(ifoto: Ngaba iHart / HBO) Malunga ne-9: 55 pm nge-10 kaJuni ka-2007, kwavakala isikhalo endlwini yam yonke. Yalandelwa yinto endizakuyibiza ngegama elinye lesiqalekiso, ukuba ibingasondelanga kwindibaniselwano ye yonke Isiqalekiso igama elidityaniswe kunye ukwenza isandi esingathandekiyo somsindo omsulwa, ukumangaliswa kunye nokudana.
Yayingutata, ephendula koko wayecinga ukuba umabonwakude wethu uphulukana namandla kwimizuzwana ephelayo ISopranos ‘Isiqendu sokugqibela. Emva komzuzwana, yakhala ifowuni yethu. Yaphinda yakhala kwakhona. Yayizihlobo nosapho, belangazelela ukufikelela kumdlalo wokudlala wento ebebeyiphosile kwimizuzu yokugqibela 'Yenziwe eMelika.'
Njengoko sonke sisazi ngoku, kwiminyaka esibhozo kamva, abakhange baphoswe nto. I-saga yamaxesha amathandathu osapho lwendoda yaseNew Jersey kunye nenkosi yaseMafia uTony Soprano banqumle ubumnyama ngesiquphe embindini wohambo 'Ungayeki ukukholelwa,' bebonisa imizuzwana elishumi yescreen esingenanto kunye nokuthula okwenzeka kuyo yonke indlela kwiikhredithi zokuvala.
Kuba ngobusuku bangoLwesibini ehlotyeni yinkqantosi yeTV, ndibukele kwakhona 'Yenziwe eMelika' phezolo (ndibukele iziqendu ezithathu zokugqibela, ezibandakanya intandokazi yam 'Ukuza kwesiBini' kodwa silapha ukuza kuthetha ngesiphelo ). Kwaye loo ndawo yokugqibela isekhona emva kwalo lonke eli xesha. Isasika kumnyama, njengokuba ukhumbula. Kwaye kusengumgangatho ophezulu ekwakheni uxinzelelo. Imigodi kaDavid Chase ikrokrela ngakumbi kusapho oluthetha esidlweni sangokuhlwa njengoko ibhinqa eliselula lisokola ukuya epakini efanayo kunokuba uninzi lwabalawuli aboyikekayo belunokuphupha.
Kodwa eyona nto imangalisayo yindlela esilibala ngayo eminye imizuzu engama-55 yesiqendu, kunye neeyure zikamabonwakude ezize ngaphambili, nokuba yonke enye into inceda njani ukubeka umbono ophela esiphelweni esimnyama. Esi siqendu, lonke olu ngcelele, aluchazwanga yimizuzwana elishumi yobumnyama.
Umzekelo, bangaphi abantu abakhumbulayo ukuba uninzi lwesi siqendu lusebenza ukungasongeli imigca yesiqwenga, kodwa ukugcina imeko egcinwe amaxesha onyaka amathandathu? Ngaphandle kweempawu zesilumkiso ezicacileyo zokuba ukusweleka kukaBobby Baccalieri kunye nekhoma likaSilvio Dante bekufanele ukuba kuveziwe, uTony useyindawo efanayo emnyama ebesoloko eyiyo-ukuba ukhethe indlela ekhokelela ngqo ezantsi elwandle, uzisa wonke umntu ukumngqonga ezantsi, naye. Unika uPaulie, isifuba sakhe esidala esingaphaya kwesibhedlele okanye ingcwaba, ithuba lokukhokela abasebenzi be-Aprile. UPaulie ekuqaleni, kwaye ngobulumko, uyancipha kuba amadoda amane okugqibela athabatha eso sikhundla adibana nokufa kwangoko. Kodwa kuba uTony ufuna umntu kwicala lakhe lasekunene njengoko umhlaba ungqubeka kuye, uneenaliti uPaulie ukuba avume. Kwimiboniso apho iipateni kunye neesimboli zihlala zithetha okungaphezulu kunoko sikubonayo, uPaulie kusenokwenzeka ukuba unesigwebo sentambo emva kwentloko ngaphezulu kwentloko kaTony.
