Sopranos Finale - June 4 - let's talk about it (Spoilers)

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AJ and I share a birthday in common…of all the characters, I have to share it with that dipstick.

Actually, I think the nice little Christmas gathering will be one hell of a kick start to the final eight episodes…sort of the last happy moment before the feces hits the fan.

My predictions:

Major character will be whacked in the first of the next episodes (although there are already plans for Sopranos:The Movie so don’t look for Tony to die off.)
Big time war between the two families will ensue.
Carmilla will figure out Ade was indeed murdered and Tony will be doing some major tap dancing to get out of that one.
The Arab boys are up to no good and this will bring the wrath of Homeland Security storming into Bada Bing for reasons other than lap dances.
Anyone remember how at the beginning of the series it seemed odd for Tony to be spilling his guts to a shrink? My guess is the very last scene will be Tony talking to the psychiatrist, with perhaps some final, major revelation.

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Of all the things I didn’t need to see in this lifetime, high on the list was an AJ love scene.

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I was confused during the scene but I thought it was pretty clear at the end of the scene that it was. Wasn’t it clear that they faded back to her daydreaming?

re Aj … I just can’t see him joining the family and achieving any status (other than Bosses Kid) in 8 episodes. Maybe BK is all it takes, though.

My speculative AJ story line: he continues to work a real job and take responsibility for himself and his new family but Tony and Carmela have a bigger problem with it than when he was a worthless slug.

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Although I would normally agree whole-heartedly, after this season I was just grateful that it wasn’t a “Johnny Cakes” moment, when Vito rolls over, gets spooned and then we see Bobby’s train going into the tunnel.

Thanks for *that * visual. And ruining my Lionel train moments as a kid forever.

Re: inconsistencies.

Wasn’t Bobby’s eyepatch there and not there? I thought they shot concrete into his eye and he had perm. eye damage. I could have sworn there was a scene with his eye patch on, and then another one with his eye patch off. Anyone else catch that?
Re: predictions.

I’ve heard the Sopranos movie rumors also, so as long as that’s in the wind, Tony doesn’t die. And since they shot the last 8 episodes already, it’s probably a done deal. They’ve probably shot alternative endings, but killing Tony ends any need for a movie.

So,

If there is a war, (and if there isn’t, can you imagine how painful the last 8 episodes will be?) Chris and/or Paulie and/or Sil will go. You can’t keep them all around.

AJ may get whacked, but it may have nothing to do with the Family. If he stays with this woman, I can see him running out of bicycles and getting in trouble with her neighborhood “homies.” AJ is not capable of taking over for Tony. And there are too many people between Tony and the throne to allow that to happen.

Chris is on drugs again, his wife is having a baby and his goomar is on drugs also. Good combo. Plus, Tony wants her. Chris will be as likely to die by Tony’s hand as NY’s. But he’s a trainwreck.

Carmella - don’t care. I used to think she would have a revelation about Tony, and she did, but the money and material goods were more important to her than living on an honest dime. So I wouldn’t miss her at all. She could die and a movie could be done. Falco has won so many awards for Carmella, though, that I think it will be her call to end the character if there is a movie deal.

Meadow - If I had to see a sex scene with one of the Sopranos kids, I would have liked it to have been Meadow. However, she was marginalized this season, and her character is still that sappy, whiny spoiled kid that she’s always been.

Janice - I can only hope that Chase gives her the grisley death she deserves. What a horrible human being. I feel bad for Turturrio (sp?) She plays Janice so well, I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to see her again without feeling rage.

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I was also a little surprised by the lack of eyepatch, but this episode takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas. My recollection (certainly not perfect) is that the damage was not permanent, so I can understand that in the elapsed time, the patch would finally have come off. I got the feeling that the Uncle Junior scene was very close to Christmas.

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Possible spoiler about who dies…

There was a spoiler revealed on the TWOP site that said a going away party had been thrown for little Stevie

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I’m not sure about that. Just last week I was reading articles about how they are working on the actors’ contracts for the final season.

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If this is true, then perhaps there is some hope. I had heard they were already finished. This could actually be good news.

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Also, Edie Falco was just on some talk show (Conan?) and said they are just now starting to film the last episodes.

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I overheard a caller on a radio talk show yesterday mention that Phil’s cleaning woman (“cleaning woman???”) /mistress was the one-legged Russian/sister of Tony’s goomar…anyone else catch that?

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…it was not.