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can you tell me who plays aj new girlfrend

Dania Ramirez plays AJ's girlfriend. She's also in X-men 3, she plays the mutant that can zoom around really fast and can sense other mutant's abilities.

Ok Ok..here it is folks...

The realtor is undercover...first they tried Tony...when that didn't work, why not his nephew. Yeah right, she didn't just happen to go to the same rehab place...she knew to go there....she will bring down a few people.

AJ will get killed by his new girlfriend's ex...or the baby's dad...

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The last episode of this season was such a disappointment that all I can is Whao (ala Paulie) and begin to wonder if I really care how the whole shabang ends. The show has evolved over the years, but I have serious doubts that its evolution has been an improvement.

The Sopranos, it's charisma and "addictive" draw captures the second generation Italian-American experience. Whether you are a genuine Italian-American from Brooklyn, the Bensonhurst strong-hold or a Staten Island or Scottsdale "sell-out", you'll recognize your culture and heritage.

The many the ethnic nuances from the Jersey mob-speak to the New York (Johnny Sacks)crew superior presence, will make you long for a Sausage & Peppers Hero (never referred to as a Sub). The most incredible aspect of the Sopranos phenomenon is that it written by a guy named "David Chase" !!! "Chase"...Go figure!? Genius is where you find...now-a-days it's on HBO!

What if Tony is killed and Carmela starts thinking like Rosie Aprillio and takes on a position herself - with Furio, who returns upon hearing of Tony's demise? Or is it no surprise to him? Eliminate Tony from Sicily and take it all - even New York.

I think Tony is a Cop, he was approached when he was younger to infultrate the "Family" and to kill off as many mobsters as possible.

That is why when the NY crime family boss got pinched last season he ran so fast not because of a fear of being arrested but for having his cover blown, think about it why run? they could always arrest him at home?

in the next episode you may find one of his kids finding his badge, and yes carmela already knows.

Well, I am kind of saddened that D.Weinberger was way off base with the finale' prediction. This sucks, too, since at least his/her storyline HAD some mob violence in it(remember, we are discussing an O.C. drama here, folks!).

The finale' was SO disappointing that I failed to even realize it WAS the finale' until after the fact. Not only was there scarce action, absolutely NOTHING climactic happened!!

Oh sure, we saw Tony pay his respects old-school-style to the prick from across the river. But did any of our predictions/expectations come to pass? None that I can see.

Granted, there were plenty of times I was fooled into believing something "bad" was about to happen.

For example, when I saw AJ go outside to ask those ruffians to hold the noise down I was absolutely certain something was about to go down.

Likewise, after seeing the New York capo's eagerly asking for permission to off one of Tony's captains ("someone high up since we can't whack the boss"), I just KNEW we were about get a curve ball thrown at us.

But--despite the FBI ominously informing Tony of the possibility of a hit--we were once again disappointed as nothing materialized.

A die-hard Soprano's fan who can't wait for the next full-course of Mob life Jersey-style, I leave the table from this serving not even close to being full.

Ever an optimist, however, I choose to believe the writers had this planned all along (or at least since negotiations w/Gandalfini were settled). I don't know if they intended to disappoint us but they surely set out to keep us hanging on (admitedly, they surely went too far).

Regardless, if you're like me you'll tune in next season in hopes that the best was, indeed, saved for last. And as for my final season predictions? Somehow I just can't muster the energy to garner a guess right now.

Until next time...

David Chase is Italian....he is one of the "proud" Italians who Anglicized his last name...go figure!

hate to ruin it for ya but guess what, uncle junior was the shooter on the grassy knoll, he killed Kennedy.

What about Meadow becoming boss? It seems to me that they make a point to show that she is more competitint and developed as an heir than AJ. In the episode where Tony goes to Italy he is suprised to see a female boss, she is the daughter of the boss and acts as his caretaker. If Tony manages to survive Meadow could be his caretaker/running boss but if he dies she could rule alone. Paulie and Sal no doubt would go along especialy since they showed approvale for the Italian female boss even though Tony did not.

One of Carmelas dream sequences where Carmela dreams of Andrea walking with her dog. The police officer tells Carmela that "somebody is going to have to tell her that's she's dead."

This implies that the only way Carmela can tell Andrea that she is dead is that Carmela will have to be dead to tell her the sad news.

So in the final season, Carmela is going to get killed. - The fbi warned tony that somebody close to him is in danger of being killed. beside Carmela, there is sil, and the psychlogist.

