The Sopranos last

The biggest kick I get out of the last Sopranos episode is from the fan response. To the Soprano's followers who insist on complaining about the non-ending ending: You sound more like whiney-ass-bitches than A.J. did!

C'mon...it's over. Chase ended the iconic soap opera the way he wanted, leaving us thinking. And, no, it wasn't a cop-out. It was like so many other well-written, well-conceived movies that closed with a "smirk". The smirk wasn't on the face of Tony...it was on the face of David Chase. Another funkier ending would have been with Tony turning his eyes to the camera, smirk on his face, fade to black. And THAT would have been a true "piss-off" to the fans.

Anyone hoping for the Gunfight at O.K. Corral would have been disappointed with that conclusion as well. As as far as leaving it open for a mega-bucks movie, theatrical or otherwise, what's the point? I don't believe that will ever happen. No one associated with The Sopranos is in need of more money, least not Chase or Gandolfini!

We, the fans, had our fun...now it's done. All of us armchair writers and directors can speculate all we want now. How fun is that? And that is what was intended with the final episode. The Sopranos was not a theatrical trilogy like The Godfather. The Sopranos was an 86 episode roller coaster ride over eight years that provided us with entertainment. It provided us with shock, with laughter, with disappointment, with speculation...just like life does.

The Sopranos. What an interesting journey. It will be fun to take that journey again sometime...from the beginning...to the end.

Stop your whining!

Fin.