The Sopranos Ending
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After a lot of research, this is my take on the ending of "The Sopranos".
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The other big mystery is how Meadow passed her drivers test...
Lol
😂😂😂😂😂
''Meadow.. Soprano?.. Uhhh, yeah you passed congrats''
same way Christopher passed his stock trader test
she leaned from da best!
After watching so many characters get "whacked" over the course of 6 seasons, David Chase lets the viewer "experience" what it is to die, suddenly. He put us in Tony's position. We ( the audience ) were the last ones to get "offed." It was brilliant.
I never thought of it that way. Thank you.
Oh wow. Yes
@@pam0626 Because it's not true. Unless Tony was first shot perfectly in the brain (very unlikely) then it didn't happen.
@@DoctorChained How do you think it ended?
@@DoctorChained perfectly? The guy just has to walk out of the bathroom, if we're assuming its members only jacket guy and lets do that, so...walk out of the bathroom, draw his gun up and pump one into Tonys fat head.....its not too difficult a thing.
For me the most surprising thing is Tony being complacent almost brazen and certainly naive.
After all the recent events to put himself in the position, sat out in public like that, to get whacked....a little outta character....hes formally showed great street smarts, animal cunning and a survival instinct second to almost none previously.
The screen may have turned black for us but for tony he slowly awakened, hands tied together sitting in the back of a horse carriage with other prisoners, on his way to....skyrim unknowingly of his fate as dragonborne
Woah, fush ro da ova here
He then joins the thieves guild to run another mafia in another life.
He woke up in the Matrix!
Legendary comment bro.
Hahaha
When this ending aired, I was holding the remote, as usual...my wife thought I hit a button or something and started freaking out at me! It took a few seconds to convince her that I did no such thing. When the credits started to roll we just started at the t.v. in silence. Remember it like it was yesterday.
When I first saw the ending and the screen went black I was so pissed i thought my tv went on the blink.
I was a kid at the time, I remember my parents calling HBO and hanging up when the credits started
Why do we guys have a death grip on the TV control? Is it because we like to be in control? Or we're wary of someone in the house/apartment deviously grabbing the remote and changing the channel to the mother of all chick flicks movie? As Charlton Heston once said, " you'll have to pry it out of my cold dead hands."
I remember like it was yesterday when that screen went black. The tension in the scene--aided by Meadow not being able to park the car--almost made me shake. And the onion rings: the sacrament of communion, each one of them popping the whole thing in their mouths like it was a communion wafer. F**king brilliant!! Never been a series like The Sopranos.
@@playinthedark3054 What does the communion wafer mean and the meaning with this final scene?
I think the people within the diner are significant as well. The young couple in love and carefree, the scouts and the scoutmaster, the older single working man and his coffee; these are all snapshots of a life that Tony never had. He's always been in the mob life and never had these moments.
I like this comment. A better and more somber analysis of the scene than most of the ones here.
you guys really over think this shit
@@gigid9606 ha!
A lot of people who do specific things never did lots of other specific things. I dont see this as so insightful.
this is such a great point, when he was in the coma and lived that mundane life in his dreams reaffirms this point...he always wanted or was at least curious on what a normal life would be
I know everyone hates AJ, but the scenes where you can see that Tony truly loves him are really heartwarming.
I love the scenes where he uses buying a pizza as showing his love for AJ. That kind of awkwardness is familiar to a lot of families.
I actually didnt realize AJ was such a disliked character. I always thought he was a normal boy in the show as a teenager. Always moody which is normal and he does t really know what he wants to do. The depression didnt help as well I liked his character very realistic imo
I just recently watched this series for the first time this week. Yes, absolutely can’t stand AJ. The character ads nothing to the show and that kid was a sucky actor also.
@@deadlyoneable He only had three or four parts after the sopranos and was more or less forced into retirement.
@@deadlyoneable shut up lmao
The way they ate the onion rings. Like it was a communion.
Yea,especially tony.he was savoring it.like he knew it was the last thi thing he was ever going to taste.
Very good point ! You definitely noticed a key element of the scene. Thanks for pointing it out.
The onion ring gave him a heart attack.
I never saw anyone eats onion rings like that before...good catch
I thought about that too.
Everyone is always sad and confused about the ending. The most chilling thing to me about the ending is that Tony had to be shot in front of the people who he solemnly lived for.
That's how mafia works.
Just like the way Tony ordered the hit on Phil. With his daughter and grand kids watching him get shot and die.
@@marklisbon159 It wasn't ordered that way.. but they had such a hard time tracking Phil down that they didn't want to lose the opportunity. Tony's hitmen broke the rules and the way Tony dies is the result.
The circle jerk of life
I honestly don't think he solemnly lived for anybody but himself. I think he might have had affection for his family to contribute to his persona of being a good father but he also thought he was an upstanding person as well and had values too which lived right next to him causing all sorts of damage to other people. Seemed to be a narcissist and or a sociopath and a lot like his mom and dad but how could he be any different?
I can watch this series over and over and feel like I'm living it with them. No other TV series has ever done that for me. It's a modern classic.
I agree, The Sopranos is that good!!!
I think the sopranos is the best show ever made. With the wire hot on its heels. The insight the sopranos gave us into real mob life, the wire did with real police work. Both shows did not cast for big names or nice faces but for talent and believable appearances. Both shows highlighted the lifes of various characters and displayed situations like they could really happen. (third place goes to deadwood)
Duude me too! There are certainly tons of nice TV shows nowadays but The Sopranos always had a very special place in my heart. The show nevers grows old!
I'm on S4 (again)...I catch myself sounding like a wiseguy when I'm out with my buddys lol
After my last rewatch, I think The Wire and The Sopranos are tied. I loved The Sopranos first, but The Wire is so utterly perfect. I will say, though, that because of how this show makes me feel like I lived with the cast, no ending gets me in the feels like this one.
