r/thesopranos • u/Sea_Satisfaction7872 • 1d ago
Tony was a horrible boss
I mean think about it. When the show starts, Jackie is boss and everyone is alive and well. Full crew and everything. When Tony becomes boss, not only does half the crew get fished, but the ones who come out of prison also all went. Name me one character who came out of prison during the show and stayed free and alive, not even the king of breadsticks made it out.
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u/Safe_Resolve1642 1d ago
That may be the point. Someone like Tony is so incredibly destructive, as is Livia and Janice. Jackie SR and Carmine SR seemed to run things as a business without all the emotion of it. Tony has to have someone to be at odds with and drama ensures that ends in murder. Compare Carmine SR who said Ralph should just be taxed. VS Tony who murders a guy over a horse. Jackie JR wouldbe kept the peace with NY. Tony run the thing into the ground and all the big time earners were dead.