IT'S ALL A BIG NOTHING

So Sopranos is, check that, WAS my favorite show on television. It is now over and I am sad. In my opinion it is still the best show EVER to hit television. Sunday night was the final episode and, although I found it disappointing, it left a lot to ponder.

In a previous season, there is a flashback where Tony's mother tells him (when he is a child) to expect life to be disappointing. "It's all a big nothing" she says. This past season Tony's son mentions that "grandma" told him the same thing. And in the last episode Tony sits side by side with his Uncle who is losing his memory and (I think) realizes that maybe his mom was right and nothing matters. Of course this is coming from a mobster, and he relates everything to his livelihood so it may not be speaking on general life terms. But none-the-less, for arguments sake, lets say you die and all you see is black. You see nothing, you hear nothing...life has ended and that is that. No tunnel of light, no singing angels on high. Does that make it all "a big nothing?" Obviously I don't have the answer to this and I certainly lean one way on this argument...because I feel it necessary. But it's a fair question. And to take it one step further (and I've written of this previously), since we all know we will never attain definitive proof on said topic, is it worth continuing to investigate? Or is that just a big waste of time?