Does anyone else feel the whole 'New Jersey/New York War' was laughable and cheesy? First of all, even in the context of the show, it was totally unrealistic.

Tony mentions at one point how there are 200 soldiers in the Lupertazzi Family.

And when Johnny Sack wants Tony to clip Carmine Sr., Tony feels he's being lured into a trap and will be used as a scapegoat. That it could incur wrath from the other four families or even Carmine's supporters.

The very idea that Tony or his underlings actually felt that a war with NY was anything but suicide just seems ridiculous, even for the show. I'm surprised that someone like Paulie or Silvio would go along and not just make a deal with Phil and bump Tony off at this point. Did they really think they could win, that this was in their best interest?

And Tony was just stupid. Did he REALLY think he could clip a Boss of one of the Five Families, without the permission of The Commission, with only "off the record" approval of said Bosses' Underboss, and get away with it? He had to know there would be some form of reprisal, whether it be from one of the other families or from Phil's supporters. Did he really think Butchie spoke for the entire Lupertazzi Family?

Was he that stupid, that in just a week after bumping off an NY Boss, he sat out in the open, with his back and sides unprotected at a diner, no caution at all?

It just strikes me as a jump the shark moment, a heavy hand of fan service and just lazy writing. There could've been a dozen better, more realistic endings, than the Jersey family going to war with New York. It just felt a lazy way to end the series, cheap.