The Sopranos 4/15 (spoilers inevitable)

More anticipation for tonight's episode than for last Sunday's?

 

rumor has a significant character bites the dust tonight.

 

Paulie Walnuts gets cracked. I really have no idea, I'm just talking out of my ass.

 

SPOILER ALERT

A somewhat major player dies. They don't get taken out, however.

Someone who you THINK might become a bigger player does get taken out.

 

Now there is.

 

just added HBO because of it.

 

I think Bacala earning his stripes last week will have a profound effect on the end of the show.

Maybe he gets pinched for the whack and rats out Tony? Maybe Janice kills Tony?

Still didn't see Bobby kicking Tony's ass. That was Buster Douglas-esque.

 

Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that the last scene of the final episode, you have Janice about to whack Tony... and then he wakes up as Kevin Finnerty. That would cause my mind to just completely shut down.

 

Whatever it is, I think the show ends in tragedy. They are all not going to live happily ever after.

I think the closing shot should be Melfi learning about Tony's death, thinking for a moment, and then another patient walks through her door.

 

Same here. Canceled my $10 to Netflix to pay $13 more on my monthly cable bill here.

 

Well, Paulie had the prostate cancer last season.

Any number of the guys are heart-attack risks at any time. (Sil, Baccala, Phil Leotardo).

My guess is maybe they rub out Johnny Sack soon -- he really doesn't appear to have any active role in the show left.

I think Christopher will go before the end of the show, but too early to do it yet -- the fallout of his eroding relationship with Tony still has to be brought to the fore.

The Uncle Jun issue is still festering. I think they have to make a move on it soon -- to allow an episode or two for the fallout of Jun's death to affect Tony and everyone else.

 

The episode is called "Stage 5" -- does that refer to a final stage of cancer? If so, does anyone have cancer besides Paulie? Johnny Sack smoked all the time -- is it him? Carm spent an awful lot of last week's episode rubbing her shoulder -- does she have an undiagnosed medical condition?