Carmela screaming her lungs out and a shot of Tony dead with his brains oozing out as we, THEN faded to black to know the he REALLY was dead? Tony died, deal with it.