The Sopranos: What Could Season 7 Have Been About?

[@rafaelgustavo7786]

I wanted a seventh season, but I compromised and got the sixth.

[@RutheKing5858]

20 fucking years without a peep

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Aids!

[@John-Sacrimoni]

The lone gunman theory

[@Pap602]

😂😂👏👏

[@westnile21]

@@paulie-Gualtieri.- NOBODYS GOT AIDS!

[@A_r78]

Season 7 would’ve been a comedy spin off “it’s always sunny in Newark” with Mikey palmice, Brandon Filone, the dynamic duo Matt Drinkwater/Sean Gisamonte and chrissy at an Irish pub where it’s St Paddy’s Day everyday

[@kevincarter2020]

with Ronald "pussy hands" McDonald

[@NickCray-wf9ld]

And the pub is owned by criminal mastermind Benny Fazio.

[@fletcherrhoden]

They could call it: "I'm with You Now!"

[@odeleon24]

Gonna be a funny guy eh

[@gabagool_and_psychiatry4856]

mac was gay?

[@Ar1AnX1x]

Tony was so focused on the Shah of Iran he forgot about Zelensky

[@lean.2366]

He clearly had a thing for desert people too

[@t.a6159]

😂😂

[@robertlee4172]

I never got that one.

[@rubencontreras642]

He killed 16 checkloslavakions

[@williamflowers9435]

@@rubencontreras642who knew interior decorators would be so deadly

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Silvio waking up from his coma and moving to Norway to start a bar. I'd watch that show

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Your wish was someone’s command!

[@ivankuzin8388]

That's my headcanon when I watch that show - and it makes it so much better!

[@rossydv]

How is that show? Worth investing?

[@ivankuzin8388]

@@rossydv It's more of a comedy, but ok. I'd rate it at 6 (if 10 is Sopranos, and 1 is worst show you can imagine). I'd suggest giving it a go at least )

[@rossydv]

@ to your point, I think I tried it about 5 years ago. Just forgot 🤣

[@rosecitystud1908]

Always with the scenarios...

[@adamtheagent3978]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

[@Kallark26]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@AlwysBclosing]

Season 7, it won’t be cinematic..

[@craigcavaliere6744]

For a season 7, I want to know if Massive Genius won his lawsuit against Hesh.

[@kenanacampora]

Season 7: How to make grilled cheese sandwiches on a Rahdiatah.

[@tatata1543]

For twenty years.

[@j-rey-]

How to make grilled cheese sandwiches on a Shah of Iraniator

[@marvinthomas477]

titled: "The Compromise"

[@diviningrod2671]

What no thinly sliced garlic ?? Harambee!! Wait I mean Haram!! Blasphemy!! Sorry Harambee you did nothing wrong, hopefully peanut and Fred will keep you company.

[@John-Sacrimoni]

You know who loved Boardwalk Empire It's Joey Peeps

[@basedbane787]

Peeps !! That's a fckin nick name !

[@A_r78]

Sad when they go young

[@John-Sacrimoni]

​@@A_r78 WHEN THEY GO!

[@JessW289]

Family name is pepperelli 😂

[@PhilP8980]

Mother you wont recognize me now....

[@Deyeezus]

I think a season 7 that basically wrapped up everyone else’s individual stories would’ve been interesting / tolerable

[@TheOGSticks11]

That's an idea I never heard. And a good one. I could've gone for a Silvio/Paulie season, trying to tie the loose ends, being bosses, who takes over the Lupertazzi's, whatever happened there. Although I still eventually see it ending with everyone dead and Butch as boss across the bridge.

[@ThatGuy-ky2yf]

​​@@TheOGSticks11 I'd really like a sort of epilogue that's comprised of only a few episodes that show the crews a month after the diner meeting (the deaths of which would only be implied at best so it's left up to the audience what happened to Tony and his family). The unease of New Jersey being absorbed into New York while Paulie and Patsy have to deal with their problems as leader figures with personal baggage in a few scenarios would be very interesting imo.

