On my personal YouTube channel, I released a new video today.

I am a huge fan of gangster films and series, and ‘The Sopranos’ (1999 – 2007) is my favorite series of all time. The ending of the show is without a doubt the most discussed ending of any work of popular culture ever made.

After having his arch enemy Phil Leotardo killed, New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano goes to an American diner with his family to have onion rings. A suspicious looking man comes in, takes a seat at the bar and visits the bathroom later. Tony tells his wife Carmella that one of his crew members, Carlo, will testify against him. On the jukebox, the song ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ by Journey is playing. At the words ‘don’t stop’, the screen suddenly goes black.

What happened to Tony Soprano? Was he killed? Arrested? Did he have a heart attack? Did nothing happen? Is his family allright?

According to my video, all of the above happened and yet didn’t happen at the same time. Just like in quantum physics, before an observation is made, all possible realities exist in a superposition of probabilities. Once we make an observation, our reality is updated. Since the screen went black, we didn’t get a definite ending, but only a glimpse at all the possibilities existing in potential simultaneously.

The ending of ‘The Sopranos’ is actually a very good demonstration of what quantum mechanics tells us about reality and the many worlds existing in potential in Domain 1.

Check it out: