The Sopranos

By quite a long way, the best show I have ever watched.

It seems almost every show has mimicked it. Obviously Breaking Bad, obviously Mad Men. I even think Orange is the New Black, certain anime, and many – if not most – artful shows have drawn inspiration from The Sopranos.

Please watch it.

 

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In the last episode, watching Meadow park and wondering if her parallel parking time is measuring the seconds the Soprano family has left to live, I have never felt as tense or as anxious. I have never felt so deeply, instantly, as sympathetic for two characters which had so profoundly lost my sympathy. I had tears in my eyes even as I tried to chit-chat and predict what might happen, on-screen.

Truly an amazing series.