{"id":1545,"date":"2007-06-11T05:54:33","date_gmt":"2007-06-11T10:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/shock-ending\/"},"modified":"2007-06-11T05:54:33","modified_gmt":"2007-06-11T10:54:33","slug":"shock-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/shock-ending","title":{"rendered":"Shock ending"},"content":{"rendered":"

I watched the first season of The Sopranos<\/em> a year or two after it had aired. My excuse was that I thought it was overrated because most of the praise I heard came from my co-workers here in northern NJ. As it turns out, that first season was fantastic. But I heard that the second season was utterly terrible, so I never watched it, nor the subsequent ones.<\/p>\n

Still, I sat down to watch the final episode last night, figuring Amy could fill me in on any backstory I was missing. A few minutes in, it occurred to me that this episode may get higher ratings in northern NJ than either the 1986 or 1991 Superbowl games.<\/p>\n

SPOILER ALERT (so click “More” if you want to read the rest)<\/p>\n

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In the last scene, Tony’s family joins him at a diner with an on-table jukebox. I haven’t seen one of those in at least 10 years, but I don’t eat at diners much anymore. Before his wife and kids arrive, Tony flips through the songs, drops some quarters in, and selects Journey’s Don’t Stop Believin’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amy stormed out of the room after the final scene ended (Tony’s daughter runs in, maybe-a-hit-man walks by and enters the bathroom, the screen goes black for 5 or 6 seconds, and up come the credits), so we weren’t able to talk about the incredible surprise ending of Tony coming out of the closet.<\/p>\n

Journey<\/a>? Seriously?<\/p>\n

Anyway: Everything I Know About Design I Learned from The Sopranos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I watched the first season of The Sopranos a year or two after it had aired. My excuse was that I thought it was overrated because most of the praise I heard came from my co-workers here in northern NJ. As it turns out, that first season was fantastic. But I heard that the second … <\/p>\n

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