When I watched it back then live, of course I was like man, FUCK! That was bullshit. But when you look back on it, there was no other way to end that shit. It was a classic series before it was even a classic. How do you end something like that? With nothing. Let the greatness of each individual episode and season come out again instead of having people remember only how it ended. It was truly a masterpiece all around. The timing and everything just fit. The expectation is for the audience to conclude what was going to happen. There were only a couple of possibilities of what his future held.... death or prison.
But honestly, it's stupid for me to sit here now and say it was a surprise. Because if you really watched that show you know they had been doing stuff like that the entire series. All throughout. So much subliminal shit it's crazy. The episode where he is in the hospital and has that near death experience. No one knows what the fuck all that means, but it is for the viewer to sort of put together. Where he almost walks into that house and Steve Buscemi is out there greeting him.... Classic!
They had another dream episode in the 5th season where it was.... like what the fuck is going on? But all that shit is subliminal writing and has layers to it that I can't begin to unfold. But honestly at the end, how many of his earners did he still have around? I mean the NY family was in shambles and the NJ family was as well. I mean nowadays.....is there really an Italian Mafia? If there is... most likely they have little to no power nowadays.
Prolly the Russian Mafia running shit. lol That one dude Ramzan Kadryov. LOL
