Sopranos Finale (spoiler alert!)
I never thought I’d write “spoiler alert” in this blog, but after seeing the finale to the Sopranos and reading the comments on various blogs I thought I’d chime in …
I loved the final scene. The thing that been haunting the series from the beginning finally comes to the surface. And that thing is (of course) the end — the unexpected, all-consuming blackness. Sudden death.
Instead of whacking Tony or another of the main characters (which would of provided us with a classic tragic catharsis), Chase makes us feel the pain by whacking the story itself. It’s the narrative that’s been shot in the head, and we feel sudden death in the strongest way possible.