Tony Soprano was Killed in the HBO Season Finale of the Sopranos

If you're like a lot of other Soprano's fans, you were upset when the very basic Sopranos season finale ended in complete mediocrity. Though Phil did get whacked, everything else seemed like the same ol', same ol' in Sopranoland. Not so, my friends. Tony Soprano was killed in the final scene.

With as many people who have died during The Sopranos eight year run, you would think the director would hook up his fans with a slam-bang finish. And yet, there you were sitting on the couch with a blank screen, no music and the rage welling up inside while wondering, "Did I waste 8 years for this?"

As the Soprano family arrived to meet for dinner at the local diner, Tony eyeballed a suspicious looking man in a Members Only jacket sitting at the bar. He looked up more than once. The suspicious looking man walked behind Tony and appeared to be entering the bathroom. Just as you think Meadow, Tony's daughter, is about to waltz in, the screen goes blank. Black. Nothing. Roll credits. That's it?

Many people believe there were very obvious clues given in the first few episodes of the last nine created. There was the bonding moment when Bobby and Tony were adrift in the boat on the lake, prior to their fallout, and they were discussing what it feels like to die. Tony was egging Bobby on about how he hadn't killed anyone yet and Bobby, in his nervousness, replied, "You probably don't even hear it when it happens".

Most of The Sopranos episodes revolved around Tony Soprano. He appeared in almost every single scene, in every single episode. The Sopranos are Tony Soprano. Each show was crafted to help you identify with the loveable sociopath who was only trying to do right by his family, which happened to include the mafia. It would only make sense that if you were supposed to be thinking like Tony, feeling like Tony, and hearing and seeing what Tony did, that in the end when he died, your screen would go blank. If he's not seeing his daughter walk in the diner, neither are you.

Source: Yahoo News, "Sopranos 'rub-out- theory gains credence" - http://tv.yahoo.com/the-sopranos/show/218/news/urn:newsml:tv.reuters.com:20070615:sopranos_dc__ER