The show was so dense, with so many characters and so many intricate plot points that spilled over into various season - it was hard to keep it all straight watching it either week to week - or season to season, some of which had 18 months between seasons. (Ditto for Game of Thrones).
Much better the second time b/c we watch it in either a two or three hour block - plot flows SO much better and it’s far easier to follow. I picked up on a lot of things that I missed the first round. It just got better and better - Season 6 is my absolute favorite - and the ending was just...weird.
Saw an interview with one of the writers and he said if they’d gone another season, the character “Syl” who owned the Bada-Bing would have died in the hospital - last the series left off, he was not expected to survive. Great character and I’d love another season - thought the prequel was a huge disappointment...
Imagine seeing the ending live on your TV in real time.
Hint: Many thousands of people panicked and called their cable TV companies at that moment.
Lol.
The prequel was politically correct DIE racial stuff.