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In HBO’s classic mob drama The Sopranos, New Jersey Tony Soprano navigates his way through the criminal underworld attempting to avoid landing himself in jail or ending up as a statistic with a bullet hole in his head.
Season 6 makes it clear that Tony’s world is collapsing around him, that it’s crashing down and his run in the mob is coming to an end. Whether you believe Tony was killed in the diner in the show’s final scene or not, the fact is Tony is finished either way. He has far too many enemies who would like his head on a pike, most of his close associates are dead, and crucially, his captain Carlo Gervasi has flipped on him, meaning all of this either ends with death or a lengthy spell in prison for Tony Soprano.
Carlo is a capo of the DiMeo family who was promoted to the position after the death of Jimmy Altieri in season 1 who ends up flipping in season 6. So why did Carlo flip anyway? Well, the ostensible reason is made clear in the show - it’s revealed that his son is picked up by the FBI for drug dealing, so in order to keep his boy out of jail, Carlo flips and gives evidence to the state. And that’s it - pretty simple.
However, I believe there’s a lot more to Carlo flipping, or at least, other elements which pushed him to do so, namely his lack of believe in Tony’s leadership, shown by subtle hints over the course of season 6 that Carlo’s estimation of Tony, as a man, just plummeted.
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I still wanna know why Ray & Eugene flipped.
He didn't want our fvckin drills
Phil had gotten too emotional and out of control. Butch figured he could do a better job. Plus, he didn't like the way Phil was talking to him on the phone when he was walking through Chinatown. Phil had changed.
That’s on reason I disliked Tony.
@@trublulonestar4o9 I think Ray got popped and his kid wouldn’t get proper treatment for his MS if he went to prison. Eugene was way too high strung, then he inherited that money off his aunt, had a chance at the straight life and Tony denied it.
Vito isn't a homosexual. He never was. He can probably get a note from his doctor.
Exactly. The blood pressure medication messed up his head.
@@shamaal123 Besides, it's 2021. There's pillow biters in the Special Forces.
@@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime Oh! Fuxking slander if you ask me
Blood pressure meds made him go out of his way to buy assless chaps and a leather hat.
It was a joke.
The actor who played Carlo in real life is a retired cop. He knew a thing or two about mobsters which probably came in handy for these types of roles.
Or he was a crooked cop! 21 years in the NYPD, must have seen a lot of shit. He was a US Marine too.
He had some of the best line deliveries in the entire show, too! Love him
@@14AspenDrive”he’s gotta go!!” I still say that to this day, no one knows where I got it from 😁
@@TheScouseassassin Carlo did 21 years in the NYPD where he had do a lot of compromising. Eating grilled cheese off of the radiator in the squadroom.
@@joemckim1183 actually he plays carlo gambino in godfather of harlem 😅
This is why The Sopranos is just so good even after 15 years.
The show tells you why he flipped, it is not a secret, but if you pay more attention on rewatches you begin to peel back layers as to why his decision was made that much easier. This is also the case for a lot of things in the show.
Well said
I watch it every couple of years again and discover more and more layers
Bro it’s not that deep
@@Guyvermectin its actually one of the few times it is lmao
@@GuyvermectinIts deep enough to notice the subtleties like Carlo's silent expressions when Tony talks down on gays or knowing Tony has gambling debts and is burning money. Carlo had many a reason to flip like Ray,Pussy Bonpensiero, Jack Massarone and Jimmy Altieri.
he was gay gary copper?
Carlo was quick to tell Tony “Sil hit him first” after they killed fat Dom
Yep, there were already signs he had ratlike qualities
Fat Dom who came over to Jersey never to be heard from again? Syracuse tanked again !
With a Dustbuster nonetheless lmao. Truly a coldhearted gangster move. The "pop" sound with the dust flying cracks me up every time. Fat Dom is like "did that asshole just hit me with a vacuum?". Then they decide to show him the new Ginsu knives, how they can cut through a lead pipe and still slice up a fat New York mobster with ease.
Before finding out that Carlo flipped (well, even still kinda) I always thought that part was pretty funny because it reminded me of two little kids who did something wrong and tells mommy that their sibling did "it" first lol but yeah, finding out later on that he flipped shows those loose-lip tendencies within him.
Bro.......fuck........ I never realized that
Tony treated Carlo like garbage. Once Carlo's son got pinched for selling drugs, it wasn't a hard decision for Carlo to Flip, and turn witness. No mystery here.
Where's the money. My uncle the boss of this family is on trial for his life
@@rahmanmuhammad9791 We hear you, Tone.
@@anthonyc1629 the guy what happened the councilman.
