Editor’s Note: This review was written during the season’s initial run. Keep this in mind when reading the following review.
For a season finale of The Sopranos, this episode was very different then what we might have been expecting. While Pussy’s downfall might have been predicted, the way it all went down was somewhat shaky. The emphasis in this episode was less around what actually happened, but it seemed like the writers wanted us to know more about Tony and by the end of this episode, we might not understand Tony exactly, but he’s definitely an interesting character.
The first half of this episode was weird with Tony getting food poisoning from either the indian food or the Artie Bucco’s restaurant, even though Artie claims it wasn’t from him. The dreams Tony kept having were just as weird. One of things that was kind of relevant was the focus that Tony kept on Pussy the whole episode. Either Tony was focused on Pussy or asking where he was. The most odd dream was when he dreams of fishes and one is Pussy telling him that he’s working with the F.B.I. It seemed too odd that Tony would catch on to Pussy through a dream and that would be what tips him off. The minute Tony finds Pussy’s wire we kind of all knew that it was over for him, even though it looked like it might be possible that they’d find an alternative punishment for him. There was nothing but pure sadness in the air, even Silvio had to go outside for some air, before the deed was done. Pussy get whacked and it’s over. Pussy will be missed, he was a good character on the show and always the charismatic one. Next season it should be interesting to see how Tony explains to Pussy’s widow just what happened to Pussy.
What just as interesting was the way Tony acted after the fact. Dr. Melfi could sense that he was sad about something, but Tony decides to masks this all with a sense of humor and just acting like himself. Isn’t this a sign of sociopath? Tony has always been complicated, but this episode just makes you think that Tony isn’t well. Anger makes him do the most irrational things, like giving his mother stolen airplane tickets, even though he knew they were stolen. This causes the F.B.I. to arrest him, embarrassing Meadow the day before her graduation.
This episode sheds light on Tony, a light that shows just how unlikeable and how demented Tony can be. De. Melfi’s getting more intense with their sessions, bringing up things Tony that Tony didn’t want to talk about last season which should make for some interesting conversation next season.
This season finale definitely wasn’t as good as least season’s from what I remembered. It was different, in a good way, but maybe a bit anti-climatic. This episode is very much like this season overall, a bit disappointing. It might be that we got spoiled first season, still The Sopranos even disappointing is still a good show and better then some of the other television shows that are forced down our throats.
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