Yeah... it begins to look like Tony comes home alone. Except he never really does come home, does he?
It's crazy, I know, but the more I see of Slop the more I'm convinced that Tony died and we're seeing him in his own personal hell. In fact, I'm sure the author would agree with me, figuratively speaking at least.
But the whole epic has the tone of a cheap movie I saw once that haunts me to this day, in spite of its cheapness. I remember it was called _Sole Survivor,_ about the crew of a crashed bomber. They all thought they were dead, but until the living showed up nobody was completely sure...
He died over there. I'll say figuratively, but that doesn't mean it wasn't real.