The Sopranos had such a grasp on audiences that the tension of its finale hinged on watching Meadow Soprano ( Jamie Lynn-Sigler ) complete a tricky parallel parking job, and it still made for one of the most captivating, albeit extremely divisive, endings in television history. Of all the never-ending discussion points surrounding the closing moments of David Chase 's controversial finale, "Made in America," Meadow's role in the elliptical fate of her father, Tony ( James Gandolfini ) is often ignored, with her parallel parking on the street across from Holsten's being viewed as a red herring to the main action inside the diner where Tony, Carmela ( Edie Falco ), and A.J. ( Robert Iler ), chow down on onion rings and ruminate on their ominous futures.

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