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'The Sopranos' Revisited

I have written on 'The Wire'. I have written on 'Lost'. I have appreciated the Heisenberg of 'Breaking Bad' and before my enthusiasm transports me to another avenue, I would like to pen some words on 'The Sopranos'. The TV Show that paved way for most of the daring shows we get to see on American Television and help kick-started it's current and second 'Golden Era'. Many call it the greatest ever and the nos of this 'many' are getting reduced every year for every year, we get to see at least dozens of path-breaking and absolutely unbelievable stories on TV and viewers of these TV shows have barely had any sniff of Tony Soprano's measured crimes. But I am a member of this 'many' and I concur with their label on it. So what's so great about 'The Sopranos'? The show premiered on HBO way back in 1999 and ran for six seasons till 2007. It survived 9/11, it survived existential crisis of millennials, it survived th