{"id":378644,"date":"2025-12-30T22:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378644\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T22:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T22:21:11","slug":"robert-patrick-responds-to-series-finale-fan-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378644\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Patrick Responds to Series Finale Fan Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"taxonomy\">Posted in: <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tv\/hbo\/\" rel=\"category nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HBO<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tv\/\" rel=\"category nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV<\/a> | Tagged: <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tag\/the-sopranos\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the sopranos<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt\" style=\"font-weight:lighter;margin:6px 0;font-size:1.1em;clear:both;\">Robert Patrick (Tulsa King) reacts to a fan theory about how his character, Davey Scatino, might have factored into The Sopranos finale.<\/p>\n<p>Published Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:37:03 -0600 by <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/author\/tchang\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Chang<\/a><\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>Robert Patrick is one of the busiest actors in Hollywood and isn&#8217;t slowing down anytime soon, with nearly 180 projects under his belt, including his memorable run on HBO Max&#8217;s Peacemaker. While promoting his series Tulsa King, TV Insider spoke to the Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) star about a fan theory concerning his character, Davey Scatino, on HBO&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/tag\/the-sopranos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sopranos<\/a>. He was the compulsive gambler\u00a0introduced in season two and has been friends with Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) since high school. It&#8217;s his habit that Tony uses for profit, and while Patrick only appeared in three episodes that same season, some speculated that he might have had a hand in the sixth and final season&#8217;s finale that saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yJryNRcgv4o&amp;pp=ygUUZmluYWwgc2NlbmUgc29wcmFub3M%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony<\/a> eating with his family at a restaurant one moment shifting to a point of view shot of Tony before going all black in one of TV&#8217;s most controversial endings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Sopranos-Robert-Patrick.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:600\/h:338\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Sopranos-Robert-Patrick.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2343404\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20600%20338%22%20width%3D%22600%22%20height%3D%22338%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"The Sopranos: Robert Patrick Responds to Fan Theory About Finale\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"\/><\/a>Robert Patrick in &#8220;The Sopranos.&#8221; Image courtesy of HBO<br \/>\nRobert Patrick on What He Knows of Davey&#8217;s Involvement in The Sopranos Finale<\/p>\n<p>As for that ominous ending, many suspect the sudden darkness is due to Tony&#8217;s assassination, and some fans think David was responsible. &#8220;I think that was interesting. Did that really get a lot of traction?&#8221; Patrick responded to TV Insider&#8217;s initial inquiry before sharing, &#8220;Yeah, that&#8217;s interesting. David Chase is the only one that knows. I was never contacted about it. I don&#8217;t know. Was there a guy that might have looked like me, or people thought that it was me? \u2026 It&#8217;s interesting. Yeah, I wonder. I don&#8217;t know. I feel blessed that people would really still be thinking about my character at the end. But boy, what a great experience. And the crossover from Sopranos to Tulsa King, the fans are there. That&#8217;s a throughline there for sure. Yeah, that&#8217;s why I threw out that line, &#8216;How&#8217;s your balls, Manfredi?&#8217; That came from Jimmy Gandolfini. That&#8217;s what Jimmy came in and said to me right before we shot that scene where he beats me up in my office to collect. Jimmy came in to me and said to me, as Jimmy to Robert Patrick, &#8216;How&#8217;s your balls?&#8217; So I threw that out there to (Sylvester) Stallone, he loved it: &#8216;How&#8217;s your balls, Manfredi?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sopranos-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlpnk72yciwc.i.optimole.com\/cqhiHLc.IIZS~2ef73\/w:600\/h:369\/q:75\/https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sopranos-1.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1220730\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20600%20369%22%20width%3D%22600%22%20height%3D%22369%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"A look at the final scene from HBO's The Sopranos (Image: WarnerMedia).\" width=\"600\" height=\"369\"\/><\/a>A look at the final scene from HBO&#8217;s The Sopranos (Image: WarnerMedia).<\/p>\n<p>For more on Patrick&#8217;s career, you can check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/1230585\/tulsa-king-finale-interview-robert-patrick-dunmire-death-sopranos-line-exclusive\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interview<\/a>. Tulsa King is available on Paramount+. The Sopranos, which ran from 1999 to 2007, is available to stream on HBO Max.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoyed this? 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