I think - almost impossibly - it was as good as or maybe even better than the ending to The Sopranos.
sopranos wtf with the ending ? LOTS OF SPOILERS DUHH
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I think - almost impossibly - it was as good as or maybe even better than the ending to The Sopranos.
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I'm nearly at the end of season 6 of The Shield so don't spoil it for me! 
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A simply brilliant ending. I thought the following quote from David Chase was illuminating, if a bit depressing (emphasis mine):
"Sure. But I must say that even people who liked it misinterpreted it, to a certain extent. This wasn't really about ''leaving the door open.'' There was nothing definite about what happened, but there was a clean trend on view — a definite sense of what Tony and Carmela's future looks like. Whether it happened that night or some other night doesn't really matter."
"Sure. But I must say that even people who liked it misinterpreted it, to a certain extent. This wasn't really about ''leaving the door open.'' There was nothing definite about what happened, but there was a clean trend on view — a definite sense of what Tony and Carmela's future looks like. Whether it happened that night or some other night doesn't really matter."
The Shield's final 3 episodes are some of the most shocking and satisfying at the same time, haven't seen a better ending to a show tbh, The Wire/Breaking Bad is a close joint 2nd.
And no, i'm not trolling either.
Which ironically was one of the first cars to have that automatic parallel parking gizmo.
And no, i'm not trolling either.
Which ironically was one of the first cars to have that automatic parallel parking gizmo.
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I thought the ending was poor. Not because Tony dies, or because it doesn't show exactly what happened - it just wasn't that interesting or clever. I generally love ambiguous endings, or anything weird that leaves things open to our interpretation - can watch David Lynch movies all day - but this smacked of being different for differences sake. I still loved the series, but the ending was an apathetic meh.
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Blake's 7 did the fade to black first, many years ago 
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Who was the dark, curly haired lady? I had such a crush on her as a kid, I used to have to go out and ride my Grifter around until the swelling went down 
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Haven't read the whole thread, but I couldn't see another way to end it, I thought it was great. Yes he got shot, they all got shot, ended up the way of all gangsters and it couldn't have gone any other way.
One of my mates who loved the series was adamant they ended up in hospital or something lol, he was desperate for another season.
One of my mates who loved the series was adamant they ended up in hospital or something lol, he was desperate for another season.
Definitely better.
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[FnG]magnolia;26824557 said:Who was the dark, curly haired lady? I had such a crush on her as a kid, I used to have to go out and ride my Grifter around until the swelling went down
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That's truly awful, everyone wanted either Servalan or Soolin, leather or breasts, take your choice.
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Tony didn't die nor did his family.
It's a TV show so all that happened is whatever was broadcast - eg, Phil died because his head got squished.
Don't see the point in debating what might have happened if the show went on beyond the point it did.
It's a TV show so all that happened is whatever was broadcast - eg, Phil died because his head got squished.
Don't see the point in debating what might have happened if the show went on beyond the point it did.
Well he sort of did though. If he was shown being thrown of a cliff on to jagged rocks but didn't actually show the impact, wouldn't it still be safe to assume he dies? It's a similar situation really - the events immediately prior to the end indicate his imminent death, and a lot of conversations directly describe what happens at the end to be what it is like being killed, you never see it coming, just instant nothingness. The scene it even set up to show Tony's perspective when the entrance bell rings, it does so several times and the very last moment before blackness is the bell again, indicating that Tony's perspective will be next, and then we get a blank screen. If that isn't telling us Tony dies I don't know what is, apart from actually showing it graphically which would take away from the entire point he's trying to convey.
I agree with you.
For whom the bell tolls?
It was a poetic and thoughtful ending in my mind. Rather than a stereotypical all guns blazing, blood drenched cliche.
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I thought it was a bad ending, sure it's obvious Tony dies but i hate endings that leave it up to u to guess what happened.
Also i hated Christopher he deserved to die because he was a **** up and a liability.
Also i hated Christopher he deserved to die because he was a **** up and a liability.
gotta say I thought he did die when I saw it... don't see why the creator is being so funny about the whole thing:
'I must say that even people who liked it misinterpreted it, to a certain extent'
perhaps he could add some clarity/explanation instead of just being so arrogant about the whole thing
'I must say that even people who liked it misinterpreted it, to a certain extent'
perhaps he could add some clarity/explanation instead of just being so arrogant about the whole thing
This. 100% this. For a show that didn't pull any punches for six seasons, or leave me to assume or guess what might have happened, I was disappointed by the ending. I realise controversy/this conversation is exactly what David Chase was after as for the show the best end is an unclear one to leave people talking about it, but for me, I'd have liked to see an actual end.