What's the stretch? that the final scene purposely evoked the Godfather or that the reference earlier in the season deliberately foreshadowed the ending (rather than an "after the fact"connection)?

Then why is Tony clearly disappointed when Meadow tells him in the finale that is she hadn't seen him arrested by the feds all of those times then she "probably would have been a boring suburban doctor."?

Then why is Tony clearly disappointed when Meadow tells him in the finale that is she hadn't seen him arrested by the feds all of those times then she "probably would have been a boring suburban doctor."?

i think Todd is saying that he's "inconsistent," which I agree with.  The funny thing is I always thought Gannascoli was more convincing in the New Hampshire scenes than when he was acting like a tough mafioso. I don't think he's as terrible as people are making him out to be.  I thought he was actually good in the…

i think Todd is saying that he's "inconsistent," which I agree with.  The funny thing is I always thought Gannascoli was more convincing in the New Hampshire scenes than when he was acting like a tough mafioso. I don't think he's as terrible as people are making him out to be.  I thought he was actually good in the…

"I'm just the appraiser!"

"I'm just the appraiser!"

This is an excellent dissection.  Tony can never fully acknowledge his responsibility for his son's depression and his actions because it would cause him to take a moral accounting of his own actions.  He seems to come close at times in 6b but ultimately masks it by blaming it on genetics and the "putrid Soprano gene."

This is an excellent dissection.  Tony can never fully acknowledge his responsibility for his son's depression and his actions because it would cause him to take a moral accounting of his own actions.  He seems to come close at times in 6b but ultimately masks it by blaming it on genetics and the "putrid Soprano gene."

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Yes, yes and yes. The "love" for AJ and Meadow, and how he reconciles that with his mafia life is what the show is really about.

Yes, yes and yes. The "love" for AJ and Meadow, and how he reconciles that with his mafia life is what the show is really about.

Todd,

Todd,

"Murmur, that is an interesting name.  What is the genesis?"

"Murmur, that is an interesting name.  What is the genesis?"

Yet in "The Test Dream," Tony dreams of having sex with Charmaine in the same dream where we see that Tony perhaps subconsciously regrets not living a straight life as symbolized by Coach Molinaro who believed Tony had the ability to be a football coach.  It's the same dream where Artie (his true "straight" friend)…

Yet in "The Test Dream," Tony dreams of having sex with Charmaine in the same dream where we see that Tony perhaps subconsciously regrets not living a straight life as symbolized by Coach Molinaro who believed Tony had the ability to be a football coach.  It's the same dream where Artie (his true "straight" friend)…

I agree that it wasn't "necessary" in a practical sense.  Chase could have had showed that Tony is pissed that Chris is distracted and not taking care of his crew in other, more simplified ways.  However, that would mean we would only have 85 episodes of this show instead of 86.  A "mediocre" episode of this show is…