Despite my pretense of 100% certainty, I remain puzzled by the biggest dramatic question my pulled-out-of-my-nethers scenario raises: How early in the season will we know that Christopher is betraying Tony? My guess is that they'll tell us early on, leaving us to wonder if Tony will whack Chris or Chris will whack Tony.
Which leaves one final question: Which of the existing characters are not going to make it out of the series alive? My two favorite candidates for the dead pool are Paulie Walnuts because he deserves it and Artie Bucco because he doesn't.
Of course, there's a tiny possibility I might be wrong about some of this.
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— go to most recent comments1 - Madison
you sir, are wrong. Tony will hae the oppotunity to turn states and will consider it deeply. Whether he does or not will be the dramatic climax of the series.
Tony's son will want to get into the family business to the horror of his dad. He's alsready seen two young guys he considered like sons ruined. He doesn't want it to happen again. Plus his life will be in danger from Johnny Sack's crew. Plus without the help of Melfi his mental state begine to unravel. All this will push him to want to leave behind the mob game and save himself and his family.
Let's see what happens.
2 - David Weinberger
I like it! I especially like the dynamic with AJ.
But Tony's on his own now that Carmela has left him. That takes away some motive for wanting to turn state's evidence. He might do it to save his family, but do it for himself? I don't think so.
BTW, since you mention that he's seen 2 young guys ruined, we have another pattern of 2 waiting for a third: Janice's men last about as long as Spinal Tap drummers. We'll see if Bobby survives her...
3 - Eric Olsen
Very logical and interesting possibility Dave, great to hear from you!
4 - Craig Lyndall
Does anyone remember the Russian who Chris and Paulie lost in the woods? He never revisited. I hate that loose end. Anyway, these are all interesting thoughts. I think it could very easily happen that Tony would kill himself as the ultimate move to make you feel sorry for a bad guy, which was the interesting part of the show to begin with.
5 - dan
you are a ########, get a life, that is all!
6 - Joey G
Ok... This is turning into re-run of real life, Does anyone remember what happend to the teflon don.. Well tony will off johnny saks making him the most powerfull boss then makes the ultimate sacrifice for the family and takes the blam for everything and then dies in jail(at the hand of chris "The bull" )...uncle Junior "The Chin" is exposed as mental fake and is now under indictment again. chris sounds like sammy "the bull" and puts tony in jail then disappears. like most of the others in real life "The Family" dont disappear yet just get a little better at keeping a low profile..
Read the News ... you can figure out who the other players are..
7 - tonymarkellis
Tony will die. I heard an interview with P Walnuts and he says "it ends with eveyone crying". I think Chris would kill Adriana as sson as he knows shes flipped. AJ has no intentions and "wouldnt last a day" in the mafia as Tony says. Expect to see Big Pussy, Ralphie, Mikey all again in Tonys dreams. And Meadow will be pregnant by the end of season 5. Tony B will also make some crazy moves as he's just laying low right now
8 - JenaD
I think this season Christopher and A will tie the knot but they will both get wacked on their wedding day. Meadow is more than likely going to get knocked up and throw away her life. Tony and Lil Carmine are going to clip Johnny Sack. Tony B is going to turn back to a life of crime and work on a way to take out tony with the help of Janice. Bobby B is going to turn violent when he gets ripped about the way janice treats him. Junior is going to die this season. AJ is going to get beat down by Tony. AJ is also going to get into drugs heavily and weird sex acts. Carmela is going to shack up with a few men including one of Tony's young body guards. Melfi is going to open up to Tony about the rape.