@@rahmanmuhammad9791 It died on the vine
@@edd8914 it died on the vine
I love when they’re all at Ray Curto’s funeral and Rusty Millio says “stand up guys like that - they’re a dying breed” 😂🐀
haha same here bro 😀
Same here... I was just thinking about that and run into this comment
It's kind of a shame he didn't get exposed as a rat to the family. When I 1st started watching the show, I got him and Camrine confused. They all look the same
Ray is my Zio Giovanni's brother.
bittmanbobby I had ray and carmine confused too. At points even patsy was thrown into the mix😂I'm on my second rewatch and everything is so much clearer
The Moltisanti Kid said it best: Tone, when he was always talking about greasing the union who knew that's what he meant.
Big construction tycoon
F**king parade float.
def a come from behind kind of guy
The laugh in that was real. Like they didn't know the lins
I’ve always loved that Patsy was the only one to laugh…
Plus when they were in the safehouse, some of the guys were going to visit Silvio in the hospital... a strong gesture to a fallen comrade, even though there's a war going on. Tony decided to just go upstairs to his room to think stuff.
While Tony did eventually went to see Silvio, I don't think any of the guys knew that.
A boss who doesn't have the back of his underlings, refusing to honour his debts, chastising his men in front of others, displaying his weakness by hiding instead of leading/being with his soldiers..... I'm surprised more people didn't jump ship.
That's partially why Butchie jumps ship.
Yesterday was his gout
You're giving these scumbags way too much credit
@@playbackproductions1 BINGOS, hit the nail in the head.
These guys aren't as sensitive as millennials chatting on TH-cam.
Bobby: "Vito can't come to the social club no more!"
Carlo: "Social club? He's gotta go!"
some friends... gonna kill a guy for being gay
@@homerdadon6363 they did right
@@shawnstrickland7313 like richie Aprelle
@@homerdadon6363 Aprile and what point are u trying to make?
@@shawnstrickland7313 you apparently never saw Sopranos if I have to explain
Holy smokes, I never realized that Carlo was cousins with Burt. I started watching this as a high school kid in 99. Always learning new things about this show.
Who was burt again?
Me too
@@marwaanize burt was an associate for sopranos and he tried to switch sides to new york. But he ended up getting killed by Silvio. This was in the final season
Remember when Tony is at dinner and they are welcoming new members with Phil and New York , Burt was inducted he also was with patsy when they shook down or tried too shake down the coffee shop
@@ThomasShelby6213 ah now I remember the choke. For some reason I thought it was jimmy alteiri who flipped in the first seasons. He was taken out by sil as well
Stringing all of those events of Carlo's disappointment together in one video makes a lot of sense for his flipping.
It was a miracle Tony lived as long as he did. But when things started falling apart on him, things fell apart very quickly. And that’s the most realistic thing on the entire show. That, and Chrissy’s addiction. The more I watch this series, the final handful of episodes in particular, I’m really wondering on top of everything else going on, Pauley and Parisi set Tony and possibly the other two up for a laundry list of grievances and resentment. That had been just below the surface for years. It wasn’t betrayal to those two. It was retribution for years, decades of being shit on.
EDIT: grammar
Plus Carlos being informant to help his son.
I believe the Paulie/Patsy theory or some variation, because the Members Only jacket seems to be an intentional allusion to the Patsy/Eugene debacle, and the scene with Patsy, Meadow, and Patrick Parisi, is very suspect. in this conversation, not only are we reminded of a connection that could allow Patsy to know where Tony will be (the Meadow/Patrick connection), but Tony starts discussing Carlo's son (the reason he thinks Carlo flipped) and it seems as if Patsy is uncomfortable. I'm not sure what exactly is being suggested by this, maybe that Patsy is aware of the Carlo situation or discussed flipping or turning on Tony with him.
but then when Tony brings up the possibility of making Patsy capo instead of Paulie, only then does Paulie seem to get concerned and ostensibly take the job (without actually saying he has; "I live to serve you, my liege" or smth to that effect). but his reaction could actually have been because he already discussed betraying Tony with Patsy, and realized that Patsy would likely reconsider if he felt he was finally paid his dues by Tony. so he makes sure that doesn't happen.
They reap what they sow. In season 1 they all voted in Tony's favor over Junior originally. Of course Junior would have been a disaster. To be real, Jackie getting cancer was the beginning of the end for that glorified crew.
The best thing about this series of comments? Everyone seen OP’s “Edit: Grammar” and everyone’s grammar is now spot on.😂
@@ict113090The beggining of the end was when Tony became boss. Yeah, Junior would have been horrible but at least he wouldn't have killed half of the family on behalf of little things and greediness. Tony's decadence is he family's fall
I'm amazed at how many parallel plotlines David Chase, and the other writers, managed to put together, in so many subtle ways.
The answer is simple, Carlo Flipped because he was dragging Vito at the back of his car
Fking judge roy bean ova there
😂😂
Carlo was one of my favorites. Old school, stand up guy. Quiet but strong. I mean the dude was in his 60’s but was still built like a brick shithouse.
You mean a shit brick house
@Father Strength yeah he did 😄
@Father Strength True dat, he's got Rat written all over him.
