breaking up is hard to do (spoiler)

So that was it. That was the season finale. I suppose it could have been a long drawn out good-bye, you know the kind where everyone walks to the door but no one opens it so that everyone just stands in the foyer talking for another hour. Then someone opens the door & everyone moves out to the porch to continue the "goodbyes". Eventually everyone moves to the car still goodbye-ing, but then you do have to get in, start the engine, put it in reverse & leave, arm out the window waving, a couple honks as you drive away. It could have been a 3 or 4 week finale. Or maybe it was. Actually, if you think about it, it was a 9 week goodbye. Not bad, not bad. What more could I ask for? I mean, other than for the series to not end. Philly finally bought it, so that wraps up the NY b.s...kind of. It was quite an abrupt end to that particular episode though. I yelled b/c I thought my t.v. had quit working as it is wont to do the past year or so. But no. It was like someone closed a book. The story wasn't really over, just that the book was closed. G thought it was that the audience got whacked. "you just got whacked, life goes on for the Soprano family, but you're dead so you don't know what happens" theory. I suppose. But I think it leaves room for a possible reunion type episode or season on down the road. Possible. Can't imagine there being a movie as the rumor mill is suggesting. There is no way to encompass the essence of The Family in a two hour movie. It's a weekly thing. And it actually was a fitting finale. Nothing too over the top, just a little shock & horror & then the usual day to day stuff. (what, you didn't jump just a little when Philly got shot? And then you didn't squirm just a little & say "eeeeew" as the scene ended?) -sigh-I can't complain but I can -sigh-. And I can watch the series from the very beginning & look at it from a different angle. Which is sounding better all the time. Like a freshly wounded relationship, you keep reading the letters, the emails, reliving scenes in your head, looking for clues & insight. 'Cause I'm just not ready to admit that it's over.