Public Address | Cafe | Sopranos. The end. (SPOILERS, surely) https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=21028#post21028 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=21028#post21028 I finally watched the episode last night. Thank you, friends in America.

Anyway, here's what I thought of when I saw that last scene: remember that early season – season three? – which ended with a wake and Uncle Junior singing? The family and the 'Family' were all gathered there,…

]]> Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:38:50 +1200 Zippy Gonzales https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20964#post20964 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20964#post20964 Tony and his family are alive and unwell, as always. If anyone got whacked, it was us.

One of the main themes of the Sopranos was Tony's relationship with his mother. When the actor playing Livia died, the story had to adapt. Junior became the surrogate outlet for Tony's frustration…

]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:48:05 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20926#post20926 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20926#post20926

Geez Andrew, I bet you thought that guy was a hitman just because he's Italian. 8-)

I avoid such stereotyping because I know next time I meet you you'll exact retribution with your kung fu skills.

]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:28:49 +1200 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20912#post20912 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20912#post20912 Heh, this link just reminded me of another satisfying aspect of the episode – they stuck the boot into SUVs, twice.

SUVs – will blow up if parked on leaves *and* stop you from having sex.

SUVs – will crush your skull with your grandchildren onboard after you get shot.

]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:23:52 +1200 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20911#post20911 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20911#post20911 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:10:23 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20910#post20910 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20910#post20910 Phew. SO glad someone else commented, I was holding back with this one because I was feeling a bit nigel nofreindsish.

Best theory read so far – Jamie Sigler tripped over the power cord on her way in.

Also... ignore anything I said about the identities of the people in…

]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:24:47 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20906#post20906 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20906#post20906 Creator David Chase is adamant that this is the end. There will be no more Sopranos, in any form.
But money talks, and people sometimes need money they didn't need back when they first said 'never'. It's a key revenue stream for Playboy.
OTOH does anyone really care about a…

]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:13:19 +1200 Michael Parry https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20905#post20905 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20905#post20905 I must be about the only one, but it seems to have been crafted so that they can do this if they want....

"Coming this fall 2010, to a theatre near you, for the first time on the big Screen, Tony Soprano. All the answers you thought to ask, and…

]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:04:01 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20803#post20803 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20803#post20803 Heather Havrilesky at Salon.com thinks he lived. ]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:58:31 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20760#post20760 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20760#post20760

Most Yanks will never have heard of the "Blake's 7" ending.

Some have

]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:59:18 +1200 rodgerd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20757#post20757 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20757#post20757

"who said Tony got whacked? did you seeTony get whacked?"

Most Yanks will never have heard of the "Blake's 7" ending.

]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:54:40 +1200 InternationalObserver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20744#post20744 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20744#post20744 Melfi theory is interesting but I think everyone is overthinking it. Tony got whacked without warning, he didn't know it was coming, because one never does. Having the (possible) hitman wait 5 minutes before going to the bathroom is straight out of the Godfather, so clearly creator David Chase… ]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:55:22 +1200 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20711#post20711 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20711#post20711 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:20:44 +1200 rodgerd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20643#post20643 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20643#post20643 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:46:09 +1200 rodgerd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20640#post20640 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20640#post20640

1 and 2 seem a bit inconsistent. (And did his outfit actually change?) If he's already dead, why would people try to kill him? 3 makes sense, though...

Well, I guess in that interpretation you're seeing Tony looking back at his last moments, then it goes black as he dies…

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:43:40 +1200 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20629#post20629 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20629#post20629

1/ Huge amounts of the series have homage to the classics of Mafia films; the shifty guy who goes to the toilet is emulating Michael Corleone's first kill.

2/ Tony's outfit and surroundings chop and change. Ghost? Dream?

3/ There were foreshading conversations with characters earlier in the series along…

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:43:38 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20625#post20625 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20625#post20625 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:55:24 +1200 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20614#post20614 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20614#post20614 The Reuters article on Stuff carried this entertaining bit:

The finale, aptly titled "Made In America," will likely go down as one of the most memorably offbeat in TV history, alongside the trial of "Seinfeld" and the conclusion of Bob Newhart's second sitcom, in which he awoke from a dream…

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:58:19 +1200 rodgerd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20610#post20610 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20610#post20610 Some of the interesting theories in favour of death I've seen note that:

1/ Huge amounts of the series have homage to the classics of Mafia films; the shifty guy who goes to the toilet is emulating Michael Corleone's first kill.

2/ Tony's outfit and surroundings chop and change. Ghost?…

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:15:59 +1200 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20601#post20601 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20601#post20601 I mean, what were we looking for? What were we anticipating? It was more than "killed or not killed", it was "redemption or judgement". It was about whether Tony did something that earned him the right to live, or whether he got what he more than deserved.

And of course,…

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:27:16 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20595#post20595 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20595#post20595 From the HBO discussion boards, a couple of good interpretations of the final scene.

1. Motive. Phil was dead, peace made with NY. No one that we know of was out to kill Tony.

2. Opportunity. Other than AJs chick, no one that we know of knew they were going to…

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:16:17 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20591#post20591 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20591#post20591 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:59:13 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20589#post20589 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20589#post20589 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:57:22 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20587#post20587 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20587#post20587 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:52:27 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20586#post20586 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20586#post20586 Good work!

Where did you get that from David, I'd like to send it to Berardinelli. who reviewed & liked the finale.

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:47:47 +1200 David Slack https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20581#post20581 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20581#post20581 Please don't go NI, but also, please don't read any further. CONTAINS SPOILERS

I enjoyed it hugely. The comedy was especially generous in the midst of all the debris. I especially liked Pauly: "They can take 2007 and give it back to the Indians." It's the way he tells them.…

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:36:50 +1200 Nobody Important https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20577#post20577 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20577#post20577 wow, this is crazy. I'm posting a comment without reading anything else (since I don't want to know how it ends!). Anyway, here's what HuffPo said:
__The line to cancel HBO starts here. What a ridiculously disappointing end lacking in creativity to The Sopranos saga. But if you're one of…

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:24:32 +1200 Giles Reid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20532#post20532 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20532#post20532 I can kind of get the frustration of some of those people, but I'm not sure what would have counted as a good ending for them. Everyone getting blown up or something?

There were some really amazing moments in this episode I think. The "It's Alright Ma" bit was fantastic…

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:02:37 +1200 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20495#post20495 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20495#post20495 Well – the list of links to comment at TV t a t t l e certainly runs the gammut – from "Worst. Ending. Ever." to "I want to have David Chase's babies!"

Starting with the bad:

David Chase proves he's a TV hack with his "screw you" to "Sopranos"…

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:19:54 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20489#post20489 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20489#post20489 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:10:37 +1200 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20484#post20484 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20484#post20484 Ack! I am trying very hard to resist the temptation to read finale wrap-ups until our, erm, 'friends in America' finish sending us the episode... but realistically, I'll probably give in at some point today. I have no willpower.

Also: AJ's facial hair this season has been wonderfully horrendous.

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:23:26 +1200 Keith Ng https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20465#post20465 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/sopranos-the-end-spoilers-surely/?p=20465#post20465 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:51:53 +1200