I feel BB is the Sopranos of its time. Back when Sopranos was airing, it was THE show to see. Ground breaking, innovative, and true(r) to life than pretty much anything else on at the time.

Breaking Bad took up the baton after Sopranos ended and ran with it to new places. I think Breaking Bad could not have been as good as it was without The Sopranos running that first mile.

Also I think the ending of The Sopranos was excellent. To me it is obvious that >!Tony was killed. The entire scene was minutiae about each of the family members leading up to the last second. Meadow trying to parallel park...who cares? Well it is the last moment of Tony's life and therefore the last moment of the family's life as a unit. So that is why it was significant.!< I loved how it ended.