Turn Out The Lights

Timothy Noah, in Slate's 48th article on The Sopranos this season, sticks by his original thumbs down on the finale. He feels the final blackout is an intentionally ambiguous stunt that leaves us nowhere. He continues:

I wouldn't, therefore, rate The Sopranos finale anywhere near the final, heartbreaking shot in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights: a tight close-up of the Little Tramp's expectant face as the once-blind flower girl he loves finally takes in who he really is. The point there is simply disappointment.

Huh? Say what you want about The Sopranos, there's a lot more going on at the end of City Lights than "simply disappointment."