Mark Hansen wrote:Did anyone else notice that the final song on last Sunday's episode was a John Cooper Clarke piece?

Yeah, that was cool. I even scrutinized the credits and didn't see it there-maybe I blinked.

My predictions:

• I think the body they find in the next episode will be Dom, the dude Silvio and Carlo killed in the Pork store late last season for making too many jokes about Vito. This will give Phil a legitimate reason to get nasty, which I think he's ready and more than willing to do. Fun stuff.

• Carmela is definitely going to find out about Adriana, one way or another.

• Either Tony is going to kill Christopher, or Christopher is going to kill Tony.

After the long breaks between seasons, I'm always prepared to write off the show, but once I start watching it, I'm hooked all over again. I'm getting bummed that it's almost over.

Guys, did you hear the John Cooper Clarke song at the end on Sunday!?!

I wonder what song it was...

I was a bit sad to see Johnny Sack go like that. I'd have been satisfied if he'd gotten whacked or served his time and come out an even more broken old man, but the hand he got dealt after copping to the charges was pretty raw. I'll miss the double entendre's with his real family.

I recall seeing Michael Imperioli on Conan a few years ago and he said the show's ending "won't be pretty." I have my doubts. The way I read last week's episode was that Phil wanted out (because of his heart) and was going to hand over the reigns to the crazy bastard with the crazy eye. Tony's wanting out. They both want to live.

I thought the coming attractions for next week's episode made it look like the feds found a body, the guys were worried that Paulie would flip because it was his kill, and hence Paulie might be on the chopping block. That'd be poor form killing him with 6 episodes to go. Paulie's a pain in the ass, he ain't got no momma, ain't got no papa, and ain't got no future, but he's great TV. Either way, if it's Dom, any one of those NY guys could go batshit crazy.

And what about those terrorist dudes that are always hanging around the Bing? Agent Harris keeps hanging around like he's onto something.

I agree...the body will be Dom.

Christopher's dead by Phil's hands. Chris has been on top of the world...makes sense to take him out.

Carmela will find out about Adriana, with a possible flip?

Steve V. wrote:Carmela will find out about Adriana, with a possible flip?

I think Carmela already knows, but I haven't figured out exactly how.

I think Chris and Paulie will finally have it out. Will it kill one of 'em? I doubt it.

Carmela won't flip. It'd be just as out of character for her to flip as Chris. Even Meadow defends her family. No one on this show is too uncomfortable with their hypocrisy to flip.

Think about how Carm got Meadow that letter to Georgetown back in Season 1 or 2. Think about how she took the money from Gay Vito and Paulie and warned Tony about them last season. She's all but said explicitly that she knows that Tony's business is in the end murder. She's not 100% happy about it, but as she told Melfi last season, she's knew she was getting into when she got with Tony. She made that choice.

She knows that when you got to Six Flags, you ride the rides.

Self preservation might be reason enough though. I could see Paulie flip. I could see Patsy Parisi flip because at the end of Seas. 2 (?) his twin brother got whacked for talking about Tony seeing Melfi and Patsy was drunk and waving his gun at Tony in the backyard when the feds were watching the house at the beginning of Seas 3.

I watch me some TV.

I agree, no way is Carmela going to flip. She knows the score. Think how she would get on Tony's case when she was doing the spec houses, Tony took care of it-- and poof, back to look the other way. She enjoys the lifestyle she has been afforded way too much to jeopardize it.
I think Chris is gonna go and Tony is going to give the okay. It seems like he's getting increasingly paranoid about his relationship with Chris.

BC nailed it. Jesus, the whole t-shirt rip was ridiculous though. Bobby's a bit soft, but he's not retarded. I think he would've avoided leaving that bit of evidence. He's going to get whacked.

But the gun doesn't have prints. He was wearing gloves and he was supposed to drop it at the scene. As anyone who's seen The Godfather knows, a witness will notice a man leaving the scene with a gun in his hand.

BadComrade wrote:(Unless I missed something) I can't believe that none of you have mentioned that Bobby is totally fucked. He dropped the gun (with his PRINTS ALL OVER IT) after he killed that guy in the laundry room, and the dead guy's got a chunk of Bobby's shirt in his hand (probably with Bobby's chest hairs / DNA all over it).

Bobby ain't gonna be runnin' shit... Bobby's goin' to JAIL, or getting whacked by Tony's crew for fuckin' up so bad.

Maybe I was hearing things, but can't you hear the bullet rattling around in the dryer after Bobby shoots the guy in the laundry room? That can't be good.