The TRUTH About Patsy Parisi - Soprano Theories

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[@SopranoTheories]

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[@Whookieee]

I never thought much of Patsy until he warned Gloria. I saw how intimidating he could be.

[@The_Writing_Fox]

It won't be cinematic

[@jamessmith-mq6tu]

yes low key but very efficient

[@robertlee4172]

They did dent have to wipe her nipples off the fine leather seats.

[@DezDogg]

To a woman? Yeah very intimidating!!! That’s was the limit of his ‘intimidation skills, Artie could have done it!

[@jdueck-w9y]

​@@DezDogg Crazy people don't scare as easily as you think.

[@theblissfulinterzone7510]

I always liked Patsy's character. He was loyal, smart, and could be intimidating when he needed to be. He could've easily wacked Tony but knew it wouldn't be cinematic. Also, it's interesting that before the Sopranos, Patsy's actor Dan Grimoldi wasn't an actor but a math professor

[@robertlee4172]

Maybe you're doing the simulcast, Judge Roy Bean.

[@mart1414]

his first film was in 1979. 20 years before season 1 of the sopranos

[@olliepwnsall]

And in the end it wasn't cinematic - just a cut to black :D

[@berserk4souls]

Patsy was my favorite outside of the main cast. He was cool, calm, collected, and basically the strong silent type Tony always strived to be. Even Vito playing for the other side didn’t even bother him because he knew how much Vito was bringing in since he was doing their books. Wouldn’t surprise me if he leads things in Jersey after the final episode.

[@robertlee4172]

I'm tawkin' here!

[@jamesw7072]

Patsy the don of New Jersey with one son marrying the Soprano princess and the other son following in his shoes as his protege and uncle Paulie as his underboss.

[@MedroffYT]

Oh yeah? Maybe ur a flambe...

[@jordil6152]

I prefer the theory that Patsy and Paulie made the deal with Butchie behind Tony's back--and arranged to have him whacked. There are a lot of parallels between Phil and Patsy in that they both lost brothers and throw a lot of blame towards Tony.

[@jamesw7072]

Except Patsy can't call his 50 year old brother just a kid as they were twins.

[@MedroffYT]

Paulie said it himself, he barely made it out of the war in the 70s, he has experience. After their last conversation he saw the writing

[@FUh_Que_-]

The 2 scenes towards the end with Paulie and Pasty makes the most sense

[@Mr.Jtea3]

I liked Patsy a lot because he didn’t speak a lot but when he did he was very convincing and it matter. Dan Girmadi nailed his role perfectly.

[@taotaostrong]

It would be poetic justice if Patsy sanctioned the hit on Tony, became Meadow’s father in law, and raised Tony’s grandchildren.

[@Pancakefoot707]

Damm that’s gangster

[@TheMasterQuests]

Damn it feels good to be a gangster

[@ArjunRoy-gp7co]

Patsy gets the ultimate revenge. NY probably appoints him as head of NJ when they absorb the Pygmy thing, not the walking blunder Paulie. So he takes Tony’s status. But what I haven’t seen mentioned is how he also absorbs Tony’s family into his own with Meadow marrying in and AJ on his way to being a soldier in Jason’s crew. In the end, the Strong Silent Type causes Tony’s head to literally explode and takes everything that was his save for Carmela and her big house with the pool.

[@Pancakefoot707]

Yes this is a awesome theory too lol

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Maybe he got the big house with the pool, too. I'm not convinced they let Carmela and the kids walk away from that diner.

[@MedroffYT]

​@@DogSlobberGardens-i7f they were just kids 😂

[@gsmoneybabyxxl7575]

@@DogSlobberGardens-i7fWhen Phil got wacked his family was spared… Family don’t get touched

[@JMatthew131]

@@gsmoneybabyxxl7575but they did it front of his wife which is a big no no. Also it was never sanctioned as NY wouldn't give Phil's location but said you do what you need to do.