And of course Tony was shot from the angle of 3 O'clock... When Christopher had a near death experience he was told 'tell tony 3 o'clock'...
he was shot at 4 or 5 o'clock. you played yourself
ahhahahaha nice projection you got going on there
i ve hidden my 3 0 clock angle !! .
IndependentGeorge76 oh ya! Another part, forgot about that
He's at 4-5 from the door, by the angle from where the shooter would stand at the doorway and shoot Tony would be 3 see 11:27. The guy is standing right at 3' from Tony's shoulder and the camera angle.
I actually know the "Hitman". He owns a restaurant/pizzeria in Pennsylvania. He said they filmed 4 possible endings.....even the cast didn't know how it would end. And the "hitman"....never acted before.
For real?
Any word on the other possible endings ?
Ending 1: it cuts to black just as med walks in and he smiles, end after mini monologue from Chris stating that tony got wacked later on returning from a business trip. (He continues on for a while)
Ending 2-3: it cuts to black as he looks up and goes to black silence. (He just got wacked or didn't its up to the viewer.)
Ending 4: he's in Hell/Limbo. After playing poker in the hell Irish pub midnight strikes and he has to die the same death every midnight. He walks into the dinner and sees himself knowing that he'll die but also knows he gets a few minutes with his family and 1 last glimpse at his daughter.
did he mention anything about the other endings
The actor actually played a hitman in a previous episode where he offed a guy in a diner and he was wearing the same jacket.
Meadow trying to park her car is the most traumatic scene in the whole series.
That symbolizes her inability to deal with cars, and thus, life
WTF
Exemplified in a mafia dad, a suicidal brother, an emotionally unstable aunt, and a grasping great-uncle.
I will admit.. I was pissed off at the ending..But after awhile.. Brilliant move...It will keep everyone guessing for yrs
The ending was the most jarring thing I have ever seen on television. I just watched the show in full for the first time this year, I bet people were losing their shit when the screen cut to black when the episode first aired, man.
There’s no need to guess , he died , it was great ending to great show
@@nomamesdawg985 nice that you know something David chase has been explicitly vague about. He himself wrote a long article about this matter. Maybe let him know that he is wrong. Might appreciate it that you explain his own show to him...
SongJiangShiJin he might actually appreciate the fact if I tell him why tony is probably dead yeah he might , it isn’t that vague if you’ve been watching the series the whole damn time 😂 every major boss on that show died at one point , how is tony any different.
@@nomamesdawg985 he is different because the actual creator of the show said so. You might have your cute theories and observations, in the end they don't mean shit. The last say has the guy who wrote it.
Trust me, when you live in New Jersey and watch this it makes you feel like your living in the show.. love it rip Gandolfini
Wow..I bet. Cool!
I live in ny and am Italian I feel like that’s why I love this show so much
@@eyecomeinpeace2707 sorry I just seen this yes thank you! Definitely worth checking out in your life. Nj,Philly,NY
So heartbreaking. Cry every single time
Especially when your Dad is Sicilian and you were the most loved person in his life 😢❤ RIP Dad
I hated the ending at first but after all this time, we are all still talking about it. Brilliant ending!
I feel the same way. I mean how else could it have ended although if Tony had gone into witness protection program I would've watch that show but it would demean the Soprano's.
It makes sense the way that The sopranos ended. The way that the screen goes black shows that we were watching the story unfold through Tony's eyes. So when it goes black it shows that Tony is dead and the story is over
Also I noticed the painting at 7:06 when he first walks in the diner toward the end, doesn’t that painting look eerily similar to “Inn at the Oaks”? Also had Meadow been there on time by parking correctly, the hit man would’ve had to take a different approach because of Meadows presence and possibly the code of not hurting family members. Also 3 cub scouts, 3 creamers with the guys coffee, the bathroom is at 3, there is only 3 of them, the waitress brings only 3 cokes, and between the three of them they eat 3 onion rings in a ceremonial way…..just seems like the number 3 is everywhere within this scene and show like uncle junior talking about death in 3’s,. Watch out for 3 right?Amazing show, good analysis.
@@ADUSN true……I mean it was grandkids and his child and the way that whole thing went down and she didn’t place it in “P” park. I cringed when I heard that pop. But Phil did make a lot of enemies, as did Tony. It’s just a life where you either make friends or have enemies, there really is no middle ground with criminals.
That would send a huge message. AJ, Carmela, and Meadow walking in on that. It would send them running. In all I enjoyed the show and can’t wait for the MSON movie. But it’s just hard to find an ending we can all agree is great. This ending was definitely more deep and intended to be watched over again.
3 lights on the inner diner wall when he’s sitting by himself
@@Masculine11Bravo good catch!
3 is significant in free masonry and if you pay attention they display 3 and 33 every where in society because free masonry is the evil hand behind the throne
Just saw The Many Saints of Newark, it’s funny in the end when Dickie wanted to meet with Tony to finally have him enter the life, he asks him, Holstens 9am. So his life as a criminal began and ended in that restaurant, and 9 is opposite of 3 so this was just the beginning. The Mason theory, I, not so sure as I’m a Freemason. It really is interesting to see a Holstens and all these little things that ended up making Tony who Tony was. Also they show a football players and nfl a lot through sopranos we see some football players in the background of Holstens. And Tony on the football team was a major subject, lol even then Junior said “he never had the makings of a varsity athlete.” Tony’s last time at Holstens is packed with clues.
12:07 you never hear the bullet that gets you.
Remember what Sil said.
That was Bobby.
Sharp as a cue ball
Fuck that make a big sense
Baccalà
I also remember somone talking about how they relive all there past wrongs and problems. Wich would explain why the show exist. It's him in his limbo of all his wrong doings until he's allowed to heaven
Just look at Tonys face when Meadow enters. He knows immediately that something is wrong. Meadow sees the hitman behind her father. It all happens in a second.
Imo
The man wearing the members only jacket is the Dr. He leaves to let the family say their last goodbyes.
Tony is holding on for meadow but she don't make it.
@@WD-4T interesting
@@WD-4T so he was dead the whole 6th season
@@rktyler3470 I reckon
but Tbh I have only just started rewatching again.
