Did Paulie, Patsy & Butch Kill Tony Soprano? | The Sopranos Explained

[@CineRanter]

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[@DontPretendtoCare]

Life carried on. Nothing happened.

[@That_Dude_Dre]

"Butch had his eyes everywhere".... literally lol

[@johngriffiths118]

Ha !

[@shovedhead]

😂

[@KutWrite]

Yeah. That's part of what made the character sinister to me. I couldn't tell where he was focusing.

[@itsyaboi921]

He had two beautiful blue eyes…… One blue this way one blue that way

[@missbhavin4philly]

Cthu

[@Jmar1024]

Tony killing Paulie in his dream with the screen going black is the biggest clue that Paulie sold him out. Tony's future and correct strategies has always been revealed to him in symbolism in his dreams

[@stankochman2558]

Never thought about that. Thanks.

[@dennisbohm4884]

Paulies actor made it clear in his contract that "Paulie" would never flip.

[@Bitter65]

@@dennisbohm4884 Flip to the feds sure, but internal mafia power struggles might be a different story.

[@joseph2000117]

members only = Member Tony

[@Jmar1024]

@@dennisbohm4884 he refused to be on the show if he was an FBI informant. He DID rat on the family to Johnny Sack, and wasn't at all upset when Johnny told him he was taking Tony out. All he said was "someone's gonna have to step up". In his only dream sequence, he sees puss and asks: "when my time comes, will I step up?"

[@fjmj1980]

Another aspect is the loss of Sil means Tony looses the only person who could have alerted him to something was up with his own capos. Sil was also too invested in Tony and likely was seen by NY as unapproachable.

[@fjmj1980]

I also thought of another aspect. Sil was very critical of Paulie. Paulie likely told NY that Sil was trouble from the time he criticized him and saw him as in the way of Tony and their special friendship. Sil always reminded him that in the end he was bad at making money. The ironic thing is that Sil would have been the best to run Jersey even from a NY view. He saw things with a level head knew the crew and how to keep them in line and knew Tony’s problems were very much of his own making. It’s fate that NY incapacitated the one guy they needed untouched.

[@sayhello2heaven_]

I forget but didn’t New York essentially want to dissolve the New Jersey family? Them going after ALL the leadership kinda indicates they don’t have the intention of restructuring the family, just absorbing whatever’s left. Plus after the headache that was Tony’s reign I could see them just not wanting to put up with the headache and just cut their losses.

[@LAMF24]

NJ becomes weaker, almost like a satellite of NY.@@sayhello2heaven_

[@PaulSimpson-qo3bw]

They reached out to Burton an sis wacked him

[@johnclark4593]

"SHIL COULDA GOT HOIT!!!!!" Damn, Gandolfini was the greatest actor who ever lived.

[@adamweiner8874]

A minor thought: Paulie with the scissors can also symbolize him cutting ties with the family.

[@davidsavage5630]

Also someone is getting clipped and he's responsible for the clipping lol..

[@opaljk4835]

Or maybe his hair

[@wyldhowl2821]

I just thought Minnie Mitrone was just really into scissoring, before Paulie grabbed her box.

[@JCAR66]

Very good, Dom

[@stevengilmartin4805]

I like that

[@maximuscesar]

"Butch had his eyes everywhere" this cracked me so hard 🤣🤣🤣

[@rideauxbaldwin6071]

I was going to say that!

[@tucko11]

Ya when he “just spoke to Phil he ain’t seeing nobody” he was really telling Carmine and Tony at the front doorstep while looking over at Ph Leotardo upstairs at the same time lol it’s an amazing talent to do that with just two sets of a eye lol

[@SirDistic]

He ain't had to do Butch like that.

[@JSalonsky]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rusamene]

Butch is just a gangster I suppose.

[@christopherconard2831]

Pauli's fate. In my mind I see him walking down a store aisle, looking up and seeing Valery at one end and a few other Russians at the other.

