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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
i see it as a cop out. Chase knew he couldn't make a perfect ending, one that all the fans would like, so instead he makes no ending at all. it didn't even feel like a series closing episode, just another episode among many. very weak
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But there is no "perfect ending"... that's always been the point to Chase's work.
Crime can pay, bad people do get away... sometimes, life just goes on. There's no Hollywood ending here. Life doesn't work that way, and that's what Chase wanted to make... a series that's true to life... that gets right into the psyche of this man, and shows him as a caring father, the product of an abusive family and a ruthless killer and criminal mastermind, all in one. This is too complicated of a show for a simple ending.
Plus, most endings desired would just be a rip off of another mobster movie:
Tony dies when all looks safe...(possibly from someone he trusted)... sounds like Carlito's Way
Tony dies in a blaze of glory... too much like Scarface
Tony retreats to the WPP... Goodfellas?
Tony gets arrested and ratted out... same as in Gotti (and in real life)
Tony wins, but at a great cost... Godfather 3?
Its all been done in these movies, so now, he's done something very different... he just ended it. Boom. Right in the middle of a scene. That's new for the genre.