@Father Strength We hear you Tone ..
@@davidshamiri1448 Brick shit house is saying going back to the days when toilets were built seperate from the main house.
“F**k that honor & loyalty sh**t.” The most realistic sentiment about Cosa nostra.
season 6 i rewatch the least b/c it's just so depressing. at least until then Tony attempted to put up a facade of caring/holding up tradition, honor, etc. he's just a monster in season 6. absolute power corrupts absolute.
Too many snitches. Who'd want to be a gangster these days? Even the most badass gangster will flip if the cops got enough on them.
Yes. A healthy society won't put up with criminal extortion.
They all screwed each other and they call it family. True to life
No honor or principals anymore . People are rats .
@@Antimarx999 We have no problem letting the IRS get away with extortion.
Michael Franzese an-ex Mafioso runs a weekly TH-cam vlog.
Michael was a huge money earner for the Mob. He went to prison and his own father put a contract on his head at one time, as the Mob thought Michael had flipped.
He also found a good woman who turned him to God. No, Michael Franzese had not become a loud mouthed born again.
Michael openly says, even being a gangster today, is a one way ticket to a long sentence and death.
There is too much electronic surveillance and way too many snitches.
Everyone wants the amazing wealth that narcotics generate.
Look at El Chapo.
He thought, like Pablo Escobar, that his corrupting wealth would protect him forever.
Both El Chapo and Escobar were first betrayed by snitches, then electronic surveillance finished them off.
Tony Soprano stood no chance of avoiding a long prison sentence.
Well, we can’t have Tony in our social club anymore. That much I do know.
Social club? HE'S GOTTA GO!
@@LaMosesJones ARE YOU GONNA TAKE CARE OF HIS FAMILY????
@@LaMosesJones oh would you go easy over there Judge Roy bean
hey Hink
Silvio didn't die. His death was faked when he went into the Witness Protection Program and ended up in Norway. :)
That’s exactly what I like to imagine! He should have been boss so him being passed over would be a believable story for me lol
That's a good Netflix show. Did they ever have a second or third season?
Good one lol
@@GodSonBlessed There are 3 seasons of Lillyhammer. All 3 are gold!
It's easy to see that in the end Carlo probably was just done with Mob-life in general and when the offer came, he just thought he might as well cut his losses: save his son from getting sent down and then go to witness protection to live what remains of his life in peace isn't really that bad deal. It's much better what most in that life get.
Imagine waking up from a coma...and one week later you're in jail 😂
Could you imagine, waking up from a coma and next week , your're in jail
He'll be out of the coma before his soup gets cold
“It’s Carlo… he’s gonna testify” … see, even if Tony wasn’t killed in the final scene (I believe he was) he’s still most likely going away for life
He was killed David Chase even mentioned by accident.
Tony died in Italy.
@@boxingmotoman He didn't. You got click-baited
@@histguy101 He referred to it as the "Death Scene" so makes no difference Tony got whacked. Carlo flipped his crew was decimated who would stay loyal or be a part of that crew anyway.
@@boxingmotoman yea by the end there was nothing left… the most depressing scene is Pauly sitting outside Satrialles by himself in the end. Compared to the opening scene of “Christopher” in season 4, that shit almost makes me cry.
The thing is , you need more then one guy saying “ Tony did X” to take him down . You need multiple witness’s and wire taps , not to mention a paper trail of his assets and evidence of a ongoing criminal operation. Any good lawyer will also point out the narrative that Carlo is only trying to save his drug dealing son . It’s established Tony is pretty smart with bugs , taxes , and hiding income . The only SINGLE guy who could single handed take down the soprano family is Sil .
dont forget, every single capo turned out to be a rat, thats not one guy, its just the last guy
Always better than one guy for sure, BUT, Carlo just has to tell where "all the bodies are buried" both real and figuratively and that's what puts Tony and others away. Corroborated testimony with factual evidence will sink anyone at any time. One guy can do it. And this is one big guy doing it. It's enough and that's not counting who flips later. In these situations the sooner you flip the better. The late train never gets as good a deal as the early turncoats.
@@bobbywoods684 He may or may not know where 1 body is buried. He certainly doesn't know where anyone Tony killed is buried.
@@sunonaro Like 4 over the course of 8 years, 2 of whom did it before Tony was boss.
It would make sense, since the FBI is looking to flip Capos they see as weak because they can do the most damage. There were more that didn't flip.
RICO only requires 1 high level witness to take down a boss
Carlo flipped because of the Vito situation and the fact that Tony wasn't old school and traditional mafia enough. A running theme through out the show is that Tony is basically a fat weak little kid who is trying to play the role of gangster in front of the type of men he looked up to as a kid - however he didn't really have the discipline for it.
