The Sopranos

Hollywood Endings: The Shield and The Sopranos

Source: thehangover (WordPress)

The Sopranos finished in a sea of symbolism.  As Tony, Carmella, and AJ order lousy food, Meadow tries to park her car (signifying how the family will never fit in to mainstream America?).  A man walks in the restaurant, scopes out Tony and heads for the bathroom (Mob hit man?  Innocent pas...

Published Wed, Nov 26

'The Shield' Series Finale: A Perfect Ending for Vic Mackey

Source: BuddyTV

The Shield series finale delivered everything fans could've hoped for. It didn't end with a sudden, unsatisfying blackout like The Sopranos, but it also didn't finish everyone's story like Six Feet Under. Instead, the series that catapulted FX to the major leagues of cable networks when...

Published Wed, Nov 26

'The Shield's' last episode: 'Family Meeting' | The Watcher

Source: Chicago Tribune

“ ”But I don’t think anyone held David Chase’s feet to the fire the way that [FX president] John [Landgraf] would with me if something wasn’t [working] and I think we benefited from that. When [‘The Sopranos’] did something well ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

The Shield: Family Meeting (series finale) - TV Squad

Source: TV Squad

The ending was truly reminesent of The Sopranos. (not as good tho) Even though somewhat unsatisfying it leaves you to finish the story. Just as we can imagine Tony S. continuing to dodge metaphorical and real bullets we can do the same ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

What's Alan Watching?: The Shield: Shawn Ryan post-finale Q&A

Source: sepinwall (Blogspot)

This is a difference I think between this show and "The Sopranos," and if there's one reason I avoided those kind of stories, it's because I didn't think I could tell those kinds of stories as well as David Chase and company did. ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

The Shield, "Family Meeting": Goodbye, Vic Mackey

Source: sepinwall (Blogspot)

Ryan told me that it was a coincidence that both "The Shield" and "The Sopranos" had final scenes punctuated by the lights going out, but the difference between the two shows did get summed up nicely by the way that "The Shield" continued to move forward afterwards, where "The Sopranos" ju...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Exercise in Futility: Updated - The Shield - Final Episode Tonight

Source: Exercise in Futility

As an aside, I never really watched The Sopranos, but having looked at the final scene, I tend to agree with the possibility that Tony was whacked, and that the sudden fade to black means that he was killed right at that moment. ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

the big bang-bang - Media Life Magazine

Source: The Sopranos

Since “The Shield” has always been regarded as “The Sopranos” of basic cable, the question entering tonight’s series finale is essentially the same as the one Tony faced some 15 months ago: Will Vic live or die? Producers of the FX show …

Published Tue, Nov 25