The Sopranos

I was out of pocket yesterday because, no kidding, I had to sit on three picnic tables in a playground for four hours to reserve them for a three year-old's birthday party. So here's my take, and since it's already Tuesday, I don't need to hide anything inside. On the one hand, the ending was a br...

Using our new device of concealing the rest of the post below the 'fold' I can now pile up email from readers without clogging the Corner or annoying people who don't care. An extra kipper in Chaka's rations! Anyway, email-with-spoilers after the link #more# From a reader:  The gentleman i...

Sorry, I just thought it was a bust. David Chase has rightly earned enormous -- gigantic! -- good will from his audience, but at times he simply abuses the trust. I thought the ending was a meta-ending cop out. The whole world wants to know how it's going to end, so Chase shoots a bunch of endings,...

On the final episode of The Sopranos, David Chase leaves us with exactly what made the show so compelling--complexity and frustration. It's too early to get into much details and spoilers, but this was approximately what I'd been expecting from the end of the series, just without the majo...

Well, that was a sensational episode of The Sopranos last night, and its brilliance was a great relief after the weird, meandering and creatively star... . . .