Well done sir
Good ones always die young.
Rip James.
One of the best.
Everytime I rewatch the show my blood pressure starts rising when I see meadow's parking abilities.
It is so obvious. The guy in the 'Members Only Jacket' was one of Phil's guys. In the second to last episode where Phil says ''cut off the head and we can do business with the rest'' The last guy to leave Phil's meeting was the Member's Only Jacket. He is in the restaraunt, sitting at the counter, looking at Tony in the background ever since he came in the diner . Since Phil was killed in front of his family, they wanted to do the same with Tony.
Members Only is waiting for Meadow to finally come in. Once she does, he goes to the bathroom, so when he comes out, he will be behind Tony. Tony was shot in the head in front of his family. The entire last season, the saying was always 'You never see it coming'. The sudden darkness was because.....he didn't see it coming....
they're different actors, though they do look pretty similar I'll give you that
Curtis Ostriker also Patsy is there only one that could know his where abouts because if his sins fiance (medeow)
Yeah I think Patsy got permission from NY to take out Tony because Tony may have thought he would flip like Carlo because both their kids got picked up for selling X and revenge for his twin
Asher é proprio così che è andata , il killer ha aspettato che ci fosse presente tutta la famiglia e poi ha ucciso Tony
@MrHappyBollox he looks like Gene Pontercorvo and Gene was treated like shit and always wore that members only jacket.
“It looks like it weighs a ton”
When people talk about near death experience, some say how they feel all their life responsibilities taken away. Tony was swamped with many complicated things to worry about. Imagine how it would feel to let go of all of that and be “free”
Tony’s favorite scene from The Godfather was the scene where Michael got the gun from the mens room and shot Sollozo with the Chief. So yeah I always assumed he was dead as soon as the guy entered the mens room.
The hitman was scanning for a "clean shot" at Tony. The fact Meadow was delayed in arriving due to her bad parking attempts, allowed the hitman to believe there won't be anyone next to Tony to obscure his hit, so he determined the best angle was from coming out of the Men's room. If Meadow arrived on time, the "No Women No Kids" rule would have saved Tony. But it didn't, as if the hit was pre-destined. Tony's time was up, as all his best lieutenants are either dead, incapacitated like Silvio or have betrayed his crime family. This was Tony's most vulnerable, but he didn't seem concerned right after having killed the boss of a major New York crime family? He was in a subconscious way, ready to die. Who can avenge Tony after he is killed? No one. Without him there is no more North Jersey mafia.
He didnt die and there was no fuckin hitman in that restaurant
@@Burialofagodhe did and there was it’s ok bro let go
It WAS pre-destined - it was in the freaking script!!
He died. And it wasn't about not killing him in front of his family, because he had Phil killed In front of his family.
@@Burialofagod He did die. David Chase said so.
meadow is tony's guardian angel, the beginning of season 6 episode 1 clearly tells us that when she is dancing around her living room and it says number 3 is khu the guardian angel. and its her voice that stops him from dying and calls him out of the coma. she also saves him on the college trip and when she removes the bugged lamp. throughout the whole series it is very clear how meadow is the apple of his eye and AJ is a symbol of tony's failures and bad genetics. but meadow is like a pure perfect angel that is very special to him. but she did not make it to the diner on time, therefore she couldn't save him. Had she not been late she would have occupied the seat next to tony and blocked the gunshot from the 3 oclock position. of course tony would happily take the shot in meadows place. of course if not for carmela having meetings with carpenters and changing dinner plans to Holsten's the shooting wouldnt have happened. she was supposed to make manicotti, but then told tony and Aj the concensus was holsten's. the dinner at holsten's is their last supper. notice how tony carmela and aj place the onion ring on their tongues like a communion wafer. David chase did some beautiful storytelling. He is a family man and i know his daughter was in the show as hunter scangerello who mysteriously reappears in the final episode. He definitely drew from his Italian upbringing and his relationship with his mother in writing the show. I think he also drew from his love of his daughter Michele and that reflects in tony's love for meadow. Its possible the show is a message to his daughter.
One of the best comments, never realized Meadow "saved" Tony so many times, thanks for sharing!
spot on
meadow never saved tony on that college trip. there was an older couple that prevented the guy from whackin tony as it would leave too many witnesses. he knew meadow was drunk so that was never a problem.
Death Rager even the guy said to Tony he didn’t do it because he was with his daughter
@@dannickwoolfganglabonte6781 are you really that gullible? if you ve actually watched, he only backed off because of the elderly couple.
I always found it intriguing that Gandolfini largely dropped his "Tony" voice while playing the dream sequences...
I actually noticed that as well
The Tony was his real voice on steroids
I noticed he sounded like actor James Gandolfini. not Tony. Steve Buscemi is very mysterious. great actor.
because he wasn't TS in the dreams, he was Kevin Finnerty
I find very weird that when I dream, I have the "Tony" voice
This scene sent a shiver down my spine especially the "house of ancestors".....One of the best tv shows ever created..R.I.P james.
8:02 The moment when “Don’t Stop Believing” starts playing and Carmela walks in... ❤️iconic.
A haunting song for a haunting scene for sure!
Remember back in the boat when tony and bobby are fishing and they talk about being whacked, bobby says, you probably never even hear it coming. Switch to the final scene and that's exactly what happens, not only does it fade to black or in this case switch to black, all sounds cut out, hence he was executed and killed at that exact moment. It's simple, precise, and easy to understand when understanding the scene
That was big pussy not Bobby.
