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Originally Posted by Hell Atlantic
personally i think they owed it to the character to have him die some other way. this was a rather cheap death, if you ask me. i thought all signs were pointing to Phil whacking Chris to spark one hell of a war for the last 2 episodes.
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The timing of the death was vintage Sopranos though. Formulaic writing would require a little more of a downward spiral for Christopher, climaxing in him getting whacked in one of the final episodes. Instead, they have an ordinary, non-noteworthy opening scene (asbestos dumping) and then it's all over for one of the show's main characters, with hardly a warning.
People often complain about the Sopranos not going by the book (the unexplained fate of the Russian, Meadow's vanishing finance, seasons ending with a whimper instead of a bang, etc.), but this is a show that seems to strive on the idea of not constantly reminding you you're watching scripted television.