Sopranos: Does Adriana Get Whacked?

We are down to the last three episodes of The Sopranos, and Drea de Matteo is all set to play Matt Leblanc's sister in the NBC Friends spinoff, "Joey." So, does that mean Adriana is about to get whacked? Or does she go 40,000 Leagues in Witness Protection? Somethings gotta give, fuggedaboudit.

One, comare, Adriana has been a snitch for the Feds, using that hookup to get rid of rivals on The Soprano food chain. There's no way David Chase, the consigliere, is going to tease this out beyond the last episode this season: it screams resolution, like a (makes Italian hand gesture) Chiacchierone.

Two, FBI agents planted listening devices in Adriana's nightclub, particularly in the back office where Tony meets with other gangsters. (The Corsair munches on a plate of Gabagool) Were Tony to find said devices, or someone else, Adriana might be fingered. And, should Tony suspect that their semi-romantic moment might have been a ruse to set him up, Tony would come heavy, react with furious anger, commit a Message Job. Either way, if Johnny Saks hears ot it, he will force Tony to show that he is still in control.

Col tempo la foglia di gelso diventa seta.

Three, Adriana, in the last episode, (The Corsair munches Sfogliatelle) asked Christopher very earnestly to move, perhaps to California, to pursue screenwriting (The Corsair makes elaborate hand gesture). He replied that he was "a soldier." But by the end of the episode, after an argument with Tony S. and Tony B. Maybe Christopher doesn't have the iron constitution to be a soldier. Maybe he has the heart of an artist, a screenwriter, an FBI Informant?

Fox Columnist Roger Friedman notes, "Sources insist that De Matteo's work on 'Joey' will not conflict with 'The Sopranos,' which is filmed at various locations in New York and New Jersey. 'She is contracted for a sixth season' of 'The Sopranos,' an HBO source said."

Whatever.