It took me months to get through this season as I didn't want to be done with it, but the day had to come sooner or later. The show might not have ended on a high note, but the last few episodes felt like the right conclusion for a show like "The Sopranos" - melancholic, sarcastic, and anti-climatic. Chase and the other writers kept teasing us for years about things that eventually never happened, but when it's someone's time to go, they are suddenly out, without offering dramatic build-ups or drawing any conclusions whatsoever. Today you are here, tomorrow you are not. It's a fascinating yet disorienting approach for us television literates. The characters and their stories are realistic in their mediocrity, but you always get the feeling that you are watching something sophisticated and cinematic.
The finale was not exactly what everyone expected, but honestly what other ending would have possibly worked? That aside, I wished they would at least have spent some more time on sending off important supporting characters like Dr. Melfi, Paulie, Junior, or Janice. Chase surely has his clear views on how a story should go, but considering the amount of time invested in each character, some closure wouldn't hurt. Especially if we think how drawn-out the first half of the season was.
Review by manicureVIP 4BlockedParent2021-07-31T10:40:42Z
It took me months to get through this season as I didn't want to be done with it, but the day had to come sooner or later. The show might not have ended on a high note, but the last few episodes felt like the right conclusion for a show like "The Sopranos" - melancholic, sarcastic, and anti-climatic. Chase and the other writers kept teasing us for years about things that eventually never happened, but when it's someone's time to go, they are suddenly out, without offering dramatic build-ups or drawing any conclusions whatsoever. Today you are here, tomorrow you are not. It's a fascinating yet disorienting approach for us television literates. The characters and their stories are realistic in their mediocrity, but you always get the feeling that you are watching something sophisticated and cinematic.
The finale was not exactly what everyone expected, but honestly what other ending would have possibly worked? That aside, I wished they would at least have spent some more time on sending off important supporting characters like Dr. Melfi, Paulie, Junior, or Janice. Chase surely has his clear views on how a story should go, but considering the amount of time invested in each character, some closure wouldn't hurt. Especially if we think how drawn-out the first half of the season was.