[@AlphonseWeebay]

Still can’t believe that guy was an interior decorator… his house looked like shit!

[@robban8552]

​@@AlphonseWeebay😅😅 that was the best

[@kurtanglerookieyear]

"you want drink?"

[@captaindowntown7851]

​@@kurtanglerookieyear Nah I stopped at Roy Roger's.

[@BigShaun]

Poot yoonivorsal lemote on doacking stairshun

[@scottslaughter6309]

Tony's biggest mistake was letting Paulie know that he was thinking about killing him. Huge mistake. Paulie is a survivor

[@BookshelfQBattler]

When did he do that?

[@journaldeborddaymeric]

Maybe when Tony talked to the guy in the wheel chair.

[@scottslaughter6309]

When he was on the boat. Paulie knew something was up. And Tony kept asking Paulie if he's the one that told Johnny Sac about the joke. I mean sure Paulie didn't know for sure but he had to have suspicions that Tony was thinking about killing him.

[@RamonVelazquez-w5f]

There is no family or loyalty. There is only treachery and betrayal in that life

[@bethhoyle3033]

@@journaldeborddaymericWho? Junior?

[@fimachinchilla]

The Vipers did it.

[@heyYo31]

Gold

[@deabolik.]

see that prick face when he saw the gun?

[@Captain_Willard]

Probably that Grizzly Adams looking motha fucka

[@jakefuller685]

You’ll Cowards Don’t Even Smoke Crack

[@freddofrog9892]

Ooooooh wE’RE tHe ViPErs 😂

[@icaanul]

It was the hasidic homeboy with the assistance of meadow. "He's lucky I didn't punch his lights out." He waited.... and waited.... and in the end, he punched tony's ticket. Lights out.

[@rodbelding9523]

Best theory so far. He put Tony's lights out, he was just waiting for the right moment.

[@mosesjuice2]

No it was the Jewish son in law that Tony shook down. He hid in the tunnels of New York waiting for Tony to slip up. Tony was doneski as soon as he entered that kosher diner. He came up from under the floorboards and done him in.

[@jmac6069]

Charcoal briquette?

[@akattom]

the moolinyan?

[@rojhasan548]

Jamal Ginsberg...the hasidic homeboy

[@NaZtRdAmUs]

"Look at him. He knows everything" - Livia

[@iamjason1279]

Johnny was a saint…😪

[@11fireflower]

😂😂😂​@@iamjason1279

[@freddyconsoli975]

Poor you ! Lol

[@shanlander-d8w]

@@freddyconsoli975I DONT LIKE THAT KIND OF TALWK!

[@freddyconsoli975]

@@shanlander-d8w 😂😂😂

[@rdl2820]

It was Heidi and Kennedy come back to finish what they started with Christopher on that highway...

[@davidhowell1415]

Kennedy got her drivers license

[@dinozulic1624]

When you'r right, you're right.

[@mandogarcia7905]

Lol

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

That should be the next Sopranos Story movie.

[@bobxyzp]

Tony was the only person left who could connect them to the driving without a license beef. He hadda go

[@iamjason1279]

16yrs later and we’re still taking about possible theories in the sopranos, just goes to show how good of a show this was.

[@illwitness]

What I can absolutely guarantee you is, no one will ever be talking about the Game of Thrones ending.

[@Da_Senate7T]

I think it's more of people hate ambiguous shite that's why we keep talking about it lol.

[@vanthdreadstar8788]

I liked the Sopranos but I’m a little surprised people think it’s so great. The show managed to be good and simultaneously overrated.

[@osibald2342]

@@vanthdreadstar8788surely you jest

[@biglootums5243]

100% Paulie was in on it. The other aspects I sway back and forth on, but I just don't believe that Paulie wasn't trying to get rid of Tony at the end. Honestly the fact that he wasn't clipped by one of his own capos before the end is a borderline religious miracle

[@JoeRickards-w3i]

I disagree. I don't think Paulie wanted to be Boss. He got through the 70's by the skin of his balls because he stayed off the radar

[@DH-xh3pg]

Paulie says something to Patsy likes”it’s yours for the taking” or something like that. I think Patsy probably became Boss and Paulie as Underboss….

