I thought Tony made his move too soon. He should have given the guy one more chance.
shareNah..he was undercutting Tony as "the Boy King" at every turn and disrespecting him. He was engaging in battle with Paulie Walnuts, a trusted Soprono lieutenant.
Tony learned his lesson with Richie Aprile.
Feech was never going to change, Tony had already learned the hard way so Feech unknowingly never had a chance.
shareFeech was a bomb waiting to explode. Tony had to "defuse the situation before it became a situation. "
shareTony realized that Feech was never going to take him seriously as a boss. He would never see him as anything other than Johnny Boy Sopranos kid who made his name by robbing his card game. And it wasn't even that he was working with Johnny Sac without telling Tony, but he knew the accountant was a friend of Tony's, but still robbed him anyways.
The theme of season 5 was Tony as a Boss. This situation showed how Tony was using his past experiences to make the right decision now, and not letting a past problem repeat itself.
Well that’s an interesting viewpoint that you have there chief, but I think the irony of the situation has gone over your head.
Here’s why.
LaManna was old school, had no real respect for younger members of the family, and preferred business to be done as it was back in the old days.
The irony is that had Tony adopted the old school principals that LaManna so craved, then LaManna would have been dead. Tony let him off lightly by setting him up for a parole violation and getting him sent back to the Hoosegow. I think the quote was “it’s the kindest thing to do under the circumstances”
LaManna should have been toast. Whacked. Sleeping with the fishes. Mooo.
Some may have considered Tony weak for not finishing the job properly.
Did Tony move too soon? No baby. He moved too softly. What he did was effectively rat out a family member to the law enforcement. That would never have happened back in the day. What if LaManna had gotten wind of the set-up and turned witness for the FBI?
It was sloppy work from Tony, leaving the door open for yet another enemy to later seek revenge. And from the writers point, it was beauuutiful. Absolutely beauuutiful.
TheCaretaker
David Chase defended the way Tony gets rid of Feech because criminals actually do it in real life. Yes Feech could have turned government witness but what did he have on Tony etc he'd been away for 20 years?
shareHe would have been a witness testifying that Tony was the head of a criminal enterprise.
That’s a RICO indictment right there. That’s 25 years to life minimum on each count.
What did he have on Tony? Are you kidding me? Feech has was part of the criminal enterprise that Tony ran as the boss.
Go and check what RICO is and how it works. They only need one witness. The RICO statute was invented and designed to bring down organised crime. It’s been called out for breaching human rights, such is its one sided power in favour of the government.
Whenever RICO was brought up by Tony’s lawyer he freaked out. He knew what a RICO indictment would mean. The FBI have a 99% conviction rate. The only way to beat a RICO indictment is to turn witness and cut a deal.
That’s what they used to bring down Gotti and turn Sammy Gravano.
During the entire series RICO was referenced many times, but never once did the FBI get a witness to bring Tony down. The writers kept it accurate on that score, because one witness would have been the end. It would have meant RICO.
That’s why all the other witnesses ended up dead. Pussy, Adrinana etc.
I get that other criminals shop each other to law enforcement to take down the competition, but not in Cosa Nostra. It’s never been depicted that way in any other movie or book. There is only one way out, that’s always been the code, the oath. That one way is death.
There is no way a boss would take such a risk with the Feds and RICO. Easier to just kill him. No more worries of retribution. As they state in the move “Casino” in that famous scene - “Why take the risk”
But, it was great writing because it highlighted Tony’s flaws, and left the door open for revenge. So it’s all good. But, I do think they depicted the Feds as a bunch of goons, which wasn’t accurate.
TheCaretaker
Where is Feech's proof that Tony is a mob boss? Also he doesn't have any wire tapes etc and if he shows up after the parole officer visits his house, then that would serve as a red flag and then Tony would order his death. So had it went to court it would be just Feech's word against Tony and Feech is a guy who's already done 20 years and going back to jail so Tony's lawyer would use this to destroy his credibility.
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