If you weren’t keeping up with the series when it was on, The Sopranos is one of your top must see tv and movie downloads. It’s too bad to miss out on the fun of watching a show as it’s going, as they actually had betting pools and who would get whacked, but better late than never.

The show isn’t just about gangsters, it’s about human beings who happen to be gangsters. It’s about family, and it’s about the fact that life is very difficult, confusing and unpredictable. The title refers both to the Soprano crime family, and to Tony Soprano’s immediate family: His wife, his son, and his daughter.

Unlike most gangster stories, it’s not really about who’s gonna get whacked or not, it’s about the fact that the people killing and being killed are real human beings. More importantly, it’s about life in general, and the things that happen to Tony throughout these six seasons have, in some shape or other, happened to all of us at one point in time.

Each season only brings more problems for the characters, just as every year brings more responsibilities into your lap.

You’ve heard about the ending. If you haven’t, we’ll try not to spoil it, but the whole idea of arguing about what it means is sort of behind the point. Life is full of worries and fears and problems, but it just keeps going, there’s no finish line, you just try to do the best you can from day to day.

The show was a revolution for fictional television, which had been growing stale in light of the unpredictability and realism of reality TV. So David Chase came up with a concept that would mix that with the stronger storytelling of fictional shows. The end result led to similar shows like LOST and House M. D., which put real characters into the show in place of the cliche, stock characters of the wacky neighbors and best friends.

As you watch each episode, remember that, just as in life, the show is full of unanswered questions. Things are never easy to figure out and you never have the whole picture. The show is confusing because life is confusing. Just appreciate it for the characters and the comment it makes on life.

If there’s a moral to the story that The Sopranos tells, it’s this: Life is hard to figure out, but tomorrow’s another day. It’s really interesting that, while the specifics may be different, you will see your own life reflected in Tony’s more so than you will in most movies or shows where the lead characters have more conventional jobs. That’s really the mark of incredible storytelling. If you liked The Cosby Show, The Sopranos deals with, essentially, the same sort of emotional territory.

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