[@jimjo8541]

Would have been interesting to see how everyone reacts to Tony’s death. How it motivates some. How it breaks some. Especially AJ, Meadow, and Carm. Just use it as an excuse to bring Furio back to be with Carm, the two of them choosing to leave the mob life behind and settle down in a modest home.

[@pksegrin]

Perfect setup for Meadow de facto becoming boss of the family akin to Annalisa in S2.

[@blackestboy6871]

@@TheOGSticks11 Silvio died though

[@PhilP8980]

One of my favorite moments on the show was when the light bulb finally came on for Melfi. She was either embracing the challenge of trying to cure him or she was blind to the fact that he was a horrible person. It was cathartic to see her finally let it go.

[@gabrielsandoval7331]

My theory is she was fascinated by his lifestyle. If you think about it, Tony was probably very different than her typical client. By the way she reacted when she ran into him at the restaurant it almost seems like she found something about him and his lifestyle attractive.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

@@gabrielsandoval7331This is definitely true and it makes her a more interesting character. Like how some criminal lawyers become fascinated by their clients.

[@winniecarlson5371]

That broke my heart, i didn’t want her to give up on him

[@shutup2751]

i think it was a good idea they didn't have a season 7 with Tony becoming an informer, would have gone totally against the flow of the show, better idea would have been another guy on the show getting a spin off series like Albert Barese like Albert Barese

[@gustavusadolphus6097]

Well he shouldnt go into the unkown not knowing.

[@rahatahmed6188]

True but it would’ve been hilarious if they made it into a sitcom style season where we see Tony just living like a normal man.

[@theramplocal]

Everybody loves tony! Tony and Benny fazio have to be roommates. Top comedy

[@zxylo786]

Or maybe it would've been a Season 6 of House of Cards with Tony dying off screen. Saying that he died on the vine or some shit.

[@glennmellaerts1831]

Tony would definitely flip if AJ or Meadow was in danger, "fuck that honor and loyalty bullshit "

[@SamBrickell]

*the first scene:* [after the lights come back on] "I hope that power outage didn't mess up the fryer temperature for anyone else's onion rings; these are delicious."

[@andrewlloydpeterson]

Genius

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

This guy’s more creative than Spielberg.

[@travisedwardmiller]

Besht in the shtate far as I'm concerned

[@glowing571]

Season 7: Phil haunting Paulie Phil's ghost in the corner of the room: "20 years in the grave" Paulie throws a chair: "Fvcken q***rs"

[@JRMAV1]

Sounds like black magic 😂

[@theaccount2025]

You know I remember it wasn’t long ago when season seven used to wait in the car and as far as I’m concerned, it should still be there!

[@Autarky-b3t]

I never had a problem with Cineranter's old intro description of The Sopranos. To me it was beautiful. Rubenesque.

[@drewpowers7236]

David Chase sent us into the unknown not knowing

[@westnile21]

There are known known and known unknowns but there are also unknown unknowns.

[@zhoutorres2677]

David Chase sent us into the unknown not knowing...

[@smtandearthboundsuck8400]

Can you imagine that? You get sent into the unknown not knowing?

[@zhoutorres2677]

@@smtandearthboundsuck8400 Can you imagine that? You get sent into the unknown not knowing?

[@PYRO-ON]

“Make a move against Tony’s Fat A$$? No way! I dunno what to tell ya !”

[@chrischancellor7372]

Love the idea of Tony as an older man coming out of prison and having to adapt to a new world and order a la Feech.

[@tatata1543]

Tony would have realised his dream of becoming a varsity athlete.

[@PodyTheCirate]

“…Now that James Gandolfini is dead…” why did that still hit me in the gut lol

[@braino64]

to be honest nobody got over Jim's death to this day, such a great and kind actor according to many people. Unfortunately this is how fate happens sometimes.

[@remycallie]

@@braino64 Fate and the fact that he was massively overweight and abused drugs. He was only 51.

[@Marksman_12]

May he be at peace

[@walmartian422]

He looked so sad and tired in “Killing Them Softly” like a shell of his former self.