Unyana kaTony u-AJ naye ukhuselekile kukutsalwa nguyise. I-AJ, esandula ukuqhushumba i-SUV yakhe ehlathini, ithathe isigqibo sokuba ifuna ukujoyina umkhosi (kwaye ekugqibeleni ibhabhe iihelikopta kuDonald Trump kunye / okanye ujoyine i-CIA). Ewe ngo-2007 iMelika yayisemfazweni. Kodwa noCarmella Soprano, ngaphandle kokuzicingela, uyaqonda ukuba i-AJ ifuna uhlobo oluthile loqeqesho. Kwakungafuneki nokuba ngumkhosi, nganye. Naluphina uxanduva, naluphi na uhlobo lokukhaba ngokukhawuleza-e-esileni lwaluyile nto yayifunwa yi-AJ. Into ayifumanayo ichasene. Ufumana imoto entsha endaweni yaleyo ayivutheleyo, kunye nomsebenzi ongafunekiyo kwinkampani yemveliso yaseLittle Carmine. Kuba yile nto yenziwa nguTony Soprano: xa ujongene notshintsho, ngandlel 'ithile uyakuqinisekisa ukuba uqhubeke nokuba ngowakho. (Benza amanyala UClever ! isengotshintshiselwano oluhle, nangona kunjalo).
Kwindawo yokugqibela kuthotho lonke, uTony uya kutyelelo lukaMalume uJunio kwigumbi labagula ngengqondo, kwindawo eguqula ngakumbi isimilo sikaTony Soprano kunayo nantoni na eyenzeka kule mizuzwana ilishumi idlulileyo. Malume uJunior, indoda eyayiqhuba yonke ingxelo yexesha lokuqala ngokubeka uTony phantsi, uhleli engenamazinyo, eyedwa kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo engekho ezingqondweni zakhe. Wena notata wam, uTony uthi, phantse kodwa akunjalo Ukukrazula, wawusebenzisa iNorth Jersey.
Kulungile, uyaphendula uMalume uJunior, kwaye abuyele ejonge efestileni.
Okwalo mzuzu, umbono wendoda uTony ukholelwa ekubeni kufuneka ithathe eyona nto ibalulekileyo kuwo wonke umdlalo. Ekugqibeleni uTony uyaqonda ukuba ngawo onke amandla akhe ahlanganisiweyo, konke ukuzityhala ezantsi kweemvakalelo ezinje ubuthathaka kwaye ukudakumba kwaye ukunceda , sonke sishwabene nje ngamadoda amadala akwizitulo ezinamavili ajonge elangeni.
Ngandlel 'ithile, oku kuqondwa kwakusakheka ukusukela ngalo mzuzu kwisiqendu sangaphambili,' iBlue Comet, 'apho ugqirha uMelfie ekugqibeleni athabathe isigqibo sokuba uTony ngusososhiyali ongakwaziyo ukunyanga, okanye uncedo olulula. Ukuqhushumba kwabo, ukukrokra kunye nokufa emva kwexesha lamaxesha onke, kugqitywa ngomnye wemigca efihlakeleyo yomboniso. Njengogqirha, ndicinga ukuba le nto uyenzayo ayiziphathi kakuhle, uTony uxelela mhlawumbi umlinganiswa omnye kulo mboniso ngengqondo engalunganga yokuhle nokubi. UTony, onekhampasi yakhe yokuziphatha ejijekileyo ayifumanekanga Ilanga kwintlango yaseMojave ukuba ibikwi-peyote, ifumana okokugqibela ukumba kwenye into ubona hayi ikhowudi, ukuba kungenxa yokuba inyanzela ukuba ajonge emva kuye. Bubungqina bokugqibela bokuba ngaphandle kwako konke okwenzekileyo, uTony akakwazi ukubalekela kumbono wakhe wehlabathi ozifihlayo. Kuba oko kuya kuthetha ukutshintsha. UTony Soprano akapheleli nje eludongeni lwezitena emzimbeni, kodwa ngokweemvakalelo. Ungashenxisa kude eludongeni lwezitena, utshintshe iindawo ezincinci kwaye ziphantse zingabonakali, kodwa ekugqibeleni isemi apho ilukhuni kwaye ingagungqi, okanye uyibethe yonke loo nto.
