Just hours before, our couple were at each other’s throats on a trip to the US. PHĬatastrophe What a brave, perfect denouement for a show about the decimating reality of life with young kids. As conclusion and comeuppance, that takes some beating. He had created a world full of enemies, real and imagined. Tony was doomed anyway: to live a life of fear, suspicion and paranoia a life hanging heavy with the knowledge that he couldn’t guarantee his safety or the safety of the people he loved most. Students of the show have analysed the scene frame by frame and pieced together the myriad reasons why Tony and family were doomed to die in that diner. If you want final proof that The Sopranos was more of an existential muse on morality and mortality than a mob drama, look no further than its audacious final scene.
Most of all, it makes you feel that, if you are grappling with all of this, you aren’t alone. But it also shows that there is no right or wrong way to try to move on. The conclusion? Not one provides a wholly satisfying way to pack up her trauma and move on as if it had never happened.įor anyone who has experienced sexual assault, the series taps into this shoulda, woulda, coulda in all its complexity there is no coherent ending and finding a path forward is difficult. The finale taps into the question that anyone who has been sexually assaulted may dwell on: what would you do if you were to meet the perpetrator again, or revisit the event that caused you all this pain? For much of the episode, we see Arabella grappling with this, as several hypothetical scenarios play out. I May Destroy You Michaela Coel’s blistering semi-autobiographical series exploring sexual assault won plaudits for its honesty and ambition, but its ending was its masterstroke.
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