[@yoiyoikokon]

Afrer rewatching Sopranos I want to believe he made a hit on Tony in the final episode and become new boss.

[@B_B463]

''My face will be the last thing you see, not Tony's. It won't be cinematic''. Subtle reference to the Sopranos ending, considering the ending wasn't that cinematic

[@lean.2366]

I mean, ironically, it was cinematic?

[@izzo2998]

It's interesting how a character rolling his eyes at another character can completely change a show. And it was very quick and subtle and easy to miss. I'd never noticed Patsie looking at Tony like that until a couple of years ago when I saw it in a video; and I'd binged the show a good dozen times.

[@robertlee4172]

Floor tiles now?

[@coyotemojo]

I don't think Patsy was behind Tony's death, but I think the way Tony treated him was a big part of why New York removed Tony. We got caught up in Tony's main character syndrome, but you could see the resentment of his crew building out of focus throughout the seasons if you look for it. They were loyal, but weren't happy with his leadership. Tony was all about Tony and didn't really give a damn if the people under him were doing well or not. It caught up with him in the end. The successful bosses, the Carmines, knew they had to keep their people fat and happy.

[@crashstitches79]

Blowing all the money they kicked up to him right in front of them all at the tables just showed what a narcissist Tony was, and that had to have made a big impression on his guys, seeing how much their boss respected their work.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

@@crashstitches79 basically the equivalent of everyone busting ass all year, making record profits, and all you get is a pizza party, no raise or bonus. Meanwhile your boss buys a Ferrari and takes a three-week vacation with the extra profits y'all made for him. Yeah. Fuck that guy. He's got to GO.

[@bigfern62]

"Who the fuck are you? Ralph Munch ova here?..." **pipe to head**

[@mooncat7009]

best scene…

[@smacwhinnie]

Ralph Bunche

[@CGFIELDS]

6:05 Technically Tony & Patsy would be called Co-Fathers-In-Law, not "Brother in-laws"

[@robertlee4172]

I think you're getting an attitude, Georgie.

[@Cronps]

He loved him like a co-father in law

[@macleunin]

For me, it was definetely Patsy and Paulie who conspired to have Tony whacked, with the blessing from NY.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Patsy, yes. I don't think Paulie had the balls, and NY most definitely did not respect him. The only way NY would let Paulie handle something like that is if they knew they could make him take the fall for it.

[@Trevor_Bolin]

Patsy was a good supporting character

[@jamesw7072]

"You got a problem"......."like what Tone?" ....."I don't know, I heard you might have a f........ problem, like you don't like being here" lmao.

[@robertlee4172]

All that free meat. Chops, gabagool, and a standing roast.

[@ObiWanShinobi67]

I put my grief behind me.

[@luanderson.ferreira]

He 100% was involved in Tony's whacking, one doesn't just overcome twin brother grief like that.

[@evancahoon2937]

Seems how Toni was never killed. I don’t know how that would be possible.

[@JMatthew131]

I like that theory but he was nearly killed at the club with Sil. So if he did make a deal then why was he nearly whacked

[@blackfox4138]

Personally, I don't buy into the idea that Patsy wacked Tony. While Patsy definitely still held animosity towards Tony, I saw his smugness towards the end more so that Tony was forced to respect by Italian customs. As far as motives, by that point Patsy had no real reason to kill Tony, as aside from Paulie he was essentially the de facto Underboss of the family. The only reason he would have Tony wacked at that point would be to seize power, but that doesn't really fit with his character from my perspective.

[@noodle123ify]

I'm with you. In fact, Patsy never had more opportunity for power (under Tony) in the series than by the last episode - most of Tony's main guys were gone, and Patsy's son was about to marry Tony's daughter. Tony was likely to lean on Patsy heavily.

[@JakeandElwoodBlues]

This is going to be cinematic!

[@serotoninsyndrome]

It's gonna be like Scranton, with clams.... Wait, that was Philly

[@robertlee4172]

@@serotoninsyndrome He went with the cherry.