Ke kuloo ndawo yokugqibela, ngaba udonga lwezitena ekugqibeleni luya kuthathwa? Ngaba le ndoda inebhatyi kuphela yelungu, okanye amadoda ancoma iikeyiki, okanye enye i-goombah engabonakaliyo idubula uTony ngasemva kwentloko phambi komfazi nabantwana bakhe? Ngaphandle kokufunda iinkcukacha ezibonisa umdla Ingcaciso ecacileyo yesiphelo eyenze imijikelo, kwaye nangona ukutolika-ukucacisa ukufihlwa njengobungqina, ukuba uyakholelwa impendulo eqinisekileyo ukuba uTony ufile? ikhona naphi na kodwa mhlawumbi engqondweni kaDavid Chase, uyazikhohlisa. Ngokwenyani, ndicinga ukuba inye kuphela impendulo eyamkelekileyo kwinto eyenzekileyo kwimizuzwana yokugqibela 'Yenziwe eMelika.'
Ayinamsebenzi into eyenzekileyo kwimizuzwana yokugqibela 'Yenziwe eMelika.'
Mna kutshanje ubhale malunga nokuba ungazi njani isiphelo sikaJon Snow yinto entle, kwaye ukushiywa ebumnyameni ngabenzi beefilimu kunokuhlaziya. UDavid Chase wayithatha kakhulu kwaye wasishiya ebumnyameni ngokoqobo, kwaye yayiyeyona nto intle anokuyenza. Andizange ndiqonde ukuba kutheni umbuzo ohleliyo uhlala uhleli Ngaba u-Tony uyafa? Kuba kunjalo uyafa, ekugqibeleni. Ngokunjalo ne-AJ. Kanjalo noCarmella. Iyafana ke nale ndoda kwidyasi yelungu ekuphela kwayo, kunye nabo bonke abantu abakuloo diner. Kwaye ke umhlaba uya kuqhubeka ngaphandle kwabo. Ubomi bukaTony, nokuba buhlala eminye imizuzwana elishumi okanye iminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, buya kuqhubeka buze buqhubeke. Ngeke nje kubekho abaphulaphuli abajikeleze ukubukela kwakhona.
Lezo mizuzwana ilishumi emnyama ayibonisanga kuphela ubomi bukaTony, kodwa nobethu bonke. Kwangelo xesha linye kokona kuphazamisayo kunye nolona thotho luthuthuzelayo lwalo lonke ixesha. Isika ngesiquphe kwiscreen esingenanto, kodwa bekukho ubomi bonke buphila ngaphambi kwescreen esingenanto, kwaye kuya kubakho ubomi emva kwayo nokuba mfutshane kangakanani. Ubomi buqhubeka kude kube sekupheleni kwekhredithi.
Ndihlala ndicinga ngale mpendulo katata. Kwakungekho kukhathazeka kwisiphelo esibi - ngalo mzuzu, wayengayazi loo nto wayenjalo isiphelo. Kwakukhathaza into yokuba wayeyithanda ngokwenyani, into awayeyigalele hayi ixesha lakhe kuphela kodwa iimvakalelo, yathathwa kuye ngalo mzuzwana. Kodwa emva koko waqhubela phambili.
Ayisiyo iTV leyo. Obo bubomi.
