Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. CST was Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Cavaliers and Spurs in San Antonio on ABC. Sunday night at that same time was also the much anticipated final episode of the veteran HBO series, The Sopranos.
When it came to choosing which to watch, it was not hard for me. Even though I had not watched many episodes of The Sopranos, I was quite interested and wanted to be involved in this final episode and find out what would become of Tony. I did occasionally flip back to the game since it was only one channel away, but I spent nearly 99% of the time on HBO. I was intrigued by the show and was a little dissapointed I had not watched any prior episodes leading up to the final one. I quickly found myself taking to the side of Tony, hoping that nothing would happen to him throughout the show.
As the top of the hour crept closer, I wondered what they would do and how they would do it, figuring it was inevidable. Once his wife said they were going out to dinner, I figured that would be it. The final scene just seemed quite mellow. Even though they showed the other patrons in the diner, and what looked like someone looking at Tony, it didn't seem to matter. As his daughter finishes parking her Lexus (should have gotten one that parallel parked automatically), and walks in the door, the screen goes black and the music that had been playing in the background throughout the entire diner scene stops.
This took me by surprise at first, I had thought that the channel had died, but when the credits came up in silence, I started to chuckle, knowing that was it and there would be no more.
I turned over to the NBA game on ABC and the Spurs were winning by 20 points in the 2nd quarter. It seemed as if the Cavaliers too were watching the Sopranos during the first half.
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