[@DJMYSTERYYGC]

"when he said Gloria Trillo" "It Won't be Cinematic " one of my favorite lines

[@Void7.4.14]

I always loved the character and appreciated him even more as I rewatched. In a lotta ways he's almost the perfect gangster. And he definitely was in on Tony getting hit. No doubt.

[@ziggy8253]

“Thank you, that was great. 😑”

[@robertlee4172]

You're protected. Financially wise, protection wise....whatever.

[@BboyEklypse]

Thanks for the upload!

[@JeffBurn-b1i]

Patsy doing the receipts while made to put his grief behind him stood out, because firstly only Silvio is someone else who would be bothered and it should he was keeping busy, unlike Chris using drugs or Johnny sack beating a guy up outside a private bar. Patsy I believe saw a clean slate to utilise is full potential and cut Tony Soprano to black.

[@fellowtraveler]

Crazy how Philly didn't even FLINCH as he was about to be shot to death

[@STONESGAM]

I thought Don Grimaldi played Patsy very realistically. I would have liked to see him get a little more screen time. I don't think he was involved in whacking Tony at the end I truly think it was New York and payback for the Phil hit which Butch said "do what you've got to do" but it probably didn't sit well with the other families having Phil get whacked that way in front of his wife and grandkid at a gas station. So I think taking Tony out was okay'd and then they just considered it a wash and started over with a new regime. I think New York probably just absorbed the remainder of the Soprano Crew or more likely installed someone as boss and kind of called the shots over NJ at that point. Where NJ was kind of a satellite of the Lupertazzi Family or had a weak boss who gave New York favorable deals on their joint Construction projects. I honestly think Patsy just kind of accepted his brothers death eventually and realized it was part of the life they chose.

[@coyotemojo]

I think the lack of screen time was intentional. There's a subplot of a collective growing resentment towards Tony that Chase intentionally left out of focus. Small things minor characters say or do while Chase kept us focused on the drama of Tony's inner circle. I agree that New York was behind Tony's death, but I bet they made sure Patsy and Pauly would be ok with it before they did it. I think Little Carmine was the architect and came back to run the NY family after Phil and Tony were out of the picture.

[@STONESGAM]

@@coyotemojo I disagree about Little Carmine after seeing Johnny Sack go to prison. I think he wanted to make his money but stay somewhat below the radar in Florida. He seemed to have a nice home life and I think he was over wanting to be in charge and be a much bigger target for Law Enforcement. I think Butch took over he seemed to be a real gangster and like somebody who wanted to be in charge.

[@Howyouzdoin]

Patsy made damn sure that Gloria listened to the whole Up in da club track, that's for sure.

[@Ohionortheast]

Guys like Patsy ,people get comfortable around them not sensing the danger making it easier for him to figure out who he can trust and who flip flops easily

[@harrypothead42024]

Nobody has ever contributed to somebody else's suicide. Suicide is a personal event. Blaming other people is just a cop out

[@melkormorgothbauglir.4848]

Bruh fck you talking about your plain wrong 😂

[@JohnMoog-ug6bk]

No way did Gloria kill herself because of Patsy’s threat. She killed herself because she was a BPD (like Amber Heard) who craved fighting and when Tony dumped her there was no one left to fight with.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

Gloria was so twisted that if anything, that horrifying situation in the car probably turned her on. I'm almost surprised she didn't fall in love with Patsy.

[@codyhoefflin7848]

I mean, the guy told us he put the grief behind him

[@flameguy3416]

Patsy put his grief behind him.

[@AndreasVanderwal-pg4lg]

Thanks for the video

[@krinkle7695]

The thing about Patsy is he can blend in as an average joe. He doesn't look like your typical gangster but hes very smart, calm, and in control (except the time he got drunk and pissed in Tony's pool lol)

[@seantazelaar9807]

Hearing this perspective about Patsy Parisi, this actually makes a lot of sense.

[@Blicksum24]

I always liked this character

[@Mustafa777.]

