What happened to Tony?

He was killed....

in fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or are just a fan of well developed well thought out plots that all tie together and have the memory of a champ to remember it all

the ending was simple, he got killed, but let me tell you why and
Explain in detail... There was 3 people in the room total who had a
Reason to kill Tony.....

the two black guys, they were paid before to kill Tony but he was only shot in the ear, this was in one of the earlier seasons,

also in the earlier seasons, the trucker who was sitting at the bar
stool, who the camera kept focusing in on, is Nicky Leotardo, Phil
Leotardos nephew, he was in one of the early season episodes where Phil and Tony have a sit down....

heres where the genius comes in....

When Tony's walking in the diner, you see the camera focus on him, then it switches to his perspective, and you see him looking at the booth he's gonna sit at...

then the camera switches back to Tony's face, then it once again
Switches to his perspective, and it shows him looking at the door and looking at the people come in..... Every time the door opens the Chimes sound....... Carmela walks in, Chimes, AJ walks in Chimes, this when Meadows parallel parking, still trying to get inside the restaurant....

at this point the camera switches back to the trucker who goes in the bathroom......

Then it goes to a scene where meadow finally parks and starts running in the diner....

The doors about to open, Tony looks up....

And No Chimes......................

No Music............

Everything just goes black...............

In one of the early episodes of the Sopranos, Tony's talking with Bobby about what it must feel like to die......

Bobby says "at the end, you probably don't hear anything, everything just goes black"

part of that was revisited in the second to last episode during the
Last seconds of it, when Tony's about to go to sleep and he flashes back to the memory of him and Bobby on the boat... "You probably don't hear anything everything just goes black"

So in the end, the Journey song don't stop believing was playing, the chimes on the door sounded but when Meadow came in, the guy in the trucker hat came out and killed Tony...

its the reason you didn't hear, or see anything when he died.... it was from his perspective.... and everything went black, then the credits rolled

So, there you go. Now you have it. I mean.......in case you were wondering that is. If not, why did you read this whole thing to the end?

Pass this along to all your Soprano watching friends who didn't get it......they'll thank you because I'm sure they are still talking about how bad the ending was. Now you can make their day and clear it all up for them.

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very thought out i have to admit i didnt read that much into it but if he is dead then how are the gonna make the movie ?

That theory was proved wrong on a few forums. Nice one though. Seems like it would make sense.

Thats not my thoery but its a damn good one, better then listening to how the ending sucked from most , I bet most did not know that was Phils nephew at the bar.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0141842/fullcredits#cast

there is no-one by that name referenced in the cast for the entire 9 yrs. He is listed in the credits as "Man in Members only Jacket in Diner."

"I feel the need to debunk the e-mail that's making the rounds about all the Holsten's patrons being characters from earlier in the series. The actor playing Member's Only guy had never been on the show before, Tony killed at least, one if not both of his carjackers"

thing is, it wasnt phil's nephew :(

David Chase said, you have to look for clues in the last episode.
Tony was under Grand Jury inditement, no one gets killed when the mob knows that, immediately the FBI begins a close watch and no hitman wants to be observed doing that.

Second Tony had already checked out everyone in the resturant, no one gave him concern.

The guy at the counter and the trucker where undercover FBI.
There was a couple more I can't remember.

Then the Journey song..........

Jeff

Interesting, good write up. The parts about the characters who were in episodes from earlier years does not carry much weight with this show. Here's why: Vito, who as you know was a key member of Tony's crew until he was off'ed, was on a very early episode of the Sopranos as a deli worker. He was in the scene when Christopher shot the guy in the Deli.

There is actually an article on cnn.com today outlining the same ending that inferno SRT8 describes.

Whether or not its true I dont know.

I actually didnt think that was Phil's nephew / brother. I honestly dont remember if the other guys are the car jackers.

Interesting ending.