"Sopranos" Spoiler 4: And so it ends.
The Feds are happy about Phil’s getting capped.
Tony and Carmela want AJ to ditch this whole Army idea and make a movie or something. They hand him a script.
Tony’s lawyer tells him he’ll likely be indicted. Tony takes his frustrations out on a ketchup bottle.
Tony visits Sil in the hospital. Steven Van Zandt is, for once, not overacting. Tony watches “Little Miss Sunshine” while he sits next to his comatose friend.
Paulie Walnuts turns down Tony’s new assignment. Tony’s not happy about this. Paulie is obsessed with the fact that the cat’s still obsessed with Christopher’s photo. Paulie’s found God or something. Tony sweet-talks Paulie into the new job, but Paulie doesn’t look that happy about it. A cat strolls down the sidewalk and sits next to Paulie, but he’s oblivious. Symbolism or something.
AJ’s now driving a Bimmer – he’s abandoned worrying about his carbon footprint, apparently.
AJ’s watching Karl Rove do that “MC Rove” thing and George W. dance with that African troupe that visited the White House. He chuckles, emptily.
Tony looks in on Uncle Junior. He wants the money UJ has lost and forgotten its whereabouts, wants it for Bobby’s kids.
Tony jogs his memory, a smidgen, reminding him that UJ and Tony’s pop “ran North Jersey.” “We did?” UJ replies. “That’s nice.”
And so, the final scene:
Tony, sitting in a diner. Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” on the jukebox. Carmela joins him. Small talk. AJ enters, behind a potentially ominous guy.
Cut to laughing patrons, two black guys entering, also laughing. Camera lingers a beat too long on potentially ominous guy, who has now been fully upgraded to ominous guy.
Ominous guy hits the men’s room.
Meadow’s trying to park her car. Not that great with the parallel parking. Implication: Something bad’s gonna go down, and her poor driving skills may save her.
The diner door’s bell jingles. Tony looks up, reacting to – something.
Cut to black. Dead silence. Initially, you’re thinking there’s something wrong with your TV but then you realize: Nope, this is just David Chase’s last little mind-f#%&, and the series ends with a Rorschach Test of its fans: Is he just looking up to acknowledge Meadow, or is ominous guy emerging to pop him?
Any ending you want, really. Except the one you probably want most, which is Chase's idea of closure, not yours.
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