9 - jpc20
Little tony is gonna eventually take over the family..big tony will eventually retire and might avoid prosecution, AJ will get better, meadow will get knocked up, carmela will rat on the guy she was seeing to get revenge, he will get the shit kicked out of him, little carmine will get whacked with the help of big and little tony who will stage the hit
10 - jonnydanger
ok First of all.. Big T turning states evidence? Give me break. hes the top dog.. all else is little fishes compared to him. I have always wondered if Christopher will eventually flip. And if he does, i woudlnt be suprised to see big T try and defend him an get whacked because of it. Tonite was interesting. Was Fin proposing to Meadow in order to save his ass from the newly found out homo Vito? i must admit i laughed my ass off after seeing vitos head come up from that security guys lap. Fin looks like John Kerry. He needs to move back to cali. It was also very interesting to see as Carmine tried to get a lawyer, and was turned down. The Bear was watching teh house. (very interesting metaphor). Tony Blew it and should have gone into the house. he could have had carm back. but in any case she will be back with T. I woudlnt be suprised if Buscemi Gets whacked next week on the show. And WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RUSSIAN. I WANT THAT RESOLVED!
11 - ShiksaGrrrl
Tonights Show, May 9th---anyone know the artists name that did the song at the end of the show which is an old song.......the lyrics are:
" 'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else.
and I don't want to ball about like everybody else,
and I don't want to live my life like everybody else,
and I won't say that I'm so fine like everybody else,
'Cause I'm not like everybody else,
I'm not like everybody else. "
Think it was done by the Kinks and Chris Spedding........at least that i know of so if anyone knows WHO this is, please post it here and/or email me the answer ;-)
12 - HW Saxton Jr.
That was The Chesterfield Kings. A neo-
garage rock band from upstate New York.
Steve Van Zandt plays them once in a while on his radio show.
13 - sam ruiz
The song at the end of the May 9 episode was "I'm Not Like Everyone Else" by the Kinks that appears on their 1965 album "Kinkdom."
14 - M. Cimino
"I'm not like everybody else" is the b side to the 1966 single "Sunny Afternoon," but the version played on the Sopranos was definitely a more contemporary live version that I haven't heard before. If anybody knows more - let me know - ASAP!
15 - Marukka
I'M NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE... BOSS HOG
16 - BRICKLAYER
Was that the Kink's version off of the "Close to Bone" album from 1996, or was it someone else? It sure sounded like Ray Davies. That song rips, best ending song for a Sopranos episode since "You can't put your arms around a memory"! And on this, there can be no debate.
Also, was Jennifer Malfi's assailant ever dealt with by Tony?
17 - UncleJr
Definitely the kinks - see here
18 - HW Saxton Jr.
Bricklayer, No. Dr. Melfi's rapist was
never dealt with. She seemed like she was going to tell Tony at one point but
decided against it. You could tell she had mixed feelings about doing this and
it made for a fairly tense episode.
19 - Johnny
well kiddies.... Hate to let it out but Meadow is going to take a dirt nap!
20 - Joe
Dude, you couldn't have been any more wrong. Hope you learn from this.
21 - chris
What about Fiorio does he make a return?
22 - jessica
what was the name of the van morrison song played on the sopranos final episode of 2004?
23 - ClubhouseCancer
That's the wonderful "Glad Tidings," the last song on the wonderful Moondance.
"I'll send you glad tidings from New York!"
24 - srm
this is old stuff, sounds like the end of season 4. any way after seeing all 5 seasons recently. the only thing i know is the last scene of the series will show tony by the pool, dying maybe? by his wife maybe?, anyway... the ducks return.
25 - bjt
Wow that was some terrible predictions. Why would you ever think that Christopher would turn on the family to save the woman he is constantly beating and belittling? And the fact that the Sopranos is the funniest show on TV? It's unintentional 7 times out of 10. I'm hoping this was a fake spoiler you wrote when on this quasi-informative blog.
SRM you're right, the only thing that is guaranteed in the Sopranos is that David Chase thinks he is smarter than he really is and will try to hide the fact that the Sopranos is popular not because of his "genius", but rather the powerful characterization he created solely by the actors. He will certainly attempt to make the final scenes a montage of predictible sequences that will lead the characters into a full circle with an uninspired illustration of the ducks in the pool as if to say "I knew it would be this outcome from the moment I created the Sopranos." Well sir, you didn't, if you did you wouldn't have sold it to HBO you would have made 10 times more money on the big networks because you are a money-hungry pig.