[@ResistanceQuest]

So I guess if AJ gets killed in the diner, that means the super bowl commercial is Meadow's dream sequence of driving to NJ and meeting with him

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Died on da vine

[@willleon9165]

That advert gave lot of weight to theory him and Carmella were also killed😮

[@hexagonproductions2019]

Love how people take a car commercial like it’s cannon.😂

[@YBM2007]

Nobody got clipped in the diner

[@willleon9165]

@@YBM2007 whilst JG was alive but post his death chase has been leaning towards him getting smoked and family 🤣🤣

[@caryr.7089]

Many Saints died on the vine.

[@lean.2366]

Died on the vine

[@KRS2000]

The movie...flopped, or something.

[@Nsdus5676]

@@caryr.7089 I don’t wanna hear bout the Fuckin economy either!

[@Kanfachan]

It should have been a series

[@sasha8664]

Died on the vine

[@revingtosh]

A seventh series would have been sacred and propane.

[@PYRO-ON]

Ayy How ya doin? Ya getting enough to eat my friend? CALL THE FKN LAWYAAA!!

[@toby099]

That’s very allegorical

[@robertlee4172]

The cornuto would have featured prominently in those additional episodes.

[@jamessnedeker4799]

Waste management and waste management accessories, I'll tell you hwat.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

And by “propane” you mean it would have been “King of the Hill”?

[@themastercay2402]

“New York swallows up Jersey like Ginny Sack on a chocolate binge 🍫” you sir are #1 on Johnny Sack’s hit list with these insults ☠️😂

[@AffectedArea]

I want you to sanction a hit on Ralph Cineranter.

[@jasonbebber2416]

I like the wheelchair idea. Maybe Tony turns into a shopping cart 🛒. Pauly gets someone to build a ramp….

[@Capgpro1]

😊

[@illwitness]

HAHHAHA, oh my god. I live in Vietnam and I'm already in bed at 8pm watching this and came across this comment,.... GOLD.

[@TupDigital]

....and some drives a Lionel up in theah

[@TupDigital]

Followed of course by someone.....driving a Lionel up in theah.

[@yungsodaman]

Tony going to court and being put on trial, rico was foreshadowed the whole show.

[@petryz]

Rico was his cousin

[@whatsgoingon07]

The 7th season would’ve probably covered the full biography of that black guy who stole meadows bike

[@mr.sleepster4535]

Lmao

[@gfunkmadness]

Her boyfriend Noel??

[@ivankuzin8388]

If they wanted to make a show with a lot of black characters, they could make a crossover season with The Wire :D

[@PolynesianPrince97]

The fundamental question is will a 7th sopranos season be as effective as the previous seasons. It will be but until it’s made it’s going to be hard to verify that it will be as effective.

[@pmmlordraven]

100% Tony's arrest at the end of s6. First half of 7 is him awaiting trial and struggling to hold it together, he gets incarcerated second half. Meadow and Paulie trying to hold it together second half. At the end he gets out, but Meadow is full in, AJ is working schemes with film crews. Tony realizing they're on the path as him. His ducks will never be safe. He has corrupted everything around him.

[@RealRagnar816]

Meadow doesn’t seem like the type that would suddenly be involved in a murdering robbing crime family lmao 🤣

[@zhoutorres2677]

More creative than Spielberg

[@fucuszullanti7877]

I was thinking tony buys a ice cream parlor and employs his two kids, they live happily ever after in Coney Island

[@pmmlordraven]

@@RealRagnar816 not involved in that aspect, but Tony's legal issues and finances. And keep Carmela's spending under control while Paulie simultaneously has to handle the crew

[@marcel4002]

HBO dropped the ball on Soprano's. With Many Saints, they had the cast for a future series or movie for a deeper origin story.

[@toby099]

HBO execs are kinda dumb. They screwed up Rome as well and let the game of thrones creators completely destroy the show

[@DBCooper01]

That film had so much potential

[@Lukecash2]

⁠@@toby099. On Rome, BBC backed out of the deal, as the ratings were lousy for them. So they wrapped up the story quickly. I don’t blame Game of Thrones show runners, I blame George R.R. Martin. They followed his notes. The guy has had decades to finish this thing. As for Many Saints: I liked it. The fact the “real” story is not the same at what was said in the Sopranos. I’m old enough to hear several versions of an event: none of them match. And none of them matched my memory.

