Well, I can\'t say I\'m entirely convinced that Melfi would throw Tony aside after six years of grueling work together, some of which led to progress, including this year, simply based on one study that was thrown into the mix just a week prior. Melfi had never previously alluded to any of the major points made in the study and therefore this resolution of the plot line which the show was initially based around seems rushed, forced, and largely unbelievable to me. Granted, the scene between the two was well done ("you don\'t need a gynecologist to know which way the wind blows"), but I will be highly disappointed with the show\'s conclusion if that situation isn\'t addressed in the finale.
As far as the rest of the episode goes, it\'s easy to be sold when one key character dies and another nearly does, but it takes more than that to make an episode a classic. I\'m not saying I didn\'t like this episode. Of course, last 10 minutes were chilling, especially the very end. And I like that both of Tony\'s families are at a crossroads and that his "unofficial" family may be done for good (though I certainly don\'t think New York has heard the last from Jersey). So I\'m as eager as ever to see how everything pans out, but I definitely did not like this episode as much as the few that preceded it. And that shouldn\'t be the case considering the monumental things that occurred. The drama just didn\'t affect my insides nearly the same way it did when Chris died and A.J. "tried" to.
Loved the Raging Bull stuff though.
****1/2
