The Sopranos

[bloo]

More speculation:

So here is what I found out. The guy at the bar is also credited as Nikki Leotardo. The same actor played him in the first part of season 6 during a brief sit down concerning the future of Vito. That wasn't that long ago. Apparently, he is the nephew of Phil. Phil's brother Nikki Senior was killed in 1976 in a car accident. Absolutely Genius!!!! David Chase is truly rewarding the true fans who pay attention to detail.

So the point would have been that life continues and we may never know the end of the Sopranos. But if you pay attention to the history, you will find that all the answers lie in the characters in the restaurant. The trucker was the brother of the guy who was robbed by Christopher in Season 2. Remember the DVD players? The trucker had to identify the body. The boy scouts were in the train store and the black guys at the end were the ones who tried to kill Tony and only clipped him in the ear (was that season 2 or 3?).

[bklynred]

That would be a wonderful ending, bloo (and good to see you again!). I was saying a few pages back that I can never remember faces in the vast Sopranos universe, so that would be awesome if half the restaurant turned out to be armed diners with grudges.

[wilbert]

I stopped watching when Adriana got wacked. My curiosity got the better of me; sounds like the ending was sorta weak. And I'll second whoever said that The Wire is really the bestest show on tv. Rent it. Watch it. It will break your heart.

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So the point would have been that life continues and we may never know the end of the Sopranos. But if you pay attention to the history, you will find that all the answers lie in the characters in the restaurant. The trucker was the brother of the guy who was robbed by Christopher in Season 2. Remember the DVD players? The trucker had to identify the body. The boy scouts were in the train store and the black guys at the end were the ones who tried to kill Tony and only clipped him in the ear (was that season 2 or 3?).

Hi, I'm an idiot -- can someone help me understand how these characters' appearances may help me find any answers about last night's episode?

I was convinced last night that Tony and his family were wiped out at the restaurant—and that we didn't just see it. One of the gals I work with adamantly disagreed with me this morning and said, 'No! It's just their life going on as normal!" So, I guess Chase left it ambiguous so the ending could mean what it needs to mean to each person.

That said, Chase is a dickhead for wrapping it up like that. I guess I'm spoiled by the SFU finale—which I thought was the most perfect ending to a series I've ever seen.

[abigail]

Everyone at Holsteins had a grudge against Tony. Here's what an observer from HBO said .....

"A master stroke in this final episode. I'm sure that guy in the work clothes in the restaurant is the former Hardware Store owner who Tony screwed awhile back. I saw the guy and knew it was him. And Tony gets killed the same way his father died, exactly. Except his dad was killed in the meat store. But Meadow walks in just like Janice walked in to see her father shot through the head. It is the same cycle of violence and death in Tony's family that will endure: Meadow will become Janice or Tony's other sister, AJ will become Tony, Carmela will become Tony's mother, and on and on. And you never when that one will get you, so you can't plan a cool rock tune on your way out. You just get stuck with Journey when the lights go out."

[bloo]

The problem I am running into is that the people who played the characters in the store are not credited for anything else.

William Severs (Old Man in Diner)
Henry O'Neill (Young Man in Diner)
Paolo Colandrea (Man in Members Only Jacket)
Jimmy Spadola (Man in Diner
Du Kelly (African American Man #1 in Diner),
Sharrieff Pugh (African American Man #2 in Diner),
Patrick Joseph Connolly (Truck Driver in Diner),
Patti Karr (Old Woman in Diner),

[Lisa Miller]

I'm still convinced David Chase gave the finger to the entire Sopranos viewing audience. It was definitely a dickhead move.

I'm not pissed off because Tony and the fam didn't bite it in the end, I'm pissed because I don't want to have to sit here and wonder what the hell happened to everybody. He should've either showed Tony getting a bullet to the head, or all of them sitting around the table talking and THEN faded out.

I still want to punch DC in the throat. Asshat.

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Just checking in to see if I was the only one who thought it was hilarious when the SUV with the sweet, innocent babies in the back ran over Phil's head. Just me then?

[luciano]

So here is what I found out. The guy at the bar is also credited as Nikki Leotardo. The same actor played him in the first part of season 6 during a brief sit down concerning the future of Vito.

What guy in the bar? The one in the Members Only jacket? The dude who played him is the owner of a pizza place in Philadelphia. He wasn't on the show before.

[tipsygrrl]

bloo said:

The problem I am running into is that the people who played the characters in the store are not credited for anything else.

The problem I am running into is that I thought Tony's dad died of cancer, not being shot in a meat store in front of Janice?