[@chrisfreimiller4878]

HBO seems to do that with every series once they get the fans hooked they stop putting effort in to them

[@petebondurant58]

@Lukecash2 Many Saints s a steaming pile of sh*t.

[@Mike_MFn_Jones]

Lillyhammer was close to a spinoff of Silvio "as if" he went into the witness protection program.

[@WhitexFeatherx]

There’s a few nods to the sopranos in the show One being a moment where the main character (Silvio) is being driven by an employee and the sopranos theme song is on the radio and he just laughs and says turn that off

[@rojhasan548]

Some have said the whole show is Silvios coma dreams...I actually like that theory

[@ivankuzin8388]

@@rojhasan548 I always imagined it as real Silvio, who woke up from coma and seeing that Tony's dead and NJ is all but taken over by NY families, decided to run and hide in a last place anybody would search for a mafioso :)

[@juanramirez-wk8ty]

I think I would have liked to have seen a follow-up show detailing the life of the family after Tony is killed. Maybe A.J. was also badly injured and spent a long time recovering which of course left him permanently disabled in some way leaving him in the care of Carmella. At the same time, Meadow marries that mob son lawyer and is in that way still in some ways caught up in what goes on in the criminal underworld. What if the sequel show also depicted the prequel story of young Tony (played by Gandolfini's son of course) showing us his and Carmella's early days

[@Capgpro1]

I'd watch that.

[@HOTD108_]

We did get a seventh season. It was called Season 6B.

[@Commie_Safari1979]

Frankly I'm depressed and ashamed we didn't get a seventh season

[@varrick1226]

Ashamed? That's an interesting feeling.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

If a TV show can do that to you, you need psychiatric help.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

considering how the quality of shows drop off with every season its crazy how well Sopranos lasted EDIT: 'quality of shows' meant most Series, not Sopranos

[@bdr113080]

That’s the thing about sopranos that was different than a lot of other shows I’m not saying the first couple seasons were bad by any means at all, I thought they were great, but I don’t think the show really found its true identity until the third season. I thought, after that these seasons just kept getting better and better. And you can tell when you rewatch it like some of the stuff they were doing in the first two seasons, even the music section they were kind of just following the gangster movie blueprint. Some of those songs were songs we had heard in classic gangster movies. I felt like the characters were portraying characters in other films. by the time you get to the third season, I don’t think they’re borrowing from anybody. It’s made it seem more real.

[@basedbane787]

​@@bdr113080I agree season one seems like a different show

[@barksdalebell000]

L take, season 6B is peak television

[@basedbane787]

@@barksdalebell000 honestly I think it being current day was the main draw. If they got good young actors and did it again I think they'd have another hit show

[@stephencronin1080]

​@@basedbane787 season 1 is a comedy

[@pumas2342]

imagine an entire season of the soprano family in the witness protection with tony as a vacum cleaner seller

[@PYRO-ON]

Any Jibaneen in his family would be selling patio furniture on rt. 22.

[@DjDown1984]

Vacuum cleaner salesman who helps Walter white??

[@ObviousArtists]

They toyed with that....when Tony and Paulie drove to Florida in the red mini van.....going to ground they call it...

[@bluecollarlit]

Like Ray Liotta at the end of Goodfellas... unable to get good "gravy" for his pasta.

[@bradw2020]

Tony being in court and prison and trying to control his disintegrating crime family from prison would be a good idea imo

[@PYRO-ON]

Who the fk does CINERANTER think he is?!?!? Sir Waltahh Raleigh?!?!!

[@Pedro91795]

Little Lord Fuckpants!

[@The_Hussar]

3:12 Ооооh, it's the boss of the family you are talking about ovah here!

[@antonp2759]

This CineRanter is more creative than Spielberg..

[@collette3428]

I'd like to have seen a season where we see how desperate Tony gets to try and stay out of jail. Will he turn rat? Will he sell out Paulie? Maybe he finds out that they're going after Silvio, and he pulls the plug to save him from the life in the can (20 years, not a peep). And at the end he ends up getting sold out himself. Also there's no way that New York wouldn't put a hit out on him given him and Paulie are the "survivors" from the deal.

