He had already written "Mad Men" at this point. It's actually what got him the job on "The Sopranos."

Always found it interesting that in a way, it's a panic attack that wakes Tony up. 

Tough to say. Christopher's version of "hell" was a lot different than the Inn at the Oaks. For that matter, are death and disease even real?

I always liked them, but even I remembered them being a lot longer. They barely take up a third of their episodes.

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I'm with you on all your points. My reply wasn't meant to come off as, "HOW COULD YOU?!" or anything like that. I was surprised, I don't think I had ever heard you come down one way or the other.

Well that made me laugh quite a bit. Thanks.

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Yes, people did debate for months about the Adrianna thing. They came up with elaborate plots that found Silvio shooting into the air and helping her hide from Tony, Chris, et. al so she could be safe. You know what they call that? When people take what WAS on screen and then create their own story to satisfy their…

I'm unable to find the quote right now, but I believe Chase stated the coma sequences were not dreams (but of course, didn't elaborate on that).

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The problem is a lot of it is illogical. He confuses many of the cinematic terms he defines, makes a lot of assumptions about the editing based on other works, and chooses when he wants to be literal and when he wants to be metaphorical. And then he goes on to call a lot of these metaphors evidence, or facts, which in…

@badcyclist:disqus There is a direct connection, since he brought it up when asked about the ending. He's talking about how he likes films with ambiguity and "no certainties," comparing it to network television (which he made very clear during and after the shows run that he hated network TV) because network TV is all…

It absolutely was. David Chase has stated so several times, most recently in the huge Vanity Fair piece on the series: