The Energon Pub

Cyber Bishop wrote:*SPOILER ALERT**

ONLY READ IF YOU WANT TO READ OF ONE OF THE POSSIBLE 3 ENDINGS.




























The episode opens at a gas station in upstate New
york a couple pull up to a pump in a red Cadillac. It
is revealed to be Phil and Patty Leotardo. Phil gets
out and begins to fill his tank when Benny Fazio
approaches him from behind and shoots him twice in
the head. Benny runs and gets into a sedan driven by
Patsy Parisi and the two speed off as an african
american youth onlooker throws up. We see see Tony
Soprano, Paulie Walnuts, Carlo Gervasi, and Dante
Greco playing cards in the safehouse from the prior
episode. Tony gets a call from Benny on a payphone.
He says "The Shaw's gone," and hangs up. Tony get up
and motions for Paulie to follow. The two get into
his Escalade after putting his AR-10 inot the
backseat. The two drive to Satriales and sit outside
all the while discussing days past in Johnny Boy
Sopranos heyday. Paulie is working on his tan and
Tony is smoking a cigar when a black Cadillac sedan
approaches. Little Carmine Luperatazzi exits the
backseat while the car drives around the corner. They
seat themselves across from Tony and Paulie and begin
to discuss recent affairs. After many malaprosims
from Carmine and some moronic rambling from Paulie
Tony laughs and interjects saying he is proud to be
present at the first sit down between the new bosses
of New Jersey and Brooklyn. Paulie and Carmine both
appear shocked and Tony tells them its long over due
and Paulie has been passed up too many times. Tony
leaves the two and goes inside to speak with Agent
Harris. Who is seen sitting in the back corner.
Harris acknowledges Carmines presence and asks if hes
to take that Carmine's the new boss of Brooklynn Tony
tells him to, "Take whatever the *beep* you want and
take one last Veal Parm Hero on the house." We now
see AJ, Carmella, and Meadow in a motel room. A knock
on the door prompts Carmella to remove a .45
automatic from her purse and walk to the door and ask
whos there? Meadow reading the paper and AJ watching
t.v. are both scared. After a long silence a familiar
voice say's "A loving father and husband." Carmella
opens the door and Tony and Paulie enter they all
leave and go back to Casa De Soprano. After arriving
home Janice Pulls up, leaves her kids there and her
and Tony leave. Leaving Paulie to guard their
respective families. The two arrive at a state
hospital where they enter one at a time to talk to
their Uncle Junior. Janice goes first and the two
discuss moving him out of the hospital and Tony comes
in to talk with him. The two make small talk until
the shooting comes up. Junior apoligizes and said he
was out of his head and that he always loved Tony
even when he didnt show it. Tony and Janice return
home around night fall and Tony and Paulie leave
again Carmella is worried and Tony tells her not to
worry this is the last time he will be leaving like
this. Paulie and Tony are sitting in his car at night
in an empty parking lot as the snow is falling
discussing Paulies promotion Tony says he will be
happy to be Consigliere to Paulie. When headlights
shine upon them. The two get out and walk toward a
parked SUV. When Butch DeConcini and Albie Cianflone
exit it and walk toward them. They discuss peace and
Tony tells the that if ran under Carmine, Brooklyn
could expect no porblems from them. They shake hands
and Tony suggests a drink to celebrate. Tony walks
back to his car and opens the backseat. Tony pulls
out a large object covered in a black plastic garbage
bag. Paulie runs off to the side and throws himself
down and Albie and Butch pull ot pistols but are too
late when the garbage bag erupts with machine gun
fire. Tony helps Paulie out of the snow and the two
admire the AR-10 and two dead bodies. Tony looks the
gun over and admires a phrase written on the stock.
"Made In America." The two then drive away. We see
the Soprano home at daylight the next day Carmella is
in the bathtub, Meadow is asleep, and AJ is unlocking
the hidden gun closet in an indoor column. he removes
something and then goes outside. We see the pool once
again uncovered yet empty and AJ is sitting in the
botton holding a hand grenade. He pulls the pin out
and holds the handle he hesitates and throws it to
the other end of the pool it blows up dirtying him.
Carmella comes outside with her .45 and nearly shoots
her son. Tony arrives to see him sitting on the couch
being questioned AJ says it was so cool. Tony laughs
and writes it off and tells everyone to get in the
car. Carmella asks where there going and Tony
replies, Out for ice cream. We see a number of things
in the final scene Paulie the surviving Jersey crew
with Carmine and his crew having dinner together and
toasting the two's promotions. Silvio's heartbeat
monitor going flat. Janice in a small home with her
three kids appearing miserable. Agent Harris
aresting the two muslims from the Bada Bing
apparently making bombs. Pat Blundetto breaking
Junior out of the state hospital.Dr. Jennifer Melfi
Smiling alone in her office while reading about the
recent gangland slayings and Anthony Sopranos
apparent stepping down as boss. Finally we see Tony
and his immediate family together at an ice cream
parlor.Tony then tells his family that hes no longer
depressed and that being with his family and them
being safe was better than all the therapists and
Prozac in the world. It just took all this *beep* to
make him see it. AJ says he's happy just to be alive
and that hes snapped out of it aswell. Tony proposes
a toast to his family mirroring the season one finale
"I Dream Of Jeannie Cusamano".

I got this from a pretty decent source as one of the "3 endings" that David Chase filmed.

And after the pix that I saw, this does make some sort of sense.

Cyber Bishop wrote:When it went to black like that we were like "ok... what just happened" then the credits started to roll.