That is a little hard to believe, I doubt Chase would go in that direction.

Chase seems to be a bit of a strange guy. He's long held that Livia was based on his own mother. I wonder just what the hell went on in the Chase household.

This has no spoilers at all!!!

Sounds like, for the most part, local business areas that Chase has decided to use for the show will sorry to see the Sopranos go. Here are a few excerpts, maybe some of you have seen this article already, but I hadn't. (link to entire article is below). I assume those in Jersey/NYC know most areas they speak of.


"When the pig is on the roof, people know "The Sopranos" are not far behind. The life-size pig sits on an old boarded-up building that will soon come to life as Satriale's, a fictional pork store where Tony Soprano and his Jersey crew hang out on HBO's acclaimed mob drama."


"The Irish-American Association, which occupies the building next to Satriale's, takes down its Irish flag and flies an Italian flag during filming. The association has been paid $20,000 in rental fees over the years, said Richard Dunleavy, past vice president. The town of Kearny has collected permit fees of $76,650."

"The end of the show also will mean a different look for various "Sopranos" locales. The Satriale's building will be torn down and replaced with condos and a parking garage. In nearby Lodi, the Satin Dolls strip club, better known as the Bada Bing, will be renovated."





Jersey Saying Goodbye to the Sopranos

TIS

I also found this story. Evidently the final scene is shot in an
ice cream parlor in Bloomfield, N.J., called Holsten's. Have any of you heard of it?

I am putting a spoiler on this link only because the article states which actors were at the final scene (at least which actors were mentioned in the article. I don't know if this would spoil it for anyone or not, so I'll play it safe. Don't open the link if you don't want to know who is in the final scene. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't mean much because we don't know what the storyline is and not only that, anything can happen in the final scene.

POSSIBLE SPOILER

Final Scene

TIS

I read that here in NY last week and I just don't believe it's the final scene. Chase has been too much of a fanatic about secrecy for almost 10 years for this to be true. I believe it might be the last scene filmed but I can't believe that Chase would shoot the last scene of the series in such a public manner.

Good thing we got to see it when we did, TIS.

(TIS at the firehouse next door to Satriale's):

Yea SC, I am so glad I was able to see some of these locales. I'll never forget it. I'm guessing the tour will shut down as well no? Or could it run a while after the series ends?

And Geoff, hang on to the Satriales shirt. Could be worth a bundle some day. I've still got my Bada Bing cap. I'm glad I purchased at least one momento.


TIS

I know what you mean PB. I know many times scenes are filmed out of sequence and perhaps that's what they mean. Although the article states "final scene." Maybe they are just throwing us off.

My dilemma however is I most likely won't be able to see the 6:00 p.m showing, since it's Easter Sunday, so will have to wait til 9:00. Life is so tough sometimes you know it?

TIS

Ah, the benefits of eastern standard time. I can watch at 9 pm.

PB,

I didn't get HBO til Sopranos was in the 3rd Season. I rented 1 & 2 then got HBO only for The Sopranos. Anyway, I knew it was on at 9:00 here and 6:00 there. I'd check the board on Sundays,not wanting to read what happened, and not reading the posts. I would see how active it was by replies. It drove me nuts not being able to join in. It wasn't till several episodes that stupid me realized I got the East Coast showing as well at 6:00.

Damn, I'm gonna miss that show. It was the best part of Sunday nights (well, the couple months a year that it's on anyway )

TIS

Here's the wikipedia re-cap for the season premiere, SOPRANO'S HOME MOVIES, this coming sunday:

EPISODE 1 RECAP/SPOILERS

I am stuck hosting Easter this year, and I will definitely be throwing everyone out by 8:00 so that I'll have time to finish cleaning up before the show starts. Here's a little antipasto, some leg of lamb, a little pizza rustica, some nice pastry, and now get out!!

I just finished watching a repaeat on HBO. It ended with everyone at the house for christmas. Was that th relast episode of last season?

Yes, it was. A little too warm and fuzzy, am I right ? I think that was Chase's intention, the calm before the storm. I hope so, anyway.

Well, there are so many sources for conflict in it. Christopher and Tony after the same woman for one. How about Tony going after AJ's girlfriend or her making a move on Tony. Or Tony's rejection of her because she hispanic and AJ getting upset over that. God, I can't wait.

I hope so too.

I think that the underlying message in the episode was "Family" and the making of a "beautiful home."

AJ, the girlfriend and the kid.
Christopher and his pregnant wife.
Bobby, Janice and the kids.
Tony making Carmela happy with the spec house and telling her that he loves her.

