The Sopranos is a TV series spanning 6 seasons and containing 86 episodes. It was originally screened on HBO between 1999 and 2007. The show was created and produced by David Chase who used many of his own life and family experiences from New Jersey.
The show focuses around Mob Boss Tony Soprano leading a Mafia family in New Jersey. The first series shows his ascendancy to the position of Don accompanied with anxiety and mental health problems. These problems cause him black outs which lead him into therapy, an important aspect of the continuing stories.
Many of the cast had previously worked together with 27 cast members having appeared in Martin Scorcese’s film Goodfellas. The cast immediately gel together and are definitely a key element to the success of the show. The show is arguably the most successful TV drama ever made and certainly laid the foundations for the surge of American dramas seen over the last decade.
The episodes involve aspects that form a one off one hour story, whilst continuing other plots which develop throughout the programme as a whole. The show draws on successful aspects from many great gangster films and will appeal to fans of films like Goodfellas and The Godfather. The show is deservedly a commercial and critical success which keeps an excellent standard throughout all the episodes. In fact, it would be fair to say at no point does the show loose the ingredients that make it so successful, which is surprising as it results in 86 excellent episodes of near perfect Mafioso drama.
Unlike Twin Peaks this show didn't loose it's way, so, is it the best TV show ever?
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