He’s the real strong silent type

[@boweylarizza7279]

It would’ve been our birthday today, ahhh issssa your birthday

[@AlanClarke-j4k]

Actually seems like he'd be a good neighbour

[@ethansmallsandthescaldeddo7645]

i think youre onto something, the shooter who got tony was a flashback of the crew member who hung himself when they wouldnt let him out earlier and its an allusion to the fact that mobsters often end up getting betrayed by people close to them as a result of slights perceived in the past

[@katiepop3442]

never knew pat was an accountant

[@robertlee4172]

Bookkeeper.

[@MistaP13]

He’s a math professor in real life.🧮

[@mooncat7009]

you also never knew alot of other things….

[@MinisterUnitedChannel]

Great video but Christopher was not acting boss. He was acting captain for Paulie's crew but never acting boss.

[@SopranoTheories]

My mistake, totally missed that. I meant captain, you know what I meant sorry!

[@jamesmorant1406]

I love that scene with him and Christopher showed how scary he can be and yes fans think it was him that had Tony killed Tony had his brother killed and passed him over for capo

[@RetreatHell518]

Patsy didn't reconsider. He wanted to kill Tony, but he compromised and pisswd in the pool instead.

[@DogSlobberGardens-i7f]

I wouldn't say Patsy "worked his way up" to captain. They were just such a small crew and were losing so many guys that he became a captain by default. That happened several times. I liked that character. It was entertaining to think about this mild-mannered accountant who also probably murdered people. And who *hasn't* wanted to piss in their boss's swimming pool?

[@Ninewave1]

A lot of money in this shit

[@SopranoTheories]

@@Ninewave1 oh yeah?

[@robertlee4172]

Floor tiles now?

[@CyrusChennault]

High speed internet access.

[@weps8983]

Guys, pick up those ice cream wrappers 🙄

[@kowalski3769]

I think Patsy had one of the best lines in the whold show. Jews?? What Jews? I got a kid in college! Gimme my fuckin eggs!"

[@lennysantos892]

Patsy turned out to be one of my favorite characters. You didn't show the scene with Patsy shooting at the New York guys in front of the Bada Bing club. That scene was gangster asf!

[@obioraabiakam1604]

He was also Tony's cousin on his mothers side (according to Silvio)

[@n8vmob613]

Patsy, Paulie, and Butch. What more can be said...

[@PoppaBearandBabyBear.-be5jz]

It's pretty simple to answer if you guys were just listen to Quasimodo and his predictions you would know who killed Tony

[@JayyJay92]

Everyone keeps saying he’s loyal but why? Hes literally shown no signs of it. He wanted to kill Tony in a drunken rage and tried instigating Albert when talking about Ralph. “If it can happen to him, it can happen to any of us.” Also when he was making collections he was mad at Tony for selling the shop as he walked out he said “it’s over for the little guy.” Fueling more anger. Theirs not a single scene where he went above and beyond to prove he liked Tony at all just followed orders that’s not loyalty that’s his job.

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

I just realized something. There sure are a hell of a lot of characters in The Sopranos with a first name ending in an “ee” sound. Tony Chrissy Jackie Jackie Jr. Richie Ralphie Pussy Paulie Beansie Patsy Philly Johnny (Boy) Artie Bobby Johnny (Sack) Tony (Blundetto) Rosalie Angie Butchy Benny Little Paulie Georgie Mikey (Palmice) Larry Jimmy Jeanie (Cusamano) Gigi Davey (Scatino) Ginny (Sack) Nucci (Gualtieri) Joey (Peeps) Billy (Leotardo) Rusty (Millio) Gerry (The Hairdo) Marie (Spatafore) I know part of it is a way of making a friend or family member’s name more endearing like calling Tom “Tommy” bit you have to admit that’s A LOT of characters. I’m sure I missed some. Anyway, I love your videos like a brother in law ST.