I’d love to see a video on who is left in the New Jersey family after the series finale and who would fill in positions of boss, capos, consigliere etc as most of the top guys are gone
Patsy Boss Paulie Underboss
They probably stopped existing after Tony's murder, because no one basically left... Paulie is old and scared, Patsy is not boss material... Benny, Little Paulie.. I am not sure they were even made
@@Silvio89Dante Nah Paulie and Patsy would run it just fine.
Patsy is smart with numbers and Paulie would be good to send down Patsy's orders.
@@Silvio89Dante this is a whole week late but for my money Patsy and Paulie had Tony whacked at the end
Paulie be the boss. He helped kill Patsys twin Spoons doubt he would work for him
Carlo did the right thing especially how Tony was saying fuck loyalty. Tony pretty much made his decision much easier.
“These are rat turds, we got it call the exterminator “ then Carlo changes the subject , then the way Dom intimates and looks suspiciously at Carlo and needles him too far, that’s the scene that shows Carlo is a rat . You think chase just put “ these are rat turds” for a joke ?
Good observation… But how would have Dom knew?
Carlo didn't flip until his son was arrested.
@@scottsodyssey2485 son headed straight into the life, encouraged by his father, catches his first felony (probation) and that’s enough to get a made man to flip on two families? Gtfoh
Carlo had already been flipped , he went into witness protection when his son got popped
@@jefferythacher6894 what even suggests this? The reason for flipping was specifically made out to be because of his son in the show. Which was ridiculous.
Tony was definitely killed in the final diner scene. There's so many fans in denial about this because they love the character. Even if he wasn't, there's no way he was gonna go on living a peachy life. I love The Sopranos, but the ending finale really annoys me. They should've shown Tony getting brutally blown away. It would've added alot more weight to the show. And I know David Chase hated giving fans exactly what they wanted to see, but we loyally watched the whole series, and he shoulda hooked us up with a satisfying ending.
Tony mad disrespected that man, time and time again.
Good to see you
@@joeparrigen4982
Good to be seen.
I think another reason for the crew and carlo being suspect of Tony's leadership was after Tony killed Ralph Ciefertto. They all knew Tony killed Ralph over the race horse despite Tony denying it. They all knew deep down Tony did it.
But they couldn’t prove it if they could have proved it they would have taken tony out
Carlo opened a pizza joint and is quite successful
So did Fabrizio the sheep herder, for a while.
I always saw him as a varsity pizza cook, ever since I saw him stab that guy. The reflexes, ability to close the distance quickly, and finish the pie, while explaining what he was doing. Athletes like him don't come along in the pizza world that often.
He’s got to kick up to Beansie. Veal parmigiana sandwich .... fuck you
Bro... spoiler alert for the best series ending ever made
Nice billions reference.
He flipped because honor among thieves was never meant to be taken seriously. It's just a phrase they use to try to justify some of their actions. In the end none of them, even the old schoolers, were willing to do hard time. There was that one guy, I think his name was Bill or something, he did a few years or so I heard. He didn't talk much about it. Then there was Mr. Ground Beef, I mean Richie, but he ended up going into the witness protection program, or so they said. Carlo didn't agree that this thing comes before your muddah, and your faddah, and your wife and kids and mistresses and concubines and school teachers and newspaper boys.
sonny franzese did 40 years for a crime he didn’t even commit...then got hemmed up again when he was like 148 years old....and he did that bid like a man too.
Not true
@@jahread3322 So…which of the dozen or so crimes that he was convicted of did he not do? I’m glad that he did his time “like a man” but that doesn’t take away from the evil deeds he committed to get there. Captive honor ain’t no honor.
@@ManahManah77 He didn't do the actual crime that he was convicted of BUT he did loads of other crimes that he got away with so I say justice was served. He was a murderer,loan shark,beat people up,intimidation etc etc
So he fully deserved to be locked up
@@davidmellish3295 Agreed.
Vito Spatafore was the beginning of the end for Tony. He paid the price for the one time he tried to be a little progressive and understanding and not immediately resort to violence.
Tony just wanted the $$$ and that was obvious to everyone
It was always about the money when it came to Vito. If anything, it was Phil Leotardo who was trying to uphold any “principles”… however wrong it may be.
"Again with the money."
Tony said it therapy that he admired Vito’s work ethic, etc. He also told Carlo that they all know “Vito wasn’t the first” implying it’s been tolerated before. Tony also referenced Vito’ kids asking who would take care of them. And as much as Phil talked about Vito disgracing hi family he ignored his cousins and the kids after Vito was killed. Finally- hiring the best guy for the job regardless of sexual orientation is progressive. Tony complained many times that Carlo didn’t bring in nearly as much as Vito when he replaced him.
Being born Tony Soprano was the beginning of the end for Tony. Mobbed up Father, Uncle, Sociopathic Mother, related to Dickie Moltisanti through wife Carmela and more distantly through his own blood. Tony was always going to be a wiseguy just like DJTJ was always going to be a greasy douchebag.
