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	Michael Imperioli attends the premiere screening of two new episodes for the final season of HBO's ‘The Sopranos’ on March 27 in New York . ‘I love the show,’ Imperioli told AP Radio in a recent interview. ‘It's gonna be sad to leave it. I think the timing is right to end it.’
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updated 5:43 p.m. ET April 6, 2007

NEW YORK - The time has come for HBO's “The Sopranos” to be rubbed out. And Michael Imperioli is ready for the end.

The 41-year-old actor returns as Christopher Moltisanti for the final season of the Emmy-winning mob drama, which premieres Sunday (9 p.m. EDT).

“I love the show,” Imperioli told AP Radio in a recent interview. “It’s gonna be sad to leave it. I think the timing is right to end it.”

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What’s in store for his character?

“I would like to end it in the psychiatric hospital with Uncle Junior,” he joked. “It’s probably gonna end, I would imagine, not the way people expect.”