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"T" died instantly of a gunshot wound to the head, hence the
sudden, unexpected, complete blackness and silence. The guy
who went to the restroom was definitely the lone trigger man,
the big Italian-looking studmuffin in a member's only jacket
(his name is Paolo Colandrea, owner of Paul's Penndel Pizza).
T paid him no attention. So he got blindsided from his right,
being distracted by Meadow's entrance jingling the bell like
"another angel gets its wings", that was probably the intent.
It took me a few seconds to figure it out, though. I thought
at first that the HBO satellite signal had gone dead. But I
remembered about the "you never hear it comin'" part. That
was totally brilliant. You can almost hear Chase yelling Cut!
(not really, but in the editing room--it was picture-perfect)
Phil was clearly very dissatisfied with the progress his guys
were having in taking "T" out. Phil was hired an independent
hit man, an unfamiliar face, to do the deed. Phil got whacked
after he hired him, not before, thus the wheels were already
set in motion before his head became one with the pavement.
The onion rings are conspicuously taken like communion wafers.
And they are all, generally, wearing black, especially Meadow
(who's too late to share the communion, onions make your eyes
water, etc., whatever significance all this has I don't know).
Someone else commented that T's shirt looks a lot like one of
the shirts he was wearing in the pilot episode (Jan 10, 1999).
Just as the guy in the members-only jacket strolls in, just in
front of AJ, we hear the word "strangers" from the juke box. So
the guy is most definitely a stranger to "T"; which is obvious
in any case, because "T" looks at him twice. First, as the guy
walks in and the bell rings. Second, as he walks directly past
T, on his way to the Men's restroom. T does not recognize him.
If you're a made guy, don't sit next to the Men's room! Capice?
I loved the Familiar tabby at the Bing, which Paulie fearfully
warns are "snakes with fur"..."you can't even put 'em around a
baby. They suck the breath right out." "Look at him staring at
that dead kid...gives me the fvcking creeps." Familiar spirits,
particularly threatening ones, are attracted to, they "attach"
to, karmic "dark spots" (markings, as Cain was marked) on one's
psychic aura, and frequently appear as animals--both living in
this world, or dead, sojourning in the circles of heaven & hell.
If you've ever had an unwelcome Familiar creature attach to you,
stalk you, in both your waking state, and/or in the dream state,
then you know exactly what we're talking about. They are scary.
T speculates that the cat could be attracted to some "abstract
shapes" in Christopher's photo on the wall, where he's wearing
head-phones. Recall the "three o'clock" (which notably was the
sundial-time of day that Jesus died) reference in past seasons,
and Christopher's preview NDE at the Irish Bar in Hell, or the
profound dream sequences throughout, especially after T caught
a bullet from Junior, or Burroughs' marvelous reading from the
Egyptian Book of the Dead (numbered like the days, planets, of
the week, i.e. Sun's day, Moon's Day, Mars' Day, Mercury's Day,
Jupiter's Day, Venus' Day, and Saturn's Day)...that was great!
Really, many profound spiritual insights have been woven into
'The Sopranos' over the years. HBO needs to come up with more
serious and compelling series than "Big Love" (soap opera) or
"John From Cincinnati" (which is, so far, very disappointing).
I LOVE BOXING! And good movies, so I'll never get rid of HBO/
Max (until I die or go broke, whichever comes first--which is
worse?). But 'Deadwood', 'Rome', 'Six Feet Under' (that finale
was the best ever on any series, I think) 'Carnivale', & other
*quality* series are what kept HBO's subscribers subscribed. If
they don't get with it, and soon, they could go down the tubes. :(
Back to 'Made In America'...
The classic Magic Man appears just above Don't Stop Believing.
When visiting comatose Sil in the hospital, "Magic Bullet" was
on the TV commercial. The guy in the jacket is the "Magic Man",
with the "Magic Bullet"! (a .44-magnum slug that does the trick,
maybe? The number "44040" does appear next to the Capitol label)
One bullet. One shot. One death. Only T dies, and dies instantly.
There can be _no_ other possible interpretation of the final cut.
Personally, overall, I think 'The Sopranos' ranks in the top five
television series of all time, albeit some of its episodes seemed
weaker than others. I think that those who didn't enjoy the series
finale either didn't understand it, or they are just uncomfortable
with the subject of death, sin, karma, heaven & hell ergo eternity,
limbo, purgatory, (re)incarnation, ghosts, hauntings, all the best! :)
Sopranos, R.I.P.
Daniel Joseph Min
http://www.2hot2cool.com/11/danieljosephmin/
PS
I wish to retract the part about where I said "the wheels were
already set in motion before his (Phil Leotardo's) head became
one with the pavement". That was in very, extremely, bad taste.
I realize now what an utterly foolish and insensitive thing that
was for me to say in public. I mean, what could the locked doors
and running engine possibly signify? Sorry about that, everyone.
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