I don't agree at all, I think that is the exact ending he wanted. As most of us were watching it, we kept speculating what was about to happen in our minds (Was the guy with the camouflage hat was going to kill him? Was the FBI going to come in and arrest him? Who was the guy at the counter was it someone pissed about Phil's death?, was Meadow in trouble?, oh %#%$ Meadow is going to get run over! Why is that strange counter dude going to the bathroom?). When in reality, nothing happened. We're supposed to be peering into the life of a mobster family man, and that's exactly what peering into someone's life like that would be like...we the audience see trouble at every corner, when in fact the characters are just eating a normal meal and enjoying onion rings.

The major plotholes were all answered in Chasian fashion. Anthony Jr. became a semi-success, and was driving an M-3, Treo on the dashboard, the exact person he would've hated just a few weeks earlier during his depression. Meadow is getting married to a lawyer and becoming a lawyer herself only to soon find out that her Dad is going to be indicted. Tony is out of the woods with New York and gets to deal with the person he's wanted to deal with from the get go...Little Carmine...and now he's right back into the woods with the Feds, the exact people who just helped him with New York. Janice is still the same useless money grubbing sack of lard. Walnuts finally becomes the number two but still pretty much isn't happy with his life.

I dunno, I loved it. I had a feeling everyone would come on here being like OH WE WERE GYPED THAT ENDING SUCKED. But no matter what ending occured, you would've hated it. So why think up some superending when no possible ending could encapsulate or do justice to the greatest show on TV? It's ultimately about Tony's family, which is why the opening montage has him ending up at his house. And that's the way it ended, with his family.

I have to respectfully disagree with Arkane...

The ending was a complete and utter disappointment. Instead of filling the finale with meaningful moments, we were subjected to more of the same silly things that have plagued this entire season. While the business with the cat staring at Christopher's picture was funny, it lead nowhere. What was with AJ's sudden turnaround? We've watched him whine and moan this entire season about the world and its atrocities only to have him revert to the same old thing in the finale. What was the deal with Meadow and the endless parallel parking scene?

It was just a complete waste of time and effort and I'm highly disappointed. They had to know that no one, or very few fans, were going to be pleased with the way the series ended, especially after the high benchmark the previous episode set.

Who eats onion rings that way? My husband said it looked like they were taking communion....