Letters to the Editor
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a brilliant ending...
Well, no one saw that coming. No Coppola-esque hail of gunfire, though it certainly was hinted at. I watched this episode here in Canada wearing headphones (WHOSE brainless idea was it to air The Sopranos in prime time - though my 9 and 11 year olds have pretty much 'heard and seen it all', hearing some guy's head getting crushed is pretty over the top at 8:30 PM - not to mention the marital strife of having your favorite TV show come on as the kids are going to bed)...
That JOURNEY song has always been a huge guilty pleasure of mine - like the 'theme from Rocky' or some unutterably bad 'rock anthem' (Tony has rocked out to this stuff before, and don't Bon Jovi come from Joisey as well??). I kept turning the volume louder and louder, totally digging the song as the suspense ramped up to arena-rock levels - then, darkness... WOW!
It's the suburban cliche that is truly 'Made in America." "Family is everything." "Love conquers all." The Sopranos - the real family, not the mobsters, are focusing on the good times. Tony will ride out the witness protection thing, AJ and Meadow will turn out OK and "it goes on, and on, and on, and on..."
I still have that dorky song in my head!