Speaking of "Cleaver," I wonder if they filmed an entire movie starring Baldwin as Boss - something that will be released to DVD sometime next year?

For what it's worth, although I don't like them that much, I always eat onion rings whole....

.....But let's deconstruct things a little further, here, not to demystify that incredible final scene and prove what happened this way or that way; whether Tony lives or dies takes nothing away from the brilliance of that scene, and frankly, whether Tony lives or dies is besides the point.......

.......it's not even a question of whether or not Tony Soprano died, it's a question whether or not the scene worked.

Which it did, because I'm going to watch it again in a minute.

JL, that's already been posted, in the last page of this thread. I posted a long reply to it, too.

Well, Bobby saw it and heard it coming, almost to the point of overkill. It reminded me of the Matt Bevilacqua hit in season 2, when Pussy and Tony just kept shooting and shooting.

That is very interesting, though personally I think if Chase wanted us to know that Tony was dead, he would have shown it. The point of all the stuff that implies he was killed is to make us think Tony could have been shot but without us definitely knowing. Otherwise we'd have actually seen him get shot. A good post, just a bit long!

Who did Frank Pellegrino play on the show?

I don't think you can build up a character for 10 years and then show his death. It would be very hard to pull off correctly. I think we saw Tony die the only way we could have.

I don't think you can build up a character for 10 years and then show his death. It would be very hard to pull off correctly. I think we saw Tony die the only way we could have.

Who was it that killed Phil?

Didn't he drive the same kind of car that Sil's assassins drove?

What about a Sopranos board game that allows one to select various endings to the series? You select a scenario that's listed on a card in one pile. But in another pile there are cards that state changes in family situations, personnel, who got whacked, who's sent to prison, etc. So, that can screw up your finale scenario and you have to go back a number os spaces. Based on all that, the winner is the one who lands on the finale square. Something like that.

Kind of like a Sopranos/Twister combo.

Imagine playing Twister with Janice?

Good God.

He was the FBI boss.

I think you can actually - look at Christopher for example. I agree with Enzobaker, I think it's probably more difficult to build a character up for 10 years and then NOT show what happens to him!