Meadow becoming Boss is out of the question. I dont think AJ has the brains to pull it off and Carmela might not make it out the series alive. If Christopher doesnt die from a heroin overdose he might get killed by Paulie. It would be similar to the way they killed Big Pussy. Silvio may go to jail but he'll survive. Who knows whats going to become of Uncle Junior and Dr. Melfi. What ever happened to the Russian in the woods, Furio could comeback, Uncle Junior(since he isnt responsible for anything he says) tells Rosalie Aprile who really killed her son. Too many things to think about.

Chris's mistress can not possibly be a cop or a fed. She wouldn't have gotten intimate with him if she was, nor would she have done illegal substances with him. In fact, she initiated drug use with him, as far as we know. When she was sick she suggested taking 10 valerian tea bags, and the first time we see them do heroin together she is the one who brings it into the car. Not only would she not do drugs as a cop, but she defintely could not entrap him.

David Chase said in an interview that Furio will never return. I highly doubt the Russian (NOT plural) in the woods will ever be heard from again.

Be prepared. As is the case in real life, the show will not have an "ending!" Sure, there will be drama, but I see the series ending with Tony's family (both immediate and OC) remaining intact for the most part.

carmela caps tony, runs off to italy, where she meets up with furio.

Last season sucked, no one wants to do more shows and it shows and the seasons to be on are getting more and more late shall we say. Kill off Tony and anyone else not wanting to be in the show and start with fresh faces who want to be in the show. Also why must every show today have some little touch of Homosexuals in them. Thats getting old too. Johnny Cakes.........give me a freakin break. Get your minds right people!

Here is some thought about possible going-ons in the final episodes of the Sopranos. My prediction strategy is to take certain show elements and create a list of possible outcomes. For example, we pose the question “what will happen to Tony?” Answer: dead, incarcerated, survives. The key is to find ways in which we can shorten these lists of possible outcomes. For example, if we say that in all likelihood, Tony will end up either dead or in jail, we’ve narrowed down the show’s outcome into a probable scenario. If we keep doing this, we might have some kind of advantage in predicting what might happen. While it’s probably no use, it’s fun to do.

I, for one, believe that all along, the show’s creators have given us clues to the eventual outcome of the series. Every major turning point in the show has been connected back to a long narrative of previous events. Now, in all likelihood, the show’s final turn can be deduced from the previous events of the series. Of course, I could be completely off. For all any of us know, Carmela could have a heart attack and Tony could decide to retire early to take care of his kids. Who knows?

All the necessary preambles aside, here are a few hints from previous seasons that I think have a good chance of coming up again. In Season Five, Tony tells Melfi that there are two ways for someone like him to end up: dead or in jail—unless of course, as he reveals, you “go with blood.” Tony sees his only possible way out of certain death or incarceration as narrowing his circle of confidants to his own actual family. The only two male members of his family to work with are Christopher and AJ. Christopher seems like the obvious choice here, as he’s already Tony’s de facto #2.

The whole series, weak, wimpy Anthony Jr. has toyed with the idea of being a don like his dad. However, when he completely backed out of murdering Junior last season, I think it became clearer than ever that AJ will in no way be directly involved in the crime family. So let’s say that Tony’s list of outcomes is: incarceration, death, or survive unscathed by passing the family along successfully to Christopher. There are others that I will touch upon, but I want to set up that set of likelihoods for now.

But let’s get back to AJ. One of the most interesting characters, and I don’t doubt that he will be at the heart of the final episodes. This whole series he’s been overshadowed by his older sister, the Ivy Leaguer who at times seems to have at least some conscience about her family’s involvement in organized crime, while at the same time remaining devoted to her family despite this. However, looking at the final episode of last season, Kaisha, it’s clear that AJ is in a position to be the only member of the Sopranos family who, ironically, takes the moral high road. Right now, he’s dating a single mother and working a menial construction job. AJ’s life has been completely stripped of the benefits and socio-economic boosts that Tony’s mob involvement has provided all the other members of the family, especially Meadow, who as a result of Tony’s criminal empire, now has the “high-class problem” of deciding between going to medical school or law school. In Kaisha, it is clear that AJ is already refusing to take his father’s blood-tainted assistance. AJ is poised to be a sort of anti-hero, where traditional anti-heroes (i.e. mobster villains) have always been the heroes of the series.

So, no, I don’t think it’s likely AJ will surprise us all by taking Tony’s place or continue the relative slacker trajectory he was on until the end of Season Six. But I do think there is a good chance he will have a prominent role to play in the conclusion—as I’m certain all actual Sopranos family members will.

