Yeah, it was kind of a boring episode, no significant developments. Usually, the last three episodes of any Sopranos season are all barnburners. I mean, last season's third-to-last episode was "Pine Barrens", arguably the best single episode ever. So I guess we've been spoiled by past seasons and we were set up for disappointment.

As for the episode, it wasn't totally without merit. The poor appraiser being chased around by the New York boys and then by Vito and Eugene was pretty funny.

AJ has proven himself to be a little shit, just a whining brat. I'm glad they somewhat tied up the Janice/Bobby storyline (and yes, Janice is a manipulative, evil, selfish character; Bobby's kids are probably emotionally scarred for life now).

Junior looks to be doomed.

And what I found most interesting was the Johnny Sack machinations with Paulie, making Paulie think he'll be the new boss with Tony out of the way. Clearly, Johnny wants a North Jersey boss he and Carmine can easily influence and control, and it appears that Paulie is his choice. Will Paulie see Johnny's true motives, or not?

And what of Carmine Jr? What is he gonna do now? Side with Tony, or turn on Tony? It was cool to see an old character come back (Beansie Gaeta, the pizzeria owner Richie Aprile ran over back in early Season Two). And Carmine Jr's malapropisms rank up there with the all-time best of the show!

Tony's final dream looks like it may be a harbinger: Tony is likely going to be reduced to having nothing, just like his grandfather, who came to America with nothing, looking for stone mason's work.

"The Sopranos" is not gonna have a happy ending for Tony.