I got the feeling that Carlo just wanted a way out the moment he got an excuse to do so. Ultimately, I think it was Tony's greed that got to Carlo and he realized at some point Tony was just going to cut him loose - no matter how much Carlo followed the rules or how loyal he was - simply because Tony would replace him with someone he felt would earn more money for him.
You could make the argument that Tony was truly irredeemable from day 1 of the series. It didn't help that he had an enabler for a wife who was told *exactly* what part she was playing in all this.
All I know is he can't be in our social club no more
Social club he has to go
Would you calm down, Judge Roy Bean
This just shows how everyone in the mob is just plain terrible
Most of these tough guys flip when facing hard time. This code of silence doesn't happen too often.
Even the wives and children are trash really.
It took you till the end of the series to work that out?
""Sil hit em first!".........Said it like he was a little kid to a parent.
Tony became unhinged as time went on. He wasn't following the rules and traditions. Carlo's son is a good point and also the fact that Carlo is old. If they had a viable charge on him he probably would die in prison. He is going to do that for Tony? He is older than these other guys. These aren't people he admired. These are people who got moved up over him even though he had been doing it longer and they are his junior but they treat him like they are better at least Tony does. Of course Carlos will chose his son over people like that
Was Carlo aware that his cousin was murdered by Silvio? Tony could have blamed NY as he did with Ralph.
Perhaps, but even if one doesn't know for certain there are often hunches that someone is lying and New York killing him for wanting to join them doesn't makes less sense than Tony wanting to take him out for disloyalty. Also Ralph was an ass that only Tony really missed when his income was reduced. I doubt much of anyone else in Tony's operation missed Ralph. One would probably miss their cousin though and might dig into why he was whacked and find Tony's and Silvio's figurative fingerprints on it.
You sir, are an excellent literary (tv drama series) analyst. Love how you use "the glorified crew's" own words to neatly dissect and gift wrap every assertion that you make. You do a great job differentiating all of the varying degrees of direct and circumstantial evidence. Which of course, is necessary to build accurate psychological profiles for each character and explicate their motives and actions in this beloved TV drama series.
Thank you for your kind words
@@CineRanter Your welcome. Keep up the great work!!
“”You Gotta Answer for Santino, Carlo””
Sean did it on spec
I think we all loved Tony as the boss the previous seasons, but Season 6B really showed how spiteful he was. In All Due Respect, he said he would give annoying the same protection as Tony B but by the end he became a greedy asshole. Turned his back on Hesh.
It seemed the more powerful he became the worst he became.
Which is kind of normal
@Beaverish Buck Teeth Preach brother
The Sopranos created the illusion that Tony got more vile and evil compared to Season 6 but he was never a good dude.
Tony was always Tony but the lighting changed each season to make him look worse.
See now I never liked how he hit Philly P. That was like a paranoid uncle junior move(possibly Chases intent). Yeah he was talking a little shit, but GiGi had to pull it out of him a little.
Say what you want about Tony and the other guys, Hesh was was the biggest scumbag on the whole show. The rest of them took an oath and knew exactly what they were involved in. Hesh constantly tried to act the good citizen, while using people like Tony to make as much money as he could out of them, and bad mouthing them the minute things didn’t go his way.
Greatest show of all time
Carlo’s flip is completely understandable and his mini arc pretty much just shows how Tony is not a good person or mob boss for that matter
Yea, I have sat in a meeting where the owner of the company starts trashing a guy who had worked for him 10 years, a well respected guy, and when the time invested was brought up, "Loyalty? I have been paying him to be here."
Every single person in the room knew what value they were to the owner.
What I thought was going to happen is: Tony was going to flip on everyone. All his personal friends were gone. Hesh and Paulie didn’t trust him anymore. I think Tony and his lawyer worked out a plan. That’s why he was so resigned. He knew, Paulie knew, Carlo knew and New York knew he wasn’t cut out to do time. He was selfish, lacked impulse control, and basically was a weak man. Didn’t respect the principles of the business. He would have definitely flipped on everyone. That would have got Carlo’s deal thrown out. After all the feds would rather have a boss as a key witness than a capo. Tell I’m wrong.
I love the scene where they are discussing Vito and Bobby says
"He can't be in our social club, that I know for sure"
and Carlo says
"Social club??? HE'S GOTTA GO!!"
Thank you for this perspective, and I think it's spot-on.
On Tony's reaction when the entire crew finds out about Vito: It isn't simply that Tony says "I wouldn't have the boat without (Vito's earnings)." Tony also challenges Paulie when Paulie says whack him, shouting "you gonna take care of his kids, after he's gone?" So, it isn't simply Tony hesitating to whack Vito because of Vito's earnings and Tony's greed. There is an appeal to loyalty and principles as well, and what makes Tony more interesting as a character is that he does have some principles, but he ends up violating them so often, for greed, expedience, or weakness.