There are two unanswered questions that this series has posed since its very beginning: Who are The Sopranos? and Does Crime Pay?

It can be argued that there are two Sopranos families: Tony’s blood relatives and the crime family that he leads. I think the biological family has always been of the most interest to the show’s creators and the conclusion of the show will involve the destruction, or possibly self-destruction, of the Sopranos clan.

Technically, Tony is now the head of New Jersey’s DiMeo crime family. The series started without Tony as boss, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends the same way. Sopranos creator David Chase once said, when discussing possible outcomes for the series, that the question at the heart of it all is whether or not crime pays. The success of The Sopranos itself is a testament to the enduring nature of the mafia in popular culture. No matter who gets busted, whacked, or flipped, there will always be an organized criminal underbelly in society. So, if the family at the heart of the series is the crime family that Tony now leads, I think the answer is pretty clear that, yes, overall, crime pays—at least enough to always fuel the desire of some to devote their lives to that family.

However, the more open ended question is whether or not crime pays for the individual, and by extension, that individual’s family. Organized crime itself is successful because crime need not pay for the individual in the long-run for organized crime to pay off in the long-term for a ever-changing group of people. Whereas, every previous case on the Sopranos has shown how crime does not pay for the individual in the end.

Last season, Tony’s New York counterpart, Johnny Sack saw how crime does not pay off in the end. His family now lives on scraps, he’s been publicly disgraced, and is now incarcerated for the next 15 years. (By the way, I wouldn’t be surprised if the final episodes contain some truly horrifying scenes of Johnny Sack’s life in prison, or even, building on the motif of last season, some allusion to Sack now being in a homosexual relationship while in prison).

I think it all but certain that the Sopranos will suffer a similar fate. Just as organized crime pays in the long run, every event on the Sopranos has led us to the conclusion that crime never pays for the individual. OC is an ocean, and each of the characters is just riding on a wave.

So, let’s speculate about the outcome for the three members of the Sopranos nuclear family, aside from Tony. First, building on what I said earlier, I think AJ is going to be at the center of everything in the end. Either AJ will be the only one left standing, or his fall will be the one felt the hardest.

Maybe the events at the end of the last season have put AJ out of harm’s way, with him now living like a construction worker, starting his own family, and removed from the Soprano’s bloodied circle. In this way, Tony did accomplish what he has been trying to do since around Season Three when another upstart mafia-kid, Jackie Jr. is killed. Tony did save his son.

However, I think there would be more tragic grandeur in AJ being unable to escape the bonds of his family—after ironically being the only one to try to step out from it—and meeting his downfall simply because of the indirect actions of his father. If AJ is the anti-hero in a show where villains are heroes, then it would seem that that would make him a hero. If The Sopranos is going to have a tragic ending, the hero has to die. So I say that for AJ, he’s either 100% out or his death/downfall comes as the result of what his family is involved in, through no fault of his own.

Meadow. Everyone says that she is the only likeable character on the show, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she is the one that the writers hate the most. She is the embodiment of the moral practice that The Sopranos get to the heart of: pragmatism wins the day. The whole series she’s been the one to judge her dad for being this mafioso, and has reflected on the crimes that he has committed, and made her and her family complicit in. However, she is also the Soprano that has benefited the most from her father’s wealth and the privilege it provides. She is the most morally pragmatic character. She keeps herself going psychologically by condemning criminal activity, blaming circumstances outside her control, studying sociological apologies for the mafia, and of course, aspiring to be a public defender’s assistant. However, in reality, she has no bones about using her family’s wealth to do what she wants in life. She’s the smartest of all of them (save possibly Tony), and she’ll get out alive though probably scarred from losing her family or financial backing or both. I see her ending up like Tony’s sister Barbara—who marries an outsider, moves away, and ends up being a soccer mom.

Carmela. I think Carmela has successfully repressed any suspicions that Adriana was murdered, as well as any fears for Tony’s well-being. She is the most lucid about who she is: a materialistic mafia wife, who is in a loveless marriage for the money and stability it provides, as she tells Melfi in Season Six. The only guilt she feels is for the kids, but she also is a moral pragmatist. If I had to pick it, I say she survives, maybe even collects her own sum of money from some sort of windfall—a sort of severance package for all her years with Tony. She’ll be fine as well, sort of like Kay Corleone in Godfather Part Three, who divorces Michael and winds up married to some lawyer. I only see Carmela undergoing pain in watching her kids killed—which may very well be the case with AJ.

