8 TV Scenes Everyone Always Gets Wrong

4. The Ending - The Sopranos

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Man oh man, is this ending infamous. In fact, just calling it "infamous" is akin to saying that Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox are a tad odd.

For those who don't know, seeing as how this ending came a LONG time ago, the ending of the hit HBO series The Sopranos, sees our protagonist Tony Soprano sitting down for dinner with his family, knowing full well that he's living on borrowed time. His mob buddies have deemed him a liability, and are no doubt planning to - well - do what the mob does best when they "deem someone a liability".

Except the show never gives you that closure. You don't even know, when the door to the diner opens and Tony looks up, that it's the mob or his daughter showing up late. The screen goes to black right as he looks up. And then boom, show over, thanks for six seasons folks! Have fun with Game Of Thrones in four years!

Yeah, people were pissed. They screamed that they wanted closure for Tony's story, but the creator of the show - David Chase - held firm, deeming that closure to be unimportant. Was it his daughter walking through that door, or the mob? It honestly doesn't matter, says Chase.

And honestly, your writer see his point. I mean obviously Tony's dead, it's just a matter of when it's going to happen. It probably was his daughter walking through that door, but Tony can never be sure, just as the audience can never be sure. However much time he has left, Tony Soprano will live that time terrified of when his chickens will finally come home to roost.

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John Tibbetts is a novelist in theory, a Whatculture contributor in practice, and a nerd all around who loves talking about movies, TV, anime, and video games more than he loves breathing. Which might be a problem in the long term, but eh, who can think that far ahead?