[@TheRedPeril]

@@DH-xh3pgPatsy running New Jersey. Nah.

[@antoniopavicevac-ortiz8886]

It's clear Paulie was interviewing for something. Remember the times him gabbing with Johnny. And there was a discussion he had with someone from NY towards the end, but i can't remember who.

[@conservakid85]

If Paulie was in on it, no way he approves Tony getting clipped in front of Carmela and the kids.

[@Brooksey1992]

The reason the ending is so great, is nobody is wrong. If you want your theory to be true, it is, and you being right doesn’t mean anyone else is wrong. There’s enough clues sprinkled throughout to support multiple theories, without shutting down the possibility of other theories. I hated the ending at first, but over a decade later, i have come to understand why it’s so great. Also lost count of Soprano references in the video, even some Wire ones thrown in too, top video Cine!

[@KutWrite]

Yeah, and when you look at all the good writing David Chase has done in his long career, it's far from an overnight success.

[@KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pm2je]

Everyone is right and no one is wrong. A very cowardly way to tell a story, you don't offend anyone.

[@Brooksey1992]

So, should we have ended up with a generic ass boring ending like Boardwalk Empire then? Or maybe no ending at all, like Deadwood? Or an ending out of mercy to salvage the final season, like The Wire? No my friend, Sopranos ending is excellent.

[@cursed_arzine]

Absolutely man, the awesome thing David Chase did was sprinkle moments of mystique thru the series and left some things up to interpretation, fed into the realistic, and yet supernatural, elements of the show

[@cvrlyfry]

to me the brilliance of the ending is really that no matter which interpretation you subscribe to, ultimately it doesn’t matter. tony is living in a hell of his own making whether he dies in the restaurant or in some other dispute or of natural causes from his gluttonous lifestyle. he will continually alienate himself from anyone close in the exact way his mother did as long as he is alive.

[@Dalt1n999]

I agree 100% with this theory, and may I add, the hitman looking and dressing like Eugene was just symbolism, he's not related to Eugene, he simply represents that Tony was not untouchable, and he could get killed by someone as low in the food chain as Eugene, someone Tony mistreated literally to death

[@reddevil6585]

Ofcourse He doesn’t have president security & resources Wouldn’t take much

[@it.was.written]

Eugene wasn’t low on the food chain, he was a made man, untouchable himself.

[@KutWrite]

@@it.was.written: Yeah. One of the few characters in the series for whom I felt sorry.

[@twatmang1]

you ought ta know sweetie@@KutWrite

[@BookshelfQBattler]

Arguably Eugene wasn’t mistreated. Eugene voluntarily entered the mob life knowing once you get on you never leave. He reaped all the money and benefits. It would have been nice if he could have left because of an unexpected inheritance but Tony let’s him leave pretty soon all the guys have a reason to leave and he gets accused of playing favorites letting Eugene go but no one else go.

[@dougfraser77]

"Butch had his eyes... everywhere" I love the continual little jokes you throw in

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Fvckin slander if you ask me!

[@SisypheanSeas13]

Satanic black magic... sick shit

[@thesunbehindthesun1574]

AIDS?!!

[@teamofwinter8128]

​@@Cob____Hoooooooo

[@antoniopavicevac-ortiz8886]

Think i have to watch T.V. to understand the world?

[@6ixStringStudio]

@@Cob____that’s what Vito said!

[@JoshuaCaldwell-sy6sr]

I think it was Georgie he just couldn't stand conserving ice anymore

[@WingsOfAgeOfConsent]

Members only jacket guy was related to Eugene. Hired by Eugene's wife to wack tony for not letting Eugene retire. She had the funds to make it happen.