Ok, so that’s what I predict for the three family members other than Tony. I’d say I’m most confident in my assessment of those three. AJ is the only one with any shot at dying, which I’d say is as likely as any other character, if not more so.

I should note a few of those loose ends which are food for thought. First, the Juliana Skiff character from Season Six has plot twist written all over her. Some have put forward the theory that she is an undercover agent. Let’s table that for now, and discuss what she represents if she is exactly who she seems to be.

Tony is most self-destructive when it comes to women. He ruined a strong political partnership with Councilman Zelman by beating him up when the later was dating Tony’s ex-Irena. Tony’s cheating has almost cost him his family numerous times. Tony almost got killed by, and then almost killed Christopher in Season Six after an incident involving Tony and Adriana. If in fact Juliana is just a junkie that Christopher is involved in, it’s not rocket science to interpolate that she will be a catalyst for the complete disintegration of the Christopher and Tony’s relationship, and the death of one or both of them. Christopher basically stole Tony’s girl. In the past, this has been one of the few things that has caused Tony to lose it. So, it’s quite possible Tony kills Christopher, or throws him to the lions as fall-out from their involvement with Juliana.

Lately though, I have been thinking that Juliana may not be who she appears to be. Namely, maybe she is an undercover agent trying to infiltrate Tony’s crime family. Right now, there are no informants on our radar screen, with the deaths of Eugene Pontocorvo and Raymond Curto last season. Someone is an information, that’s all but certain. The question is whether it is someone inside or outside of the crime family itself.

So maybe it’s Juliana. Posing as a real estate agent, Juliana attempted to become Tony’s mistress, which would have undoubtedly provided her a position of privilege to spy for the government. When this failed, she happened to wind up at the same rehab meeting at Christopher and decided to pursue an alternate course into the family.

There are several key pieces of evidence in support of and against this scenario. Let’s start with the pieces that seem to dismiss its feasibility. Juliana has had sex, many times with Christopher, as well as nearly having sex with Tony. If she is an undercover agent, she must not have a problem doing this to get her job done. On top of this, she has in fact gone on drug binges with Christopher, as well as met with her “sponsor,” so either she is the most hands-on, committed, and well though-out informant that the Feds have ever mustered, or she is not working for the government.

However, there are some reasons to believe she might be hiding something. When she meets Tony, she gives him the impression that she left home and does not have contact with her parents. Later, in her office, upon being told she has an “emergency call,” Juliana answers is exclaiming, “Pop!,” only to find out that it is Tony trying to get her attention. When Juliana first approaches Tony, she seems to know a lot about him, where he lives, what he owns, what he’s involved in. She’d done her research, either as a real estate agent or something more. I will admit that her being an undercover agent is a stretch, as there are many times in which we see her either complicity committing illegal, dangerous acts, or seeming to unknowingly allow herself to be put in such dangerous situations, things a true undercover agent would avoid, unless she is comfortable with the grayness of her job, if it means bringing down the family.

Some other quick ideas of who might also inevitably be informants…Those two Arab guys who give every indication of being sleeper cell terrorists seem a little too on the nose in their obvious back-stories. I also very much doubt that Al-Qaeda will actually play a part in bringing the Sopranos to an end. So why are they there? I’d posit a few reasons. First, a lot of people might walk away from the Sopranos thinking how does this really affect me as I watch a show about guys that make money off low life gamblers, junkies, and criminals, how does that affect me? By linking mob activities with terrorism, David Chase is making a pretty obvious comment about the roots of terrorism’s success, which I think is poignant and ambiguous enough for inclusion in the show. The other explanation is that those two guys are undercover agents, posing as would-be terrorists to disarm the crime family. If they are agents, the two men will have caught Christopher red-handed committing credit card fraud and other activities with which he has pretty much been in direct contact with them.

The actor who plays Paulie supposedly has it written in his contract that he will never be forced to turn against the mob. This seems like a red-herring meant to draw him away from suspicion. But as last season ended, we saw Paulie get further and further away from the family. With his biological family having been proved a fraud, maybe that was all it took for him to see the fraud behind his crime family and flip. A lot of people would be in a tough position if that happened. But I think this is all unlikely. Paulie has been pushed around a lot during the series and at this point, he’s the consummate do-nothing loudmouth.

I’ve laid out some ideas for what I think may occur in the final episodes of the Sopranos. Here is a little more of a coherent prediction of the eventual outcome.

