Coming off a fantastic episode in "Walk Like a Man", Christopher solidified himself as my favourite character and it finally looked like he was going to have the "arc" he always wanted. The shot of him looking at each of his "friends" laughing at Paulie's remarks as he poured his heart out looked like the breakthrough he always needed. Instead, the writers chose to have him die in the most anticlimactic way possible within the first 10 minutes of the next episode.
He was easily the best written character up to this point and had so much substance to him, yet he was simply used as a stepping stone building up to the season finale. With all the adversities he faced and the lack of respect he continued to receive from the crew, Christopher could've been the one to put up a fight against Tony. He gave his all to the man and was loyal from start to finish, yet he was treated with zero respect, even as an acting "boss". The motive was all there and even if he had proved unsuccessful, Christopher dying defying Tony would've been a much more suited death for his character than a lackluster car wreck. It goes to show that I wasn't mad at the fact they had Christopher die, in fact it was practically inevitable, but rather the decision to kill him off immediately after planting all those seeds the episode prior. A character of this magnitude did not deserve to go out like that.
I really couldn't have cared less for the rest of this episode. There was so much untapped potential within Christopher Moltisanti.
He was easily the best written character up to this point and had so much substance to him, yet he was simply used as a stepping stone building up to the season finale. With all the adversities he faced and the lack of respect he continued to receive from the crew, Christopher could've been the one to put up a fight against Tony. He gave his all to the man and was loyal from start to finish, yet he was treated with zero respect, even as an acting "boss". The motive was all there and even if he had proved unsuccessful, Christopher dying defying Tony would've been a much more suited death for his character than a lackluster car wreck. It goes to show that I wasn't mad at the fact they had Christopher die, in fact it was practically inevitable, but rather the decision to kill him off immediately after planting all those seeds the episode prior. A character of this magnitude did not deserve to go out like that.
I really couldn't have cared less for the rest of this episode. There was so much untapped potential within Christopher Moltisanti.