re: The Sopranos: Rank the seasons

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I recall the show taking a darker turn starting in Season 4. Even the cinematography gets darker and more shadowy in seasons 4-6 compared to the more lightly lit seasons 1-3.

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Yeah that had to be on purpose. Even though David Chase said in that talking sopranos interview that he seems to be the only person who did not think Tony got "darker" as the series progressed, rather he arguably got more enlightened. I definitely don't see it like that. I mean he was exposed to enlightenment in a sense but I've always thought he got darker and lost his soul bit by bit, as was evidenced by the seasons literally getting darker and darker cinematically. Also, I think they had to shoot some summer shots in winter around the pool party episode season so it ends up looking bleak.