Chrissy wouldn't either. In fact he had many opportunities and even thought about it but ultimately he couldn't. He really believed in the whole thing and could not betray it.
I think Paulie would have ratted. He was already blabbing about the family’s business to Johnny Sack and could barely handle 4 months in the can. I have a tough time imagining Paulie staring at a life sentence and NOT flipping.
yes, that's why the series ends that way. It's a show about him being a mobboss, not a fricking rat behind bars(or dead, it fricking makes no difference).
He LITERALLY ratted on Feech and he was buddies with multiple feds. He would absolutely testify against New York or his own glorified crew to save his fat ass.
Tony loses pieces of what's left of his soul with each season. He's completely hollow by S6, a husk of the somewhat relatable and amicable man in the earlier seasons.
A lot of viewers miss that from season 1 the show is about Tony destroying the family (glorified crew, really) he always wanted to run by killing or driving away all its best captains and earners, until they're down to just incompetents sycophants and the desperate and Tony's actions drive them into a war with a real family.
There is essentially nothing left by the end due to his psychopathic behaviour and new Jersey gets absorbed by NY
S1 is a bit of a mess. It’s still trying to find its feet and form some kind of identity. It was clearly conceptualised in the post-Goodfellas, post-Tarantino era of the 90s.
Realistically, he might rat on New York if pushed to and probably his own crew as well. The only way he'd get a lesser sentence would be if he caught bigger fish than himself, and that means ratting out NY which I can see him doing.
"The book that Tony finds in the men's bathroom during his dream is The Valachi Papers, written by Peter Maas. It is the famous book based on the testimony of Joe Valachi, the first member of the Mafia to turn state's evidence and who confirmed the existence of the American Mafia. It is seen again when Tony states he's done his homework.
duh every one of them was going to rat out if faced with serious charges and long jail time. All of them where hypocrite. Being on the fatso being homosexual is le bad but they frick guys in prison and literally 2-3 of them where clearly closed gaygs, about eating pussy.... about not talking and literally half of them where working with the fbi and spreading shit behind each other backs. about being le real mafia and muh italian where all of them where no where near to the real italians and actual italian mafia. all of them talking about the old times and muh rules but all of them where bending the rules or not even following them and so on.
All of them where a shadow of what once was. Every one of them would RAT to save his own ass.
He set up and ratted out feech and risked putting in Chris and criminal mastermind Benny at the same time for truck hijacking. Aka interstate commerce which tony lectured Chrissy on the same season about being a low reward high time crime when he stole that watch from a UPS truck. After melfi did 911 and Nancy died they switched the show up from the FBI vs a gangster with mommy issues into the tony soprano mob tale. Shit they did a whole fricking plot line about AJs DNA report the first season to explain it to the audience.
The sopranos is argueably a much better show than it was originally intended via those sudden circumstances.
It was a gamble, probably a safe one since feech wasn’t doing so well on the outside and had probably gotten used to prison life after so many years, but it was a HUGE gamble, a much bigger one than keeping him around or having him killed, but they already did that plot line with Richie and Janice wasn’t fricking feech.
I’ve seen anons here annoyed about Tony B’s transformation from cool head to reckless killer, complaining that it happened too quickly. But the situation with his daughter and his resentment towards Tony for his success is all in there. Some of the best characterisation in the show in my opinion.
I find the side plot about Tony B.'s daughter being missing and it never being resolved really depressing.
>I find the side plot about Tony B.'s daughter b
they really went out of their way to show how fricked that girl looked like in that picture, like a goth emo rock crazy b***h
If he was in that position where he'd go away for a long time, more likely he would've gotten his package from the birdfeeder and run away like Mickey Massucco.
If Vito can frick off to new england and not get caught what's stopping Tony from doing the same. he didn't like being boss, the mob life wasn't making him happy anyways and he hated carm and aj
It's not unlikely
Of course. Ultimately he was a complex, selfish person. It's more important to Tony that everyone around him thinks he wouldn't turn.
100%. Only person from their crew who wouldn’t would be Paulie and maybe Silvio. Paulie might have only gotten people he hated in trouble though.
Chrissy wouldn't either. In fact he had many opportunities and even thought about it but ultimately he couldn't. He really believed in the whole thing and could not betray it.
I think season 6 Chris would've flipped on Tony.
yea Chrissy would have been the only 1 who wont flip.
Paulie and Silvio would flip in a heath beat facing 20+ years time.
Silvio seemed pretty loyal though. He even went and killed Burt Gervasi on his own when he found out he was conspiring against Tony.
I think Paulie would have ratted. He was already blabbing about the family’s business to Johnny Sack and could barely handle 4 months in the can. I have a tough time imagining Paulie staring at a life sentence and NOT flipping.
chrissy was too dumb to turn, paulie would in a hearbeat.
