It's been 17 years and no TV show has even come close to touching this show's greatness

It's been 17 years and no TV show has even come close to touching this show's greatness

I started the Sopranos but got bored after the first couple episodes and never went back to it. Does it pick up or is it just all mob therapy?

Think it's the characters. They're all assholes so when they whine I don't care. You have to like them in order to be emotionally engaged.

could you please shut the door?

Nope, it peaked in it's first season.

the sopranos is overrated

The Wire is much better

Sopranos was Twin Peaks with gangsters.


The Wire is very TV.

Sopranos is Film despite being on TV.

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indeed, good sir

have a gold

The idea that characters have to 'likeable' in order to engage an audience is inevitably what leads to a lot of shitty writing and Mary Sues.

The vast majority of The Sopranos characters are assholes, but you enjoy their exploits.

Compare this with something like, I don't know, Star Wars VII. The characters are, in theory, 'likeable' but, speaking personally, I don't give a single shit what happens to them.