I still think that it’s fairly flawed and that there were more interesting and subtle ways to end the show with ambiguity. Making the ending about whether Tony dies or not is honestly the most obvious thing they could have done and I don’t understand why people make it seem like it’s the most unique and creative thing they could of done. A far more interesting ending imo would of been for Tony to finally be arrested and was given the choice of flipping or spending the rest of his life in jail and THEN the screen turned to black before we hear his decision. It would add real ambiguity because we don't know if Tony is really dedicated to the life anymore and is willing to give up his freedom to a life he has grown to hate and is crumbling around him. Tony being killed like the other 90% of the characters just seems a bit too “conventional” for me to see at as particularly interesting. I also feel it would of done more for the underlying theme of the decline of mob, since in real life the mob was destroyed by increased law enforcement pressure rather than the mob just killing each other and wiping each other out. Tony’s ending being more mundane and realistic would of really added to the show’s identity of the mob being more mundane then media tends to portray it as.

Just wanted to say, that every time I open this app, and see a recent post from this subreddit, I'm continuously astonished at the fact that this subreddit's still going strong with new posts.

Glad to see one of the best TV series out there still has (or is gaining?) traction. :)

Should I buy its shares since its performance is looking impressive and I am getting calls from some fine gentlemen?

I’m 50/50 on it. On one hand it’s weird for an adult man to hang out with a bunch of kids. But on the other hand people say he was like a child in an adult’s body himself

Recently decided to watch the sopranos after seeing people keep recommending it and comparing it to shows like breaking bad and better call Saul and also saying the sopranos is better/on the same level as those shows. I found those two shows to extremely interesting since the beginning but I’m currently on episode four of the sopranos and I just think it’s boring. Nothing major/entertaining is happening and to be honest I don’t see how anyone would say this show is good. The best I can see it being is alright and rewatching a different show would be more enjoyable.

These two were an un-chalked pool cue away from membership to the good ship lollipop. Not only did these two suck each other's cocks, Auquafina or bottle water….whatever his name is, he wanted to Break His Cock OFF in a bing girls ass. And the way they primped each other before the pishadoo encounter with Tee at the bing. Total flambés. Anyway, give me one thousand dollars…🫱🫱.

I think that Tony was killed when it cut to black. What with the members only jacket, and seemingly nobody left who would want to kill Tony, it occurred to me that the one person who hated him with a passion was Eugene’s wife, Deanne. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone suspect her.

It was cute, a little too long and a little too slow, but cute. Dr. Melfi was a hit as an assisted living lady proudly hailing from Sicily. Adriana as a supportive wife, it was like a glimpse of an alternative future. Jackie Aprile Sr shows up as the previous owner of the restaurant building. I admit I had a hard time even recognizing him; frankly, I'm depressed and ashamed. I got agita thinking Charmaine Bucco was supposed to turn up and got cut, but I don't think she's in it. I got my own opinions about just how long it would have taken these kids to go from Jamaica Queens to Bay Ridge Brooklyn to Hyatt Street Staten Island over and over and over. Vince Vaughn kept his hair, it looked good.

When Carmela's dad went over like a vulture to the spec house, with Tony on his death bed, whatever happened to Mary's bundt pan? Had David Chase ever mentioned this in an interview and hinted at a resolution? Or is it typical "fuck the fans, they get no closure."

With a little encouragement at the right time in their lives, things could've turned out completely differently for them. The raw talent is obviously there

In my thoughts I used a technique of positive visualisation with Jackie Jr. leading Christopher Moltisanti, Brendan Filone, Matthew Bevilaqua, and Sean Gismonte could have formed a formidable New Jersey crew.

OK I am sure Chase had to come up with names to fill the character sheet, but some may have additional meaning. Thought about this more after Many Saints of Newark and its play off Chrissy's last name.

Cusomano - literally means vagina hand (in modern slang). Hand on vagina might be a better translation of that. Did he intern as a gyno? That is all slang though, the actual name meaning is "To sew by hand," which still kind of makes sense for a doctor.

Bonpensiero - Good thinker. Isn't that ironic? Probably made the dumbest choices of anyone before the show started, flipping out before the Soprano-April sit down.

Junior's repping of Baccalieri's last name also led me to think that a lot of them do matter or are just kind of prods at all of us.

Sacrimoni- Sacrament. Marriage is one of the big ones, and one of Johnny's big meltdowns.

La Cerva - the deer, or the doe. Really catches her character, caught in the headlights and then shot in the woods.

Silvio Dante - Reference to hell or his work as a demon in his system.. first name translates as woods, but besides clipping Ade in the woods in a late season he really does not seem to associate much with trees or anything.

Cifaretto - translates as little Devil or little accountant. What difference is there really?

