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If you only pick up on select red herrings, yes. This is what Chase was hoping for, that audiences would decide what happened so he could take credit.
There are other red herrings in the scene and S6 that can support different interpretations that are just as defensible. For the record I don't believe that the ending scene was a dream, but you could easily think so.
>tony teleports to his seat without interrupting the juke box music at the start
>family eats onion rings like communion wafers even though they can kill Tony (his condition is chronic as he says the same of eggplant 3 episodes earlier)
>the guy who's meant to kill him is an outdated mob movie stereotype
>his assassination mimics his favorite movie scene of all time
>tony's face to POV shots are most used in dream sequences (Funhouse and Test Dream sequences follow very similar pacing)
We only accept the tony dies theory because it has been the audience consensus from the start. Then, years later, Chase started teasing that this was his intended ending. So it's canon now, but I don't think it was when he actually made the show.
Chase never planned anything out or kept track of details. The show itself is full of retcons and plot holes, lots of dubbed lines. There is always random shit that goes nowhere (red herrings). And if you look at TMSON, it's like he forgot almost every detail about his own show. So the ending had no meaning. He just played on audience speculation to give him an ending he could take credit for. This is a completely different kind of genius than people give him credit for and reflects his notorious contempt for his own audiences.
