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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Not sure if they are even building up to anything outwardly major... looks to me like the rest will be an internal struggle within Tony.
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Actually, I disagree as I saw it in a completely different way.
I think throughout the entire life of The Sopranos, we've been presented with a Tony Soprano who, although bad, always seemed to have remorse for his actions. We saw him constantly struggle with living with his actions time and time again.
But this episode was a little different and the ending, IMO is Tony finally putting to rest his internal struggles with the fear that he was going to be "punished" some time for his actions.
In the casino, we're given further indication of this when Tony throws his money on roulette and wins. And then wins again. And again. He says something like, "I killed him", and is so happy with the realization that there is no karma and he will not be punished for his actions, that he is thrown back on to the floor in a heap of laughter.
And then of course, in the end, when he screamed "I get it!" at the skies, it really sealed the deal in my eyes that Tony finally does "get it". Karma doesn't exist. There's no "higher being" watching him and punishing him for his crimes. I could be totally out to lunch here, but I bet Tony comes back for the remainder of the series even more ruthless than ever before.
He takes New York out and any one else he feels like taking out.