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Biggest “loose end” that the show never really tied up......


For me, I always found it annoying that we never found out who ate Tony’s lo mein from the fridge at the Banda bing office. During the last episode, I was on the edge of my seat, expecting the plot thread to come back around in a big way and reveal the member of Tony’s crew who was lacking in office etiquette.

Does anyone know of any clues the show gives us that point to the culprit?

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I always suspected Paulie Walnuts.

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A good guess, but if we watch the scene closely, Christopher leaves the office as soon as tony arrives. This may be because he didn’t want to be there when he found out.

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I agree that it was Chris. He was always eating Chinese food with Adriana.

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Whoever it was (Walnuts is a fine supposition), they had to eat it in three days most likely. While it was edible for a week, Lo Mein tends to get slimy after three days, so that should narrow it down a bit.

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I think Silverman is right - it was Christopher all along

https://www.reddit.com/r/thesopranos/comments/d1sshz/who_ate_tonys_lo_mein/

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That bastard!!!!

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It was definitely not Paulie. "Remembah Pearl Harbor." (Paulie did not differentiate when it came to Asians. )

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Why does that bug you? Tony got over it even if he found out it was Chrissy or even Paulie. There are dozens of bigger beefs Tony has with either of them than speculating whether or not either one ate his lo mein.

For me, the bigger loose ends were

- what happened to the Larry and Albert Barese in season 6?

- Did Carlo really flip?

- Was Tony going to be indicted soon?

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The Barese's were not asked to come back for season 6 by the producers

Its made clear that Carlos flipped. Tonys lawyer said so while they were having lunch

He never got indicted because the show ended

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So you're saying the missing Russian was asked not to come back either using your logic.

bWAHAHAHAHAHA!

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No, The Russian was always supposed to just disappear without a trace. Its a metaphor for the legend of the Pine Barrens. The legend states many who enter the area are never heard from again and that a monster like devil lives there. Hence why the NHL team from NJ are called the Devils. So the Russian disappearing was planned from the get go

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I know you're just making this up, so I'll stand with the "story" that producers asked the Russian to stay home and to forget his outcome.

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You do realize these episodes are all fiction. No one was ever filmed eating his Lo Mein. Nor was it ever part of the script that anyone supposedly ate it

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Someone certainly did eat his lo mein. He was dreaming about it the whole way over there.

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Adriana. I just wish the family found out what happened to her. Not even sure if they would care, since she was a snitch.

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