[@robyeone7976]

I always thought 5:55 was a Poignant Shot/Frame… “Even in death, we are amongst life,” but life, the family moving on without Tony and Carmela’s involvement.

[@jay-dee5.562]

The big, intimidating guys are nothing to worry about. The small dudes that look unassuming like Patsy are always the real killers.

[@infamous201x2]

He was in on the hit on Tony… after Carlo’s son got popped and Carlo turned snitch . Patsy feared for his own son and turned on Tony before Tony could turn on him

[@RandyCantera-g7t]

I never found Patsy even remotely intimidating. Anybody can seem intimidating when that someone is sticking a loaded gun in someone else's chest. Anybody can look tough while sucker assaulting someone with a metal pipe. I'd bet money that construction worker would beat Patsy into the dirt in a real fight. I always laughed whenever Paulie or someone else from the crew would have Patsy as his back-up during some shakedown. I laughed even harder when he and one of his colleagues tried to squeeze the manager of a franchised business. The manager certainly didn't look intimidated as he explained the facts of corporate life to these two so-called gangsters. To my eyes, Patsy was nothing more than a short, balding and embittered wannabe whose only usefulness was that of an accountant.

[@HibHab69]

Patsy Wins Tony Party 9 By Doing Absolutely Nothing

[@FUh_Que_-]

Patsy and Paulie made plans to end T in the pishadoo

[@MrAllen1994]

Our thoughts are don’t speculate anything which you did not see. Tony never died🤷‍♂️

[@dert9157]

Will you ever make a Downfall video about Sean and Mathew ?

[@jdueck-w9y]

They died on the vine.

[@keithpowell1902]

“Tony Soprano’s brother in law”?

[@detroittigers1282]

Right I wasn’t aware Meadow was his sister lol

[@harrypothead42024]

His brother died and then he didn't care if he stayed alive or not. Mystery over

[@babysinclairfan]

Patsy is the most minor of minor characters. He just didnt have the personality or presence that others did

[@robertbusek30]

That’s probably why he survived.

[@Being_Joe]

All this time Tony wondering what happened to Gary Cooper.

[@ryanh4775]

I don't know how true this is but I heard before he was on TV he was actually a math teacher and would help the various cast and crew members kids with their homework between takes. I can't verify this it's just what I heard.

[@thinkquestionlearn9789]

That’s what I read too? Imagine not having your homework done and Patsi is staring you down lol

[@ryanh4775]

@thinkquestionlearn9789 the other thing I heard is that in real life that guy is actually extremely nice and personable the complete opposite of his character. That's the sign of someone who knows their craft.

[@PatM-s1w]

I don’t think Patsy had anything to do with it. I think it was New York.

[@ZZz-vh4cf]

Would result in not the result of both times you say it lol 😂

[@Pancakefoot707]

What if maybe just maybe Vito did it and he never died some how in a comical way

[@phoenixrivenus9270]

Patsy and that whole thing with his brother, whatever happened there.

[@yungizz8640]

😂😂😂

[@CyrusChennault]

He was just a kid.

[@CachasDeOro173]

Damn! It was Patsy

[@ObiWanShinobi67]

You remember to put the spores in there?

[@youknowexactlywhoiam]

This reads like an AI script.

[@eagleman1542]

Patsy also wanted to off Tony because the latter didn't have the makings of a varsity athlete...

[@DAgoat100-j3j]

i dont think patsy had tony wacked. he never previously showed that type of attitude of wanting to be the top dog. he was always quite as kept it wouldve been very out of character for him to go for the top spot

[@leamanc]

The theory about Patsy taking out Tony never made sense to me. He's about to be the number two in North Jersey. If he conspires with NY to take out his boss, where does tgat leave him? Some.middle-tier guy in NY? And what will his son and Meadow think about that? At the end, Little Carmine is de facto running NY, and there's no way he's sanctioning a hit on Tony. And Patsy is not going to do anything unsanctioned, I guarantee you that. Don't even bring up his brother. He put his grief behind him.

