Whatevah, whatevah, I do what I want - David Chase
David Chase, you fucker, we hate how much you make us love you.
Basically, the Trash Talkers reaction to the series finale of The Sopranos went something like this:
Screen goes black and the soundtrack cuts off the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believin’” at “Don’t Stop …”
Lori & Amy: silence
silence
silence
silence
Lori: David Chase is a FUCKER!
But after Amy gave me a strong drink and an extra portion of dessert, I calmed down enough to add that David Chase, while still a fucker, is absolutely brilliant. The show couldn’t have ended any other way and I think Chase planned it from the start. Like the song says Tony goes “on and on and on and on” always looking over his shoulder for the hitman or the indictment. And sure, lots of people feel that David Chase left this all open for a movie in the future, but I bet that won’t happen … like Tony watching for the hit, we will always be watching for the Sopranos movie.
(And to think, Chase found the perfect song to end his series in the corniest Journey song ever recorded.)
In the first episode of season six, in a dream sequence, Carmela tells Adriana “I worry all the time,” and here at the ending, she’s still worried all the time. At some point Tony said to Dr. Melfi, “Is this all there is?” and here at the ending, we see that yes, this is all there is. And I myself wondered why Chase left the relationship with Dr. Melfi, one of, if not the most significant relationship in the series, with such an abrupt and unsatisfying ending. (She’s not even in the finale!) But yes, that’s how it is in “real life.”
Well played, Chase. Well played. You got me good. You gave the audience the ending that was right, even if it wasn’t the ending we thought we wanted. You are going to get a lot of crap for this ending but you don’t deserve it (and I honestly don’t think you care.) You are fucking brilliant and if I knew your email address I would write and tell you so.
But you are still a fucker.
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June 12th, 2007 at 10:43 am
This ending was ingenious. I’m still in awe. I’m not even a regular watcher of the show, but I was like…woaaaaaaaaah. and not many things make me go “woaaaaaaaaah.” Just ask my boyfriend.