At the end of last season, we see an excerpt from the movie Casablanca: “My dear mademoiselle, I must warn you, that by now you have seen that life in Casablanca is cheap.” Casablanca, meaning white house, is an allusion to the white house that the Soprano family lives in. I believe that the final downfall of the family will be the result of the actions of the individuals that are in the white room in the white house at then end of the last season. This includes the Sopranos family, minus Meadow, Janice and her family, as well as AJ’s girlfriend, who is also named Blanca, and her son/

As I have said before, I believe that Blanca represents a blank, white slate for AJ—the chance to finally separate himself from his family and their legacy. Whether he takes it or not…who knows. At the same time, I think it is most likely that a conflict between Christopher and Tony will escalate to Tony’s downfall, possibly as the result of a third-party seizing an opportunity in the midst of all the rivalry between the two superpowers. Tony has had every reason to kill Christopher before and hasn’t been able to do it, so his indecision may lead to his downfall (as it almost did with Junior, leading to his gunshot at the beginning of last season).

If I had to sum it up, I’d say that Tony does not die. They already toyed with that at the beginning of last season. If Tony dies, he dies a hero at the helm. If he is incarcerated or forced to see those he loves die as a result of his actions, that would be the most tragic and painful for his character—as all along his story has been that he is involved in organized crime so that his family (particularly his kids) can have a better life. Irony will have been effectively played out.

Lastly, I think the longtime, non-familial members of the crime family will be the least affected by Tony’s downfall. I’ve heard that this season will begun ten months after the end of last season. So, unless a bunch of events have transpired off-camera, it is likely that the most immediate threatening scenarios from last season have either smoothed out of have been left smoldering to be dealt with later. Thus, an imminent all out war with New York is out of the picture. In the end, I think the mafia structure itself will be largely kept intact. This is the story of the Sopranos, a family involved in organized crime, and how it leads to their ends as a family.

Someone already mentioned this, but I like the idea of the last scene being some sort of meeting between Tony and Melfi with Tony in prison—finish things how they started…Then again, last season started with Tony being shot by Uncle Junior, so what do I know?

i think the sopranos will end with tony waking up to his family and friends in a hspital bed the hole series will be a dream kind of a wizard of oz crap hell be a working man like the rest of us shnooks

I think Tony will fart, then have a heart attack, aj will become new boss whacks everybody then takes in the ass from agent harris.

It ends with Tony in the backyard, wearing his robe, watching the morning sky as the ducks from episode 1 return to his pool. For better or worse, through the last few years he has survived, and life is beginning to settle back out to as close to normal as possible since he took over for the incapacitated Jackie Sr. way back when.

Now, what happens leading up to this scene? Who knows?!

Every Sopranos season has had a character who turns out to be a pain the rear for Tony. Whether it's Season's 6 (Part one) Gay Vito or characters like Big Pussy, Ralph, Jackie Jr...Season's 6 wild card will be Christopher, he'll continue to break Tony's chops with his stupid movie ambitions, while using Heroin like it's going out of season. While Gay Vito was Tony's top earner, he was killed in part one of Season Six, Tony gave the construction business to Carlo Gervasi who will be whacked early on though (the character is not flashy enough or interesting enough to be a Sopranos thorn), which means that Tony will have to give the construction business (which is cursed) to either Paulie or Bacala. Look for Bacala to get it, but Janice is going to be involved. Phil will do his part to squeeze money out of the construction business. Bacala will screw it up what with Janice becoming involved and the fact that Bacala is only a moron whose only borderline functional. Paulie's cancer and tensions about being stepped over for the construction business will be a major plot point in the series. Tony though will have only Silvio as a confidant, Christopher will be doing the Hollywood/Heroin thing, and Tony will give him the assignment to whack Paulie. Christopher will blow it, getting high instead. The falling out in the Sopranos family will lead Phil to rely heavily on Johnny who will use all the infighting to make his move to take over the construction business. He'll whack Bacala and Janice will have a mental breakdown. Johnny suggest to Tony to install one of his cronies, meanwhile, Johnny tells Phil to bring back Furio from Italy for an important job. Furio will be the one who will whack Tony when the time is right. Tony tracks down Christopher and kills him. Paulie begans pining to Phil & Johnny about letting him run the construction business. Paulie will be whacked by Phil. In the last episode, Tony realizes that Johnny has been pulling the strings, he tells Silvio to meet him at the Bada Bing. Tony is watching a tv show as usual when Furio sneaks up behind him and shoots him in the back of the head. Carmela witness the shooting and goes catatonic as the man she loves kills the man who she was married to. Furio leaves and Carmela is left grieving. In the last scene, Johnny meets with Silvio who is revealed to be the family traitor, (serving up both Tony & Paulie on a platter) in front of the construction site.