Thats a possibility, but I wouldn't count on it. Tony always had his own back. He was watching everyone who walked in and walked bear him. He wasn't that easy to get
@@_DrDrakeRamoray wrong
It was bobby bacala that said that on the boat
@@_nay__ it's exactly what happened theres to many things in the season foreshadowing it. The bobby and tony boat scene, also when sil is eating dinner with that guy and their dates and dude gets whacked, sil never heard the shot, you just see a close up shot on his face all sound muting and blood spraying on his face, and hes also explained that later on, said he never even heard the shot and didnt realize what happened til it was to late. Both scenes explain exactly what happens at the end. And not to mention the guy who walks into the bathroom is called in the credits members only jacket guy. The hitmen were know for wearing those jackets, even eugene ponticorvo wore one when excuting guy in the diner. To many tell tale signs imho
3 o'clock
It's significant that MOJ and AJ both entered Holsten's simultaneously. Tony let his guard down in that instant he looked up, because he focused solely on recognizing his son. He never fully processed the impending threat of MOJ. Grave mistake.
Moj?
@@utsavkataria96 members only jacket is my guess
@@antoniocastillo854 ur right
I don't think it would have made any difference. It's not like the guy gave off hitman vibes. He looks like just another schlub, which is exactly the point
Ministry of Justice?
The analysis on how Tony's soul is in a loop is reminiscent of what Christopher said hell is like.
Every day his dad plays poker in an Irish bar and loses, then every night they whack him just like they did in life.
Tony's hell is sitting in a diner, smelling the best onion rings in the world, waiting to see his daughter. And all day they tell him she's coming. And as soon as the bell dings, they whack him the same way they did in life. And it resets.
This is odd because Tony is shot from the three o'clock position. In the same episode, after Christopher tells them about hell, he tells Tony and Paulie "Three o'clock".
In other words, this show is fucking GOLD!
Wow, have been watching Sopranos so many times but never thought about that this could be Tony's "loop" like Christopher's Irish bar. There is always something new to discover.
that’s a great observation regarding the Irish bar loop! Also at 3:08 the old woman has no face like some creepy demon if you pause a better HD copy. So I’m pretty sure that was hell. And the diner appears to be a collection of things from his life. 7:07 back wall is a reminder of his HS football varsity days (Junior reference?). The USA cap guy maybe his childhood friend, the actor who played the liquid metal terminator? 7:29 looks like Giuliana Margueles. 7:36 looks like Janice. The young couple at 8:20 reminds of Christopher and Adrianna, seated like they’re about to enjoy his execution. Or it could remind Tony of the happier days Carmela shared when they were young given the timing of her entry. Then there’s the members only guy, who represents the capo that hung himself because Tony wouldn’t let him go. The bathroom move is an ode to The Godfather where Pacino shoots the police sergeant in the restaurant. And Tony is shot from 3 o’clock . Just like how Tony killed Christopher from 3 o’clock. Not entirely sure what the cub scouts represent. Maybe his childhood years…. And the lights out ending is setup by Bobby’s statement about death at the lake with Tony.
@@ed1pk the scouts represent every innocent person Tony’s violent lifestyle ever devastated. They’re the children left without fathers or mothers (or both), who have their lives destroyed in an instant. Just like these little boys’ lives are about to be changed forever by the violence they’re about to see visited on Tony at the diner.
To me, there’s way too many on the nose references for his death not to be a red herring
The house from Tony’s dream is in the picture on the wall, seen at 11:29 as the hitman enters the bathroom.
Tony Soprano is best TV show character of all time. No one was more complex. RIP JG
Christopher was more complex in the same show.
@@ml.2770 I did ent know that
He was a Bum
The bell rings and Tony looks up everytime someone walks in the dinner..The last thing Tony heard was the bell. You never see it coming.
I thought it's pretty obvious. The boy scouts killed him. The table which the Sopranos are sitting at is their usual table. They don't take kindly to that.
Ultradude jokes on you, they are cub scouts...
@ The Dookie Blaster - boy scouts, cub scouts they all have those wicked sharp pocket knives!! LMAO!
Ah, I see what you did. Squeeze in a "Goodfellas" reference huh?
Paulie the Eagle Scout - I did my time at camp!
The boy scouts had the makings of varsity athlete's
I always thought Meadow doing the double park and missing it 2 times and doing it correct the third time resembles the hits on Tony, he was shot 2 different times and survived, the third time the Members only guy shoots him but this time it's in the head and it goes black.
Parallel park.
this is really good
these things come in threes- uncle jun
I was relieved the writer opted not to show Tony's death. After the death of Adriana, I just wanted Tony to go away. Her mother had suffered never knowing what really happened to her daughter
The end of the Sopranos was effectively the ruthless ,diabolical shooting death of Adriana . ...evil conquers good , which is essentially the reaility of life on earth, as Chase sees it . Then, evil continues on its merry way, moving on to its next victim(s) .
9:04 “switched birth control”
Something I learned from movies and shows is that if there is a reference to life or birth, death is closing in.
Like the Tao says: «You got to shut one door before another one can open»
@@bravehare_5077 I leave multiple doors open so the Tao is retarded
Quasimodo predicted this.
"Nostradamus, Quasimodo was the Hunchback of Notre Dame!"
I'm so fucking dead
😂😂😂😂
That avatar though
Stupida fakin' mixup.
God Bless James! May he Rest In Eternal Peace. He gave ALL OF HIMSELF TO US! Let's all be thankful for it!
God isn't real and neither are you
@@mayc.onaise5649 Well JAMES, IF I'M NOT REAL, neither are YOU! CREEP!
I love the rhythm of everything... You hear a ding, you see Tony's face, then you see what he sees... So when he saw black you knew exactly what happened. Classic Hitchcock move, very cool.
Tony had a heart attack because of those onion rings
David Chase actually admits he dies in this scene in his book. He originally had him die in a meeting gone wrong with Johnny Sack and it was supposed to go black when he is in the Lincoln Tunnel. But you can't have a meeting when John's dead so they went with killing him in front of his family just like Phil. Finally some real closure. 👍
Paulie and patsy killed tony
@@sirnoname6943 why u say that?
Chase has said on multiple occasions that he changed the scene several times and that the scene was supposed to go black after Tony goes into a Tunnel while he was on a meeting to meet Johnny, however he said he changed it up to this one for the viewer to have their own interpretation of what happened
An incredibly eerie ending.
