The Hose

I just read that sopranos won't start again till March. That's very strange because I thought the whole reason it started so late last year was because it was plotting the next two seasons of the show. This vexes me. I personally like the idea of starting the show within a year of the end of the season preceding it. I dunno that just might be me. Any momentum generated by the season before is basically disappaited. Do I have to go watch the season before in the weeks leading up to the new season? Will the new season pick up 18 months after Tony and Carmela decide to get a divorce? There are teen type people on that show, AJ might be 22 or something at the end of next season, how will that get explained? Very odd....