Ben, your narrative has some great theories, and the 2 questions you state that the show poses are right on the money! I will say, though, that (to put some fact to the fiction on this site), that the final scene of The Sopranos was filmed in an ice cream parlor. That's all we're at liberty to say for now.

To squelch any other skepticism about Sopranos: Season 6, Part I... Actually, the plot was initially scheduled to Agent Harris' informative tip occur. Don't forget Phil's heart attack wasn't written onto his Dayminder. It happened out of nowhere! That put some things off for New York. It's moreso a matter of WHO was/(or IS???), not a matter of who got whacked in the finale.

Once again, watch for who didn't* get whacked.

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Aid is alive. She Sil's plaything now.

I really don't think Tony will be killed in the end. Tony being killed is your typical hollywood ending, and David Chase in NOT your typical hollywood writer. I do think that some close to Tony will die...probebly more than one. Chris, AJ, Carmela? Leaving Tony in the dark shadows of his depressing life.

My one prediction that I can say is almost CERTAIN... is that the last scene of The Sopranos will be between Tony & Dr. Melfi... They will close the show the same way they opened it up.

Bobby is most likely going to get pinched for murder or get whacked. Remember when Tony asked him why he had never killed anyone, after giving his explanation regarding his father and what not he mention also because of DNA. When he shot that kid he left behind a bloody piece of his shirt and the gun.

Paulie is likely to get whacked from all the dirt he's left behind on his trail, from whacking that kid's knees to trying to hold back a kick up to Carmela during Tony's coma, remember as Carmela walks away she turns back and looks to see Paulie and Vito's expressions, then mentions it to tony after he recovers.

I agree with the theory about the two middle eastern brothers, as far up Chrissy's ass the feds are, as well as the fact they were asking for tech 9's (with a bullshit half assed explanation of why they needed them), to the credit cards and there's always just hanging around the Bing being all shifty.

If Christopher doesn't get pinched he probably will get whacked, not only is he back on junk and doing it with (in more ways than one) the real estate agent that Tony was after, he's also proceeding with the movie with little Carmine's dumbass....his sponser has been hanging around a lot too.

I would really be suprised if Tony doesn't get whacked or killed one way or another, it's the last season, something has to happen to him.

As matter of fact, if you think back to all the characters that have been on the show, 99% of them have all been killed one way or another...Chase is crazy, a bunch of shit is about to go down.

Johnny Boy will most likely fold and flip or get lung cancer.

I always thought Bobby was a sleeper character and the first episode shows how the Sopranos may end. Tony will be the Last Don. There is no one even close to his ability and the show will be true to the under theme that the mafia is dying a slow death and there is no talent in the current generation to carry on. Everyone with any skill or balls are killed or thrown in jail.

He has been grooming Christopher as a possible replacement but Tony already knows he is back on the smack. Chris will consider getting out of the business and finishing his crappy screenplay but, before he does so, he is killed by the Brooklin boys.

Bobby, the fat prick who has taken care of Crazy uncle Jun, will be the boss at the end. He is living in Johnny's house and has crazy Janice and Junior to help run the family business into the ground.

By the way, Tony moves to Las Vegas with Carmella to retire. The last episode will be filmed at Red Rock canyon on the west side of Las Vegas and at Caesars Palace. Tony will beat the RICO rap, get out of the business with millions his pocket, and actually come to terms with his family.

Paulie will be Paulie and will continue to be bitter that he was passed up. He is given Satriales for his loyalty to the family.

Syl will be killed in mid season by the new NY leadership in retailiation for killing the big pork roast with the butcher knife.

Meadow will come to her senses, drops Finn and will attend UNLV Law.

AJ proposes to the Latin girl and looks like he is on the right track.

The last scene will be Tony dreaming in his Las Vegas bed surrounded by all of the characters alive and dead at a big family dinner on the New Jersey shore.

after reading all these posts I conclude that none of u are over the age of 14 and have below average comprehension skills and get your sopranos info from your parents reviews at the dinner table

Ok, so here is how Season 7 comes to and end. I heard this on a radio station in Philly who said they had an insider who knew the finale...

