

Interviews with "GoT" book series author George R.R. While Varys' stupid plan isn't hard to understand and his death served the greater plot, the way it happened seemed rushed to most fans. His plan? Send letters containing information that would negate Daenerys' claim to the throne, in broad daylight, from a castle surrounded by guards. So when Varys got caught in an obvious plot to undermine Daenerys Targaryen's ascension to the throne and was executed for his betrayal, folks were stunned. Here's hoping we finally get answers in Season 4. In 2018, Joy told The Hollywood Reporter the Season 2 stinger takes place far in the future of the show. So now audiences know who's who, but there's still no explanation for the scene following the close of Season 2. To make things more confusing, William returns as human antagonist in Season 3 until he's killed by his robot copy in the Season 3 finale. The stinger threw the entirety of William's Season 2 arc into question and left fans to wonder if William had actually been a host throughout the whole season. The second is because "fidelity tests" are a method for testing the accuracy of robotic copies of humans, but the audience never witnessed the arrival of William's synthetic doppelganger. The first is because William killed his daughter earlier in Season 2. The scene was misunderstood for two reasons. The scene depicts series' heavy William, also known as the Man in Black, being administered a "fidelity test" by his daughter before cutting to black. While "The Sopranos" will always be remembered for ambiguous storytelling, at least the debate over Tony's death is finally sleeping with the fishes. He also said felt the finale didn't need to show the death - in fact he previously told The New York Times that wasn't the point of the scene.

In the interview, Chase explained he always intended for the show to end with Tony's death. The debate seemed endless until a 2021 interview between series creator David Chase and The Hollywood Reporter. In the fifteen years since its closing moments, fans debated if the cut to black meant Tony was alive or dead. At the time, viewers believed their cable had cut out during the show's pivotal moment. Then the screen cuts to black before credits roll. As the scene unfolds, the background music swells to a crescendo resulting in a palpable sense of dread. As each family member trickles in, the camera takes Tony's perspective and begins to linger on suspicious looking men entering the diner as well. In the series' final scene, Tony waits for his family to gather for dinner in a diner.
