MEADOW: “What I said was, the state can crush the individual.”
TONY: “New Jersey?”
And Then We Woke Up And Realized The Ending Was Actually Real
According to wikipedia, the final episode’s title, “Made in America,” “Made In Jersey”was the tentative title when Chase first pitched the show to Fox.
The Times review said, “the abrupt finale last night was almost like a prank, a mischievous dig at viewers who had agonized over how television’s most addictive series would come to a close. The suspense of the final scene in the diner was almost cruel.”
During the final restaurant scene with the suspicious man (who incidentally blabbed about his appearance on the show before it aired, but couldn’t give away details if he tried), Tony flipped through the jukebox before settling on Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing.” Could each of these songs have been one of the alleged multiple endings that was shot, each with a different meaning? It’s almost like each potential pick is a tease or fate waiting to be selected.
The first one he spots (in close-up) was, “Who Will You Run To,” and “Magic Man (live)” by Heart (those oldschool jukes offer a ’45 b-side). There’s a quick glimpse of “This Magic Moment,” by Jay and the Americans (a song they used earlier this season) and the last song he sees before Journey is “I’ve Got To Be Me,” and “A Lonely Place” by Tony Bennett (the b-side to the Journey song is “Anyone You Want It”).
TONY: “I wouldn’t kick her outta bed for purgin’ cookies.”
And how about A.J. almost getting cutty from the Lindsay Lohan lookalike to Dylan’s, “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleedin’).”
Other songs used in the finale:
Tony wakes up; Dante drives Tony to his family; Phil fills up.
Vanilla Fudge “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
Tony and Paulie wait for Agent Harris at the airport.
Randy & The Rainbows “Denise”
Tony and Uncle Pat talk in backroom of The Bing.
Sonic Youth “I Dreamed, I Dream”
Paulie is spooked by a cat at Satriale’s.
Curtis Lee “Pretty Little Angel Eyes”
Other songs included cuts by the Noisettes, Little Feat, Kid Creole & The Coconuts and CCR.
Download: Bob Dylan “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleedin’)”
