As much as I hate to agree, you're right. The show lost a lot of it's steam at the end of season 4. Since then, it's been very slow with very few great parts in between. I just hope that the last 2 episodes deliver a lot.
I do agree with ya that the midpoint of Season 4 is where the Sopranos went from a great show to a really good show, but it is cause Chase only had an original 4 year arc for the show.
I remember reading in the 2nd Season, he had 4 seasons of material, and then they offered him 25 million to do 2-3 more seasons, and money talks! So Chase was writing all new material that originally wasn't there, and all the good stuff that we have seen in the last few episodes has been held off for years now, cause he couldn't wack everyone! Lorraine Bracco said she knew how Tony/Melfi relationship would end early in Season 2, but they just couldn't write her off the show cause she is a big part of it.
The Sopranos has been going through the motions since Season 4, and even an average episode is better then most crap on TV, but it has definitely lost some fans cause of the extended hiatus, and pointless plot lines like Johnny Cakes and a whole episode of Carm/Rosile going to France!!!
I think if Chase can wrap up the show this week on a high note, and most fans end up loving the episode, it will cement The Sopranos as the greatest drama ever.
The fans wouldn't want to see Tony get whacked, or any of his family members. We didn't want to see any of them go in the final season. How they ended it was perfect, showing everyone is alright and will be now that Leotardo was dead. I'm glad they didn't do the cliche fade to black. It made my mom go "What the F*ck"
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Yeah i think the symbolism and whatnot was the big shocker of how it ended. People were expecting someone to die or tony to get jailed or whatever. But it focused more on how tense and scary his life is. That's what I got out of it at least.
But then I start to think about it. Remember when Tony and Bobby were in the boat, talking about getting hit? They wondered if it just ended without hearing a thing?
I reacted the same way.I was very dissappointed by the ending. I just wish they would have let us know if Silivio was gonna live or die. I loved the way Leotardo was killed. Perfect if you ask me. Then the SUV running over his head was pretty intense.
but whose to say anything happened? didn't livia say "it's all a big nothing." ? i guess that's just what it is. we're now left to wonder if he gets shot, or what's going to happen with carlo flippin to the feds, if agent harris was playing tony all along...etc...
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