Tony got clipped. 'When you least expect it...' Meadow's parking is significant only because the door opens upon her entry, the bell rings, Tony looks up and then nothing. He's gone, the show's gone, etc.
The classic way to get the audience to see through the eyes of the protagonist is to show them looking at the thing they are seeing and then to show what they see. In this case we see him look up, we know Meadow has just come through the door, but we see and hear nothing. That's what he sees.
Fin.
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242Tony wasn't shot.
The ending was brilliant, even if the episode itself wasn't as great as the few that proceeded it. Chase ended the show in the most cyncical way possible: there is no retribution and, most importantly, no redemption for Tony Soprano. Whatever idealism their kids had was discouraged in favor of status.
The ending was brilliant, even if the episode itself wasn't as great as the few that proceeded it. Chase ended the show in the most cyncical way possible: there is no retribution and, most importantly, no redemption for Tony Soprano. Whatever idealism their kids had was discouraged in favor of status.
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243I really liked the ending. I was getting all stressed out waiting for the hammer to come down, and then...nothing. I thought it was well done and appropriate, and I don't think Tony got shot. There's the possibility, of course, but I didn't see anything indicating that was the case, or would be the case.
I had it recorded so I watched the ending again, and when Tony looks up, he's looking at the door of the restaraunt, not the bathroom. And I didn't notice Meadow's "look of terror." Besides, who would shoot him? He made peace with New York and the "war" was over. And the theory that we're seeing what he's seeing and then he gets shot and everything goes to black...now, I've never been shot before, but I think you'd at least hear it right?
I think the story just keeps going, we just don't get to watch it. I think it ended well, and reminded us that we weren't watching a movie, where everything gets wrapped up in 2 hours. Me likey. It defied expectations and foiled prognosticators.
SALUT to possibly the best television series ever. Sure, they had some clunker moments, but I followed it until the end and that's saying something. I cared.
I had it recorded so I watched the ending again, and when Tony looks up, he's looking at the door of the restaraunt, not the bathroom. And I didn't notice Meadow's "look of terror." Besides, who would shoot him? He made peace with New York and the "war" was over. And the theory that we're seeing what he's seeing and then he gets shot and everything goes to black...now, I've never been shot before, but I think you'd at least hear it right?
I think the story just keeps going, we just don't get to watch it. I think it ended well, and reminded us that we weren't watching a movie, where everything gets wrapped up in 2 hours. Me likey. It defied expectations and foiled prognosticators.
SALUT to possibly the best television series ever. Sure, they had some clunker moments, but I followed it until the end and that's saying something. I cared.
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244The ending, at 1st, left me kind of thinking, "that's it? That's it"?.
Once Phil was killed, I kind of felt that was the end of that cycle of violence, so I didn't really expect there to be some kind of gruesome end to Tony and his family in the final moments.The false threats that were presented really were fucking with me. I'm actually glad it didn't end with a grand crescendo of violence, a la "Scarface". It wouldn't have seemed right.
The ending definitely leaves room for perhaps a follow-up movie, a la The X-files. Or perhaps a spin-off series involving Meadow and AJ. I can't see a series based on them as being anywhere near as interesting however.
I'm betting there will be a movie at some point in the future. The only ending that has been promised is of The Sopranos as a series.
Once Phil was killed, I kind of felt that was the end of that cycle of violence, so I didn't really expect there to be some kind of gruesome end to Tony and his family in the final moments.The false threats that were presented really were fucking with me. I'm actually glad it didn't end with a grand crescendo of violence, a la "Scarface". It wouldn't have seemed right.
The ending definitely leaves room for perhaps a follow-up movie, a la The X-files. Or perhaps a spin-off series involving Meadow and AJ. I can't see a series based on them as being anywhere near as interesting however.
I'm betting there will be a movie at some point in the future. The only ending that has been promised is of The Sopranos as a series.
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245Also:
Yes. This was great.
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Yes. This was great.
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246I thought the whole episode including the ending was brilliant. It was a note-perfect way to end the show because it wasn't neat or conclusive. The whole show has been about the psychology of the characters. Such a thing can't be tied up with a bow.
From the very beginning of the series, you knew Tony's end could only take 1 of 3 roads: arrest, flipping, or getting killed. I love that the ending of the show left all 3 of those a possibility.
From the very beginning of the series, you knew Tony's end could only take 1 of 3 roads: arrest, flipping, or getting killed. I love that the ending of the show left all 3 of those a possibility.
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247The best assessment I've yet seen of the ending comes from a letter written to Salon:
In other words, we were all tempted to think that AJ's suicide attempt marked some sort of turning point in his life, that he was going to become a John Walker Lindh type or enlist in the military. But by the end of the episode, he's back doing exactly what we've always been able to count on AJ to do: enjoy the material advantages of his life and rely on his parents to feed him. We were tempted to think that Carmela, if ever truly confronted by what Tony does for a living, might leave him or have a crisis of conscience, but once Tony tells her that Sil and Bobby have been shot, we cannot say that she is under any delusions. And yet, by the end of the episode, there she still sits at the diner with him, her main complaint being that she had to spend a couple of weeks at a crummy safe house. We also thought that Tony would reach some big turning point in his life, after being chased out of his house by Phil, losing Sil and Bobby, and having to run for his life, but in fact, by the end of the episode he's back doing what he always does. Even Janice's name was batted about as someone who might rise up and take over the family. But what does Janice do? She announces she needs to lose weight because she now has to find herself a new husband. Life goes on...
Meadow--incidentally, also the last to enter the restaurant in that final scene--is the one person with the brains and talent to truly break away from mob life and do something completely different. And yet, last night, we are shown the sight of Tony and Carmela resigning themselves to their daughter's fate: She's not only going to marry into the mob, but she's going to devote her intellect and talent to becoming a mob lawyer.
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248The cat thing was very very funny. It was almost as if the cat represented the spirit of Christopher.
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249Boy, there are some pissed off people! - http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/blogs/marquee/2007/06/hangin-on-to-end.html
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250Wood Goblin wrote:Tony wasn't shot.
The ending was brilliant, even if the episode itself wasn't as great as the few that proceeded it. Chase ended the show in the most cyncical way possible: there is no retribution and, most importantly, no redemption for Tony Soprano. Whatever idealism their kids had was discouraged in favor of status.
Disturbing analysis of the Soprano kids. I love how they're basically all shitheads except for Tony...who is an evil fuck (albeit a lovable fuck). I guess Meadow could be more of a moron.
I will miss this show dearly. The ending did seem like a bit of a cop-out...like the show's creators were burnt out or something.
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