Paulie would have squealed in a second lol. Silvio and probably Bobby are the only ones who wouldn't rat.
yes, that's why the series ends that way. It's a show about him being a mobboss, not a fricking rat behind bars(or dead, it fricking makes no difference).
He LITERALLY ratted on Feech and he was buddies with multiple feds. He would absolutely testify against New York or his own glorified crew to save his fat ass.
To Tony's credit, since he was buddies with the fed guys I would imagine he'd try every other deal before ratting on his own crew.
I think S1 Tony might have done his time like a man. S6 Tony only cared about himself, I think he would have sold out anyone to avoid prison
S1 feels so different from the other seasons
Tony loses pieces of what's left of his soul with each season. He's completely hollow by S6, a husk of the somewhat relatable and amicable man in the earlier seasons.
A lot of viewers miss that from season 1 the show is about Tony destroying the family (glorified crew, really) he always wanted to run by killing or driving away all its best captains and earners, until they're down to just incompetents sycophants and the desperate and Tony's actions drive them into a war with a real family.
There is essentially nothing left by the end due to his psychopathic behaviour and new Jersey gets absorbed by NY
Killing your best-friend and then your cousin takes a toll on you.
S1 is a bit of a mess. It’s still trying to find its feet and form some kind of identity. It was clearly conceptualised in the post-Goodfellas, post-Tarantino era of the 90s.
probably, stand up guys that follows the rules end badly, usually long sentences or death, only scumbags make it so far
>Literally every one of them would.
Beside everything else that was one of the things on the show the slow decline of the mafia from its golden days
Realistically, he might rat on New York if pushed to and probably his own crew as well. The only way he'd get a lesser sentence would be if he caught bigger fish than himself, and that means ratting out NY which I can see him doing.
Yes
he would indeed be the best informant ever.
From IMDB
"The book that Tony finds in the men's bathroom during his dream is The Valachi Papers, written by Peter Maas. It is the famous book based on the testimony of Joe Valachi, the first member of the Mafia to turn state's evidence and who confirmed the existence of the American Mafia. It is seen again when Tony states he's done his homework.
100% would have given the whole thing up.
>It is seen again when Tony states he's done his homework.
What dream is this? The one with his football coach?
duh every one of them was going to rat out if faced with serious charges and long jail time. All of them where hypocrite. Being on the fatso being homosexual is le bad but they frick guys in prison and literally 2-3 of them where clearly closed gaygs, about eating pussy.... about not talking and literally half of them where working with the fbi and spreading shit behind each other backs. about being le real mafia and muh italian where all of them where no where near to the real italians and actual italian mafia. all of them talking about the old times and muh rules but all of them where bending the rules or not even following them and so on.
All of them where a shadow of what once was. Every one of them would RAT to save his own ass.
>tfw OP is right
TWENTY fricking years
He set up and ratted out feech and risked putting in Chris and criminal mastermind Benny at the same time for truck hijacking. Aka interstate commerce which tony lectured Chrissy on the same season about being a low reward high time crime when he stole that watch from a UPS truck. After melfi did 911 and Nancy died they switched the show up from the FBI vs a gangster with mommy issues into the tony soprano mob tale. Shit they did a whole fricking plot line about AJs DNA report the first season to explain it to the audience.
The sopranos is argueably a much better show than it was originally intended via those sudden circumstances.
Chris and Benny knew it was a setup. They also knew Feech would never rat, even if he knew he'd been setup.
It was a gamble, probably a safe one since feech wasn’t doing so well on the outside and had probably gotten used to prison life after so many years, but it was a HUGE gamble, a much bigger one than keeping him around or having him killed, but they already did that plot line with Richie and Janice wasn’t fricking feech.
>and Janice wasn’t fricking feech.
Do we know this for certain?
>The sopranos is argueably a much better show than it was originally intended via those sudden circumstances.
Interesting take. I hadn’t thought about that aspect.
I think Tony would have done his time like a man. He'd probably become head of the Italian gang in no time.
I find the side plot about Tony B.'s daughter being missing and it never being resolved really depressing.
I’ve seen anons here annoyed about Tony B’s transformation from cool head to reckless killer, complaining that it happened too quickly. But the situation with his daughter and his resentment towards Tony for his success is all in there. Some of the best characterisation in the show in my opinion.
Buscemi casting was the worst in the show
>I find the side plot about Tony B.'s daughter b
they really went out of their way to show how fricked that girl looked like in that picture, like a goth emo rock crazy b***h
BOY YOU'RE FAT
Season 5 was the best one.
Phil Leotardo was the better man.
If he was in that position where he'd go away for a long time, more likely he would've gotten his package from the birdfeeder and run away like Mickey Massucco.
If Vito can frick off to new england and not get caught what's stopping Tony from doing the same. he didn't like being boss, the mob life wasn't making him happy anyways and he hated carm and aj