The Final Episode.
I am wired.
Tonight is the final episode of The Sopranos. Speculation about how it will all end is rampant in the national media. You can safely multiply the hysteria times one hundred when it comes to local media.
The Sopranos series is very special to those of us who live in the Garden State. As I have mentioned before, many of the location shots in the show were filmed in the town where I grew up (Kearny). For example, when Tony and the guys sit outside “Satriale’s,†(formerly, the West Hudson Auto Parts Store) they are sitting at the intersection of Kearny Avenue and Afton Street. When the camera angle moves to show the street north of Satriale’s, you can see St. Cecilia’s church and the State Farm Insurance Agency office.
The town itself has made a bunch of money (permits, etc.) from the show, as have the local businesses. I understand that the actors and crew are particularly fond of the Kearny’s fish and chips restaurants (The town has deep Scottish roots).
Even though this final season has effectively reminded those might have thought otherwise that Tony Soprano is a really, really bad guy, I will still miss him and the crew.
So, Jimbo, how do you think it will all end?
O.K. For what it’s worth (which is absolutely nothing), my guess is that Paulie Walnuts will try to go over to the NY Mob to save his ass (He made such an overture in the past) and will get whacked, quite possibly by the NY guys. Phil (the Head of the NY Mob) will die, along with his captains, probably in a large, messy gunfight. I think there will be a montage showing Tony being convicted of major crimes and sentenced to a term of … forever. This may well be followed by an epilog showing what becomes of his real family (I can imagine a scene that shows Carmela waiting tables in a diner on Route 3).
There you have it, in all its worthlessness. Now, we’ll wait to see what happens.
Soprano expectation……
Paulie Walnuts trying to save his ass….UhMMM possible! I see Tony turning himself into the Feds to save his ass & Paulie taking charge with Tonys Kid doing something.
Comment by dudley1 — June 10, 2007 @ 6:59 pm
Blank film for you to create your own ending – I liked it.
Comment by Enlighten-NewJersey — June 10, 2007 @ 10:55 pm
Just like the fate of the redshirts in Star Trek: He is dead, Jim.
Comment by Bill — June 10, 2007 @ 11:55 pm
Now we can all speculate on whether the “snap to black” was a canvas on which we could paint our own endings, or whether it was Tony’s POV: never knowing what hit him.
Phil Leotardo? Priceless (Brecccch!)
It was a great show, and I’ll miss it.
Comment by Elisson — June 11, 2007 @ 6:45 am
SPOILER WARNING!!!
I absolutely loved the ending. Plenty to chew on.
My two theories…
#1.)
“You probably don’t even hear it when it happens, right?” – Bobby Baccala (Final Season, Episode 1)
Tony got whacked and (because he’s in his usual, self-centered haze) didn’t even see it coming.
#2.)
“Don’t Stop” – Journey
Tony and his whole crew of remaining miserable souls (Carmella, AJ, Paulie Walnuts, etc.) will go on (“and on, and on”) just as they always have. Nothing has really changed at all.
Comment by TJ — June 11, 2007 @ 8:44 am
Well, no one could have guessed this ending because . . . um . . . it was no ending; it was a cop out not to resolve the story. Coupled with the untimely episodes over the second half of this run, the show ended up more frustrating than anything else.
Blech!
Comment by Bob — June 11, 2007 @ 8:44 am
Coming soon …….The Movie!!!….for those who really want to know what happened.
Comment by dudley1 — June 11, 2007 @ 12:05 pm
Jimbo! No! Way Paulie would ever go over to NY. The last time he thought of it, Phil made a fool of him pretending Johnny Sac cared. Too much humiliation there.
My personal thoughts were that Phil would get whacked, Tony would live, but I thought he may flip to Agent Harris to protect his wife and kids. NOT. oh, well.
What TJ wrote…my thoughts, too, for both #1 & #2.
OMG, how I’ve loved this show, bad guys and all. It will be missed. *wipes tear from eye*
sheeze…i’m gonna miss this show.
Comment by Joyce — June 11, 2007 @ 1:52 pm