Article: `The Sopranos' is ending its season with plenty of loose ends.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Bad enough that December's arctic blasts have swept in the usual post-sweeps reruns, but now Tony Soprano is deserting us, too.

Yes, folks, the fourth season of HBO's "The Sopranos" wraps up this weekend with a 75-minute finale I'm guessing can't possibly answer all the questions that have built up over the past few seasons, including, of course:

Is that Russian guy ever coming out of the woods?

I know the "Sopranos'" writers haven't forgotten about him because Paulie Walnuts (Tony Sirico) mentioned last season's unfortunate incident in the Pine Barrens just the other night, but I'm not holding my breath that Sunday's episode will bring what ...

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