I had a loooong convo about this show today, and came up with my theory about what's going to happen.
I think AJ and Meadow are doomed, Tony is going to lose his family and his Family. That means the kids have to go, whether Carm also dies I don't know because even if she lives losing the kids will be the end of Tony and Carmella.
I think it's possible that Vito's son (what's his name?) will come back into the picture and wreck havoc, or AJ and Meadow will get caught in the crossfire in one way or another. There are so many possibilities.
He's already gone a long way towards losing his Family, Sil will die and although I hate to say it I think Paulie will turn on him. I think it's more likely he'll go w/New York rather than the FBI, but one way or another he will betray Tony.
I can see Tony dying, except it seems almost too obvious, you know? I think maybe he won't die, but he'll up in the wind, alone and ruined. His family will be gone, his other Family will be gone, and he'll be alone.
I love the idea of a Sopranos prequel showing how Junior and Tony's dad came up and built their organization. I'd kind of hate to see a movie with present-day Tony, I'd like his story to end when The Sopranos ends on Sunday, period.
Of course, part of me would love to see Paulie be Tony's ally to the end, and for the 2 of them to come up with some way to get to Phil, but I don't think that kind of ending would be true to the spirit of the last 6 seasons of the show, you know?
I'm getting more and more excited for Sunday's episode, it can't come soon enough!!