PB,

No, you are correct. Tony does indeed deserve punishment. I totally understand where you are coming from. I can too understand how you'd feel conflicted.

What is it about this character that makes him my favorite on the show???? Surely if he were a real life person I'd have absolutely nothing to do with him and God knows I'd certainly would never want to be married to a Tony Soprano.

Stepping back from the fantasy of a tv show, and looking at it in a realistic way, yea, Tony "deserves" a harsh punishment. he is a "crook." Whatever the ending, I hope in the end, we all can agree, that the series ended appropriately.

TIS

"Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today." JFK

"War is over, if you want it" - John Lennon