Junior commits suicide...AJ attempts to commit suicide...And this whole time Tony has been dreaming and wakes up as the salesman we see him dreaming about when he is shot and in a coma during season 6. The whole mob thing is only a figure of Tony's imagination. He's not a mob boss, but a salesperson, and all of the people in his dream are normal people he knows in his lucid life.

Kids, let's not forget that Murmur may have flipped!

The real sopranos secret spoiler!
Tony tips off the fbi agents about the terrorists christopher knows. However, during the last few episodes tony will get pinched for murder and will be placed on trial for his life. After Carm and the kids visit him in prison, Tony realizes how much he loves his family and decides to cooperate with the feds and join the program. In the beginning of the sixth season, Tony tells aj that in the end your friends will let you down and your family is what u depend on. Christopher on the other hand, is a loose cannon and will kill someone on the drop of a hat. I feel that if the feds dont get to tony in time christopher will be his downfall. He will kill T with a cleaver.

Meadow will get killed by Phils crew in the next episode.

Silvio will get killed outside the bing.

Bobby will get killed buying hobby stuff.

Aj will get kidnapped.

Carmela will get shot.

Tony will kill himself

The end.

Enjoy

I think AJ is going down. The son will pay for the sins of the father. Tony thinks he has solved his problems by doing in Christopher. He thinks he's using therapy to understand himself and his actions, but he doesn't understand anything, hasn't really learned anything, is still pretty much the same person he was when the series started. He is basically the father he had and never wanted to become. But he failed. He's even worse than the father he had because he had a chance, through his relationship with his therapist and his wife to learn from his past, but he just doesn't really have the necessary raw material for change. And so, AJ will be sacrificed and that will be the price Tony pays living the life he has lived. Too much blood has been spilled for no punishment. It is a greater punishment for him to lose AJ than to lose his own life...

here's what I heard:

Meadow is killed by leotardo who shoots up Tony's vehicle not knowing Meadow was using it instead of Tony. This begins the war that takes out Bobby, Sil, and Paulie. AJ kills Leotardo, is missing while Tony and Carm pack to skip town- go to a motel... AJ goes home is taken hostage by leotardo's short henchman (can't remember his name) and posse, and they take him down to motel, force way into room, order AJ to kill Tony, AJ has panic attack, drops gun, scramble ensues, Carm is shot in forehead, AJ is killed, Tony kills self. The End. that's what I heard.

here's what I heard:

Meadow is killed by leotardo who shoots up Tony's vehicle not knowing Meadow was using it instead of Tony. This begins the war that takes out Bobby, Sil, and Paulie. AJ kills Leotardo, is missing while Tony and Carm pack to skip town- go to a motel... AJ goes home is taken hostage by leotardo's short henchman (can't remember his name) and posse, and they take him down to motel, force way into room, order AJ to kill Tony, AJ has panic attack, drops gun, scramble ensues, Carm is shot in forehead, AJ is killed, Tony kills self. The End. that's what I heard.

This comes from a very credible source who hasnt been wrong all season.......

Meadow will borrow tony's cadilac and Phil will think its tony's as he passes by. He gets out and they spray the car with bullets only to look inside and find out its Meadow and not Tony.

Tony will think it was a car jacking but eventually finds out it was Phil. A.J. finds out and sees Phil outside a gas station. A.J. kills Phil with a pipe by smashing his head in with it.

New York thinks Tony was behind it and Silvio and the rest of the crew get shot outside of the Bing. Bobby gets shot outside a train shop with his son. Uncle Junior while thinking everyone is dead hangs himself.

Tony and Carmella not seeing AJ for a while assume he is dead and decide to flee to Virginia. After they leave A.J. finally comes home only to find Butchy waiting there to hit Tony. He kidnapps AJ and follows Tony and Carmella to VA. While in there he tries to force AJ into killing Tony but AJ has a panic attack and Tony and Butch ensue in a struggle in which Carmella gets accidentally shot in the face. Tony kills Butchy and overwhelmed with grief and disappoinment in his son he shoots A.J. and then kills himself.. .........The End

Again the person who gave me this has not been wrong all season.

My belief is this. Sil is a rat and has been for a long time. He probably flipped sometime after Pussy was killed. He did not kill Adrienia! They never showed her body or what they did with her body after the shots were fired. This was done so Adrienia could saftly be put in a witness protection program. If you remember when Tony was shot by Junior, Sil supposably took control of the Family while Tony convelesed in the Hospital and at Home. Suddenly Sil got sick and couldn't handle it. Sil's plan is to have Adrienia come back when the time is right so they can both testify against Tony while Sil Plea Bargins for a much lighter sentence just like Sammy the Bull in real life.

