The Sopranos: How It All Ends

The final season of Dickension mafia masterpiece The Sopranos (DVDs) will be a cacophony of "money and materialism," which - according to Tony-creating head honcho David Chase - is "all they (the characters) care about".

With a two-year delay between seasons - virtually unheard of in the sitcom-spewing land of the free - it has been announced that the final thirteen episodes of the modern-day gangster saga are set to broadcast next spring on cable channel HBO.

Chase also hinted that there will be a major-league ‘whacking’ this time around, presumably a) of a major character and b) so gut-wrenchingly tense it makes Adriana’s grisly demise look like something out of Spongebob Squarepants (DVDs).

Any further details? Sorry, folks, they’re of the strictly under-wraps variety. All Chase will reveal about the upcoming shoot is that the crew has access to "that machine that sprays blood on the wall."

Chase also spat out his contempt for the middle-of-the-road drama ploughed out by the major networks: "So much of it is a glorification of authority and an attempt to convince the American people that life isn’t tragic, that everything works out and all those cops and all those firemen and all those judges and all those doctors, they really care."

He then added how "relieved" he was that his pet project had been turned down by four other channels before HBO unveiled their mighty chequebook.

So are we, Dave. So are we..

[story by C J Davies]