Let me just say: anyone who ever complained about "not enough whackings" on "The Sopranos" must have been forever mollified by Sunday's episode (SPOILERS!) "The Blue Comet" was probably the most nerve-wracking episode in the history of the series. It's set up at the beginning that Tony's guys are gunning for Phil's guys (and vice versa), and for the rest of the episode there was that sense that men with guns were around every corner.
Notice just how many small children, or teenagers, have been left without fathers on the show: Ralphie's son, Bobby's kids, Christopher's daughter, Tony B's twin sons, Vito's kids, Pussy's kids... kind of puts Tony's comment that "they never hit families" in perspective.
How's it going to end? Who the hell knows. I remember from Peter Biskind's great "The Godfather Companion" book that there were about five potential endings for "Godfather Part III," and they were pretty much the same as what's under consideration for Tony: Michael gets assassinated, Michael commits suicide, Michael's daughter gets killed instead of him, etc.
If I had to guess, I'd imagine the "Tony stays alive, miserable, to contemplate his crimes" scenario. Though I'm sure they'll be a dream sequence or two in the finale.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 4, 2007 04:52 PMYou're right about it being never-wracking. I don't remember ever being nervous watching tv before, but I sure as hell was during this episode.
Posted by: Freddy at June 4, 2007 04:53 PMI'm curious to see if there will be an epilogue as to what happens to everyone leftover if there will be. I mean Chase already did a reference to going to the mattresses at the end with Tony lying on a bare mattress. What we do know for sure is someone gets whacked at the end at the ice cream store in Bloomfield. I'm so anxious but at the same time terribly saddened...
Posted by: A at June 4, 2007 09:34 PM