Letters to the Editor
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Happy with the ending
Heather did an incredible job with her article about the final episode. Best one I have read of her's since I started on this site, which was I think the 4th to the last episode. Way to end with a bang, Heather!!
Someone posted about the cat symbolizing Tony's conciousness. I think that was good, but I also think it was symbolic for getting on with life. That is why it liked Christopher so much, he was finding other things in life that made him happy, he tried to focus on good times. Paulie didn't, his superstition kept him from enjoying himself. That cat eventually came up to him and looked at him, Like it was approving of him. I think there is more to the cat, I really hope to see a lot of theories on the cat.
The ending was perfect. It showed how Tony has to live with that kind of paranoia, the "Ya gotta wonder what's next" way of life (when Tony was in Florida with Paulie and Sil told him that Jackie Aprile was post-humorously taking the fall for Tony's first victim). The 2 people Tony brought in to insulate himself from possible self incriminating acts (Bobby and Chris) are now gone, so Tony is now wide open, just when Carlo flips and he is most likely going to be indicted.
Of course the fact that we as viewers get so caught up in a "Jack off TV show" and freak out when the show ends like that just proves exactly what AJ was talking about at Bobby's funeral.
A couple questions remain and will never be answered -
Who was that guy Butchie was with when he was on his cell with Phil? The guy looked like he might be FBI. Does that explain Butchie's change of heart with Phil's plans to take over the NJ crew? Is he flipping? What about that recorded call with George and Tony about setting up the meeting? Was the meeting recorded too?
But all that would be for a whole new season, if there was to be one. But like Tony, we are now left to wonder, what's next?
"You can take 2007 and give it back to the Indians!" - Paulie