Lorraine Bracco was "upset" with Dr. Melfi's uncharacteristic exit from The Sopranos

The Hollywood Reporter

Bracco recently told Talking Sopranos hosts and Sopranos alums Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa of her character abruptly cutting ties with Tony Soprano in the penultimate episode: “I remember being upset (with) the direction that David (Chase) was bringing Melfi. I just felt like he wanted me to get rid of (Tony). I felt that he did it in a very abrupt way. I don’t think that she should have done it that way. I would have liked for it to have been more meaningful. I think she cared for Tony. Even though he was a fuck-up and he was never going to really straighten out. But I think she really cared for him. You don’t spend seven years with someone and (then) discard them. I felt bad about that.”