first of all - I would have kicked Coco's ass to if he said that to my daughter. Fuck kissing Phil's ass. I wouldn't have clipped his teeeth out but a good ass whooping was definitely called for

as to the ending - I personally don't think Tony is a gonner. I do think one a member of his family is going bye-bye. Phil has had ahard-on for killing one of Tony's kin since the time his brother was off'd by T's cousin Tony B. Remember he alluded to killing Christopher during their sit-down with Johnny Sac? So I think that one of them is gonna get it, probably Carmen.

Tony is safe, Phil make take a nap if something does happen to any of his family but that may not take place if they are killed in the last episode - see what I mean.

The bigger picture here is that Tony is becoming a bit more reflective regarding his actions, even though he did off Christopher and pummle Coco. His reaching out to Phil on a more emotional level was an example, unfortunately with Phil it is all about saving face and what he thinks is die him. So he acts like a scumbag and pisses off Tony

A few underlying plotlines:

That crazy sidekick that Phil has,, the one with the loopy eye, watch out for him. I never liked him from day one and something tells me he willplay a key role over the final episodes

The Al Queida dudes - again, from the time they were hanging out at the Bing something was wrong with these guys - too chummy with Christopher. Then they disappear and now it looks as if they are running with the enemy.

That is about as much as I can come up with for now. Junior is a memory so really will come down to the core of the show, the relationship of Tony with his real family versus his mob family.

I heard a prtty way out theory the other day that I will just throw out there for comments.

Tony is still in the hospital in a coma from the gunshot. He never woke up from his dream state and all that has followed is nothing but Tony's own stream of consciousness - dream walking us (the viewer) through T's thoughts.

Now, I think this would be a HUGE cop out and mistake on the part of David Chase. This type of ending is more for the soaps, it was done by Dallas when Bobby "came back" from the dead and his wife found him taking a shower. A major letdown for the fans of that show and that show sucked! So just imagine the fallout if it happened here?

Just yet another theory to think about...

Tony will not die

David Chase has said that he does not weant to take the easy way out on a moral level in showing that "crime doesn't pay". He has said this in public interviews. If I am reading this correctly, by killing Tony you do just what Chase does not want to do, show that crime does not pay. But by keeping him alive this totally contradicts the typical formula driven media vheicle wher the criminal gets what he deserves in the end.

Although Tony is indeed a murdering, lying, cheating, robbing scumbag - we still like the guy. But we would never want to piss the guy off. Genius is taking a guy like this, guys like this and make them as likeable as they have become (i.e. Goodfellas is another great example). No, I don't see him being whacked based upon Chase's comments on the overarching theme that underlie the show's character.

Finally, someone tells it like it is. This is a great album, no question about it. But it is not THE great album that everyone says it is. The authors have hit the nail sqaurely on the head by saying "...was its formal, rather than emotional, qualities -- how the songs are put together, the production values." Musically of course it is very good, but it really the proudction, how the album was constructed, that is the groundbreaking point here.

This statement sums it up perfectly "I don't buy it as a generation-defining album. I think that's been put on it in retrospect. "Sgt. Pepper" is completely missing the generational strife of the time; there are no political overtones." There are many other albums that clearly are more defnining of an era or period, but "Pepper is definitley not one of them. The passing of time and the fact that the majority of the critics who place this ats the best album of all time, actually grew up during this period. So it is only natural for them to wax nostalgic and harken back to the "old days" and view them through smoked filled, rose colored glasses.

I think if modern critics reviewed it, yes, it would still garner great reviews but it would NOT be ulled as the best of the best