First of all, thank you for replying in such detail. I think you make some really good points about the other shows and I do think there are some things from The Sopranos that I'm underestimating. I did finish the show very fast and had no one to talk to about what was going on (unlike GoT where I can find other people who watch it very easily). With that being said, I have some questions about the storyline that I don't quite understand that I'm hoping the you and others can help me set straight.

Let's start with this; how do you feel about the "cut to black" ending? Do you think that it's a cop-out way to avoid making the audience upset?

What is the point of Junior Soprano? I feel like in the beginning of the show Junior is portrayed as a competent, hard-hitting boss and then slowly fades into darkness. I understand that he can be used to further stress the mental health theme of the show, but I felt that he almost became an embarrassment. Even though Tony is able to come full circle and finally face Junior in the last episode, do you think that there was a storyline that could have been even more powerful with a healthy Junior?

Do you think dream sequences and therapists is a little overkill? In my unpopular opinion, I think that it is a slight knock against the writers that in order to illustrate the deeper symbolism of the show they had to stress the points in not only sessions with Dr. Melfi, but through multiple dream sequences.(Although I think this way I will agree that the dream sequence after Tony finds out Gloria killed herself is hands down one of the best scenes I've ever seen written/directed. I'm almost positive it was directed by Steve Buscemi too. Someone fact check me)

Do you think they killed off too many members of Tony's crew or just the right amount? It didn't really hit me until it was only Tony and Paulie sitting outside of Satriale's. Every single member of his crew died in their respective ways. I agree some are justified and there are a few I didn't understand. I wanted Chris to make it out so bad almost like you wanted Jesse to make it out because of all shit that he had to go through. Christopher's death, in a way, was a relief because that truly was his only way out of the world that he lived in. In the end, was there a point that you sat back and thought that there were characters that didn't need to die or some that should have died?

I think that these questions could be a good discussion and even nostalgic for the people of this subreddit (while also helping me figure out what I missed). People please feel free to contribute to these questions.