Who talks about “Who Shot JR” anymore? Nobody cares. Why, because it was all revealed, there was nothing left to the imagination.
People will still be talking about The Sopranos years from now precisely because of the ending.
Reminds me of another show that ended 40 years ago, and people still argue about, precisely the show ended vaguely, “The Prisoner.”
People will still be talking about The Sopranos years from now precisely because of the ending.
It seems many have forgotten an important line Tony gave this season. Traveling to Florida with Paulie and then visiting with Beanzie at a restaurant, Paulie's stories of times gone by were starting to really irk Tony. Tony said something to the effect of:
"Remember When" is the lowest form of conversation.
If Chase had tidied up the ending, all people would be left with is "Remember When..."
The Prisoner takes the cake for vague show endings. Probably because so little of the show made sense in the first place, there’s real hope going into the last episode that at least something will be explained, instead not only are none of the primary questions going into the last episode explained the last episode goes out of it’s way to raise MORE questions (the biggest of course being “what the hell did I just watch”). And it’s amazing to me how steadfast McGoohan has remained in refusing to explain anything about the show, of course by this point he’s probably to senile to remember the answers that were only in his head. But he’s been very dedicated to providing only vague answers to every question about the plot of The Prisoner, while actually being pretty open and thurough in discussing the creation of the show.