The Sopranos changed television. The only question isn’t whether it’s one of the greatest shows in TV history, but whether it’s the greatest show in TV history. (My heart tends to lie with The Wire, but there are valid points on all sides.) Long before anyone dared to hold up murderous protagonists like Walter White or Dexter Morgan as anti-heroes, creator David Chase asked us to sympathize with a Mafia crime boss who was just as likely to murder his colleagues as kiss his kids goodnight.
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