Sopranos - Final Episode

Let me first start by saying that I didn't watch this series of the long 7 or almost 10 years it took to come out. I rented it on DVD. I don't watch a lot of series TV. I have no patients for it, but when you lay it out on DVD, and I can just roll though it... ...I love it! I can watch a series in a couple weeks. Lost for instance. I saw the recap episode, got really interested, then saw a couple of episodes, lost interest. Now I will just watch the recaps of the seasons. What I am saying is that I saw the whole series in a few weeks, maybe a month. We did a mad dash so that we could catch up for the final season. This was a benefit. It flows together better, like one long movie. The Final Episode fit with that very well.

Spoiler Warnings:
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Fade to black. That is what has everyone's panties in a wad. David Chase told us this ending earlier. Tony and Bobby in the boat. You won't see it coming, just fade to black. That is what they said. He literally told us how it was going to end. Did they die? Hmmm, I will be honest I thought at first they did. More because that is what I wanted. I went back and saw the episode a couple more times and realized that they didn't. It doesn't fit with the rest of the series. Watch the ends of other seasons. Life just went on. That was it. That was his way of saying life just goes on. As far as the rest of the episode, some great things are overshadowed.

First Phil's death was fantastic. They really got you to a point where you wanted him to get crushed and they did it! Awesome. Also something we haven't really seen since the beginning of the series. A "flipped" FBI agent. Nice touch. I really like that. I also like that the kids seem to get back on track. AJ finally snapped out of his funk.
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Overall the show ended well. It was a nice cap on the series. If you went back and spent a few weekends watching the whole series through again, you will find the same.

Good:
I like the final episode. Ties up a lot of loose ends. Final scene.

Bad:
Final scene.

Comments:
Loved Phil and the "flip".

Recommendations:
Watch the series through on DVD.