I wouldn't make as much as you do ofCarlo's own principles. In the end, all of these guys violate honor, codes, loyalty, principles in favor of self-serving greed. One thing to want to kill Vito as a perceived great security risk to everyone else, but these guys are so extremely homophobic that they fear that even performing oral sex on a woman could label them as homosexual, which is ridiculous. "Honor of the family" is mostly BS, especially given what goes on in prison "Guys get a pass for that.). It's about their own insecurities and selfish behavior. These are parasitic criminals in the end, and "parasitic" is a term Puzo himself uses multiple times in the original Godfather novel.
Wait a minute... Carlo flipped? 😳
He's got to go!!!!
Whether your theory is right or not is irrelevant. I don't know if Chase had all this in mind, but I will never be able to watch Carlo in the same way again. Amazing take and great observations.
I've watched the Sopranos many times and never even considered this possible nuanced storyline. Props for even seeing it. 🙏
Carlo was always one of the more intimidating guys in the crew. Quiet, sullen, and vicious when needed to be.
Fuckin slander if you ask me
@@xgymratx oh would you calm down Judge Roy Bean!
I also thought Carlo was also fairly laid back and relaxed. Unless you were busting his balls I thought he was the most regular guy of the crew.
@@recentlybeheaded haha
Anyways my favorite line in whole entire series is when uncle jr says "i said i was sorry...what do you want....a fuckin whitmans sampler?"
@@xgymratx I like when Junior says to Tony “Fuck you want? A boutonnière?”
Bobby wasn’t shot by a gang. More like a group of young kids lol
2 black guys
@@SDuce3 oh ya those guys
A lot of urban gangs are just a bunch of young kids with guns.
“Rowdy/unruly teens” as the media terms them.
In the life of crime there are only three ways it ends - jail,rat,or dead-i think the black out screen definitely ends Tony as a mobster but in which way it happens for Tony is for the audience to decide for themselves - genius move by Chase
There's a fourth one. To survive and Neva rat but its the rarest one due to how many opportunities there is to become the previous three options
Given the vague ending, it could be asked "Who didn't kill Tony Soprano?"
Carlo also didn't like being shit on in Caddy by T when along with Bobby they went to see Hesh. Like you said he also was turned off by Ts hissy fits. Carlo also disagreed with way Vito situation went. T did make Carlo a captain but FEDS threatening your kid with 8yrs and either having case ready for you or someone flipping on you would change you. I also forgot about Bert
8yrs in jail or prison? His son was stupid and should have taken the sentence. He would have learned his lesson. But maybe the son would have told the guys what his father was involved with.. so maybe that's why he did it. In the mafia I thought drug pushing was illegal??
It’s the same thing with Nicky Scarfo, he had his people around him at the beginning but Nicky’s same greed and murderous streak drove all his allies away.
Fuckin slander if you ask me
@@xgymratx lmaooo Paulie is that you?
Same with Anthony Casso!
Carlo is one of those middle manager types who has seen the company grow and rises alongside it in a nice stable organized manner without so much infighting and misdirection. He saw the rule of the Old Man Ecklie DiMeo and then the popular acting boss rule of Jackie where everything evened out in the end. He isn't even in the discussion where Tony,Jimmy, Raymond and Larry discuss who would take over from Jackie.
Carlo works at the ports and is a good earner and is rewarded with Vito's share of the business, effectively making him a captain. He is indeed seen more with the known leaders like Paulie, Sil and Tony himself usually at the pool table. Tony is with him practically every day so he gets a good idea of what this boss is like. Tony's impulsiveness and lack of order infuriates Carlo as he can't be sure where the family is going with Tony in charge. Chris and Paulie aren't really good examples of leadership either, and Tony keeps them wearing captain badges out of loyalty and not ability. While Tony is always talking about how he needs to be an example of a leader, he isn't quite a good one on the whole.
Carlo, like Larry probably got a very good deal with the Feds- free his son from the drug charges, put Tony away (if he is still alive) and maybe even get an amnesty from any charges they might have on him (presuming they never found out about Fat Dom). Carlo and Larry aren't exactly out of the game by the end, so if Tony lives, those two might finally remove him from the equation.
Great analysis! I wish we got to see the whole Carlo flipping process! Actually I wish we got to see a lot more of some of the other main crew members
but he was there at the safe house they would have known
All your Soprano analysis that i’ve watched so far have been amazing, love your perspectives & I love this show for being so well written that it allows such in-depth analysis like this to exist.
Tony was being selfish, greedy, and callous. That said, Carlo failed to realize that when he got reassigned to take over Vito’s rackets, he would be expected to kick up similar amounts of cash to Tony.
While Tony’s desire to keep Vito on the roster was strictly about the money, Carlo’s homophobia blinded him to the fact that he had big shoes to fill. Even if Tony wasn’t being so toxic and unreasonable, Carlo would still be resentful after being reminded of the high benchmark his predecessor left behind.
