Gideon...I totally disagree with you...
the last episode..."Made in America"...was a horrible ending in my opinion...David Chase totally dropped the ball on this series...
there was no closure at all...nothing...he left his viewers hanging to create their own interpertation of what happened...
I never wanted to write an ending in my mind...
I wanted it all laid out for me in unquestionable detail...
this is a clip of the actual last 5 minutes of the show...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnT7nYbCSvM
I watched 86 episodes for 6 seasons and felt they gave me "zero closure"...
this is from the Wikipedia website...
Interpretations of final scene...
The final scene of "Made in America" became the subject of much discussion, controversy and analysis after its original broadcast. The use of an abrupt cut to black followed by several seconds of silence led many viewers to initially believe that their cable or DVR had cut out at a crucial moment.[21] Two opposing interpretations soon emerged among viewers regarding the ultimate fate of series protagonist Tony Soprano: some believe that he is killed while others believe that he remains alive.[3][40] One argument for the former points to a conversation that Tony had in the midseason premiere episode "Soprano Home Movies" with his brother-in-law Bobby, in which Bobby comments on how suddenly and without sound death can happen in their lives as gangsters: "you probably don't even hear it when it happens, right?" A flashback to this scene also appears in the final minutes of "The Blue Comet", the episode preceding "Made in America".[24][41] When questioned on the theory, HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer stated that the conversation is a "legitimate" hint.[40] The final scene showing a man credited as "Man in Members Only jacket" who goes to the bathroom has been interpreted as a nod to a scene in the The Godfather, in which Michael Corleone retrieves a gun from the bathroom before shooting his enemies to death.[42] Speculation has also linked the jacket to the title of the opening episode of the season, "Members Only", in which Tony is shot and also as a symbolic reference to membership of the Mafia. Actor Matt Servitto told Entertainment Weekly that in the script, the scene continued with the man in the Members Only jacket emerging from the washroom and starting to walk towards Tony's table before the screen cuts to black, but he preferred the ending that made the final cut of the episode.[43]Contrary arguments about the ending's meaning have also been made. It has been suggested that the final scene means that while life is fraught with fear and danger, it nevertheless goes on. The lyrics of the closing song are thought to support this.[44] Supporters of this interpretation point out that because of Tony's peace agreement with the Lupertazzi family and their tacit sanction of a hit on Phil, there was no legitimate basis to expect a hit on Tony.[
