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Mercnbeth -> Sopranos - Worst Series Ending? (6/11/2007 7:07:53 AM)
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They said on the news that HBO's switchboard was overloaded after last night's episode. The problem with any grand expectation is that disappointment is more common then fulfillment.
I've always been a "Fugitive" type ending person. Find the 'one-armed man' and everyone goes home. Hitchcock movies, like the Birds, use to piss me off. In this case the ending went for realism instead of climax. Life goes on was the thread. Nothing changed in the Soprano home family. The only difference between the first episode and the last was the kids were older. There was the threat of arrest, ongoing investigation, internal and external pressure on the "business", and of course - food.
Remember this isn't the end. The big screen awaits all the survivors. James Gandolfini says he's tired of doing 'Tony' but in a couple years he may need a few million dollars to reprise the role.
Which was the worst series ending episode? I pick a few I thought didn't live up to expectations, although the knock on the door at the end of Cheers was interesting. I know there are others, I just don't remember this morning.
Edited to add:
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It was guaranteed to leave you screaming at the TV set. Whether you laughed later depended on your sense of humor, and sense of betrayal. At the end, I groaned, then chuckled, then groaned again. I wanted more, and didn't want it to just come to a screeching, annoying halt. I wasn't furious, just disappointed. But, I have to admit, I was surprised.
I could be angrier, but I see the perverse point Chase was making. He didn't want to wrap up things neatly, if at all, and after the endless speculation about how "The Sopranos" would end, he conspired to make the series just as endless. Despite HBO's slogan - "It's not TV, it's HBO" - Chase was reminding us all, with a slight sneer, that hey, it is just TV after all. Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/06/11/2007-06-11_not_all_it_is_whacked_up_to_be-1.html
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