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May 24, 2012

What the heck is Tony Soprano dreaming about?

by Jonathan Toomey, posted Mar 27th 2006 12:02PM

Tony Soprano; The Sopranos; HBOFor two episodes, Tony has been in a coma. And for two episodes we were treated to some of the best The Sopranos has had to offer us. I know there has been a lot of uproar and many were unhappy about how slow last week's episode was. But c'mon, this is good stuff - we're finally getting an analyzation of Tony's life straight from the inner workings of his own mind.

I've loved all the "dream sequence" episodes and after last night's installment, I think the last two episodes have edged out my previous favorite "The Test Dream." For those in the same boat as me, I'm sure there are many others out there who have watched last week's episode a few more times and tried to pull some of the hidden meanings out.

All that being said, I'm terrible at doing this... stuff like this always goes right over my head. But some folks over at The Dogmatic Blog have far more insight and time on their hands than I do. A few commenters made some great points about the strange purgatory that Tony was trapped in. Check it out if you need a bit more explanation or some fresh ideas. And anyone with theories of their own - please leave them because like I said, I'm terrible at this.

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JY

The dream...I think that subconciously, he didn't want to face the fact that he was dying and on his way to hell for his sins...as his wife had told him before AND to him while he was in his coma. If his mind would have dreamed about him as the actual Tony, the coma would have been much rougher and he wouldn't have survived it. Long story short...the dream = coping mechanism.

November 20 2006 at 11:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
halil hulukan

i think tony gets whacked by sil or paulie,or even chrisy...or he gets put in prison 4life!!!!!!

September 22 2006 at 4:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Butch McGee

I don't think people as high up as Tony can go into protection-- the Feds are trying to put the boss in jail, not the underlings. Might be wrong though.

April 13 2006 at 1:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jon@Gas2you

I think the show will end with the revelation that it has been a dream all along! In fact, the dream of him being a salesman is in fact his true profession. If not, that would be a pretty good ending. Huh?

April 12 2006 at 6:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bud Descartes

I agree with the witness protection theory , after all what does a "soprano" do if not sing ......usually the finale !!

April 10 2006 at 3:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Craig

Tony will go into the witness protection program under the name Kevin Finnerty. He says his whole life is in that briefcase. He will eventually lose the briefcase. In his dream, he has Alzheimer's in which you forget the past. Tony will become a snitch since all of the other snitches are dead. They need a new one. Not sure why he will do this, but the clues are there.

March 31 2006 at 12:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andrew

One of the things I caught was that I thik if Tony had walked into that "reunion" he would have seen everyone he killed/ordered killed. The shadowing woman at the door was probably suppose to be Gloria. Just my opinion. Did you notice that one of the monks is also the doctor who shined a light in Tony's eye this episode and previously. Very interesting indeed

March 29 2006 at 1:18 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JR

Maybe the whole Sopranos thing was a dream for Tony. The last episode he wakes up--like Bobby Ewing--and we see that the entire mod lifestyle was just a dream.

That was a very controversial but unique thing that Dallas producers did; meybe it could work again 20 years later??!!??

March 27 2006 at 4:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Erik

I still say the best episode was #37 "Pine Barrens". I loved everything about the episode.

March 27 2006 at 4:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pranav

Analyzation is not a word.

Analysis.

Yes, maybe that makes me a d*k, but let's at least try to admit fault?

March 27 2006 at 3:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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