One good thing about killing everyone off, it makes it harder to start again....
I watched most of it and kind of ‘brutal’ to a point but you have to realize who you are dealing with.
This last season - IMNSHO - was designed to make sure you were glad to see it go...at least IMNSHO...that is the ‘read’ I got.
Sopranos left an out and you could take it anyway you want - especially after the open assault on Meadow a show or two earlier - just showed ‘they’ apparently weren’t afraid of anything - breaking the ‘law’ of ‘No hands on family - you kill the old man that is ‘made’ and you can take care of his family’...
Of course James G sort of put the finishing touch on it, also seeing how most of the ‘original regulars’ had assumed room temp by the end...
Guess there would be ‘room’ for one final wrap up with Tony’s funeral being the center piece and a recap of the whole series in flashbacks.....
I have never decided how I felt about the Sopranos ending the way it did. At the time I was shocked, but over time, I guess it left it open for a future series or movie or just allowing the audience to decide how it ended in their own mind.
The Soprano follow-up is Lillehammer. It is a spin off. First season good
Second season, not quite as good
Third season so..eehh.