Five of the most unhinged fan theories that make ‘The Sopranos’ a re-watchable masterpiece

On this day 19 years ago, one of the greatest runs in television history came to an end.

On June 10, 2007, Tony Soprano walked into Holsten’s restaurant and never came out again.

Yes friends, today it’s been almost two decades since The Sopranos last aired, and “Made In America” ​​gives us the exact type of exciting David Chase loves to tease his audiences with.

Whether you believe Tony was shot, died of a heart attack, or that going black was truly the end of the show as the New Jersey mob boss spent the rest of his days as a paranoid shell of his former season one self, extreme theories are part of what made the show a huge hit.

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On that note, here are five more fan theories from “The Sopranos.” This makes the show even more interesting on subsequent rewatches.

5. Chris Moltisanti rolled over just before he died

As Tony’s team and circle of friends begin to shrink as the show progresses, our panic attack-prone paisan becomes increasingly paranoid and struggles to find a successor.

Unfortunately, the best he can do is his drug-addicted “nephew” Christopher Moltisanti.

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Tony does his best to portray Chrissy as “hair showing”, but despite his best efforts, Moltisanti remains an unreliable addict until season six, when she makes a serious attempt to get clean.

Towards the end of the season, Chris relapses and begins using again; which leads to a car accident that leaves him disabled, leaving Tony with no choice but to shoot his subordinate.

However, in the scene before the car crash, we see Tony and Chris in a meeting with Phil discussing business, and here we are given hints that Chris may be a mouse.

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During the meeting, Chris is seen wearing a hat promoting his new movie, “Cleaver.”

Other than the fact that Chris only wears a hat once in the series (during the pilot), his choice of hat may be a callback to season five, when Soprano partner Jack Masserone was seen wearing a string on Tony’s ball cap just before he was taken away by a few minions.

Chris would have plenty of incentive to turn it around, as his relationship with his uncle has all but fallen apart at this point in the show, and between his drug use and numerous crimes, there’s a good chance he’ll make a mistake at some point.

If that was the case, Tony was extremely lucky, strangling her before she could say anything too incriminating on the tape.

4. Noah cheated on Meadow with her roommate Caitlin

Jamie-Lynn Sigler discusses “Mob Town” with Build Series at Build Studio on December 12, 2019 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

One of the most annoying side characters on the show, Noah Tannenbaum is Meadow’s obnoxious boyfriend she met in college in the first half of the third season.

Throughout their relationship, Noah’s confident demeanor rubs many viewers and characters the wrong way; this includes declaring that she will “turn out (Tony’s) lights,” but Meadow falls head over heels for him regardless.

All is well until Meadow spends the weekend at home, leaving Noah alone with his manic-depressive roommate Caitlin.

After Meadow returns to Columbia, her normally straight-A student boyfriend begins acting badly about getting a C on a paper and becomes estranged from Meadow, eventually breaking up with her in the library of all places.

He blames Caitlin for the bad grade, saying her incessant chatter caused him to lose focus, even revealing that his overbearing father filed a restraining order against him.

This all sounds like a convenient excuse to make a clean break from Meadow without having to explain the fact that Meadow cheated on her with her roommate.

The show does a pretty good job of hinting in a not-so-subtle way.

In the scene where Caitlin enters Noah’s room after learning that Meadow is out of town, she asks if she can stay so she won’t be alone, and Noah reluctantly agrees.

Since the series is mostly about what you don’t see, there’s a heavy implication that the two are sleeping together, especially since the next time he sees Meadow she’s in an unusually cheerful mood.

Maybe this is just a way for fans of the show to hate Noah even more, but I can totally see it being a possibility and one of the most plausible theories.

3. Adriana is reincarnated as a cat in season six

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The murder of Chris’s longtime girlfriend Adriana La Cerva in season five is one of the most shocking and heartbreaking deaths in the entire series.

After Ade reveals himself to Chris as a rat, he is faced with an impossible choice: escape with his woman and become an informant himself, or sell her downriver to win Tony’s favor and protect his New Jersey crime family.

Unfortunately, Chris chooses the latter and is dragged into the woods by everyone’s favorite mafia WAG, Silvio, and shot off-screen.

The following season has several moments devoted to different characters trying to cope with his death, including the gangsters who planned his death.

Towards the end of the final season, a cat begins to appear around Bada Bing.

