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Did Tony Soprano whack the viewers?

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>> Last night as watched the end of the final show, I said to myself: "This is lame." But as I began to think about it, I started realizing that the black out might be pure genius. Here is what I think happened: Tony whacked us, the audience. Here are the clues:
(snip)
Except for the one in the bathroom, all of the potential hitmen are behind us. Tony knows what is coming, and his face reveals neither surprise, alarm, or fear. He knows what is coming because he ordered the hit on us. And we never see it coming. And we never hear it. Everything just goes dark, and we are dead.
That SOB whacked us. If this is the case, then it is a brilliant ending. We are dead, but Tony and his two "families" are not, leaving the story open to all kind of future possibilities.
 
Actually The Real Question is did David Chase Whack The Viewers?

In that case the answer is no!

Look, in the case of any final episode of any series, the writers/producers

will more than likely come up with their own conclusion rather than what

the fans want because they feel their influence is what carries a program

sometimes. I didn't see what the big fuss was myself. I think it was the

most fair ending you can get because If Tony got whack I'm sure

there will be people saying why or it wasn't done the right way.

All in all you can't please everbody and to me you have to simply let it be.
 
I'm glad everybody here isn't piling on to David Chase for the ending. I heard a bitter rant on NPR from one of their reporters (also a fiction writer) who felt the ending was Chase's parting "F---You" to the audience. I don't think so. The last scene was perfect - it kept us in suspense until the end, and allowed us to speculate about what's next for Tony. The Sopranos was never The Fugitive, and Chase isn't the type to wrap up all the loose ends and give us a neat tidy ending...even it in involved brain matter being splattered around that restaurant, as many viewers seemed to want.

Chase may be an iconoclast, but he's not stupid - he left the door open for a feature length movie, or a made for HBO follow up sometime in the future. Whether or not it ever happens, I don't think even Chase knows, or will even think about it for awhile.
 
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