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I never thought he died. And unlike most people I thought the final episode was brilliant. I’m glad this is being discussed again, great show
I thought it was a great ending. It allowed all of us to write our own story of Tony’s fate. In my story he didn’t die, either. Maybe it was because of James Gandolfini’s great performance, but I imagined Tony changing his life for the better, somehow getting out of the Mob. Haven’t worked out those details yet.
PS. I wasn’t outraged at the Seinfeld ending either. They all ended up where they belonged- in a jail cell together. “Hell is other people.”- Sartre
Me too. I thought the ending was one of the best of all time. It was brilliantly written, and the soundtrack was perfect. This was one of the few endings I’ve seen where I was happy that it was left ambiguous. I didn’t want to know what happened to Tony!
I didn’t think he died, either. I liked the ambiguity.
I was literally climbing the walls during the ending, it was so intense and suspenseful!
I like to call it Schrodinger’s Hit. To me, the ending said that he might get hit today, he might get hit tomorrow or two years from now…but the life of a mob man is to always be looking over your shoulder, always heading towards your own hit.
Tiffany, you won the thread with that comment. Love me some Schrodinger! Thank you for the giggle.
Did you read the article? Chase said he died.
@Tiffany: I’ve heard a similar explanation for the ending of The Wrestler. Randy the Ram may have died from a heart attack in the final scene. But if he didn’t he was going to keep wrestling until he did.
I’m not mad, that is what I thought (and hoped) happened. It just made so much sense.
Dave Chapelle’s special was great and very reminiscent in style of Nanette. So….if you see men praising this special where they gnashed their teeth about Hannah Gadsby’s special “not being comedy”….well, wouldn’t that be interesting? 😒
I might be wrong, but didn’t Chapelle himself pan Nanette for that?
I always suspected Tony got whacked. That being said whether he was killed or not wasn’t the point to me; for as long as he lived, he was always going to be looking over his shoulder.
Perfectly said. And the ending really reflected that feeling of uncertainty and paranoia.
“There is only two things that can happen to a guy like me death or prison,” Tony Soprano. He was under investigation, Rico Act, walls were closing in. Gandolfini had so much angst working on the series, he said it meant it, he would never return. Chase spoke to truth about both the mob and Italian culture with this series and it remains one of my favorites.
The Sopranos really conflicts me. Tony is a terrifying and violent man and deserves whatever he got. But Gandolfini made him so vulnerable at the same time that I couldn’t help but root for him. Chapelle is brilliant as always.
It was Tony’s love of animals that got to me. The ducks, the horse, his childhood dog that his dirtbag father gave to his mistress’ kid.
Gandolfini deserved all the awards for portraying Tony Soprano. Some of the episodes were not good, especially toward the end, but Gandolfini was consistently brilliant
Agree, Tony reminded me of the Iceman Richard Kuklinski. He was a monster hit man with no compassion to his victims. But a teddy bear to his wife and children. He was capable of loving but his other side was savage.
I highly recommend the Dave Chappell special. He does not talk for very long but it’s still powerful.
I’m not mad at all about David Chase talking about the ending. He has strongly alluded to this in past interviews, this is just the first time he actually referred to it as a “death scene.” The show all but spelled it out for fans—in one of the final episodes, one guy says to another “I bet you never even see it coming when it happens to you” — I never quite understood why so many people found it ambiguous simply because they didn’t get to see Tony Soprano’s brain spilled on the floor. I thought the ending was brilliant and I personally think it’s one of the top 5 best shows ever made.
I felt there was someone watching him – kind of an uneasy feeling in the diner. When the screen went black, I figured Tony was killed. I do miss James Gandolfini though- he could do anything. I guess his son was cast as Tony in the prequel, so that should be interesting. The Sopranos was the first show I ever watched from beginning to end (before GOT which I am still pissed about). Came close to the end of Deadwood though.
I can’t believe I never saw Sopranos when it first aired. I just binged on it for it the past 3 weeks from beginning to end and can’t get it out of my head. Gandolfini and Edie Falco were brilliant. And since I’m from NJ, the characters and scenarios are so real to me. David Chase—whew what a gifted writer. I want to imagine that Tony survived the end. No blood and guts spilled. He was a murderer and yet I loved his character. LOL what’s wrong with me!!
But what a loss with Gandolfini. Gone too soon.
His lawyer laid it out for him. Death or a prison sentence. He had no future. I always assumed he was killed and the black screen was from Tony’s POV. Everything went black since he was dead and would never have heard the gunshot. And I knew there would be no Sopranos movie James left the character behind and would never play him again. Confirming to me Tony died at the diner. And then well, he really died, so there’s that.
His response was pretty funny to his F up.
Maybe back then that ending was outrageous, thinking that tour tv broke down and you missed the ending, just no. I watched the whole series in Hulu like three years ago and I loved the ending. I am glad that my suspicions that Tony was whacked were right. Excellent ending IMO.
One of the greatest shows of all time, a time capsule of pre 9/11 Jersey, and personally I loved the final scene. I didn’t see it as a cop out nor ambiguous. RIP James Gandolfini, what an actor.
I can’t believe the amount of people saying they thought and hoped that Tony survived! Tony was a horrendous person who made his bed. Additionally, his wife and daughter were complicit in his criminal acts. The Sopranos is such a great show, but the entire family was trash and deserved to be jailed or worse.