by Josh Wigler 21 mins ago
SPOILER ALERT: We’re about to talk about a lot of different television shows, and how they ended. And we’re starting right away with “The Sopranos.”
In case you missed it, a story made the rounds yesterday about David Chase finally explaining the ending of “The Sopranos.” Apparently, he told a reporter that Tony Sopranos did not die when the final scene of “Made in America” cut to black.
Except, that’s not really true at all.
Chase’s representatives released a statement clarifying that Chase’s comments were taken out of context, and that the “Sopranos” creator maintains that the HBO mob drama’s ending remains up for interpretation.
So, did Tony Soprano die? Is he still alive? Is he in a diner called Purgatory, forced to eat onion rings forever and ever, under the pseudonym Kevin Finnerty? Who can say? “The Sopranos” ended with a hard shadow of doubt, leaving its fans to cast light on their own conclusions.
It remains one of the most controversial endings in television history, thanks to its glorious ambiguity. But ambiguity is the name of the game when it comes to series finales. Here are seven other TV endings that left viewers with just as many questions as answers.
1. “Battlestar Galactica”
In many ways, it’s a concrete finale: The fleet finds Earth, settles down, kickstarts human evolution, leading to the world we know and live in today. But the big question it refused to answer: the mysterious resurrection of Kara Thrace.
Was she a secret Cylon? Was she a “guardian ...
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