Comments on: Oh What A Whack It Was.

By: Dave Pye

Dave Pye — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:09:00 +0000

As of tonight, over 30 people have found this post via they search “carlo flipped”.

By: Dave Pye

Dave Pye — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:56:00 +0000

Obviously I mean to type: I sincerely hope the legacy of the last episode in popular culture is NOT “it sucked”.

By: David Pye

David Pye — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:53:00 +0000

I was having an adult beverage with a friend at the Red Lion in Toronto last night. We were talking about how cool it was that so many TV shows are now available on DVD. She said she really wanted to get into the Sopranos, had never seen a full episode, but “heard the ending SUCKED”.

I contained my annoyance (not her fault), told her I vehemently disagreed and that I envied her - being able to start from the beginning and enjoy the series all the way through at her own pace.

I sincerely hope the legacy of the last episode in popular culture is that “it sucked”. But then again, I get angry when people tell me “Temple of Doom” is a bad movie. But then again I also live alone with a cat.

By: Jenn M.

Jenn M. — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:03:00 +0000

I was reminded of the first season, when Big Pussy and Christopher can’t manage to throw Emile Colack’s body into the dumpster and BP suggests just making the body disappear. “They know, but they don’t know.”
Props to DC for putting the audience right inside Tony’s head with that ending. One of the things that kept “Sopranos” fresh for me was the fact that you never felt like you, the viewer, were being condescended to.

By: Dave Pye

Dave Pye — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:59:00 +0000

Some great points, Aubs. They diner people may have been allegories or archetypes. Kids who got hooked on drugs, project residents, murdered mobsters…

Another thing to support that whack theory - Chase, like I said, has a great way of creating tension via closeups, tight angles and other camera methods right before something really bad happens. Who didn’t know, for example, that Bobby and Phil weren’t about to get whacked in their respective scenes? It was obvious and delicious!

So, with Tony’s fervent glances around the diner, and - more specifically - Meadow’s parallel parking debaucle - we all thought we knew the guns were about to come out. Maybe they did. But maybe they just had some rings.

I am still of the opinion that the message to take away from that scene is something like - the entire family (crew and immediate) will have to go through the rest of their days with eyes in the back of their heads - because that is the life they have chosen.

By: Aubs

Aubs — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:43:00 +0000

I watched the episode again lastnight and I think I may have prematurely wanted to put my remote through the tv too. My final ruling on the last Sopranos is that Tony got whacked. And this is why… There has been speculation that the random people they showed at the restaurant in the end were all people from previous episodes throughout the years that Tony had wronged in some way. The Goomba Johnny seated at the counter is supposed to be Nicky Leotardo, Phil’s newphew. The black guys that he see’s walk in were from the Projects debacle. Now tie all that in with the boat scene Tony has with Bobby in the beginning of this season when they discuss what it’s like to die. Bobby speculated that you don’t feel anything or hear anything. It just goes black. I think he looked up to see Meadow walk in as he gets popped in the back of the head in front of the whole family. Phil was killed in front of his family so it seems fitting for the retaliation.

And as far as that exchange between Junior & Tony, which also got me a bit choked up, I believe that was Tony realizing that the idea of a Mob family just doesn’t work anymore but back in the day “they ran Jersey.”