This is what I found on Matt Zoller Seitz's blog on "Members Only" - an excellent site BTW...

<blockquote>Quote:<hr>Edward Copeland said...
While I loved Livia, I think The Sopranos proved they could flourish without here with season 3 where they knocked nearly every episode out of the park. Keith Olbermann postulated an odd theory last night that I don't buy: that the premiere was actually the final episode and much of the remaining episodes would go back in time to show what led to that.

3/14/2006 1:23 PM
Matt Zoller Seitz said...
Edward: That's an interesting theory, and one I'd love to see play out. It would take David Chase's Dennis Potter fixation to the next level and bring in time-shifting elements from movies like THE KILLING.

Unfortunately, <span style="color:maroon;">Olbermann's theory suggests that he has only seen the first episode and not the next three (which were sent to critics on watermarked DVDs). The next three episodes play a few clever structural games, but for the most part they move the narrative along in a linear fashion. No chronological scrambling to speak of.</span>

3/14/2006 1:45 PM <hr></blockquote>

Amen to that!!! - I'd say<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)">

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p098.ezboard.com/bthechaselounge ... >Delyan</A> at: 3/16/06 2:52 am