[@Productions-we2mo]

That would be interesting, he puts the whole thing on Silvio - selling out the guy who was loyal to the end.

[@toby099]

Tony would rat very quickly if they gave him a good deal, which they probably would if he provided info on the bigger fish of New York.

[@DBCooper01]

​@@toby099Yeah no way Tony is giving up his slippers and cigars

[@vaxes]

Okay here we go, I hadn't thought of this until you posted this video. I like your idea starting with a fade up to the outside of the diner. You see two flashes of light, gun shots. Cut into the diner and Tony is fighting with the Man in Members Only Jacket. Tony is clipped but AJ has been shot dead. In the hospital the FBI offers him one last chance flip and save his and his families lives. Tony is again dismissive of them, after they leave Carmella tells him what if that was Meadow, this is the catalyst for Tony to change his mind. But Tony doesn't want to just flip, he want's to get revenge so he agrees to flip for the FBI on the condition he can keep working. He will get them further into the mob then they have ever been, a boss informant. It's a offer too tempting to turn down. The season would be Tony working with the FBI Black Mass style in an effort to get revenge on who ordered his hit and killed his son. It would be cat and mouse as Tony uses the FBI and also tries to avoid being found out. At the end of the season there would be a big climax and Tony would abandon his family and go into witness protection.

[@ryansack5198]

A prequel showing old man dimeo’s last years and Jackie becoming boss/Richie and Tony b and feech before going away.. would be a cool show

[@XR_JT_Source]

I want a season that takes place now, years after the last events. You have the new mafia and some flashbacks or stories to fill the gaps. I think it would be interesting.

[@Capgpro1]

Yes.

[@DBCooper01]

Not after The Many Saints

[@raskolnikov7049]

The American mafia is pretty much dead. Unless you want a show about 60+ year old men in prison for life, there's really no way to make a show about contemporary mafia.

[@Antonio18677]

@@raskolnikov7049it still exists it’s just under the radar.

[@chrisfreimiller4878]

Hollywood isn't talented enough now to write it right they would destroy it

[@bigmac7920]

They could have done a “wrap up season 7” where the cut to black was Tony’s death and you witness how the family is handling it and then the downfall of the Jersey Crew. Obviously it’s too late to do that now, but it could have worked a few years after James died. It would of the put all the theories to bed and it be a true ending

[@brettjames1341]

It is a true ending, the show is about a guy who works for the mob, when the guy dies the show ended.

[@bigmac7920]

@@brettjames1341 I should of put “true ending” because you are right that it is Tony’s true ending since the show is about him. I meant true ending because people would have wanted to know what happened after the cut to black. So an ending to everyone else involved in the show

[@JoseAntonio-yq4oj]

Instead of The Many Saints of Newark, they should have done a prequel series with Michael Gandolfini, his scenes were the most funny and ironic in the movie, like the show

[@grapelund]

I would have loved to have a continuation of the Soprano universe . But I would have liked to have it from the New York perspective.

[@louishart6725]

Basically if you were to have made another season they would have turned one of the most iconic scenes in television history into a cheap cliff hanger.

[@markoutwithmark]

I love the dichotomy of these videos. They all begin with a show synopsis for those who aren’t familiar, which is followed by nonstop deep cut references and dialogue. 😂👍

[@Capgpro1]

I always thought the show could have continued without Tony. The aftermath...

[@PYRO-ON]

Any Jibaleen in his family would be selling patio furniture on rt. 22!

[@leyenda6149]

I would have liked to see a spin-off of AJ as a pron producer and/or centered around Meadow in a law firm transitioning as a mob queen

[@THEAdmiralXizor]

I still choose to believe that Tony didn't die at the end of the finale... I think Tony kills the Members Only guy (self defense, obviously) then lams it, and the seventh season is him on the run, negotiating a deal to testify while prepping go to Italy, where Furio waits to kill him... Final shot is of Silvio waking up, from his POV, with his wife looking down at him, smiling and crying, saying "welcome back"...