Incredible, fantastic analysis and superb writing from those involved in writing this ending, superb! Thank you for this. It's gut wrenchingly sad... but for a man like Tony...well...they say punishment is not always what you expect and this punishment, of never getting to see his Meadow ever again for one last time, well that's a form of hell built specifically for Tony, quite ingeniously.
I was one of those that got mad and thought the writers left us on a cliffhanger not knowing what happened to Tony, but it makes a lot more sense that he never saw it coming. And it would be just like another mafia (Phil's gang) to be really cruel to his family and blow his brains right in front of them, especially Meadow since they took out Phil in front of his grandkids.
That's one thing I liked about the Sopranos, no one really got away unscathed in that seedy world, including the children. Everyone reaped what they sowed.
i really hope an afterlife exists, have a lot of hands to shake and people to hug. bless
Michael M. there is brother. God will let you in. gotta accept Jesus though as Lord and savior
Bungling Bill troll
What if it's hell?ever thought of that?
Spain Matador I believe there most certainly is. I'm not sure based on my faith if everyone gets "forgiven " in purgatory or if you act up on this Earth then you have to pay for it in the next one. if there is one.. but if you think about it everything in our world has an equal polar opposite. we are human beings not puppets we have free will but with free will comes consequences. bless.
Bungling Bill go back under your bridge and eat fish heads you fucking troll
I love how they gave AJ facial hair because of not he’d look exactly the same every season
Very good interpretation, specially the "limbo" in the diner. It's true that most of the final season is charged with a lot of symbolism, and the last scene is just the culprit of that. Just as the mansion in Tony's dream, the diner is a room full of ghosts. Tony's ghosts: the athlete paintings, the young couple (Chris and Adriana), the old man with the kids in sports suits, the always present scapegoat in Tony's mobster stories of the "two black men", and finally... Eugene Pontecorvo back from the dead in his Members Only jacket. All magnificently put tohether to signal Tony's end.
If you look very closely you can see in this scene that Tony never really had the makings of a varsity shine box.
Or so the Germans would have us believe....
Very good, sir.
Anyways, 4 dollars a pound
Huh?
Stupida facking meme.
If you watch the first episode of the 6th season, its basically the last episode in reverse order. Its starts out black, then the doorbell rings. Except its the doorbell to his house, and the feds rush in. A form of foreshadowing perhaps. Think about it. Right before the "ding" he says carlo is going to testify.
Tony dies. The entire show is more or less through his perspective, why we see it fade to black is because Tony no longer sees anything because he's killed
Cut to black not fade
@@lukess.s when you get shot in the head you don’t even hear it. you just cut to black.
@@JulianBoyer tony even said to milfi: it all just goes black. and what happens?it all just goes black. some soprano fans are so fuckin braindead dude they dont see the hints.
I actually think we only see the show when the bad shit is happening.. So this final scene Tony realizes what's most important to him, his family. So once he finally realizes the audience stops seeing the show. Basically
@@deathrager2404 exactly, that's why they made a point to have it be heard in the show that "once it happens, you don't even hear it." Then they show a scene where Sil is talking and the dude next to him gets shot dead and it's all quiet. The hints are all right there. Most fans just don't want Tony to have ever died but it's basically the only out for that character that makes the most sense.
How genius this scene was, the song played "strangers, waiting..." exact moment when they stranger with members only jacket entered and he was waiting for that perfect moment to clip tony
I had a near death once, as a teenager, that was, by the roots, very similar to what the character Tony goes through here. I never saw a tunnel, or light, or old family, instead I was sitting in a wooden chair in complete darkness. What then happened is I became aware of another in this dark room, and as I focused on it, I began to hear the most beautiful music, so inviting I wanted to get up and walk to the source. At this point a faint multicolor boundary line appeared, similar to the effect of red-blue-green ground spot lights at night, all lined in a single row. On the other side of this boundary was a dark figure sitting on a wooden chair. This presence was not scary and it was also very familiar. As I focused on the figure I noticed it was making gestures for me to walk over. I wanted to walk over very bad, but my legs felt tired and heavy, and my rear end felt glued to the seat. I knew I could walk over but I'd have to make a big effort to do so and I began to see a other option of doing nothing at all. I chose this option and I began to open my eyes intermittently, into a world of pain where paramedics were slapping me in the face asking me all these questions. I kept going back and forth, and I never saw disappointment in the beckoning figure in the wooden chair, and I never saw acceptance either, but I did discover who the figure was as well as the real nature of the boundary line... The figure was me.
Crazy how the brain reacts when that sudden breathe of oxygen hits it upon breathing again lol
Whoa!! 😳
I went into full shock and unconsciousness, but strangely never forgot the moments right before the fall and also how it felt to be falling knowing I'd be landing soon.
These memories are peaceful and my fall felt like slow motion. I never felt pain until I was awakened by paramedics, and then of course, terribe pain for 10 days in the hospital afterwards and months of recovery and therapy.
Life ain't easy, thats for sure.
I wrote all this down back then and committed what I could to memory so I could find someone else who had a similar experience. Most NDEs mention the tunnel and loved ones but mine was much more internally profound, especially as to who I am in the past, present and future.
Thinking on it now I feel that the figure who was sharing in my near death experience was an older potential self, joking with me about crossing over.
Its weird cause I knew I could walk over, but chose not to do so. My body wasn't ready as it now had more potential to survive being in the hands of paramedics who initially were lost and took more time to find me. Once they arrived is when I started to come back to my 3d flesh and this reality.
After my body began having more potential to survive it was now up to my mind, or self, to willingly come back to it, and face the pain of healing and life once more.
...I chose this world smiling mockingly like my future self, because I know that no matter what the pain is, I won't give up so soon on life just yet. 'Nice try', to myself, I said that day.
@@phoenixmistertwo8815 You say you wouldnt give up on life just yet. But you were conscious after your fatal fall? Life is consciousness. If you were free from pain why not continue to live without your physical body? I too have had the time slow down effect when I was overseas and my truck hit an IED.
@@valaxius , to some extent there was a risk I would be going back into a disabled body, however, that thought in particular never entered my mind, at that time. I remember hitting the ground, but not even a moment afterwards it was the dark room and music.
It was timeless as well because I think it was nearly 15 minutes once my face was getting slapped by paramedics after some of their initial routines. Even the ambulance ride was just another to and fro location during this time span.
I guess you can say I was conscious of myself the entire time, but my reality went inward and outward... Of course this says nothing about what it would have been liked if I crossed over.
When I was a baby I was premature by a month and was on lifesupport to breath and such. Then at like 5 I had surgery because my large and small intestinal flap was stuck closed. Then at 16 this near fatal deck fall.
I was young and stupid and we would get drunk and high and perch on high railings to mock gravity and death and show each other up for who can balance better. Yeah..Stupid shit...a fall of about 25 feet almost killed me at 16.. Ive had only one more accident since then and many almosts but have never had another NDE of that nature since then. I suspect I will be back there one day when it is my natural time to die and pass over, or if I do truly decide to let go of the pain in life. We are always fighting pain to stay alive. Life is consciousness, and with that comes pain and pleasure.
Damn and IED huh? That must have been a crazy experience? Has it been difficult to see people in a good light afterwards? A force for good?
That's why she was so stressed while parking and looked so stressed when she was running to the diner.
She was his guardian angel.
She instinctively knew without knowing something bad was about to happen.
Idk how you came to any of those conclusions, considering she didn't save anything
If something bad was about to happen why didnt she leave the car where it was on the first try?
@@AtreVire she took the bugged lamp from the house
Oh wow such a great idea, a fucking guardian angel is more concerned with her parking job rather then hopping out and protecting tony . Give me a break
@@AtreVire she saved him from getting killed by the guy who was a snitch in hiding when they were going to their room on her college tour. She removed the bugged lamp that would had eventually got him indicted, and it was her voice that pulled him out of the coma and kept him from going In to the house/afterlife. If anything all she did was save him time after time.
You could make an entire video about why "Don't Stop Believin" was chosen for this final scene from the lyrics alone..
"Some'll win, some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues
*Whoa, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on"*
Just imagine this could be how it felt for many. When it comes to society, sometimes we are the side role or support role. But when it comes to our family we are the main role.
I knew I should have taken that speed reading course!!!
That's why God made pause buttons.
I love the point you made about the final person coming to the diner is the person he cares the most about. His torture in the afterlife, never seeing her again. Here’s my breakdown: 1) The painting of the house in the diner on the back wall represents the mansion he went to in his coma. 2) The tiger represents Adriana, as she always wore leopard-print and died crawling on all fours. Plus, the song she wanted to produce had the chorus “meaow”. 3) He’s wearing the same bowling shirt as the one he was shot in by uncle June. 4) The two black guys represent the two guys who tried to take him out in season 1. 4) The cub scouts and the old man potentially represent those who may have found Valery’s body (the Russian ex-commando). 5) The guy in the ‘members only’ jacket looks similar enough to Eugene Pontecorvo. Eugene was wearing THE EXACT SAME jacket when Vito busted his balls about it. This guy could be related to Eugene (a brother/cousin), and fuelled by his own sense of revenge along with Eugene’s wife (“his master calls”), took out a hit on Tony. 6) The picture of the football player is Tony as the athlete he never became. 7) The trucker with the baseball cap IS Dave Scatino, played by Robert Patrick. 8) Meadow’s two failed parking attempts represent the two failed attempts on Tony’s life. She gets it right third time around.
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@@pimpetigo as opposed to the others not being poignant? you're obviously a couch-boy fan.
the number 38 on the football player represents the caliber gun (.38 snubnose) that Michael Corleone came out of the bathroom with in the Godfather and possibly the type gun that killed Tony.
Patsy had Tony killed
Tony also says "Three strikes your out right?" to Melfi.
How that book go?
I don't care if he was killed or not killed there will never ever be another show like the sopranos ever I loved the series I still watch to this day and I will watch for as long as I can
breaking bad was better
@@lloydchristmas1086 wrong the sopranos beats breaking bad
@@perezynkrs1 Not even close pal
@@lloydchristmas1086 first of all I'm not your pal I have a name use it and second of all yes it is Lloyd
@@perezynkrs1 Im good pal but thanks
This video just made the show make so much more sense to me now thanks a bunch man, cheers
The first time viewed, it seemed open-ended. In retrospect now, it seems more than clear. The scene is so filled with dread and anticipation, it can't be just a happy ending. The dialogue about remembering the good times leads me to believe the family is spared. The perfectly timed arrival of Meadow completely lays bare the facade of Tony's life with his family, as his daughter will see him murdered.
It wasn't happy. The ending of any epic show is always sad.
Of course the family was spared. The mafia doesnt kill family members if they dont have to. Those crazy italians from italy do, but not in america
he died or lived?
that's what it was meant to do....at first you felt jipped...now you know the "rest of the story"
@@axelthapoet4938 America is Soft
The more I think about this scene
It is very eerie.
When AJ and the Members only guy walk in. Tony looks twice at him rather than at AJ .
Also Tony is seated in a particular place in the restruant. He could have sat anywhere so why that seat thats facing the door?
When the members only guy goes to the bathroom to get the gun that seat would be the only one he would have visibility on from the bathroom hallway.
This leads me to believe that this scene is a memory sequence from Tony where he is constantly stuck in an infinite loop of getting whacked.
Because if Tony was suspicious enough to look twice at the guy, then why not move seats or at least confront him? He also looks fairly bored to the point where he already knows whats about to happen. I also think the fact that Tony doesnt recognize AJs statement about remembering the good times means that he has only been experiencing bad times which one could assume is that Tony is rotting in this Diner Hell where he lost all hope of there ever being good times again.
