[circlecity]

"After the end of The Sopranos, its fans were saying not only “WTF” but many other expletives, too numerous to elucidate."

I think they left that one open ended on purpose so they could pick it back up after the actors realized they could never have that kind of success in anything else. Then Gandolfini went and died and killed all hope.

[Cincinatus]

Yeah, probably. But they could have crafted an "open-ended" finale that was also a satisfying narrative.

I like ambiguity in stories, but in this case, it was overdone.