For the Director's Guild's spring magazine,Sopranos creator David Chase gave a lengthy interview about what was going through his head when he set up the final scenes of the series. [Spoilers follow if you haven't gotten around to watching the show in its entirety.] Tied to the finale's upcoming eight-year anniversary, Chase unpacks how he built all that tension at the end of "Made in America," how he perfected the pacing and flow of the last few scenes, why Tony always has to have eyes in the back of his head, why the framing and shot selection was so important in the diner, and how the "big moment," always out there waiting, played into all this. We recommend you read the full breakdown, because it's all an illuminating take on one of the most hotly debated moments in TV history, but here are the highlights.