All trying to make a beautiful home/family.

If you remember early in the episode Carmela is crying to Tony and he tells her that she is a good mother and wife and that she made them a "beautiful home."

Then near the very end AJ's girlfriend tells Carmela that she has a beautiful home. Her initial repsonse to her is 'thank you."
But then you see Carmela stop and think about what the girl just said to her, and she looks back at AJ's girl and says " Yes, it is."

We've speculated alot onthese Boards about the upcoming season. I just can't escape the conclusion that the disintegration of Tony's family will form the core of the new season.

I'm actually becoming anxious as the days dwindle down. Madonne!

I think you both make valid ponts. DC mentions the Christmas Eve episode, which shows just how much Tony has to lose, which is the point I think Olivant's trying to make. I tend to agree with that. I'm almost positive that Tony will survive the series, but at a very steep price.

I think it will be like the ending of Godfather II, where Michael sits there all alone. Everyone close to him has left or has been killed.

From what I've read, the spoilers for the first two episodes are spot on...which is odd. Only four days away, all this anticipation is making me salivate!

I too have been eagerly awaiting this from across the pond. My better half bought me the Season 6 Pt 1 boxset for Christmas and I've already watched the hell out of them. God only knows when we'll get them here... but I'm sure there are ways around it

I read the synopsis for the first two eps a few days ago on AICN, found some of the developments surprising but not out of character for the series. How will it end? Time will tell. All I know is it ain't gonna be pretty.

Good point. I didn't think about the GFII ending. That would be a very pleasing finale for me.

The one difference from GODFATHER II is that at the end of that movie, although Michael had lost everything dear to him, he was still the undisputed king of the American mafia. Tony has never wielded that type of power and being that these are the waning days of the mob, compared to it's heyday, when Michael was in power, he never will. Michael had lost his very soul at this point but his megalomaniacal needs were still fed through his success in the underworld. Tony could end up a much bigger loser, he could lose both "families". I think much is going to be left up to the imagination. We'll have a better feel for it in a couple of days. I can't wait!

Why do I have this feeling that they are going to kill off Carmela?

That's incredible DC! I have the same feeling.

If they killed off one of Tony's children, especially Meadow, which alot of spoiler threads have suggested, it would be too blatant a ripoff of GODFATHER III. But if Carmela was killed, who in Tony's eyes is an innocent (in spite of her staying because she loves the lavish lifestyle), Tony would NEVER get over it.

We all pretty much agree that Chase will punish Tony for his sins, but would he go that far ? We'll see.

No!!!!! DC, what makes you think that? I hope not, but then again, I was thinking more in the lines of either AJ or Meadow someway, somehow getting killed. I think this would totally destroy Tony, perhaps even moreso than if Carm got killed.

I really don't "want" to see Tony and/or anyone in his immediate family get whacked, but considering Tony's mob life, I suppose that would be the ultimate punishment no?



TIS

If Carmela or one of the kids goes, it's got to be the result of Tony's business or his error. Otherwise, it's just a day in the life of an American family.

Of course Olivant. A car accident, as tragic as that may be, certainly wouldn't have the same affect on Tony as Meadow or AJ turning an ignition key and dying in a fiery explosion that was meant for their father.

I mean can you imagine ?

"Dad can you move your car ?".

"For Chrissakes just take the bleepin Suburban, and pick me up some gabagool".

BOOM

That would be bone chilling, but it ain't gonna happen.

I, personally, feel that would be like a copy-cat scenario. I would rather see something creative and original.

As far as the children, I don't think so and agree with some of the reasons already given here as to why probably nothing will happen to them. Of course he'd be crushed if something happened to one of his kids. But I just don't think that is where these episodes will go.

However, I think that if something were to happen to Carmela, it would destroy Tony because of how he's basically treated her like shit over the years. He's cheated on her and decieved her about many things. Then when the chips were down and he was facing death, she stood by him, pledged her loyalty to him and took care of him like a loving wife, despite all his infidelities. And he knows that. This is why I get the feeling that something is going to happen to her. If something does, his guilt will destroy him.

In a Daily News interveiw with Lorraine Bracco, she says that we will be shown an ending that we could never even imagine.

Yea, I see your point DC.

We all seem to be speculating (or many of us are) that the ending will be some kind of "payback" where Tony gets his just desserts. Do you all think that it should or must end with Tony getting his due?? I mean, could it possibly end any other way? Yet Bracco's statement about the ending, makes me wonder where/what other ending does Chase have up his sleeve. This is indeed very intruiging. I can't wait.

Just speculating here.

TIS