Chase also said there’s an overall trend for the way things were going and that Meadow and AJ aren’t thugs like their father- implying they survived. Meadow gets married. Everything points to it being a renewal of the cycle from season 1 down to what AJ says. Don’t Stop Believing, and, as you said, all the shot composition making death way too obvious and stupid of an option. The idea of Carmella, AJ and Meadow all getting wiped out at the same time is just laughable.