[@Diego-it6gr]

She didn’t do it. She wasn’t even mad with Tony; from her perspective, Tony didn’t do it intentionally, just business. And if she was, she would have died trying: and if she had family in the mob, why weren’t they in the funeral?

[@veritasinvicta8128]

But that doesn't explain all of the foreshadowing (Through the first season to the last) pointing to P&P.

[@keveardo]

She definitely said she wanted Eugene to put a bullet in his head, so this theory isnt that far fetched

[@Lizard1582]

That's too reductive considering the amount of motive and foreshadowing for the other characters have who are used to killing people. The members only jacket is just a nod to an execution scene that wouldve been similar. Her being even able to buy the hit is pretty unbelievable as well. Whatever criminals are in the hitting business would know Tony isnt just some random target.

[@misterrain837]

No

[@itzshowtim3]

"Butch had his eyes everywhere" underrated and multi layered wording 😂😂😂😂

[@paperdoll5467]

I never tire of discussing any part of the Sopranos, "but you do what you gotta do".

[@11fireflower]

😅😂😂

[@ToHellButBackAndBetter]

It's a hard one, because I love it. And ending with Tony's Death, makes sense (considering the last few episodes), but it doesn't matter, it was left to our imagination, which is the best, we have our own ending. Members only jackets, yet outdated, still were worn by idiots that were stuck in the 80's, people on occasion wore them still, and today, if found

[@rig2037]

@@ToHellButBackAndBetterI own a members only jacket lol

[@ToHellButBackAndBetter]

@@rig2037 😂😂😂

[@paulstrathern4309]

Butch certainly had motive and means to off Tony, and I think he DID, but I never viewed Paulie or Patsy to be that Machiavellian. Paulie wasn't even savvy enough to pick up on the fact that Johnny Sack was simply using him as a mole to get inside info on the Sopranos. I always thought it was one of three things that happened: 1) Tony gets hit right in front of his family. Reason: This is the way that Phil got hit 2) There's an attempt on Tony's life but Meadow surprises the hitman and she gets hit instead. Reason: This is what happened in Godfather 3 3) No one gets hit, they finish their dinner and Tony ends up flipping. Reason: The real life mob boss of the DeCavalcante family that Tony is based on, Billy Ocean, turns informant.

[@codeallnight56514]

His name is Vinnie Ocean not Billy Ocean

[@pinehawk9600]

Billy Ocean 😂

[@paulstrathern4309]

@@codeallnight56514 Right. My bad. They gave him his nickname based on Billy Ocean

[@andrewfernandez7410]

You're wrong. It's Daniel Ocean. ​@@codeallnight56514

[@codeallnight56514]

@@paulstrathern4309 it's all good man

[@prst4190]

Members only is a reference to NJ not being one of the five NY families, truly not of their stature . NJ has been out of bounds for a long time and it’s time to settle accounts. Pure and simple.

[@shriharihudli]

The glorified crew

[@BM-vi5hk]

Actually I’m convinced Paulie helped have Tony killed. The only reason it’s never been confirmed is out of respect for the late Tony Sirico who took the part of Paulie only after being promised that his character wouldn’t end up a turncoat or rat. The open-ending kept that promise but at the same time the on-screen hints are too overwhelming to not come to that one conclusion. Perhaps Tony Sirico didn’t even know himself or he did and he went along with it because it could never be proven 100%. Some people look at Paulie’s final scene out front Satriale’s as a little bit sad because he’s all by himself but I look at it as the result of cleverness and machinations of a career criminal and cutthroat survivor who did what he had to do to keep himself alive.

[@rojhasan548]

The boat scene when they are on the run may have been a massive catalyst for his move against Tony. Paulie must have thought his days were numbered after being grilled about that fat joke

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

If you notice the scene when Tony is at his house with Paulie he looks out the window and sees AJs girlfriend. He probably tipped off NY to follow her to find Tony since she would go visit AJ. With Tony Sil and Chris gone no one left to avenge Tony. AJ for sure isnt gonna do it

[@fullandempty]

But Paulie already betrayed Tony when he told Jonny Sack about the joke. So him betraying Tony wouldn't have made Paulie a rat or a turncoat, because he was still operating within the mafia.

