Sopranos: The Way It Was Supposed to Be…

Since Sunday night’s series finale, all everyone has been talking about is The Sopranos.  Did Tony die just as Meadow was walking in?  Does he go to jail on the weapons charge?  Does the whole family die at that table?

Nothing but speculation.  Just as it was meant to be.  What no one seems to understand is that that’s the way it should have been.  No one REALLY wants to know what happens to Tony, or if Silvio wakes up, or what happens to Fluvio’s… If the episode had been worked any differently, the world would be complaining about how badly it was done, or how unhappy they are with who died.

An interesting tidbit about the finale was the song at the end, which I’ve mentioned before.  Just as Journey sang the word “Stop” everything went black.  Symbolic, no?  What else I noticed while rewatching was that it appeared that Tony, Carmela and AJ were talking to the audience/viewers as well as themselves.  Saying things like “It’s okay not to know” and “Things were meant to be the way they are” and “Who knows what the future will bring.”  Truthfully, that was something I picked up on right away: talking to the audience.  It was a message of reassurance saying that even though we never saw Tony die or be indicted, that everything would work out the way it was supposed to.  We just don’t get to see it.

The New York Times expressed a similar opinion in an atricle stating that even popular television writers were satisfied with the ending, and that it was seemingly perfect, and artistically done.

The goal was to get people talking, and it was acheived.  The Sopranos was never your typical show, and it was never meant to be.  Nothing was ever cut and dry and no one was ever safe.  And personally, I think David Chase had done a brilliant job with the show. 

Perhaps someday we can look forward to a Sopranos movie that will tie things up neatly… Nah!  Who’d want that?!?!