The relevant excerpts are cited below from “The Sopranos Sessions.” What’s amusing is that Chase doesn’t seem to realize he confirmed Tony’s death and when Seitz points out the admission, Chase, after a long pause, curses at both Seitz and Sepinwall, confirming that Chase is angry at himself, which suggests that he never had any intention of explicitly giving us the answer:Īlan: But you said you didn’t try to plan too far ahead. In the original version, Tony would be called to a meeting with Johnny Sack and the audience would be led to the believe that he was on his way to his death and, like the final version, the screen would cut to black before we saw Tony get killed. Update! 12/10/21: Chase finally confirms Tony’s death in a Hollywood Reporter interview!Īs was updated here in 2019, David Chase was interviewed by television bloggers Matt Zoller Seitz and Allan Sepinwall for their book “The Sopranos Sessions.” In it, David Chase, rather flippantly, refers to Holsten’s as a “death scene,” although it was originally conceived “slightly different” as more of a “straight” death scene. Please also see update below this paragraph regarding an accidental admission by Chase as well as Chase commenting about this very site in Brazil in 2013! Some other minor updates will be scattered throughout the rest of the site as well including new quotes from Chase refuting the “Tony is paranoid in the final scene” theory and Chase explaining the irrelevance that the audience is not aware of any known plot to kill Tony in the final scene.

These updates also include new comments from Chase to The Hollywood Reporter confirming Tony’s death and comments from Chase in the book “The Sopranos Sessions” discussing Chase’s original idea for Tony’s death at the at the end of series as well as new 2019 quotes from Chase from the publication “Deadline.” Most of the new material is contained to Part 1 Section B but please enjoy a new section called “The Bells of Holsten’s” (Part II section B) which analyzes extensive and fascinating discussions by Chase regarding the philosophical and thematic meaning behind those bells and the final scene. This also includes a mostly unknown Chase quote in 2007 that expresses his frustration with fans who do not understand that Tony was killed. Update: 12/10/21: MAJOR updates and revisions in Part 1 section B and C, including discussion and analysis of mostly unknown quotes from Chase from France in 2016 (including Chase explicitly debunking the “audience was whacked” theory), Brazil in 2013, and a 2016 Q&A with Chase in New York City. Read about praise for this blog from The New York Times, New Yorker Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, and Pulitzer Prize winner and former NY Times Chief Book Critic Michiko Kakutani

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