David Chase ended his mob saga by doing what live broadcast engineers used to fear most: an abrupt drop to absolute black. That sixth season dragged Tony through hospitals and ruined suburban dens, playing like Paddy Chayefsky writing for cold-blooded killers. It discarded tidy wrap-ups for the messy, sudden dread of real life. When the screen cut out in Holsten’s diner, people thought their cable boxes blew a fuse. It was the boldest broadcast blackout since 1957.
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