The Daily News is calling the last scene of last night's season opener of The Sopranos "one of the most shocking moments in recent prime-time TV history."

Uncle Junior, consumed with dimentia, shoots Tony - who had stopped by to fix his uncle some pasta.

There were a number of disturbing scenes in last night's episode (Uncle Junior missing his upper plate wasn't exactly easy on the eyes.) But after last night, two more mob turncoats bit the dust: Raymond Curto and Eugene Pontecorvo. They followed Adreana La Cerva and Big Pussy Bonpensiero as FBI snitches who died while gathering information against Tony for the feds.

Curto keeled over while handing an FBI agent a tape, and Pontecorvo hung himself after the feds told him he'd be the new "designated hitter" replacing Curto. Until last night, viewers only saw Pontecorvo as a bit player and had no idea he was cooperating.

So, even though The Sopranos ended last night with Tony holding a bullet wound to the stomach and fading fast, he's got one thing in his favor: He's not working for the government!

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