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"The Sopranos" goes dark
David Chase gives fans the finale they deserve -- one they can argue about for years to come.
By Heather Havrilesky [2007-06-11]

  • We share the tension Tony feels

    Hitchcock described how he created tension in a scene. He would show the bomb under the table and clock attached to it. The people in the scene did not know the clock-bomb was there -- but we did. Would they get out before the bomb went off? That was the tension.

    In the final show, things seem to be going back to normal for Tony. He and the family move back into their house. Carm comments on how much mail piled up. AJ seems stabilized and not in the Army. Meadow is happy. The whole family seems to be living the upper middle-class dream.

    But Tony knows (or at least thinks) there is an assassin in the room. So do we. He scans each person in the restaurant for the telltale signs. So do we. How can we (Tony and us) live this way.

    Focus on the good times.

    -- Ed in Birmingham
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    Monday, June 11, 2007 04:50 AM
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