{"id":8308,"date":"2021-06-16T12:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T17:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2021-06-14T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T00:35:30","slug":"did-the-sopranos-almost-resolve-the-mystery-of-the-pine-barrens-in-the-final-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2021\/06\/16\/did-the-sopranos-almost-resolve-the-mystery-of-the-pine-barrens-in-the-final-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Sopranos Almost Resolve the Mystery of the “Pine Barrens” In the Final Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"

TV URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: “The Sopranos” almost revealed the mysterious final fate of the Russian gangster from the episode “Pine Barrens” in an episode in the final season of the series.<\/p>\n

When long-running television series begin to reach the end of their runs, there is often an urge (very often driven by the fans of the show) to try to resolve any unresolved stories left over from past episodes, whether such an impulse really fits into the final plot of the series or not. “How I Met Your Mother”, for instance, tried valiantly to resolve their long-running pineapple mystery in their final episodes<\/a> (they never found a way to make it work). “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, on the other hand, seems to delight in defying fans’ desire to learn the true name of the Waitress<\/a> before the series ends. When you take into account the famous final scene of the hit HBO drama “The Sopranos”, the show’s creator, David Chase, seems to pretty clearly lean towards the latter school of thought. The finale famously lacked a clear cut resolution to the life of New Jersey crime boss Tony Soprano. <\/p>\n

There was another famous unresolved plot line on the Sopranos, though. In the acclaimed season three episode “Pine Barrens” (written by longtime “Sopranos” writer Terence Winter, who later created “Boardwalk Empire” and “Vinyl”, based on an idea by frequent “Sopranos” director, Tim Van Patten, who also worked on “Boardwalk Empire” with Winter), Soprano made men Christopher and Paulie were forced to fill in on a collection duty for another member of the crime family. <\/p>\n

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