David Chase did Tony dirty

David Chase really seemed to go out of his way in the later seasons to strip away any remaining sympathy viewers had for Tony. It’s pretty well known that he wasn’t exactly thrilled that so much of the fanbase still rooted for him despite everything.

He even made Tony a degenerate gambler even though one of Tony’s father’s life lessons to his son was this: “You should never gamble Anthony, let this be a lesson to ya, a man honours his debts”