Any others jump out at you? My Italian is pretty weak so I am sure there is a lot I miss.

Rashes, fatigue, night sweats, depression diarrhoea… and remember when Tony keeps insisting “nobody has AIDSH”? Could this be his anxiety about secretly having it? Fits the show’s themes of secrecy and shame. You ever pondered that?

Sure, Mr. Magoo said he almost drowned in 3 inches of water and the guy that’s a fuckin’ robot to his own pussy-ass weakness confirms it, but we don’t have any details about that story. For all we know Jackie was an infant and Ro dropped him on his head into the penguin exhibit.

Jackie was just a younger version of Chris, except he didn’t have a mentor like Tony, or a guy like Dickie Moltisanti. He had Ralph.

Make fun of Jackie all you want about scrabble game but you don’t know what tiles he was working with and he would have manuged to get the drip on Chris in a game of scrabble. Plus, Tony had his own issues in that rigard.

Jackie would have never robbed the card game if Ralph didn’t tell him the story about his fawtha.

That’s all she said to him. I bet butta doesn’t melt in her mouf

The finale is about time, mortality, identity, transformation?

Chase drew a direct parallel to a scene near the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey, where astronaut David Bowman sees future versions of himself—suggesting time merging, mortality, and existential reflection. Similarly, in The Sopranos finale, Chase intentionally had Tony “walk into his own point of view” in a series of scenes—visits to his sister, Uncle Junior, and others—so that “time expands and contracts as life and death merge into one.”

I don't know how I feel about the camera angles stuff, one things for sure is the pacing of that finale did kind of feel different. His uncle junior visit, even Janice, it honestly does kind of feel unfamiliar in a way. Dreamlike

I love the movie and show, I dont think it's meant to be like "all the answers are in the 2001 scene", I don't know. What do you guys think?

Of course he picked the most confusing movie ending ever 🤣

AJ hanging with Jason Gervasi and Jason Parisi in their campus betting hustle shows how easy it is to slide into “the life”. He just didn’t have the stomach for it. He was weak.

Is this the best quote from a one-off character on The Sopranos?

So I just did some research and found out that I am not the first person to come up with this theory, so I wont claim to be, but I think its worth bringing up again. The theory is that yes, Tony dies in the last episode but not because he was hit. Instead, he had a heart attack.

It makes sense. Heart attacks and the overall stress of the job come up frequently. Phil had a heart attack. Gigi died of a heart attack on the pishadoo.

Then theres the foreshadowing when at Chrissy's intervention when he tells Tony that with the way he eats he'll have a heart attack by 50.

Think about it. The war with New York was the most stressful situation Tony faced as boss. On top of that, he was a fat piece of shit. Theres some merit to the heart attack theory.

From the minimal interactions and film time we see of Tony and Barbara’s interactions,one significant moment is when Barbarra offers to phone Janice and inform her of their mothers death, only to be yelled at. This sends Tony into a rage over the phone with Janice.

We see a protectional and fatherly role to Barbarra as opposed to Tony’s constant arguments and battles with Janice.

What’s everyone’s thoughts on this and the effects of their childhood experiences maybe has affected this?

Also what is the suspected age gap between Tony and Barbarra?

That actually deserve 6 seasons and a couplatree mowr. cant say the same for breaking bad tho. It would be great if it was three seasons or something. I dont know.. im very observant about art.

Look at Tony’s house, compared to Jackie‘s house. We don’t see a whole lot, but we see Rosalie’s bedroom. It’s OK, but not great. The living room is unremarkable too, when they are watching the Sharon Stone, basic instinct scene.

And don’t give me that bullshit about how he wasn’t wasteful like Tony didn’t spend all his money on a big house.

When Rosalie and Carmela are at the charity drive with the diapers, Rosalie admits that the money Jackie left wasn’t enough.

Edit: I’ve said my piece. We’re done here.

Why is AJ such a dick? Is he stupid? You neva tawk to Aid like this, EVER!!!

Obviously AJ has a truly big heart but early on in life he seemed to be doing down Tony’s same path. Doing bad in school and getting into trouble, (like stealing the wine) then in season 3 and later on he was clubbing, throwing parties for money and teetering the line of his fathers life. Especially when he started going out with those guys that were acid on that guys’s foot. Do you think he wanted to to be a mobster but Tony would never allow that or his own personal choice. This can be just a discussion about AJ in general he’s such a dynamic character

I’ve just finished watching the show in its entirety, I started back in June.

One of my favourite scenes is what I nicknamed the ‘Kirkland Summit’.

I don’t know why I found it so funny that Tony and Syl met Phil Leotardo in Costco!

I’m just picturing Tony hammering down a slice and dog after that meeting after Phil has been breaking his balls 😂