[@dskcgaming2109]

You know there's also the possibility that furio is somewhere out there in the wind too him and Tony did not end off exactly best friends

[@gregthegroove]

I’ve seen an interview with David Chase and actually Vincent Pastore where he says that right around the time when James died, maybe a year or so before that, he met with David Chase and David asked him if James was “ready” to get back to work as Tony. They planned a full length film to tie up the Sopranos in a better bow for the fans. James agreed and told David one condition…. Vinny would be brought back somehow as Pussy. They were going to maybe do a coma dream scenario with Pussy and Tony would come back from Holstens close and David agreed. James passed away and never came to fruition so David did Saints. IMO, Michael Gandolfini would be perfect for a full prequel series for HBO today. The cast was damn good for Saints, so I think it would be a strong cast.

[@riverplate0101]

Even a 2 part cable only sequel of Paulie being the last man standing becoming the big gini in Jersey and doing business with Butchie being the new king of new york

[@Waylon_Willie27]

The ending is of course up for interpretation but It seems obvious that Tony got popped in the back of the head by the members only jacket guy after he went to the bathroom. It’s a god father reference and really the best death for Tony cause he died like a gangster. The fade to black is Tony’s conscious ceasing to exist.

[@DevDreCW]

Sil wakes up from his coma, everyone's dead. HE GOES ON A MURDER SPREE and destroys all of New York, the end.

[@hamzahamd2165]

Imagine if sil would wake an aj would man up😂 ,they take revenge.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

I think it could work if it's done in the style and tone of the present-day, black-and-white Better Call Saul scenes, showing the aftermath and karmic retribution for the characters years later.

[@nite2332]

In my Season 7 of "The Sopranos" (theoretically assuming James Gandolfini didn't die in real life), S7 would not have happened immediately after Season 6. It would have been filmed now, almost 20 years later. It opens with a black screen fading to color, showing Tony being led out of prison after 20 years. He never ratted or spoke. Carmela picks him up. Paulie is dead, most of the Soprano/DeMeo crew has evaporated. Sil never woke from his coma and died. The Russians and Mexicans now run crime in Jersey. Tony faces a decision: reform a crew to take back what was his, or fade away. Carmela lives in a condo near the beach, sells some houses, and does some speculative real estate but isn't rich. Meadow is a married attorney with children, and AJ has a drug problem and doesn't do much with his life. Tony went away because of Carlo's testimony. Almost everyone he knew is either dead, in jail, or in witness protection. Benny Fazio is still around, as is Walden. The first thing Tony does is go to Italy to bring back some hitters. The second is assembling his new crew and starting recon on the new players. The third thing he does is work with his former Russian friends who don't like the new Russians who have taken over. The old Russians were never big on muscle but excelled in money management. They preferred Tony at the top over the Mexicans and new Russians. Also, Agent Harris is back as the SAC of New Jersey and has a soft spot for Tony. He hates the new criminals and longs for the olden days, the Sopranos' golden days.

[@papawuise6820]

I think a prequel show would be neat. Have it be set in the 1980s where we see Tony getting made, more of Tony B and the night he was arrested, the end of Johnny Soprano’s life, early days of Tony and Carmela’s relationship, Christopher as a young child, etc. I know it is usually frowned upon to beat a dead horse and drag a show beyond it’s prime rather than letting it end, but it feels like there is still story to be told and much topics to cover. A lot of things were very open ended and didn’t feel like everything was wrapped up. I think a prequel show wouldn’t hurt in all honesty. Maybe the ending could be the birth of Tony’s children.

[@casperislamicus]

Rumour has it that David Chase created the infant boy character Billy Leotardo so that there can be enough seasons for us to see him grow into a teenager. But...that Animal Blundetto ruined that.

[@mitchelltheawesome1]

Season 7 would have been pretty difficult with so many main players killed off in season 6.

[@paulkenny105]

Tony turns rat and goes into witness protection

[@Marc_186]

I always thought it would be cool if they did some kind of "season 7" it could be in a documentary format? Like some kind of true crime mini series deal where whoever's left of the cast gets interviewed and tells the story of how everything ties up?

