Is Tony Dead?

So, while I’m catching up, let me do one final post about “The Sopranos” finale…

Is Tony dead? Yes, I believe that he is…

The website Tonyisdead.com presents the best evidence…

The jukebox contains a number of selections that Tony passes up, all of which could be chapters in his life.

Tony is very suspicious of everyone who walks in the door.

AJ provides the last quote, “remember the good times.”

A guy in a Members Only jacket appears at the counter and watches Tony. He then goes into the restroom, which pays homage to “The Godfather,” in which Michael Corleone goes to the restroom to retrieve a gun and then uses it in a hit.

Tony is distracted from watching the shooter by Meadow’s entrance.

We never saw it coming, just like Tony tells Bobby in a scene played twice during the season.

We have always seen the show through Tony’s eyes, including during the final scene.

The music (Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’) ends on the word “stop.”

Tonyisdead.com is so sure, they’re selling t-shirts to support their theory…

David Chase is still not talking, but HBO said that people are getting closer to the truth behind the ending. However, they debunked the theories that some of the actors in the diner had appeared in previous episodes.

I have to tell you that the more I think about it, the more I think the ending was actually quite brilliant. For those of you who don’t agree, look at it this way. It could’ve been worse since there are reports that Chase initially planned three minutes of black to end the episode…

One thing about the ending is certain—the resurgence of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” The song hit #21 on this week’s Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart after selling 41,000 downloads. It’s the oldest track in the chart’s history to have a 40,000+ week.

But the song almost didn’t make it on the show.

Former Journey lead singer Steve Perry, who co-wrote the song, had to give his permission for its use. But in order for him to give his okay, he wanted to know the ending. “I didn’t want the song to be part of a bloodbath,” he told “People.” So they told Perry and made him promise not to tell anyone else. The use was approved just three days before the episode aired…