[@stepon1t]

Patsy would've made a good Boss

[@ryancostello5288]

they never followed through with his being a rat storyline

[@BrookeP510]

I think at the end Patsy would probably be underboss if Tony was killed and Paulie would become the boss of the DiMeo

[@jamessmith-mq6tu]

i always liked patsy if were to pick 2 members of the sopranos to be in my crime family (if i had one) it would definitely be silvio and patsy

[@jdueck-w9y]

At the beginning of a war, Silvio put his gun in the backseat. Sil was a great peacetime consigliare, but clearly not a wartime one.

[@melkormorgothbauglir.4848]

​@@jdueck-w9y We're not in the 50s wars the last case scenario we'll deal with if things ever start bubbling up 😂

[@matthewgray3837]

Yes🎉

[@jules2355]

the goat

[@piranhaattack4836]

I share names of both patsy’s boys my first name Jason middle Patrick that’s wild

[@evancahoon2937]

Gigi was never with Junior’s crew

[@bornjusticerule5764]

Patsy was a Made Guy. Time line got effed up.

[@SL-cl9gt]

Scariest accounted who ever counted

[@evancahoon2937]

Gigi was never with junior’s crew

[@85ddrummer]

Brother in law isn’t right

[@FilipCafiDobrilovic]

No no.. Theory does not drink water. You explained everything in the video.. Daughter and son. They seriously bite.. That's how it's presented. the nature of the path led him to administration. top 5, you can even say top 3 at that moment.. Why would you risk everything.. But if the commission in New York were to convict Tony of murder... Unfortunately Gandolfini passed away, I'm sure the series would have had a few more seasons. After a 5.6 year break

[@__hjg__2123]

when a man and a woman get married, their respective fathers are not considered brother-in-laws to each other. Instead, they become co-fathers-in-law or fathers-in-law to each other's child. just sayin'

[@deanjohn433]

Toni was a dead man anyway when he took Phil out the boss of 1 of their 5 families it sealed his fate the other family’s couldn’t let a little crew like the Sopranos take out a boss without consequences or it would mean no bosses were safe I think Patsy became boss after Anthony Junior was already set up with carmine jr in the film world and would be protected by carmine he didn’t need to be like his father

[@chevcholios]

i dig it

[@thegoodfella2045]

HE KILLED TONY

[@waylonjenninz]

He's similar to Slim Charles.

[@winsy3138]

Absolutely nothing alike

[@waylonjenninz]

@@winsy3138 Just in the way they both switched crews, both were loyal and respected and got the job done, both successfully adapted to shifting power dynamics and both were among the last men standing, capable of taking the throne.

[@jtown1022]

Spoons was killed because he was next in line for Junior's crew. The gossip didn't come out until after the hit was ordered.

[@teucer4]

To me the shooting outside the Bada Bing obviated that NY was not targeting Patsy and Patsy wasn’t targeting them.

[@samray3856]

I love a good sopranos breakdown video ... I hate that this channel keeps getting suggested in my feed, this channel is extremely low effort

[@maeday6]

Heres what you do. You go to the three dots beside the video on ur feed. Then you tap it. Options pop up. You tap “dont recommend this channel”. Bam. Problem solved.

[@SopranoTheories]

I beg to differ, I put lots of effort into my videos and always have and will. Whether this is writing scripts for the video, reviewing them, recording the script, editing the audio, and putting it all together with the recorded footage to match the audio. Not to mention making a thumbnail for the video, creating tags for the video, and then uploading it all while posting on other socials. But thanks though for watching! 👍🏼

[@nathanjames6454]

Never miss a video. Your stuff is great! ​@@SopranoTheories

[@DezDogg]

@@SopranoTheoriesfor every one of him there is a thousand of us who look forward to your videos, “f**k ‘im in da ear!..f**k Im in da other ear!”

[@jdueck-w9y]

I stopped watching regularly because he makes a lot of mistakes, which is odd for a diehard Sopranos fan. I get your point. I do still watch occasionally.