[@DjDown1984]

My estimation of series 7, as a theory, just fuckin plummeted

[@Hitman61547]

Meadow dying in the diner is probably the only thing that makes sense to continue it. They never fully explored the danger his family was in and Meadow was presented as his guardian angel so Season 7 would be watching his complete descent. Which is a scary thought considering where he is at the end of season six.

[@Jasel71]

I would have loved to have seen a type of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" sort of thing happen. The entire 7th season could've been Tony avoiding the hit and then go on to have his life get great and fix all his family and get out of trouble and then the last screen we hear Journey start playing and it flashes scenes of what really happened and Tony is dying on the for with the family there... That what I see in my head.

[@MisterGolda]

Great video CR! Interesting takes. Keep up the good work!

[@WifeWantsAWizard]

The AJ thing is a good idea because in real life the actor who played AJ retired from acting the day after the Sopranos wrapped so it is possible he was already out of a possible "Season 7" to begin with. The other thing to consider is that the Sopranos is loosely based on the DeCavalcante mob family and the same year the Sopranos ended the head of the family stepped down. If AJ dies, you could have a Tony where he loses heart but becomes a new "Little Carmine Jr." character helping Paulie step up. A "happy ending" could also be Tony and Carmela moving to Miami after he somehow finds a way to earn her forgiveness.

[@toby099]

Small hands, that was his problem

[@BenjaminNixon]

I really like your ideas. It's fun to imagine what if. Also, I recall reading somewhere that the first cut of the final episode didn't even end with the blackout, but with tony raking leaves. It's possible if we were gonna get another season we wouldn't have had the black out, and thus wouldn't have had to work around it. Chase created such a fascinating world full of colorful characters, I've wondered about if instead of a season 7, we got a totally new show that took place in NJ following Tony's death. Maybe a show following a young nobody trying to get a foothold in the NJ mafia, a bit like Goodfellas but the series format would let us go in depth into the story.

[@ShaunHopkinsAVFC]

“Benny is getting beaten up by someone again.” Why you gotta do the criminal mastermind that way? 😂

[@gregmartin114]

Tony survives an assassination attempt at the diner. Then decides to retire, and sells patio furniture on route 23. Each week he has new customers and he gets involved with their lives. He sells them some Adirondack chairs, then he helps them get out of jam.

[@crabwilde]

AJ and meadow season. AJ righting his wrongs and actually getting revenge. meadow taking his case. Carmela with vic musto. Patsy as surrogate dad. Silvio awakes in penultimate episode. AJ busts case and him and Silvio go on a new york rampage. Season ends with AJ getting out his car saying "I came here to kick ass and eat ziti, and I'm all out of fucking ziti"

[@rupertsmith5815]

Great screenplay Christopher !

[@renzonaupari6058]

Excellent ANALYSIS AND explanation THANK YOU

[@thisismyyoutubecommentacco6302]

Your season 8 flash forward idea would basically be Tulsa King. I kind of like the idea of Tony becoming an informant in Season 7. Let's say the Assassin shoots and misses, and Tony escapes like he did when Junior sent guys after him. However, Agent Harris comes to him and explains that: 1) His Capos were all rats. 2) His family is falling apart. 3) If he doesn't cooperate, New York is going to kill him. 4) If he does cooperate, he can continue to be the leader of Jersey, while helping the feds take down the New York families. Season 7 would have Tony struggling with his new role of Paper Boss, in charge of the family but trying to balance his cooperation with his own criminal activities, similar to what Big P had to go through but at the boss level. In the end Tony is put into WitSec along with his family and they have to leave Jersey forever.

[@tommynumbaiii9460]

They can still make more episodes with Will Sasso as Tony Soprano

[@_ii_i]

Paulie becomes boss

[@brawlergaming666]

Not going to lie, I would never give a video like this the time of day but I love your Sopranos content so I was genuinely intrigued lol

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

Meadow being a criminal prosecutor unraveling who killed tony in her spare time would be interesting. Eat lunch meats and starring at a spider web of evidence in her basement.

