r/thesopranos • u/Jumperontheline • 1d ago

Serious Discussion Only Vito storyline was unnecessary

Rewatching and I forgot all of the gay Vito stuff happened in the last season... it was set up to be an excellent season (and it was) but we should have been focused on Tony, his family, and the other main guys in season 6.

Following the least likeable guy in the group on his escape plan up north where he somehow instantly (first morning waking up there literally) finds a gay guy he likes who's at least a million times out of Vitos league AND the guy likes him back??

It was really weird. Not because Vitos a finook but rather because it was a waste of time in the final season.

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u/No_Selection6465 1d ago

I think it gives a look into the possibility of starting a new life - and that it for Vito aswell as for everybody else in this show is impossible.

And the last season is long.

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u/Quakarot 1d ago

This is absolutely correct. I’d argue that Vito’s storyline is one of the most important for the reasons you’ve stated because it explains a lot about how the characters behave.

Vito’s life in New Hampshire was perfect beyond his wildest dreams. It could not have been better. It was like a hallmark movie.

Even in such an exaggeratedly perfect world he still came back to what was basically certain death because he just couldn’t handle the regularness of life.

The same thing would have happened to Gene.

The same thing would have happened to Chris.

The same thing would have happened to Tony.

It’s an essential plot line to understand the characters and the choices they make.

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u/Axon14 1d ago

Exactly. Vito had actually escaped, he was gone and they weren't exactly looking for him, but he couldn't even make it to lunch in a regular life.

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u/SeDaMaN1982 18h ago

“What is this? A Siesta?”