Some of the worst callousness and greed was when he borrowed that 50k or whatever how much it was from Hesch and never paid it back, then when Hesch asks Tony for it Tony blows him off making Hesch have to chase it up again and then Tony acts like a fucking cruel bastard, is rude and throws the money at him. Hesch shouldn't of had to chase Tony for his money back when Hesch was kind enough to lend the money no bother. Hesch is an old man and it bothered me seeing Tony be like that towards Hesch. Tony was OK with you if you gave him money or did things for him but as soon as you can't or won't it don't matter if you are like family he would be a nasty bastard.
Tony was looking at these all within 6 months to a year :
A : Murdered
B : Arrest and Trial
C : Witness Protection
D : Go "on the run"
Gotta love the defense of Carlo as an 'honorable' gangster against Tony when Carlo was 100% behind killing Vito while Tony was defending Vito's earning power and thinking his being gay wasn't reason enough to kill him, given that. Kind of a tenuous argument that Carlo is ok and Tony's a dick.
I actually liked Carlo most of the time. His sons were fuckin awesome. They got AJ to man up a little bit and they were funny little pricks.
It's funny tho, in the end, Tony was the biggest perpetrator of every violation he used to complain about. He convinced Junior to spread the wealth and treat his Capos as equals (To some degree). Then he turns into the greediest, coldest douche bag on the planet. I like the line Junior gave to Tony about how "You walk around high-handing everybody". It's true and it only got worse throughout the show.
By the final season, Tony wasn't just unpleasant for the Capos to deal with, he was constantly condescending and dismissive. That outburst in the car, when Tony told Carlo "Maybe you should learn how to suck cock because Vito was bringing in twice as much money", seemed to be a harsh enough insult, to permanently lose Carlo's loyalty.
Boss or no boss Tony Soprano was way out of line talking to Carlo like that since Carlo is a made man and a senior member. Bosses should also be held accountable for what they do.
Didn't they beat up a Somali guy who they bumped into and pour some chemical on a guy's foot that burned it off? His sons were assholes, especially Jason.
What does that mean, "high- handing everybody"?
@@nordette Basically being condescending and dismissive or just generally treating people like assholes.
That Acid toe thing was pretty heinous, but was there any named characters not a total asshole on the show? I think there's 5 tops, and I can't think of a third.
Tony was finished, And Carlos now has to wait in line for egg noodles and ketchup like a regular schnuk
Everyone flipped in the Sopranos family, it was a leaky faucet over in Jersey.
Family? They're a glorified crew 😂
Very well researched and very well done
This was a geat analysis, very thorough, i totally forgot a couple Tony's comments and how greedy he was, awesome how you analyzed
Tony is a great character, but he is also a real POS human being and there are many examples to support this.
In retrospect, Tony just had Uncle Philly, the high ranking boss of an nyc family killed. Yeah he had a deal with butchie but you’d think he’d lay low for a few more weeks in a safe house to make sure Phil didn’t have any loyal soldiers looking for him. You’d think at the very least he wouldn’t go out in public without some bodyguards.
Great video. They did a great buildup of Carlo’s eventually flip
I totally agree with this assessment. It would be too quick to do any damage of Carlo flipped because of Jason. One would assume he had been working with the Feds for a while if they were preparing indictments to come down, these things don’t happen as quickly as guy’s son gets pinched, guy flips, indictments rain down. I totally agree that the Vito situation was probably the final straw that saw Tony’s estimation as a man plummet in Carlo’s eyes…. but eh ✋🏽 whadda I know? Maybe if I shucked cawk instead of watching TV land I would bring in 3 times what I earn in construction.
Maybe it’s because they found a hankie.
With Carlo’s lipstick in Vito’s pocket.
That's hilarious, fuck that honor and loyalty shit...um, ok. Oh yeah, Tony got one in the old melon in the diner scene. Once NY found out Carlo flipped NY had no choice but to whack Tony for fear of Tony flipping too.
I've never heard a shred of evidence or good reason to believe Tony didn't die in the diner. Just wishful thinking or weird theories about "the audience was whacked". Meanwhile, there are a milliion great motives for his guys or NY to put him down, the scene sets up clear tension with other men in the restaurant, etc. I agree. Tony's dead. I kinda hate that it's left just vague enough for people to wonder, though, because I think it sort of hurts the show.
@@LARRYLONGSTRETH it’s so implied by the scene and the whole final season. Chase couldn’t have foreshadowed or made it any more clear when it cut to black. Tony died on film using his point of view. It went black.
Worked out good for Carlo, he opened a pizza joint in NY and went into business with Bobby Axelrod.
