@avclub-22eda830d1051274a2581d6466c06e6c:disqus  "By adding that darkness, they're not saying he dies, they're saying this
is the end, take some time and think about what you just saw, because
everything you saw is important to the series and to what the ending is."

While, I'm not particularly bothered by it, I would have liked to see the Russian come back. I do agree though, that the solution proposed in that book was terrible. When I first saw season 3 I assumed that the missing Russian was set up for what would be a major story in season 4. What that book proposes though…

While, I'm not particularly bothered by it, I would have liked to see the Russian come back. I do agree though, that the solution proposed in that book was terrible. When I first saw season 3 I assumed that the missing Russian was set up for what would be a major story in season 4. What that book proposes though…

@avclub-6a270aa04544dd3cd6611a1101a81935:disqus Its true that one more episode was added, but thats because David Chase realized he would need one more episode to finish the story and asked HBO for it. Chase never saw the ending of Blue Comet (Tony sitting in the safehouse with the gun) as the end point of the series…

@avclub-6a270aa04544dd3cd6611a1101a81935:disqus Its true that one more episode was added, but thats because David Chase realized he would need one more episode to finish the story and asked HBO for it. Chase never saw the ending of Blue Comet (Tony sitting in the safehouse with the gun) as the end point of the series…

Yeah for all his tough guy posturing, Phil yelling insults at Tony from the safety of his attic is absolutely laughable. Its not the first time we've seen Phil's true nature either, theres that scene in season 5 where Tony literally has to chase Phil down in his car when Phil tries to avoid him.

Yeah for all his tough guy posturing, Phil yelling insults at Tony from the safety of his attic is absolutely laughable. Its not the first time we've seen Phil's true nature either, theres that scene in season 5 where Tony literally has to chase Phil down in his car when Phil tries to avoid him.

I've sort of come to have two interpretations of the ending. The first is that it represents Tony's death, but the second is that it makes a more general statement about Tony's life while being Chase's final moment to subvert the audience's expectations.

I've sort of come to have two interpretations of the ending. The first is that it represents Tony's death, but the second is that it makes a more general statement about Tony's life while being Chase's final moment to subvert the audience's expectations.

One of my favorite new tidbits of information is that Boardwalk Empire creator Terrence Winter had actually urged Chase to give closure to the missing Russian storyline and that Chase at one point nearly caved.

One of my favorite new tidbits of information is that Boardwalk Empire creator Terrence Winter had actually urged Chase to give closure to the missing Russian storyline and that Chase at one point nearly caved.

Yeah, I think our ancestors who Todd mentions in the review didn't have the time or the intellect for the sort of existential crisis that AJ is having. I think the void AJ has is felt by many people born into privilege never really having to struggle. They have wealth and luxury yet are left with deeper questions of…

Yeah, I think our ancestors who Todd mentions in the review didn't have the time or the intellect for the sort of existential crisis that AJ is having. I think the void AJ has is felt by many people born into privilege never really having to struggle. They have wealth and luxury yet are left with deeper questions of…

Yeah say what you will about Robert Iler's performance throughout the series, but I think he did a fine job in the last season and this episode in particular. His story arc from "Walk Like A Man" to the finale is one of my favorites from the series.

Yeah say what you will about Robert Iler's performance throughout the series, but I think he did a fine job in the last season and this episode in particular. His story arc from "Walk Like A Man" to the finale is one of my favorites from the series.

If the show had ended with "The Blue Comet" I imagine the backlash would have been 10x fold what it was. "Made in America" actually brings closure to the stories started in season 6 (New York/New Jersey war comes to an end, AJ's life finds direction, Tony finally visits and seems to forgive Junior, etc). The…

If the show had ended with "The Blue Comet" I imagine the backlash would have been 10x fold what it was. "Made in America" actually brings closure to the stories started in season 6 (New York/New Jersey war comes to an end, AJ's life finds direction, Tony finally visits and seems to forgive Junior, etc). The…

Tara didn't tell Jax she was going to leave immediately, until that final scene so he'd have no reason to conspire against her. Either way though, I could never imagine Jax sending his own wife to jail. This is conspiracy to commit murder we're talking about here, no way would Jax lay that on her. The three people I…

Tara didn't tell Jax she was going to leave immediately, until that final scene so he'd have no reason to conspire against her. Either way though, I could never imagine Jax sending his own wife to jail. This is conspiracy to commit murder we're talking about here, no way would Jax lay that on her. The three people I…

I got the impression that Hannah was aware of what Dexter did she just couldn't bring herself to kill her own father herself and she thought she couldn't ask Dex because he didn't fit the code.