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I think David Chase is a fucking genius and I don't care who knows nor how profane my emphasis.

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Heh. I never really watched the show, and I honestly don't care about the fate of the characters.

I just didn't need the last 30-45 seconds of the episode repeated a good 10 times in a row.

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Thing is, the regular watchers have built up such an emotional connection to these characters, and even as the last episode of the Sopranos was busy tying up some storylines, it left others intentionally open -- and introduced NEW ones. For those with such an emotional investment in the show and the characters, not getting closure can be terribly frustrating. But life isn't like TV. All your stories don't get conveniently wrapped up all together in one bow. Doors close, windows open, roofs collapse.

Don't stop!

Me, I love it. I think it was one of the gutsiest ways to end a long-running series. If you follow the Tony Gets Whacked theory, following the discussion he had with Bobby Bacala a few episodes previously, then it's a great and morbid illustration of death. There he is, with his family, slightly apprehensive, then -- nothing. Black. Never know what happens to Carm, to AJ's film project, to Meadow's career, what happens to Sil, Uncle Ju, everybody and nobody. All gone.

Whoa that just creeped me the hell out. I'm going to have to look at some pictures of roller coasters to feel better now.