sopranos finale

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brilliant.  just brilliant.

i actually called the ending — joe and carol can actually vouch for me — though i was still taken by surprise by the how, if not the what. 

as meadow had just finished parking, i blurted out, "they're just going to end it right here."  two seconds later, the screen went black.  no one in room knew what was going on, and someone even said, "jason, what did you do?"  then the credits began to roll.

there's already a firestorm of criticism which i'm sure will continue for the next few days (if not weeks).  imho, people will be irate not because the show ended particularly badly but because, after the masterful build-up of tension, no one expected the cut to black and silence that followed. 

if david chase had cut straight to the credits with "don't stop believing" still playing underneath, i think the furor would not be nearly as intense.  we'll see if any of the haters come around.

Posted by jason at June 11, 2007 07:00 PM