The Sopranos Sessions is a must-read for fans who saw the landmark HBO series when it debuted 21 years ago, and for come-latelies who are finally catching up.
And HBO is making it easy to catch up with the series, as the cable channel has unlocked 500 hours of programming—including The Sopranos, Veep, Succession, Six Feet Under, The Wire, True Blood, Big Little Lies, and Barry (plus 20 movies)—to binge during the lockdown. (You ca n access the free content by downloading the HBO Now or HBO Go apps or stream it at hbonow.com and hbogo.com.)
Ace TV critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz—who worked together at the Star-Ledger, the Newark, New Jersey-based newspaper that Tony Soprano picked up in his driveway—have compiled a thorough trove of big-picture essays and detailed recaps of the 86 episodes of the celebrated drama, brimming with expert (and obsessive) analysis and insight. (In the duo's 2016 collaboration, TV (The Book): Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time, The Sopranos tied for best-show-ever honors with The Simpsons.)
The package is capped with revealing Q&As with creator David Chase musing on all seven seasons and a discussion by the authors titled “Don't Stop Believin' You Know Exactly What Happened At the End of The Sopranos.” (We're not spilling any spoilers here!)
Will this definitive tome will ever be topped? Fuggedaboutit!
The Sopranos Sessions is available as an ebook from eZone and Hoopla.