Chase needs to either retire or study storytelling enough to grasp the idea of an arc.

It sounds like the Wonder Years the movie. Set in the 60's coming of age story and is driven by 60's music. All you need is Winnie Cooper and I'm in.

Just because you're too stupid to understand what Chase did with the Sopranos doesn't make it bad. Formulaic? Maybe by setting the standard for how other serial television shows are made. The Sopranos is revolutionary (especially its use of music), and just because the finale doesn't wrap everything up in a pretty bow doesn't mean its bad story telling are archless. Have you ever heard of ambiguity you dumbass. Uwe Boll and Michael Bay can't hold David Chase's jock strap, much less be compared to him.

Love The Sopranos or hate it, there's no way to watch the series and deny how formulaic it is. Let me sum up each season for you:

--A cool actor will be introduced at the beginning of the season (Buscemi, Pantoliano, Jackie Jr, Ritchie, etc.). A major plotline for the season will center around this character. This character will die at the end of the season.

--Tony will face a professional crisis (a rival mobster will vie for control of the Family, war with a rival Family will loom, the feds will be closing in, etc.). The crisis will increase in severity as the season progresses, leading to great suspense (if you've never seen a season of The Sopranos before). But fear not! As each previous season has taught us, Tony will barely make it out of it (his rival is killed, war is averted, Tony slips through the feds' fingers). At season's end, Tony will be right where he was at the beginning.

--Tony will face a personal crisis (his marraige is in trouble, an extra-marital affair will spin out of control, his relationship with his kids will be strained). But fear not! As each previous season has taught us, Tony will barely make it out of it. At season's end, Tony will be right where he was at the beginning. The one exception is the season that ended with Carmella leaving Tony. But fear not! They get back together the following season and Tony's right back where he started.

An ending doesn't have to wrap up every plotline in a nice little bow (it's unfortunate that you define an ending that way), but it does have to offer some kind of resolution, which Chase obviously copped out on. The ending of any great series leaves the viewer looking back over the expanse of the series marvelling at where the protagonist ended up in relation to where he began. But Sopranos denies its viewers that pleasure, because Tony's still in the same place he was ever since he became boss of the Family in sesason one. It's appropriate that Chase ended the final episode with a cut to black. Since he didn't write a conclusion to the story of the series, why should be bothered to write one for the episode itself?

If Chase had followed through on a single interesting plotline he started (the feds arrest Tony and put him on trial, his wife actually leaves him for good, a mob war actually erupts without Tony as the sure victor, a rival mobster actually deposes Tony as boss, etc.), Tony could have actually had an interesting arc.

In microcosm, The Sopranos was a great series. Great dialogue, great acting, great music and set design, fun and interesting characters, etc. It even had great individual episodes. But as an overall storyline, The Sopranos was an abject failure that went on for years longer than it should have, for the sake of lining Chase's pockets further.

Oh, I'm sorry. Was I not supposed to back my stance up? Maybe a response that was just made up of name-calling would have been more understandable. Too bad.

Tony had an arc...just didn't make it to the right side. He was supposed to change his ways after his coma. When he didn't(crime, maritial infidelity)the **** hit the fan in the end. The plot mr. Mojo was is this guy gonna be able to balance his family with his other family? Obviously he couldn't and so he dies.(I bet ya don't even hear it when it happens-baccala) That's the end. Just cause your to stupid to figure it out don't blame the writers. Best show ever