‘The Sopranos’: How James Gandolfini Would Have Written the Ending

The drama that never glorified mobsters, yet made us secretly long to be “made men” — or at least receive jewelry from them —The Sopranos — came to a close on HBO on June 10, 2007.

Through it’s six seasons and 86 episodes that spanned January 10, 1999, to June 10, 2007, the tension never eased. Each actor looked born to the part and the writing was poetry. Sure, it was profane and violent, yet even viewers who recoil from gore planned their Sundays around watching — DVRs be damned.