Omg I just noticed that
Me: *reads title*
Also me, haven't even clicked on the video yet: "Because being a capo for Tony Soprano was a thankless fucking job"
Tony talked about Vito making him money was him trying to admit he doesn't care that Vito is gay, but needs to say it in a way his culture understands
The Fat Dom whacking was one of the funniest scenes in the series.😂
This intro is so much better than the other one
I think he is onto something with taking care of his crew in different ways especially recently being a big factor. While having the surviving family on lifetime payroll is not really part of being made. Tony doing things that show he isn't as supportive of crew as he should be or at least appear to be. Tony saying to Carlo we know Vito isn't the first one in the way he did also seemed to upset him quite allot.
Even if Carlo didn’t flip, the feds had already finished their Rico build up against Tony. That’s why Carlo was called to testify instead of being forced to wear a wire
Great analysis! Hadn't thought about this topic but really appreciate the in depth breakdown.
Dude I’ve binged the sopranos this month and now I’m watching your videos. I’m not sure if I was really watching. Your breakdown of the show really points out sooooo many things I didn’t pick up or notice that were right there. Brings an entire new meaning to many scenes.
Binge a show like this is not going to work. You need time for each episode to let it sink in
@@Cenot4ph that’s the problem with streaming. I’m glad things are going more to episodic releases. It’s a habit for me to binge once I get into it and I end up watching stuff in the background because I’m limited on time I get to watch. I agree though
@@joseveliz218 i do get it, it's a very good show it pull you in
Carlo wasnt a rat, he was just calling out his P.O.S. boss who always displayed himself to be a garbage human being
Ha! Ya because carlo was a great human being. He was a capo in the mafia. There all pieces of garbage
It was the blood pressure medication Carlo was on.
Tony bad mouthing his son in the last ep.
@@thejman8734 he was a good man. So he had to kill some people. So what?
Yes thank you for saying this. Wish Tony was wacked the very first episode.
Carlo couldn’t do 20 years.
I remember Melfi telling her own pshyc "this isnt Omerto this is something else".
I made a huge connection watching this vid today. Thanks
3:55 "Carlo's estimation of Tony as a man just fucking plummeted." Phil Leotardo over here
Agreed even if Tony didnt die he was surely going to jail. It was already unrealistic that he had such a long run as boss without any type of jail time. By the end his family is decimated and a too capo had flipped. There is no way out for Tony and even he comes to terms with that
Not necessarily. If they wanted another season, Carlo could have always been wacked before testifying
@@BookshelfQBattler doubtful
Anything is possible in TV world. Tony has Carlo wacked, or threatens Carlo or someone in his family and gets Carlo to recant, or threatens a juror (didn't they do that with junior's trial) or maybe Carlo gets sick and dies of natural causes or what the heck, they could have done a season or two of Tony in the can...again if they wanted to but they didn't want to. Anything's possible on TV if they want to@@joetamburello6292
Just pointing out - Tony is an eyewitness to Carlo having committed a freaking murder so Tony is probably the last one Carlo wants to accuse of anything because then Tony has no incentive not to accuse him@@joetamburello6292
The moment Tony said, “ itz Carlo… he flipped. The moment I knew my favorite show in the world was ending.
I was annoyed how they didn’t show Carlo flipping or his kid getting busted, they just say he flipped
This is and will always be the best show on television
After his son got arrested, Carlo knew once his son got out on bail maybe Tony would approach him to take out his own son or both of them to insulate himself.
It was probably common knowledge, Tony took out his own family members, and close friends in the past... plus tried to take out his own mother. So what chance Carlo and his son would have had; they were nothing to Tony.
Just like Scarfo in PA; took out so may people around him that his own soldiers did not trust him.
That conversation with Larry Barese in season 4, probably irritated Carlo more when they were talking about Tony protecting his own peronal family, but not his own soldiers. Sending Feech to jail for just trying to make money, but protecting Tony B who broke the rules.
You can't complain about him "killing family members" then in the next breath complain about him "protecting family members, but not his soldiers." You're referring to the same family member lol, and Tony earned his family's respect for how he handled Tony B. The show makes that clear.
And he didn't try to kill his mother.
@@histguy101 Why did Tony grab that pillow at the hospital and was making stretches with his arms holding the pillow on his way to his mother hospital room? Why Tony laughs and throws the pillow down once he finds out she had a stroke? She was going to testify against Tony; Tony was just going to sit there and go to jail over the stolen airline tickets?
@@sallobo777 It was that director at Green Grove spreading rumors
“Social club??.. he’s gotta go!!”
Carlo and patsy were some of the greatest side characters.
The guy who played Carlo was a cop in real life
Excellent analysis as usual
Thank you
People always talk about how dumb Chrissy was but Tony made tons of idiotic moves....
1. Killing his biggest earner Ralph over a dumb horse
2. Not immediately handing Blundetto over to Phil the obvious move to do
3. Hesitating to get rid of Vito
I kinda have to somewhat disagree on the Ralph situation I think Ralph would have turned on tony at some point
If I was Tony, I’d distance myself from any subordinate that had children breaking the law…especially dealing drugs…