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The Sopranos Blackout

June 14, 2007

Why mince words here? We all know what “The Sopranos” finale came down to, don’t we? You either loved it or hated it, and for a show so entrenched in American pop culture during the span of it’s 6 seasons on air “The Sopranos” had a knack for polarizing its audience.

“What was up with that second to last season?” we’ve heard quite a lot and “Where the hell is the lost Russian?” For each and every one of these confused inquiries from otherwise committed fans, David Chase and the rest of “The Sopranos” filmmakers and writers had just one response: silence.

But now we’re just mincing words. What did we think of the finale? Loved it.

We've watched it now 6 times and each viewing puts a smile on our face. We’ve listened to Steve Perry belting out “Don’t Stop Believing” on our iPods enough to put it on our Most Played play list and, again, we can’t help from grinning.

We've been on to AP and all of the sublimely manic, TV-crazed web sites in the internet ether and we’ve read all the news articles and editorial opinions from critics and fans alike as to what really (might of) happened when it all went black at the end; the debate on the merit of such less than slick editing; the rumination on onion rings as communion and all those extras in the diner –- were they Tony’s ghosts of “Sopranos” past? In fact, the amount of chatter (intelligent, informative chatter) reminds us not of great TV (we know: it’s HBO) but rather a great novel; “Sopranos” as book club.

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