In the End, the Joke's on Us

Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is?" may have replaced A3's "Woke Up This Morning" as the song “Sopranos” fans most associate with the show, but Salon TV critic Heather Havrilesky thinks she gets creator David Chase's message. He "played us like a grand piano," she writes, and "got his karmic revenge on us for caring too much."

The last season had laid on the suspense with turns melancholic and violent, Havrilesky writes, with regular reminders of how repellent Tony was willing to be. The series never delivered the expected apocalypse, and although the last several hours held many surprises, the biggest was a big "screw you" from Chase: Tony survived, happily munching onion rings at a diner.