[@fullandempty]

@@NeygarzruinedAmerica It makes more sense that Patsy's asked his son where Meadow was going to be

[@NeygarzruinedAmerica]

@@fullandempty Paulie betrayed tony knowing that all the top Sopranos guys are ded. No retaliation. Patys already hated Tony for killing his brother. So he left Sil to die then the only one left is the boss

[@mbeetroot8489]

Whilst I originally believed this to be the most likely theory after I finished watching for the 1st time, I realise now that it could just as easily be a dozen other things. There's no doubt a really creepy and eerie supernatural vibe to the sopranos that I think is really overlooked when it comes to discussions of the show, and the prophecies foretold throughout the show (Chris' 3 o clock warning, Junior's 'these things come in threes' etc.) Personally, I believe that Tony's everpresent and increasing self indulgence sets these prophecies in stone. And its through this almost cosmic wisdom that anybody could have killed Tony. He became such a hated person that there are hundreds of suspects in his death. It really doesn't matter who killed him, just that they did. That being said, I do believe Patsy and Paulie selling out Tony to new york was a plausible explanation but personally, I prefer the idea that this plan never came to fruition. I like to think that whilst their scheme was set in motion, Tony was killed in a widely unrelated event most watchers probably forgot about around 20 episodes ago. To me, Eugene's brother-in-law or other relative shot and killed Tony as revenge for driving him to suicide. The hit that Eugene was sent on in the diner, matched with the shooters' Members Only jacket, most likely inherited to him after Gene's death are clear hints at this. Notice how the man looks nervous, unsure of what he's about to do and unfamiliar with the act. He wants justice but is contemplating his options. As he lines up with Tony, at his 3 o clock, where Meadow is supposed to sit, he pulls the trigger and kills Tony in front of his family. Just like Gene did by hanging himself in the family's garage. Tony would have died anyway, it's just a matter of when. Selling out Tony was not that hard for Patsy or Paulie to do, but I disagree entirely with the idea they would have been comfortable killing him in front of his entire family whom they've known for years.

[@JoeMama-dt4jg]

But as the show has shown us multiple times, that “familial bond” is all bullshit. A prime example is from the sixth season when Paulie expressed contempt for having to pay dues to Carmela. “Fuck her!”….so I doubt that’d stop them…they’d probably look at it as the price of doing business

[@1990maman]

They got Phil with his loved ones, so what makes you think Tony is really special in that case? The time when it's least expected is the time to strike

[@Handle-i3p]

Always with the scenarios

[@JordanBesecker]

Dude was not nervous

[@pckldplmfshcm]

A supernatural vibe? Y'all just say shit so you can have shit to say.

[@dejongejohan]

i LOVE that 25 years after this series started, we're still not very sure on what happend at the end, and discussing isstill is fun to me!

[@theonlygoodonehere2259]

its getting tiring honestly

[@dejongejohan]

i get you @@theonlygoodonehere2259 i understand that many people have had enough of that content. You know what i also like, but these seem to be banned from youtube; those Soprano Mini Sagas. The Vito Johnny Cakes story for example. Too bad it was banned.

[@richarddecredico6098]

some of us are sure ... it has been fully fleshed out and there is no ambiguity unless one is willfully ignorant

[@dejongejohan]

​@@richarddecredico6098 You don't know. The screen turned black. No sound of shots, no view on a killer. You can say what you want but it's 100% uncertain what happend when the screen turned black. We ASSUME tony got shot. But did he? And his family? Who gave the order if so? Nobody knows, and David can make up whatever he wants.

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

How much more betrayal can I take? I feel like I've been stabbed in the heart!!

[@goodyeoman4534]

Grandpa Munster ova here.

