I don't know if this has been done before, but if you were to write a closing episode for next year, what do you think would be the climax?
Here are some possibles.

A. A copy of Godfather 3, though not exact in all respects but, Meadow gets shot in a hit attempt at Tony.

B. Carmella and Tony have a knockdown, drag-out fight and AJ shoots Tony.

C. Paulie, Christopher and Silvio shoot Tony on the boat the way Pussy got whacked.

My crystal ball sees this being a long thread (good idea, MC).

How about this for an ending? Christopher realizes he truly loves Adriana and they both join the Witness Protection Program after ratting out the whole Family. Tony and company all go to jail.

On a lighter side, the final shot of the series is after Ginny Sack goes on a crash diet and ends up dancing in the Bing.

Prior to the ending, the Sopranos and the Lupritazi's are at war. Johnny Sac ends up dead, and little Carmine is left in place to run the family. A peace is supposedly made. This leads up to the end...

Eventually, Adriana's ties to the FBI finaly surface and are revealed to Tony's crew. Chris is distraught but realizes what has to be done. Also his anger towards Adriana for betraying him is overwhelming him. Tony lets Chris know that there is only one way he can be salvaged in all of this, and that is that he would have to be the one to take care of the hit. He knows that it has to be done, so he agrees. Behind Tony's back, Paulie tells Chris that he can do it if Chris cant manage. At first Chris is reluctant to take Paulie up on his offer, but at the last minute, he realizes that he cant bring himself to kill the woman he loves, or at least loved. Paulie gets the call and kills her. After shes dead, Chris's anger toward Adriana dramatically and spontaniousely shifts towards Paulie for doing the deed. In a dramatic fight between the two, Chris ends up beating Paulie to death.

Tony begins to realize the feelings he still has for Carmella and he tries to make things right again. At the same time, Furio overcome with love for Carmella, returns to the states, and begins to plan the neccecary murder of Tony.

After receiving an invitation from Tony, Carmella goes over to his house for dinner. Her hidden but mutual feelings for Tony led her to accept the invite. After dinner, the two make ammends and vow to get back together. They proceed to make love when Furio burts into the lightless room and fires a barage of bullets at the bed. Tony is unscathed, but Carmella is hit in the chest and is bleeding badly. After a flash of lightning from outside floods the room with light, Furio realizes that it was Carmella whom he shot. In a deep shock, Furio runs over to help her and completely forgets about Tony, who pulls out a gun and burries a clip into Furio killing him. Carmella is clearly bleeding to death, and a frantic Tony is scurrying to help her. He runs to the window to use the drapes to cover her wound, when another flash of light reveals 5 or 6 of Carmine's men on the lawn. They fire their machine guns and Tony is shot multiple times. He and Carmella die together...

Apparently, the Soprano crew sold out Tony to Carmine. Tony's death was the only way to make ammends for the death of Johnny Sac. Peace is again restored, and with Christopher off missing after Paulie's murder, Silvio Dante takes over as boss.


Sort of a Shakespearian way to end things. Lets just say that I wouldnt be disapointed if it happened this way.

The final scene is Junior and Tony eating dinner at Vesuvio with Tony smoking a cigar. Done!

That is a good question. I don't really want to see it end where Tony dies, although I suppose it would be an appropriate ending.

Adrianna gets whacked; Christopher has a major falling out with Tony and joins another family.

One of the Soprano kids get accidently killed, bringing Tony & Carm together to seek some kind of revenge.

In the end it is only Silvio that remains by Tony's side, leaving Tony with doubts about this "thing of his."

Of course final scene, like mentioned above...Tony at the bar at Bada Bings smoking a cigar............and just before it fades to black, in the far corner barstools, there's SC, Lori, Geoff & TIS laughing and having a good time.


TIS

Every single gangster movie has always ended in a bad way. The morals of these stories are supposed to show that crime does not pay. So for the Sopranos you can bet on a tragic and sad ending. How it plays out will be completely unexpecting.

One thing I notice in all these possibe outcomes is nothing mentioned about Dr.Melfi.

Ok Huntz: In Tony's last session, Melfi finally tells Tony that she was raped. Tony goes berserk, jumps out the window and kills himself. No that's no good.

The season ends with Tony at the Bing. He's deep in thought (brooding). He looks up and Melfi is doing a dance on the stage, twirling around the pole. Then out comes Carmella, doing the same thing. Next, Meadow. Its too much for Tony. He bolts from the Bing, storms down the road in his Escalade goes 100 mph down Rt. 17, turns onto Rt 20, misses the turn, upside down in the Meadowlands swamps and drowns.