I'm way late to this thread, but I don't see anyone looking at what seems to me a pretty obvious reason to whack Tony, which is that Carlo is talking to the Feds, Tony's about to be indicted, and is therefore a massive flip risk for New York, having directly done business with all the NY bosses.

For me the strangest thing about this show is that Olivia Munn, who I've never liked in anything else and in fact was kind of irritated by, slowly became the one and only character I like in the whole thing. Silly comedy is not her strong suit, I guess — this kind of thing suits her much better. Someone should hire…

For me the strangest thing about this show is that Olivia Munn, who I've never liked in anything else and in fact was kind of irritated by, slowly became the one and only character I like in the whole thing. Silly comedy is not her strong suit, I guess — this kind of thing suits her much better. Someone should hire…

Is it super tacky to link to my blog post from a couple months back if it's germane to the discussion?
http://alexcastle.blogspot….

Is it super tacky to link to my blog post from a couple months back if it's germane to the discussion?
http://alexcastle.blogspot….

Respectfully, I think The Sopranos' ending was just fine because for all intents and purposes, the story was over: Tony's guys are being rounded up by the Feds and they're all talking. We saw over and over again over the course of the series that someone in Tony's situation at that moment was doomed. He's about to be…

I haven't seen this episode since it aired, but I do remember my impressions of it: I didn't really love the trial thing or the parade of former guest stars, but I did like the way the first part of the episode played with audience expectation of what a finale should be: It's ending because we're moving to Hollywood!…

I loved this season, found it to be easily the best new show of the last few years, but I have one and only one problem/question: what were Eileen and Faisal doing when they bought that house by the airport? If "Marine One" referred not to the aircraft that landed in the sightline of that house, then how did they fit…

Referring to the various tacky air fresheners, Skyler tells Marie "The customer is always right." Very likely that's a window into how she's rationalizing the business she's gotten herself into. Nice bit of subtext in a throwaway line.