Bottom line he was whacked
Or he was doomed to live in paranoia for the rest of his days
Or he is doing 20 fkn years in da can and he dreams about getting whacked
There was no gun or hitman. You're just assuming. The scene is what it is.
@@bobloblaw7465 denial
In memory of James what a fantastic actor he was
I always figured that’s what happened at the end but never wanted to admit to myself until now. I have tears......
Anal tears?
I think it's at least as likely that The Sopranos ended as it began: Tony had a panic attack.
I consider that theory B, with getting shot as theory A. With theory B, a blackout, Tony awakens back to his disaster of a life, with the gang war, and the Feds closing in, and his alienated wife, and failed son, and corrupted daughter, and imminent years in prison, and at the end Alzheimer's like his uncle. This is what I imagine when I want to get even with Tony, to give him what he deserves. But if I'm feeling merciful, and I want to be nice to Tony, then the blackout is him getting his brains blown out in front of his family.
Jew@@nathanielhellerstein5871
Amazing video. Ive watched others throughout the years of the ending and I never noticed tony looking at himself when entering
THIS is the best explanation and 100% gives the series much more depth. Great job on this!!!! Incredible writing if this is what the writers intended.
It's felt like there was nothing more to get out of the series after watching it so many times.
THIS video is the only one to date that gives more. A++ to whoever did this!
Unfortunately it's completely wrong.
You are the one that got taken out.
Tony came to appreciate life, just in time to be eternally trapped in a loop in hell.
There's another video on RUclips that breaks the ending down perfectly. Basically the creators gave us hints throughout the last ew episodes of the series, and if you follow the hints you know the truth about what happened to Tony at the finale. He was killed, unfortunately. There's a pattern of cues throughout the final episodes that don't really seem like much until you put them all together. The bell on the door in the diner is key. When it rings you see Tony's face, then see what Tony sees. On the final ring we see his face, and then see black. Before this, Tony had a discussion with Bobby about death and Bobby speculated that when it happens you don't hear or see anything. This foreshadows what happens to Tony.
That’s the thing. Before it goes black we should be able to see what he see. He looks up for a complete second before it cuts to black. So we should atleast get a glimpse of meadow before it goes black
@@mikestrickland3964 - agree, the camera should have been Tony's eyes, his view as the screen went black, but it wasn't, so this leaves us wondering if it was Meadow and i believe it was, as she was about to open the door when the scene cut to Tony, and we heard the bell, then black
Yeah it's all there remember at the beginning of that episode it opens with the funeral music and Tony sleeping from above foreshadowing his death. Also when hes at Bobby's and they talk about death he is sitting on the dock and hears the bell that keeps catching his attention foreshadowing the diners bell, it was a work of art.
@@topshelfstuff Tony's brain was destroyed before it could receive a signal from his eyes. No sound. No image.
@@mikestrickland3964 the reason it goes black and doesnt show Meadow is because it happened too fast. he basically didnt get to see Meadow and that is how he dies. never getting to clearly see his daughter one last time instead just a cut to black. if hell is like what Chrissys dad described to Chris, then Tonys loop in hell would be he wont get to see his daughter again. he will keep getting whacked before seeing her. that sounds like complete torture.
Tony got hit just like Joe Gallo did eating dinner with his family.
No one could of done that role but him..brillant actor R.I.P
"You probably don't even hear it when it happens, right?"
meadow is hot
Yeah! she is
Gran bella ragazza e molto simpatica
Sadly she has had MS for the past 15years.
Agreed
@@mtadams2009 agreed that's so sad
11 years ago he's now just ashes somewhere flying. Rip Tony and to the real person our beloved actor James Gandolfini.❤
I’ve watched this show 4 times now and I still have a love / hate relationship with this ending. Technically it’s brilliant because it’s still talked about to this day and everyone has there own ideas on what happened, but I was so invested in this show and all the characters it’s always felt uncomfortable for me not knowing what exactly happened or what happened to other characters after this scene. I think by now everyone knows that he dies but there’s still too many questions unanswered for me to call it a perfect ending.. RIP to one of the greatest actors I’ve ever had to pleasure to watch❤
July 2020. During covid-19 I finally took the time to watch the Sopranos from beginning to end. Did see loose episodes way back when it aired, but never all of it. Loved every bit of it. The storylines, the acting, the great writing, etc. Season 6 initially seemed a bit rushed to me, where the writers worked too fast towards the end imo, but that is the only point of criticism I can think of. Great analysis and explanation of the ending. Despite the critique it received back in 2007 I liked it a lot.
There's some real good theories here, but in the end I think one thing that I remember reading years ago holds true and that's that the producers of the show and the cast realized how much the audience came to love Tony Soprano (even though he was a thug and a criminal) and that they didn't want the audience to watch him getting shot dead.
As to what happened to Tony Soprano, I think the entire scene in the diner spells it out - whether he is whacked that night or sometime in the future or he gets indicted things do not end well for Tony. I remember during one of the episodes from one of the earlier seasons that Tony tells Dr. Melfi that he's "a fat crook from Jersey" and that "there's two ways it ends for a guy like me - dead or in the can." Tony knew that the life he chose would not end well and it doesn't.
Tony did say something like "Try to remember the good times". It was when AJ and Meadow were little and they were at a restaurant and i think the power went out or something.
Season 1 finale. Here we see that he had forgotten this humanizing wisdom.
The dream part was felt so beautiful I almost cried for some reason
damn I didn't even know the actual actor died. That's tragic, amazing actor and a kind soul
Insightful analysis, makes me want to watch the series in it's entirety again but more focused on the details. The dream sequences and the ending were definitely connected. In my point of view Tony is a reflection of the duality that we all have within us, neither good or bad, just human.
I think the ending is chilling. Hated it at first, but now I'm older. It's one of those classic things that the Beatles did too with their music. Just cut to silence. Killed. It's brilliance.
I love how Steve Buscemi is the host or whatever you want to call it. Now THAT was a genius idea. Makes you stop and wonder if it's heaven or is it actually hell?