In the meantime Agent Harris has been working with Tony all along. He always somehow pops around the Butcher Shop and when Tony ask Harris if he wants something to eat Harris always tells him that his stomach is acting up because of a Bug he caught overseas tracking down Terrorist. The Bug in his stomach excuse is a secret code that he has for Tony warning him about future trouble either in the Family or with the New York Mob.

Agent Harris finds out about Sil being a rat when somebody in the FBI Office slips up while Harris is present. Harris tips off Tony and Sil dies a torturous death at the hands of Tony and his henchmen. Adrienia in the mean time is moved from her present protection site to a new and undisclosed site never to be heard from again!

Good one Bill . . . consider your friend who hasn't been wrong all season to be a complete LOSER . . .

"Again the person who gave me this has not been wrong all season."

wow, that person has been wrong this season.

The last 3 minutes of Made in America

180 seconds and counting

Tony, breathing heavy as he lies injured in the garden by the pool. Hes been shot and looks mindlessly above the tree-line where he sees two ducks approaching his back yard. Meanwhile, Phil slowly and menacingly walks up to look down on Tony to look down on his injured pray. As Phil brings his gun up and aims it at Tonys head, preparing to finish him off, he cant help but be perplexed at Tonys growing smile.

150 seconds and counting

Phil barks at Tony, What the hell are you smiling at asshole? but Tony ignores him as his eyes follow the pair of ducks as they land near the pool. Phil turns to look at what has gotten Tonys attention., sees the ducks, then slowly turns back towards Tony. Too bad theres no water in the pool, says Phil. Tonys expression turns from a faint smile to a frown as he realizes theres no water for the ducks.

120 seconds and counting

Sensing the end is near, Tony simply stares up at Phil and the gun now pointed back at his head. I guess you win then, he sighs as he continues to bleed badly form the wound in his belly. From Tonys perspective, looking up at Phil, we too are resigned to Tonys fate.

90 seconds and counting

Just as Phil is about to fire his gun, killing Tony Soprano, a shot rings out and Phil immediately, and without fanfare, collapses face down. He died before hitting the ground before he even realized he didnt finish the job.., before he even realized he has lost.

60 seconds and counting

Tony, now looking up into empty sky where Phil was once standing, is badly wounded and light-headed. But, he understands what has just happened. He knows Phil is dead. He knows he isnt. He knows hes been saved.

30 seconds and counting

We hear Phils killer walking towards Tony but we dont yet see the person. But then slowly, walking into the frame of sky we see the killer we see who saved Tony Soprano we see who killed Phil we see Meadow. She stands over her father for an instant before dropping the gun and quickly kneeling down to hold her fathers head in her lap. Tony comprehends this he sees thishe hears Meadow say, Im with you daddy. Im with you daddy. We fade to black as Tony begins to cry as he realizes what hes brought upon his daughter. He realizes how hes failed her.

David Chase is an Italian-American from Mount Vernon, NY. His birth name is David DeCaesare. I read that here. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153740/ Just a little fyi...enjoy the last episode everyone. Ciao!

i love the sopranos i am a die hard fan.
meadow will take over the family.
tony will be killed.
aj will die of an overdose
the show will be back on season 8
meadow the boss
i would like to watch thaton HBO its the only show
i watch ... why are they ending sopeano's any way
there is to many fans.....
what ever happens to tony sister...
meadow the big boss

I don't think it is a coencidence that A&E ran the "Pine Barrens" episode this past Wednesday. However, I suspect Tony will not die. Is it possible HBO will have a few "Specials" in the next few years?

HUGE disapointment. I just watched the finale, and virtually nothing happens! Phil gets shot and his head gets ran over, but that's it! Oh yeah, A.J. comes out of depression a little and starts a job as some movie executive. Other than Phil, no one dies, and it's one boring hour. They can't even resolve the last shot. It seems as though your in the midst of an important scene and, before anything happens, they cut you off. That's it. Just black, and then the credits. What were they thinking?

Could it be that Tony Dies? Remember what Bobby tells Tony: "Everything just goes Black?" The three people in the Dinner: the two african american guys were paid in an earlier episode to kill Tony, but failed and shot him in the ear. Also, the stranger in the bar--was Nikki Leotardo, Phil's brother, (check the credits). Remember, everything justs goes black and silent. RIP Tony.