First episode I\'ve ever seen aside from a random few on DVD (no HBO at home, but we have it at school).  I\'m definitely going to be hooked on this final season (while simultaneously catching up on the old ones).

I\'ll be the first to say it, I thought it was boring.  The bear thing looks interesting, but the melfi/tony storyline has got to go, even though it had to get to that point sometime.   I guess there was a lot of set up for the season.  I give it a 5/10.

The bear thing was hillarious and that was not her ass.

BTW....this isnt the last season..

fair episode. i\'ll cut it some slack seeing as the season premiers usually aren\'t very hard-hitting.

i find the lack of meadow disturbing already. aj\'s horrific drumming gets more screen time than meadow?? come on.. :no:

i do like the way aj is developing though. he\'s showing that he\'s really bitter towards mom & dad about the seperation.. not sure where that will go, but it\'s good development nonetheless. and seeing him cave at the sight of the bear was amusing.. \'MOMMY!!!\'

definitely not melfi\'s ass, but hey, she can dream, right? :lol: it\'ll be interesting to see if she can keep her cool with tony, or if she\'ll let herself go..

interesting to have paulie and chris talking about pine barrens, even though it\'s been confirmed that that storyline was over and not coming back.. hmm..

did janice and bobby get married?? looks that way..

are the fish & game guys feds? could be..

looking forward to next week. previews look strong, though last season proved that the previews can be very misleading... but is this season\'s episode 2 is half as good as last season\'s, look out!

My first Sopranos effort as well.......
Buscemi is what finally reeled me in.  Cant wait to see him in action next week....

That waiter  had to know who he was dealing with, why would you chase after mobsters for a tip?  Well goes to show you what happens....I also loved the way the **** up of the waiter, brought Chris and whatshisname back together as friends...so warm and touching.....

Loraine Bracco looks like she started eating hams by the hock

Did anyone else notice how skinny Meadow got?