When The Sopranos returned for Season Six back in March 2006, the show was in a pretty unique place. The series had already revolutionized television in countless ways, and after a nearly two-year absence from the airwaves, it was finally returning to HBO to wrap up its final season.

But while many series seek to tie up loose ends toward their conclusion, The Sopranos continued to break new ground, and never so ambitiously as with the final storyline for the character of Vito Spatafore.