Monday, April 23, 2007

Sopranos, decline and fall

So far this season has been terrific. On the other hand there has been no progress toward my predicted ending. The last season has emphasized the demise of the Mafia: Junior's degeneration; the moronic violence of the NYC family; Christopher's mining his experience for showbiz; Tony's paranoia. But there has been almost nothing about Tony's nuclear family. This is odd because at the end of the day, the show has always been about Tony and his wife and kids.

As gangster, Tony is a survivor, mostly based on lock-- the rats who die just before they can testify, even of natural causes, like Ray, to say nothing of the ones they kill, like Pussy or Adriana. But I still think that amidst the decline and chaos, Tony will be felled by the failures of own household, specifically his idiot son AJ, though they have barely figures in the show at all this season-- so far.

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