Television Finally Watched the Sopranos

Law Talkin’ Guy said:
For years the Sopranos has been pretty high on my list of shows that I hadn’t seen but wanted to check out. It’s perpetually thrown around in the conversation concerning GOAT tv drama, along with the likes of Breaking Bad, the Wire and a few others, but I just never got around to trying to find the time for it.

Well, that finally changed in mid-November as my wife and I started watching it, with us finishing season 6 last week. And I have to say, it exceeded my expectations. I’d put it right up with the Wire and Better Call Saul as my personal “holy trinity” of GOAT drama tv shows. The characters are all so memorable and both well written and acted. Tony especially is such a miserable piece of shit but at the same time extremely charismatic such that I simultaneously loved and hated him. Horrible husband, horrible father, horrible friend, yet you still route for him constantly.

What a great show. 10/10
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You lucky, lucky bastard. I'd love to watch it again for the first time. Perfect show.
 
method115 said:
I've watched it 3 times over my life and I love the shit out of that show.

The Wire is one that I missed out on and people praise. I personally wish I would have never wasted my time on that show. Season 1 was the only good season and after that it fell off so hard. Season 2 is so bad I don't even understand how people can consider that show the GOAT.

The gang bangers in the rest of the seasons are boring and have no personality. Then you have the unkillable gay thug who everyone is so afraid of. Omar's character took a serious show and made it comical. When I saw crack dealers just throwing the crack out the window because they were so scared of Omar I almost stopped right there. I was almost done with it so I just finished it.
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I've seen it 3 times too, someone sent me a PM the other day of Tony being a dick and Carm building a house out of shoddy materials and I don't remember it so I guess I'm in for round 4 at some point, it's been probably 10 years since I saw it last.
 
rivera said:
Fantastic show, I also just recently finally watched it 2 years ago. Season 3 was my favorite.

I think Wire is clearly better, and I would personally place Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul both above it… but it’s right there. I actually think most of the final season was a massive drag - but the last several episodes were some of the strongest of the show.

It’s already mentioned in this thread but the three main antagonists were so well done. Richie, Ralph and Phil stole every scene they were in.
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You're forgetting the big bad of the antagonists, Janice
 
fingercuffs said:
I've seen it 3 times too, someone sent me a PM the other day of Tony being a dick and Carm building a house out of shoddy materials and I don't remember it so I guess I'm in for round 4 at some point, it's been probably 10 years since I saw it last.
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I watched it about a year or two ago ago so it will be a while for me but I’ll eventually get to #4.
 
TheChance said:
They made it very clear he did time
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I love the show. It's like 86 amazing movies. And the endings are still the best. My favorite scene of the series is


But even the less impactful episodes and closers are still amazing, like this




Ultimately, I'm really just glad that there's one more person who has seen this scene.





And I have no doubt at all that he dies in the end.
 
Law Talkin’ Guy said:
For years the Sopranos has been pretty high on my list of shows that I hadn’t seen but wanted to check out. It’s perpetually thrown around in the conversation concerning GOAT tv drama, along with the likes of Breaking Bad, the Wire and a few others, but I just never got around to trying to find the time for it.

Well, that finally changed in mid-November as my wife and I started watching it, with us finishing season 6 last week. And I have to say, it exceeded my expectations. I’d put it right up with the Wire and Better Call Saul as my personal “holy trinity” of GOAT drama tv shows. The characters are all so memorable and both well written and acted. Tony especially is such a miserable piece of shit but at the same time extremely charismatic such that I simultaneously loved and hated him. Horrible husband, horrible father, horrible friend, yet you still route for him constantly.

What a great show. 10/10
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well that seals it for me as i have had it on my list for years now and just not go to it. Same with West Wing which i am just starting this weekend.

The Wire and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are all top shows for me too, so your opinion here seals the deal for me.
 
ChosenOne said:
well that seals it for me as i have had it on my list for years now and just not go to it. Same with West Wing which i am just starting this weekend.

The Wire and Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are all top shows for me too, so your opinion here seals the deal for me.
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Good stuff, hopefully you can check it out soon. You should report back afterwards with your personal thoughts.
 
Is there a better serialized mob TV show from that era? I would say Sopranos is far from perfect but the show is great. The whole cast is world class. They bring a lot of character, world building and memories to the show
 
HBO killed it back in the day. Wire, Rome, Sopranos, maybe Oz can be up there.
 
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Krimzon said:
Sopranos was great. I remember feeling like it had a bunch of fillers, which in the age of Breaking Bad/GOT, kinda stood out like a sore thumb. I really wanted the crazy freezing Russian solider to come back..but alas
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I like it better that the guy never got found.

Thats one of the GOATed self contained episodes of all time
 
sanguinius said:
HBO killed it back in the day. Wire, Rome, Sopranos, maybe Oz can be up there.
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Rome i only watched fairly recently but GOD I fucking LOVED it.


When I finished it, I found out that Ray Stevenson had passed, and I was so fuckin GODDAMNED upset.
 
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TheChance said:
You're forgetting the big bad of the antagonists, Janice
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rivera said:
Nahh lol, but I did forget the best antagonist - Livia. She was nothing short of phenomenal.
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Came here specifically to mention these two. Both were right up there with Cersei and Joffrey Lannister-level despised characters at the time. Tony never had a fucking chance growing up, lmao.

Even throughout its run, the cameos and bit-roles were well-done. Sopranos that was one of those rare shows that was firing on all cylinders.
 
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