The Rewatch

I rewatched the show from start to finish a few years back. It remains the only drama I’ve ever done that with. And one thing stood out to me: Tony Soprano has zero redeeming qualities. First time around, I found myself kind of rooting for him. Sure, he was a bad guy, but he loved his family (more or less) and lived by his own code and all that stuff. On the rewatch, where I pounded out two or three episodes a day for a few weeks? I discovered I was wrong. He was just bad. If he wasn’t killed in the finale, he should’ve been.