This one is pretty spoiler-y so I’ve elected to hide most of it under a cut.
Spoiler for The Sopranos, Season 6, Episode 20, the penultimate episode in both the 6th Season and the entire series.
Summary
In the second last episode of the entire series… in his darkest hour, in his time of greatest need, at the lowest point in his entire life, as he has hit rock bottom… what could Punished Certified “Made Gamer” Gamer Gangster “The Godfather of Gaming” “Sonic the” Anthony Junior turn to, but his beloved videogames?
( TV PLAYING )
After landing in the young adult psych ward, it is this, my friends, which the writers and camera has chosen to show us is a sign of a positive trajectory in the mental health of our dear friend Punished Certified “Made Gamer” Gamer Gangster “The Godfather of Gaming” “Sonic the” Anthony Junior “the Hedgehog.”
While the screen is not visible during this scene, according to some Reddit post that I found on a similar subject to this forum post (which is missing some of the instances I’ve catalogued in this thread, naturally, because I am better than that), the sound effects that are audible are from Halo 3. That was my first guess based on the sounds–kinda sounded like some laser gun being fired and someone shouting a word I couldn’t discern. I’m not going to do any more research than that.
What a touching moment… surely none of this will turn to tragedy! Surely, an original XBox and a copy of Dead Or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball falling from a height due to violence will not symbolize a final loss of innocence and a intensifying rather than a slowing of the cycle of intergenerational trauma in the face of domestic brutality…!
…oh…!!
…oh, no…!!
…and with that, since I have also watched the last episode and have nothing further to report, this thread is now concluded. Thank you everyone for following along with “All of the Times in The Sopranos where someone is playing a videogame,” which, unexpectedly turned out to include all of the times in The Sopranos where anyone mentioned videogames, videogame adjacent things, or a videogame or videogame console was shown on screen.
Salut!
