Soprano's Last ever episode. I didn't understand the ending, explain please.?

They left it open-ended.

I agree. A really weak ending for what had at times degenerated into a really awful show, trading on past glories. If ever there was a candidate for "we really shouldn't have tried to stretch it out for another series", it was The Sopranos. A shame, because in its heyday it was a great show.

It was Chase playing with the viewers. No real ending.

That may have been his way to get back at HBO

And also there is a DVD set to be sold soon with several different endings. A way to get cash for the public.

I dont know, I was going to post the exact same question!! I really hope someone can shed some light on the subject. What a top show though, gutted it's over. Hopefully they have left it open to do a film :-)

That was david chases final way of saying F**** Y*** for being idiots and watching this for all these years . I cancelled my HBO when sopranos was over . I absoloutly hated the ending and was angry that someone would do something so stupid.

In an earlier episode when Tony asks Bobby Bacala what death is like he answers; all sound stops and everything goes black.

One argument points to a conversation that Tony had in "Soprano Home Movies" with his brother-in-law Bobby in which he comments on how suddenly and without sound death can happen in their lives as gangsters. When questioned on the theory, HBO spokesman Quentin Schaffer stated that the conversation is a legitimate hint. The final scene showing a man credited as "Man in Members Only jacket" who goes to the bathroom has been interpreted as a nod to Tony's favorite scene from The Godfather in which Michael Corleone retrieves a gun from the bathroom before shooting his enemies. The jacket has also been speculated to be a reference to the title of the opening episode of the season, where Tony is shot, and as a symbolic reference to membership in the mafia by the 'mystery man'.

Arguments are also made with equally strong conviction that the meaning of the final scene was that life is fraught with fear and danger but it goes on, as the lyrics of the closing song are believed to imply. Supporters of this interpretation point out that because of Tony's peace agreement with the Lupertazzi family and their tacit sanction of a hit on Phil Leotardo, there was no legitimate basis to expect a hit on Tony Soprano. It is also interpreted that as Meadow walked through the door, Chase cut away at the precise moment of Tony's unknowing apprehension, a feeling that would consume the rest of his life.

Another interpretation is that the final scene allows the viewer to create one's own ending to the series, or no ending at all, allowing the plot to continue in one's mind.

Chase, in his first interview after the airing of the episode, said the scene speaks for itself:

“ I have no interest in explaining, defending, reinterpreting, or adding to what is there. No one was trying to be audacious, honest to God. We did what we thought we had to do. No one was trying to blow people's minds, or thinking, 'Wow, this'll (tick) them off.' People get the impression that you're trying to (mess) with them and it's not true. You're trying to entertain them. ”

Chase also stated that the series ending was planned during the 21-month hiatus between seasons five and six, a "long break" Chase asked for when approached about another season. Reports also indicate that Chase had a definite ending in mind and that he initially intended the cut to black to last thirty seconds. He also denied that the ending was a setup for a future film.

Chase later commented:

“ I wasn't going to do this, but somebody said it would be a good idea if we said something about that ending. I really wasn't going to go into it, but I'll just say this...when I was going to Stanford University's graduate film school and was 23 [years old], I went to see Planet of the Apes with my wife. When it was over, I said, 'Wow...so they had a Statue of Liberty, too."

Chase later shared his thoughts specifically on moments during and the after final scene. "There are no esoteric clues in there. No `Da Vinci Code,'" he declared. He also gave his own interpretation to the ending by suggesting that A.J. will "probably be a low-level movie producer. But he's not going to be a killer like his father, is he? Meadow may not become a pediatrician or even a lawyer...but she'll learn to operate in the world in ways that Carmela never did". He stated that fans of the show "had gleefully watched [Tony] rob, kill, pillage, lie and cheat. They had cheered him on. And then, all of a sudden, they wanted to see him punished for all that. They wanted 'justice'...The pathetic thing -- to me -- was how much they wanted HIS blood, after cheering him on for eight years

Basically did they get hit, or was it just Meadow coming in????

I thought it was shite as well, open ended or not,

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED!!!!!!!!!!!!

i just finished watching it and didn't get the ending either nor did i like it.

they left it for you to imagine is the man who kept looking at them an assasin. it's up to you to decide.