[@J.Webber]

Every time you say explore I’m thinking of the sopranos skit where he says “explore this” 😂

[@_ii_i]

Aj becomes a gangster

[@ibonchen]

Benny Fazio Criminal Mastermind

[@jameslyddall]

Sopranos and Star Trek enterprise are two series I’ve always wanted another of

[@ivanheernaandez]

I imagine season 7 starting with the shadow of a man walking out of a diner, lighting a cigar, then the camera pans on Tony as he's smiling with a cigar. Too bad we'll never get it, may James Gandolfini rest in peace. ❤

[@rupertsmith5815]

that would've been bad it would've ruined the ending and just turn it into a silly cliffhanger

[@LostInBoston617]

Meadow having something happen to her that turns her cold as ice like her father and becoming a trusted confidant or even his secret consigliere to replace Sil, becoming a truly sadistic, calculating, and highly trusted voice in his ear, allowing him to have a certain clarity that he never had before and waging war on any enemies or adversaries he has had in the past… That’s been something I’ve always wanted to see.

[@robertbusek30]

Turn her into Connie from Godfather Part 3? I like it! Though I think it might work better in a “Sopranos: The Next Generation” approach…

[@LostInBoston617]

@@robertbusek30Exactly

[@XtotheK]

I like the idea of her coming full circle and joining the mob family in an outside advisor role of some description. But I could never see her becoming the sort of ice cold mob bitch that your describing, that's just too much of a stretch. She would enjoy the perks of association though, for sure.

[@odeleon24]

5:20 whatever happened there!!!!!

[@danjones2164]

I think the little spat with The Vipers could have been interesting explored.

[@thewolfetones]

Great video

[@_ii_i]

What if you put all of these plot ideas together

[@seanodonohue1326]

It's a moot point. It was his end. If they were to make a 7th season the cut to black could have been him being arrested by the FBI as one of his top capos has flipped. Another thing could be to watch Tony get killed and then watch his entrance into the afterlife. They always deal with the unconscious on this show, dream sequences and metaphysical questions and themes. A long dream sequence, a life review where Tony is presented with an inventory of his life, the good and bad, although the bad far outweighs the good. He would also feel the pain he gave to others. If you read testimonies from people who had near death experiences they often talk about such experiences. It would be very difficult to write such a show but I feel it could be interesting if done right and creatively.

[@pokerfacetv4644]

What if Meadow was killed? The fade to black could be from her point of view. Just like in the Godfather 3.

[@rupertsmith5815]

that is actually a good theory ! I still think Tony died as she was far away from the line of fire but I would've honestly loved that ending , the entire scene is building up Tony death scene and at the last minute meadow sits down and is accidentally shot and the final scene is Tony looking over his dead daughter body realising that is entire life of crime all it accomplished was getting his daughter killed. If it had ended like that it wouldn't have bothered me

[@pokerfacetv4644]

@@rupertsmith5815 That would have been an interesting start to a potential Season 7.

[@thomasrose5072]

Please let Carmella catch the bullet, but it was Furio that organized the hit from Italy. And now Furio has to deal with being responsible for his true love's death. And the show starts following Furio coming to Jersey again in order to finish Tony off and eventually becoming the boss.

[@gilbertgutierrez5560]

You could see how the coming crime trail of Tony and see AJ try to be the boss of the family

[@efeezy7770]

Funny thing is we did get 7 seasons they just called it 6b hbo didn’t wanna give the cast a raise thats why it was 6B instead of season seven that’s from Chase himself

[@slightrebellionoffmadison]

I’d go full supernatural - Tony wandering through Hell ala Dante’s Inferno. It would the Test Dream crossed with Tony’s Purgatory storyline.

[@rocksoliddude1]

Season 7 wouldn't have had Tony as he died end of Season 6. Would have been Paulie running things.

[@takenallbets7255]

Season 7 could of started with Tony dead and Paulie being sworn in to take his place.

[@lilfairycupcake]

a young reviewer once made the comment, any more than 5 seasons is a waste. i agree with him.

[@_ii_i]

Paulie becomes the godfather to meadow's kid

[@leonardbari3054]

One more season filled with Little Carmine content...

[@robertbusek30]

It would be sacred and propane.

[@daveythesearcher]

The idea is deadly but I'm glad it ended when it did. I hope you're well sir 🤙🏼💯