aaaannndddd it’s over. finally, after a brutal few weeks, i’ve completed The Soprano. i feel i need to start this by saying: i know. i know it’s only a show and i know that it’s over for good and my life needs to move on- but, if your like me, you too will understand how difficult that can be. how you attach yourself so much to these characters and these stories, and, when they end, when they’re gone, it hurts. it hurts so much. that’s all, i just wanted to warn you. firstly, i want to applaud the show on a technical level. of course, we all know how brilliantly directed, written, acted, filmed, and audibly designed the show is. truly, on every level, it’s impossible to find faults. secondly, the characters. man oh man, the characters. my personal favourite(although i know how unpopular this may sound) was AJ. and yes i know everyone hates him. up there with the worst of them; Ralphie, Richie. i know, but i also can’t tell you how much he grew on me. in the beginning, this sweet little kid; in the end, this matured and grown man. Letting go of AJ will be the hardest of all the characters, that much i know. that much i can promise. And of course i’ll be mourning the care and detail and love put into every character, every bond, every rivalry, every relationship. masterfully, the show knew how to write a real person; no two quite the same, yet none detached from humanity, something that surprised me even. And all larger than life. lastly, i want to thank this show was just existing. Thank the writers, directors, and actors for making this happen. it saved my life, and for the first time i truly mean it. you made continuing everyday worth it. i couldn’t give up because i just had to know what was going to happen. you saved me. you saved my life. thank you. rest easy, James Gandolfini. you were magnificent.