When Paulie starts acting strangely, including looking at a photo of Chris taken after he was killed, he begins to believe that the cat is Chris reincarnated.

Tony doesn’t accept this as a coincidence, but fans took it one step further: What if the cat is actually Adriana?

Think about it, the cat looks at a picture of Chris because he feels a mixture of betrayal and mourning for the man he was supposed to spend his life with.

Additionally, Adriana was often seen wearing leopard-print tracksuits, among other cat-themed outfits, so it would make sense for her to return as a cat in her next life.

It’s not the most concrete theory, but it’s still fun.

2. Phil Leotardo is a closeted homosexual

James Gandolfini and David Chase, creator of HBO’s hit series “The Sopranos,” are photographed together. The series features a modern-day mob boss balancing his family and criminal responsibilities, and new episodes air on Sunday nights. (Getty Images)

The last two(ish) seasons of “The Sopranos” deals almost entirely with Tony’s hostile relationship with New York capo-turned-boss Phil Leotardo.

Phil and Tony argue over a number of issues, but one of the biggest disagreements between the two in the first half of season six revolves around the revelation that Vito Spatafore, one of Tony’s biggest winners, has come out as a gay man.

Considering how macho the gangsters are, this causes great consternation both within the family and across the river in New York, especially considering Vito is married to Phil’s cousin.

Most crew members are disgusted by Vito’s homosexuality, but Phil seems to take particular exception to this statement, going out of his way to demand that Tony take him out and becoming violently enraged at the mere mention of Vito’s name.

In the end, Phil is the one who will shoot Vito while he is hiding, and he takes great pleasure in being the one to eliminate this perception that stains the honor of the mafia.

While many characterize Phil’s zeal as old-school guy, some fans suggest that the Shah of Iran was actually a closeted homosexual, and there are several examples to support this.

First, Phil spent “20 years in the box,” as he puts it, and even Tony says some guys who stay in prison for that long end up being “accommodating.”

There’s also the idea that he’s only so angry at Vito because of his own latent homosexuality, and that his violence towards the man is merely a reflection of that.

Other examples include him wanting to turn off the television while there was a bodybuilding competition and how he treated Vito during the attack.

Phil seems to almost perversely enjoy the brutal beating of Vito in the hotel room, as he holds the sheets as he watches the crew members take Vito out.

He even “comes out of the closet” when he and his team ambush Vito in his hotel, so the images speak for themselves.

I’m personally not a fan of this theory, as it’s a bit too “gimmicky” and takes away from some of Phil’s mythos as an old-school, wise man stuck in his own ways, but to each their own.

1. Carmine Lupertazzi Jr. secretly a genius and running things behind the scenes

David Chase speaks on stage at the 2016 Vulture Festival at Milk Studios in New York City on May 22, 2016. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Vulture Festival)

This is my personal favorite and features one of the laughiest, funniest characters the show has to offer.

Carmine Lupertazzi Jr., the spoiled son of New York boss Carmine Sr., is portrayed as a complete buffoon.

Due to his constant malapropisms and inability to read the room, Carmine Jr. is even called the “second brainless” by Tony, so his intelligence is questionable at best.

When his father died, both Carmine Jr. A power vacuum is created while a new boss awaits to be named, with his old friend John “Johnny Sac” Sacrimoni vying for the crown.

Carmine eventually withdrew from the race to be replaced by Johnny Sac, but he remained an important figure and even brokered for New York and Jersey on many occasions.

But what if the “stupid man act” was just that: an action?

Fans often cite Carmine’s perceived failures in manipulating each party during multiple meetings with both mob families.

In a meeting with her father and Johnny Sac late in the fourth season, Lupertazzi deliberately causes information about Tony to leak in order to put pressure on New Jersey.

This is played as a moment of jealousy when her father compliments Tony, but some fans aren’t so quick to see it as unintentional.

During a season six sit-down between Phil and Tony that Carmine mediates, things seem to be going well until he “accidentally” brings up the death of Phil’s brother Billy (47 years old, just a kid).

This angers Phil and disrupts any progress made between the two sides.

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The theory is that Carmine is pulling the strings behind the scenes to start a war between New York and New Jersey, and he himself eventually arrives to pick up the crumbs.

Acting on this theory prompts re-watching of “The Sopranos” It’s even more fun, and there are even rumors that Carmine was the one targeting Tony at the end of the series finale.