12 Incredible TV Episodes (That Fans HATED)
10. Made In America - The Sopranos
David Chase’s mob epic The Sopranos granted television a level of critical acclaim previously reserved only for cinema, with the nineties hit elevating the perception of the medium’s potential in the eyes of the public alongside David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.
Filled with complex characters and the sort of layered storytelling which gave rise to later masterpieces such as Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and The Wire, The Sopranos offered the blueprint for prestige TV from its debut until its uncompromising finale, Made In America.
This moving end to a uniquely American crime saga was, of course, despised for ending on an ambiguous cut to black, rather than spoon feeding the audience.
Yes, he died. No, that’s not the point.