<P> Chris takes a road trip to Pennsylvania with Tony just before the feast . On their way home, they spot some bikers robbing a strip mall and take part of the haul for themselves . This leads to a firefight in which Chris shoots one of the bikers as Tony drives away . Later, the two get drunk on the wine they had stolen, and Chris recalls telling Tony of Adriana's treachery . The two express their love for and loyalty to each other--though when the two later try to recreate their camaraderie sober, it falls flat and ends in an awkward silence . Months later, Chris is back in AA meetings . </P> <P> Chris premieres his film Cleaver at a private screening with other Soprano associates, looking to having it distributed nationwide . He also tries to distances himself from the criminal lifestyle and stays away from the Bada Bing . When Tony begins grooming Bobby Bacala for the position Chris once held, it is clear that their relationship has cooled . Given Chris' resentment towards Tony about Adriana's death, and his continued desire to enter the film business, the two continue to drift apart . When he relapses to drinking after yet another confrontation with Paulie, he becomes very angry with the crew and leaves . He later ends up at his "friend" J.T. Dolan's home, looking for someone to talk to . When J.T. foolishly made explicit mention of Chris' membership in the Mafia, and refuses to let Chris talk out his problems that night, Chris shoots him in the head and leaves . </P> <P> As Tony and Chris drive back from a meeting with Phil Leotardo and the New York crew, Chris--clearly impaired by drugs and alcohol--crashes his Cadillac Escalade . Tony is well enough to climb out of the SUV, but Chris is badly injured and coughing up blood . He pleads for Tony's help, mumbling that he wouldn't pass a drug test and could lose his license . After getting out, Tony sees a tree branch impaling a car seat where Christopher's daughter could have been sitting . He pinches Chris' nostrils shut, causing him to choke to death on his own blood . </P> <P> Throughout the episode's remainder, Tony displays the proper decorum for the family in mourning yet can barely restrain his relief that he is finally free of the burden Chris has placed upon him for so long--his insubordination, his substance abuse, his reckless behavior, and his complaints . He describes Chris as a "drag" on his emotions, and "a weak, lying drug addict ." In a dream, Tony admits to Dr. Melfi that he murdered Chris, as well as other friends and associates Tony B, Big Pussy, and Ralph . In the series' final episodes, Chris' picture is hung in the pork store in his honor; Paulie is disturbed that the resident cat spends its days staring at the picture . </P>

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