People don’t know what they’re talking about.

I just watched the end (last episode) of The Sopranos.

It ended perfectly.

I can clearly remember how some people were really upset when the final episode broadcast but I can’t for the life of me see what the problem is.

Maybe it underscores just exactly what’s wrong with our society today in people have to have everything spelled out for them. People are so entirely unimaginative they can’t allow for even the slightest hint of vagueness in their entertainment.

Is there about to be an attempt on Tony Soprano’s life? Is the restaurant they’re all in at the end of the show about to be robbed? Is it just a matter of sitting down for another dinner together with life just going on? What a wonderful way to end the series. It leaves so much out there still.

If they ever want to revisit the series they can but truthfully, the character‘s life was winding down in many ways. Sure Tony vanquished his enemy in Phil Leotardo, Tony got to see what a hollow ghost Junior had become but simultaneously Tony lost trusted underlings in Sylvio and Bobby. Tony also killed Christopher.

While things looked as if they had calmed down after the conflict with their New York associates the truth is there is no denying some retribution would be had for killing the head of a family. Plus, lurking in the background was the cloud of an indictment soon in the offing. Nothing was settled at all, life continued on but as viewers we left the character behind like a book we finished and put up on the shelf.

And in this, the series finale mirrors life because over the course of our lifetimes many characters move in and out of our orbit and their stories remain unfinished. People we meet during our lives are each on their own journey and we only see a small part of that journey but their stories continue just as our own story continues.

So, what a wonderful ending indeed.