It looks like heaven. Seems like heaven. But why would any of them be going to heaven, assuming it exists? This scene is more brilliant every time I watch it. It's like the briefcase holds his life in it.
Ears at 3:09 and hand at 3:12 gives you the answer you are looking for. You're welcome
@@KillerDiaguR .............HUH ?
@jeffsmith8842
The woman has no face, large ears, and long fingers
It could just be her being a misshapen dream women created by Tony's mind
Or she could be a demon
The ending was perfect, and made complete sense to me.
It's good in some ways could have left the show open to more seasons keep ppl guessing.
Yeah, I saw lots of complaints about the ending.
But what do people really want?
Another ham-fisted, convenient, Hollywood-style ending that tells the viewers exactly what happens (and people will still complain about), or a very intriguing, novel ending that has gotten people talking about it and theorising over a decade later? :)
Agreed 👌
@@jerrysummers5971 Chase might have been finished with it by that point. It must take a lot out of him to write and produce a quality show like the "Sopranos".
I liked the style it presented it, but leaving it as a cliffhanger felt cheap. I would've loved to at least see the aftermath, even if we don't explicitly see tony getting whacked. See carm and meadow crying outside, hysterical. See a ton of cops around the place, etc. I feel like it'd give fans closure without being too on the nose
Whatever. The first episode of the final season is called “Members Only” about a family member they won’t let retire peacefully, so he goes out his own way (by suicide). Then in the finale, you got the guy in the Members Only jacket going to the bathroom Godfather style. Tony COULD have gone out peacefully when he was in a coma, but chose not to. So he went out the other way. Members Only at the beginning (s6 ep1) and Members Only at the end.
this is the most reasonable argument I've seen
Gene had also turned informant tho right? So either way he was dead because he didn’t have permission to leave Jersey so if he just upped and did the dash. Tony and the rest wouldve assumed the worst and put out a hit on him and try track him down regardless, ending in his death. Gene thought he had a way out but there really isn’t a way out
@@Luxarium I mean he was screwed either way. He couldn't just up and go because the FBI had him on a leash. The feds were holding him hostage because they wanted more info on Tony. Even if he got permission to leave from Tony.. the feds would have said nope sorry.
Spot on. There are so many obvious clues after all these years of analysis.
Tony had a heart attack.
I remember I nearly cried watching this for the first time. Since the beginning of the show I had asked myself, what if Tony chose the other path? And Chace gives us a glimpse into that.
Knowing what happens next, I think it would have been better for him to drop the case and go inside. I would have gone inside!
Beautiful tribute, great post ❤
I usually stay away from theories however I watched this and I'm glad I did. I've always said that he was shot in the side of the head, however I never noticed the Meadow connection. Great point, awesome video. It makes sense to me.
Tony wakes up from a long dream and goes back to work with Jackie the boss.
RIP 🙏 James Gandolfini. You made the show. One of the best gangsters ever
Great job on this! It was worth the reading lol ❤
Im not sure how there is any controversy about what happened to Tony. In the last episode in the last few minutes a pattern develops. The bell on the door of the pizza place dings, we see Tonys face and then we see what he sees. This happens when his wife comes in, his son comes in, the assassin comes in, some random lady comes in. Dingdingding, Tonys face, then a shot of what Tony sees. The assassin walks right by Tony, who notices him but pays no attention to him at all. A few seconds later, Meadow enters the pizza place. Dingdingding, a shot of Tony's face and cut to black which is what Tony sees as the assassin kills him. Its simple and jarring and brilliant.
I like this analysis very much. I used to think the ending was ambiguous, but the more I study it and see analyses like these, the more it seems very clear that we are watching Tony's point of view, and the screen suddenly going black and the sound dropping out means that we are watching Tony's death from Tony's point of view. It seems very conspicuous now, and telling, that Members Only guy keeps looking at Tony and his family.
There is such a concept as a red herring though. You have no proof, your argument literally just assumes the stranger is an assassin without that being made explicit in the scene.
Every time a bell rings, an angel gets it’s wings.
Wow the power in those episodes, Tony didn’t want to leave his family.
Never will forget this episode as a kid I never cared for the sopranos it took me until 13 years of age to watch the full series from beginning to end me and all my family were in publo Colorado back in 07 for a funeral in a hotel they were all in my aunties hotel room watching the last episode of the sopranos and all thier reactions to the TV going out was in hysteric being a kid I never really paid much attention then watching the whole series being truly in love with the writing and acting I was appaled and in total dismay with the ending but dame what a show sopranos will always be on my top 10
RIP James Joseph Gandolfini 1961-2013
I got the chills watcing this episode. Done so well..
I’ve never seen the full series but this video just made me quit weed. I have lung disease (not COVID) and many doctor visits. This made me think of how if I do die I can’t bring bad habits and all worldly things to heaven. I’m done livin for my body and startin to live for my soul. I thank the writers and everyone involved in makin this show tho Ik they’ll never see this. Bad things you do in your life are baggage to the soul and I urge u to drop any bad dealings ur doin in ur life. Strive for goodness and your life will be better. Thanks.
i wish u the best, u should definitely watch the entire series though even tho u spoiled it for yourself hahaahaaa
Are you back on the weed now?
That's some perception's not narcissists, sociopaths an psychopaths,they don't have empathy or reason just dumb rules no one lives by but dies for.
Why do people who quit something always have to tell everyone else
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Amazing Actor ,Great series R.I.P JG.
I can see how the ending was to let the viewer feel the perspective of being "offed". Like Bobby said, "lights out."
When I was in a bad car wreck, I guess my head hit something in the car, I was unconscious from Brain injury/intracerebral hemmorhage, internal damage in my body. I don't remember the accident, nor that entire day. I just remember waking up in ICU immense pain and a blur despite whatever medications the hospital administered to me through IV.
But yes, everything just ceases to exist, your mind turns off like a switch. There is nothing once you "die". Don't know how or why I'm alive now, everything is surreal and hard to live with now.
Your story is amazing truly
rip to amazing actor