Last year, Tony Soprano cheated death when he was shot by his now institutionalized Uncle Junior. While Tony continues to muse about his second chance at life, he faces a myriad of immediate, stress-inducing crises at home, at work and from the law. Tony’s wife Carmela plans for a future she’s not sure will arrive, and son AJ and daughter Meadow find that adulthood holds its own surprises. Meanwhile, at work, Tony comes to doubt the allegiances of many of those closest to him ¿ no one, not Paulie, Bobby, Silvio or even Christopher is above suspicion. The clock is ticking. Time is running out. But on who? Completing the run of one of the most acclaimed television shows in broadcast history, season 6, part II of The Sopranos will be remembered mostly not for what happened during the season, but for what didn’t happen at the very end. Creator David Chase pulled off a series ending that was as controversial as it was surprising and unforgettable, leaving countless fans to look away from the show and to blogs and articles for answers to the biggest mystery since “who shot J.R.?”: what happened to Tony Soprano? But before we get to that point, there are nine episodes to digest, and they are some of the best in the run of the show since season 3. As Tony’s (James Gandolfini) paranoia and suspicions grow, his family makes choices that are threatening to bring big changes to his personal life, and his other “family” is crashing headlong towards an inevitable showdown with Phil Leotardo and the New York crew. Episode 1, “Soprano Home Movies,” starts off peacefully enough with Tony and Carmela (Edie Falco) enjoying a relaxing summer weekend at Bobby and Janice’s (Steve Schirripa and Aida Turturro) bucolic lake house, and by the end of the episode Tony has effectively taken Bobby’s soul, proving Tony’s ruthlessness and ending any doubt about his will to maintain dominance over those around him. In “Kennedy and Heidi,” one of the season’s signature episodes, Christopher’s (Michael Imperioli) drug use continues to spiral out of control, forcing Tony to take matters into his own hands and resolve things with his nephew once and for all.
Inevitably it’s all leading up to that big finale, and it’s deftly handled over the last two episodes, “The Blue Comet” and “Made in America” (an episode replete with subtle references to The Godfather). Things finally start to get resolved with Phil’s crew, Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco), Uncle Junior (Dominic Chianese), A.J. (Robert Iler), and Meadow (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), and as for Tony… Cut to black. To quote from another hit HBO show of the same era, “everything ends,” even The Sopranos, and while the way Chase chose to end The Sopranos may not be to the liking of fans hoping for a definitive resolution, give the man credit for not stooping to clichés or tired old scenarios. As A.J. says in one of the last lines of the entire series, quoting his father, “Try to remember the times that were good.” That’s good advice. –Daniel Vancini
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March 5, 2010
#1
I have watched every single episode so far, but I have not watched the part 2 of season 6. I believe it will be as good or better than what we have seen so far.
March 5, 2010
#2
David Chase made this half-season with a story arc that went NOWHERE and an ending that, while brilliant, had nothing to do with what occured in the past six seasons or even with what occured during this season. Also, what was really the point of the Dr. Melfi character if she suffered the fate she did? Lorraine Bracco got second billing for WHAT? With all the great seasons before Season 6 (except for some of Season 4) this show ended as one big proverbial jerk-off.
HBO is ripping you all off again by charging FULL PRICE for a HALF season. HBO is notorious for overpricing these DVDs when you can pretty much watch these episodes at any time w/o the DVDs.
For those who would call people like me with unbiased opinions a “naysayer”, I would say that if David Chase stuck out his tongue and licked a North Jersey sidewalk with it on a hot, muggy summer day, then stuck his tongue down your throats, you’d probably still call him a genius as you “enjoy” the taste of his tounge. You’d probably like anything as long as the Sopranos logo is attached to it. The good news is that HBO and D.C. know this and are just waiting to take your money.
Given how badly this show ended, I might have to now state that The Larry Sanders Show was the best HBO show ever and those DVDs are quite affordable. Plus, that show knew how to end.
March 5, 2010
#3
“things could have gone the other way, my little nephew”-Uncle Junior.
I wish they did.
When Season 5 ended, all who were not yet convinced were certain that The Sopranos was one of the greatest shows of all time. The final two episodes of that season (Long Term Parking and All Due Respect) were two of the greatest episodes of all time in the history of television. Let me be frank, people. I am a long time Sopranos fan, but season six was garbage of the worst kind, comparable, inevitably, to the Godfather Part III. Everything was forced and the plot went nowhere, and it was quite obvious that the show became in some way self conscious. The writers began to take themselves far too seriously, and the ending to season six part 2 (a lame finale which only contains 9 episodes) is one of the worst endings in the history of television.
Out of the 9 episodes on this disc, two of the episodes were good. The Second Coming and The Blue Comet. This is where all of us got excited, because we were sure that the final episode would be incredible.
It starts off with nothing happening (Sopranos home movies, they play freakin Monopoly half the time) and it ends with nothing happening (the notorious Made in America). So unless you are a collector, there is no reason to buy this, especially given the enormous price tag.
Enjoy seasons 1-5 just as you enjoy the Godfather Parts 1 and 2. Pretend the Godfather 3 never happened, and pretend that all 21 episodes of season 6 were never made.
“Things could have gone the other way, my little nephew”
I wish they did.
March 5, 2010
#4
very disappointing ending. I can not believe that they charged so much for this stupid ending of such a great series.
March 5, 2010
#5
It starts off with nothing happening (Sopranos home movies, they play freakin Monopoly half the time) and it ends with nothing happening (the notorious Made in America). So unless you are a collector, there is no reason to buy this, especially given the enormous price tag.
I expected this movie to keep you at the edge of your seat. It did not.
The other series were better than this one was. I even liked season 6 part 1.
I watched the first 3 episodes of season 6 part 2 and was ready to turn it off because thats how boring it was.
I kept watching it though because I was hoping that the rest would be better. They were not.
This one episode they show nothing but junior at his home and he has to take pills and he even wets himself at one point. Diary of an old man.
I didnt like the fact that they kept killing people of tony sopranos crew left and right.
And the ending of this season? I didnt like that either. Nothing suspenceful. It did not keep you at the edge of your seat waiting what was going to happen. It was boring as heck.
Everybody has their own opinion but my opinion is that if I had HBO back then and saw this season, I would not buy the dvd.
I am a long time Sopranos fan, but season six was garbage of the worst kind, comparable, inevitably, to the Godfather Part III. Everything was forced and the plot went nowhere, and it was quite obvious that the show became in some way self conscious. The writers began to take themselves far too seriously, and the ending to season six part 2 (a lame finale which only contains 9 episodes) is one of the worst endings in the history of television.
Enjoy seasons 1-5 just as you enjoy the Godfather Parts 1 and 2. Pretend the Godfather 3 never happened, and pretend that all 21 episodes of season 6 were never made.