alteran
05-14-2007, 03:05 PM
Yeah, I know the Sopranos are passe these days, but is anyone else here still watching besides me?
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I am in shock that Tony whacked Christopher last night. I figured it was going to get bloody for the principals on the show this season, but I figured Christopher would be there until the end.
Looks like David Chase is clearly trying to throw so many overt reasons for Tony's downfall that we can barely keep track. Off the top of my head, Chase has explicitly lined up the following:
1) feud with Phil Leotardo and the NY mob
2) bad blood between Tony and Hesch
3) Tony's gambling debts/financial problems
4) AJ's crumbling mental state and increasing lawlessness
5) FBI guys visibly sniffing around
6) Adrianna/Christopher murders coming home to roost
7) Arab guys ratted on by Tony to FBI
8) Paulie's intra-crew bitterness and increasing instability
9) Christopher ratting out or eliminating Tony
Looks like we can eliminate number 9.
It's clearly a downward spiral here. I don't think we'll have any idea what's going to happen until it does, and I'd bet short odds that everything Chase throws at us in an obvious manner turns out to be a red herring. I've been following Slate's roundtable and one of the guys there is convinced that Janice is going to be the one that gets Tony, probably similar to the way she took out Aprile.
I'm beginning to think he might actually be right.
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
I am in shock that Tony whacked Christopher last night. I figured it was going to get bloody for the principals on the show this season, but I figured Christopher would be there until the end.
Looks like David Chase is clearly trying to throw so many overt reasons for Tony's downfall that we can barely keep track. Off the top of my head, Chase has explicitly lined up the following:
1) feud with Phil Leotardo and the NY mob
2) bad blood between Tony and Hesch
3) Tony's gambling debts/financial problems
4) AJ's crumbling mental state and increasing lawlessness
5) FBI guys visibly sniffing around
6) Adrianna/Christopher murders coming home to roost
7) Arab guys ratted on by Tony to FBI
8) Paulie's intra-crew bitterness and increasing instability
9) Christopher ratting out or eliminating Tony
Looks like we can eliminate number 9.
It's clearly a downward spiral here. I don't think we'll have any idea what's going to happen until it does, and I'd bet short odds that everything Chase throws at us in an obvious manner turns out to be a red herring. I've been following Slate's roundtable and one of the guys there is convinced that Janice is going to be the one that gets Tony, probably similar to the way she took out Aprile.
I'm beginning to think he might actually be right.