A version of the Sopranos online

Try Beverlywood as a sopranos online destination...

It’s a fan-show in the truest sense, bringing The Sopranos’ plot engine and ensemble style, to a youtube audience. Beverlywood’s tone is light and comedic, closer to HBO series like ‘Extras’ or ‘Flight of the Conchords’ rather than dramas like ‘The Wire’ and ‘Deadwood’, now only seen on DVD unfortunately. But it’s Beverlywood’s construct that will be familiar to the sopranos online fan. Just like a mob drama, any character can get whacked at any time, while we follow the lives of a large ensemble cast. And just like Tony Sopranos world was illustrated via visits to a therapist’s office, Beverlywood’s characters visit Jerricha’s house arrest residence to illustrate theirs. And Beverlywood is available at bwseries.com at no cost anytime, whereas you can’t actually watch sopranos online.

Cliffhangers at the end of episodes, whether it’s the pilot or even the finale, were a hallmark of the famous New Jersey mafia show. In that regard Beverlywood is the sopranos online. It’s the sprawling script with the multiple plotlines that allows for suspenseful endings. Having a mob war, even one without real guns, is also helpful. The Beverlywood cast is also a West Coast version of the characters James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Drea De Matteo and others made so famous. Not in physical characteristics so much as in personality imperfections, and little life problems that can derail a person under the right conditions.

Since the finale, the only way to see footage from the Sopranos online has been through spoof clips on youtube or ad trailers. As die-hard fans of the show, the creators of Beverlywood chose a more thorough approach. To create a whole new franchise in a whole new medium, while staying true to the roots David Chase has planted. It is both a way of moving on and breathing new life into the sopranos online.

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