[@trentgragg1159]

Paulie didn’t do it I refused to believe that, he really loved Tony

[@goodyeoman4534]

@@trentgragg1159 Shit for brains ova here.

[@dominikz.1376]

Pauline sitting at 3’oclock on the motor yacht, Pauline bringing box of scissors / Judas’ 30 pieces of silver relation discovery: great video: I’m impressed by the detail and revelations!

[@daviddanielsson3643]

This theory is the right one: Vito faked his own death. The man in the member's only jacket went to the bathroom 'cause it had a glory hole and he was meeting Vito there. When the door bell rang Vito came through the door. Tony had a panic attack and blacked out from the chock.

[@Fenrisdog999]

Amazing theory

[@cursed_arzine]

Vito comes thru the door and says “Tony Soprano; my arch nemesis >:)”

[@misterdonwaters]

😂

[@rojhasan548]

How did Vito get there...he only had the one pool cue shoved up there...would he not need 2 shoved up there for some level of bipedalness?

[@waynegreen87]

Idk if Paulie is truly a part of the scheme and he considered a rat because of the mere fact that the creators of the show signed a deal with Tony Sirico agreeing that his character wouldn’t be a rat. Cutting ties with the family is a different scenario however..

[@wyldhowl2821]

Paulie was not rat. If he did not like cats, perhaps he was a dog, and every dog has his day.

[@devangnivatkar2649]

He was already a 'rat' for Johnny Sack

[@evanwilliams8627]

But we the audience still can’t be sure this all happened. So the show implying his character is a rat with this theory doesn’t actually show PW being a rat on screen.

[@nickstone1587]

@@devangnivatkar2649 I always thought that. For all the "not being a rat contract" thing, he's literally a rat.

[@curtcoeurdelion]

In this house Tony Soprano is still alive. End of story!

[@Jimmyfly215]

Tony had the head of one of the 5 families killed. even if Phil's own crew stood down, that is still a top offense in the mob. you need a nod and a OK from all 4 other bosses for a boss to get whacked. nobody would have given Tony that. technically, not that the show covered this, but anyone in NY could have killed Tony. maybe thats why nobody knows who the hell the members only guy was.

[@KutWrite]

Yes. I vaguely recall that's how they chose the actor to play Members Only Guy. It's an interesting interview on YT.

[@KutWrite]

@@thechasethompsonI'd have to search, same as you.

[@misterdonwaters]

This was what I always assumed. You don’t just go vigilante justice and not face consequences.

[@caesarjergens]

Except for the fact that NY agreed and a third, respected party, was present so this was not an act out of nowhere. The families don`t go to war without reason because when there is a war there a no earning and no-one is kicking up. In the end it is all about money and nothing else.

[@Thailand_Dan]

Love how you slip in malapropism lines in all your videos. You even used my favorite line from the series: "create a little dysentery among the ranks"

[@GeneralProfessor]

Is it just me or does the Members Only guy look strangely similar to Tony's father?

[@smacwhinnie]

Chris’s Mother did it. Chris was wearing a wired ball cap the last night he was driving Tony. FBI had video of Tony killing Chris, they showed it to Mrs. Moltisanti

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

‘Butch had his eyes everywhere’, Cold. (Keep them coming though!)

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Butchie treats eye contact like manhole covers.

[@bakarandguladze]

0:35 I knew it wasn't just me to call that dude Zelensky 😂😂😂😂

[@rezokiladze2334]

Whats the joke?

[@bakarandguladze]

@@rezokiladze2334 ზელენსკის გავს ეგ ტიპი, ტონი ვინც მოკლა (???)

