John's TV Reviews

At first, I was with all you yo-yo's who were waiting for some type of closure, and are now whining about a wimpy ending to one of the greatest television series ever produced. I was shocked, and thought maybe my t.v. had screwed up. No! That can't be it!

Then I got it. Life goes on. Phil got what he deserved, A.J. seemed to get the light back in his eyes, and Meadow was going on to great things. Or they all get massacred in a bloody booth in a tacky little restaurant. Either way, the world of the Sopranos lives on.

Kudos to David Chase for not selling out and trying to tie a complex and changing world into a nice little package for viewers to walk away with. Had "they all lived happily ever after", he would have been accused of selling out. Had Tony been killed, he would have been lambasted as well.

The scene with Paulie sunning himself once again, just like the old days, was poetic. His pals were all gone, he was the lone survivor of the original crew. Alone on the sidewalk, soaking up the sun with the eerie cat he feared stretched peacefully beside him. As if a peace was possible between the two.

The only thing disapointing about the finale was reading the reviews of so many people ripping Chase for not giving them closure. He closed the series with exactly what made it great in the first place: he kept it real.