Sopranos Redux

Ok. Got me. No "big hit" ending. No completed story arc. The beat just goes on. Evil largely goes unpunished and even the most thorny of issues can be solved by "coming up with a number." Everyone finds a way to keep keepin' on. And for the Sopranos, like most of our middle class, that means consuming (in this case onion rings), striving (to make the right "contacts")and holding together the fabric of our pretenses (in this case Sunday dinner).

I like the parallel lines of Phil and AJ. Both of them have to be stopped because both of them are a threat to the staus quo. AJ threatens to actually make something of his life and turn his back on his family's materialist ways. Phil threatens to disrupt the flow of business with his fantasies of revenge and power. Phily buys it at a gas station. Tony buys AJ a BMW.

Looking back, it was silly to expect a cinematic ending from David Chase. Of course, I say that "looking back," which is why DC makes the big loot.