Peggy Noonan on “The Sopranos”

A snippet:

There have been shows on television that have been, simply, sublime. In drama there was “I Claudius,” a masterpiece of mood and menace–”Trust no one!”– from which writers and producers continue to steal (see HBO’s “Rome.”) And PBS’s “Upstairs Downstairs.” A few others. “The Sopranos” is their equal, but also their superior: It is hard to capture the past, but harder to capture the present, because everyone knows when you don’t get it right. It takes guts to do today.

David Chase did, and he made a masterpiece. I’ll be watching Sunday night, but I’ll wake up that morning with a blue moon in my eyes.

The finale is on Sunday.