[@user-nr6gx6of6z]

I don't know slander if you ask me

[@mitchellsmith746]

​@@rezokiladze2334 the guy in the members only jacket has a similar face to a young Volodymyr Zelensky

[@rezokiladze2334]

@@mitchellsmith746 thank you

[@edvvardo7278]

I will always repeat that: There was a TV preview of final season at Dailymotion, in which Paulie stopping car in woods at night, opening backtrack, and fat Tony hand is falling from trunk with characteristic golden watch on it. And Paulie was saying to the camera: - Will you be here? When death will come to our family? And after that TV lector was saying about last episodes of Soprano to be displayed. I was searching that all day, i regret there was no online downloaders for such websites back than, because for sure i would downloaded it 15 years ago. That video was holy grail in Sopranos theories, and it disappears

[@PapiVanCrappy]

If 99% of Sopranos fans come to agreement on how Tony died,... David Chase would say the opposite 🤣 We're never getting closure guys.

[@richarddecredico6098]

closure is an illusion anyway

[@psychkosys]

I always felt New York called the sit-down to get Tony's guard down. I dont believe with the amount of bullets coming at him when they hit Sil that Patsy was involved. Not everyone can be an expert marksmen like Bobby. 🎯 Why all the Jinny Sacrimoni cracks? Shes beautiful! Rubenesque!

[@bentencho]

Unlikely Patsy would send someone to whack Tony at the diner. Meadow could have easily been caught in between and killed. Whatever Patsy's issue with Tony was, I doubt he would put his son's fiancee, his own future daughter-in-law, needlessly at risk.

[@TheWhackyIraqi]

He’s a cold blooded guy I don’t think he cares about that. From his perspective, his son can just go marry someone else. His son marrying Meadow doesn’t benefit him in any way.

[@marissac870]

I wouldn't doubt the son was playing the daughter. All apart of it.

[@FH-hu5vn]

He could have given the instructions for the hit to take place when she wasn’t near, sine it happens before she’s at the table.

[@marissac870]

@@FH-hu5vn watching the last episodes again after going thru the season. and it's obvious Paulie and Patsy said Bye Bye 👋 ByeBye Tony. They knew the deal.

[@MarlinWilliams-ts5ul]

Good point.

[@kiingcrow6040]

When he said “ butch had his eyes everywhere” and then shows butch’s wonky eye. I died 😂

[@Tusc9969]

IMO Little carmine was in on the tony hit with NY. You can see he was trying to warn and counsel tony the last time they talked but dramas and deaths seemed to be the norm with tony as acting boss of NJ. So, when you hear little carmine say "it didn't have to be this way..." at the final sitdown and then walk off with butchie after I knew they were gonna whack him. The truce would've been the perfect opportunity to whack him while his guard was down. The fact that the hit was in front of his family was payback for the hit on phil in front of his wife and grandkids.

[@brobsty1856]

Carm and AJ die too

[@DH-xh3pg]

@brobsty1856 what makes you say that? That’s against the rules.

[@Carmine_Lupertazzi]

Carmine stands on his own in his last scene. Doesn't walk off with anyone.

[@Carmine_Lupertazzi]

​@DH-xh3pg watch the Sopranos Superbowl commercial, and its breakdown.

[@ambriellemason9372]

​@@brobsty1856 They don't kill civilians, even if they did that would bring unnecessary heat to organized crime, Only Tony died

[@djfacts9770]

That 3 o'clock thing had Paulie on the boat with tony on that time. In the last scene with paulie they switched places which represents paulie always finding a way to dodge a bullet & be the last man standing from the columbo days

[@toneriggz]

My theory is that it’s an Animal Blundetto type of a scenario (always with the scenarios). Some hitter upset by Phil getting clipped, going rogue and taking Tony out. Non sanctioned hit, pure revenge. I don’t think Butch would go back on his word but it’s possible he didn’t have control over every guy on the street. Ultimately it doesn’t matter, could’ve been anyone. What matters is that T got clipped and thus the story is done.

[@mbeetroot8489]

A relative of Eugene is my best guess, I 100% agree

[@stevenspilly]

I don't think there was anyone left that really liked Phil enough to go rogue. Paulie's face when he left the Bing makes no sense unless he was plotting against Tony.

[@michaelparrella2151]

Eugene whacked teddy spirodakis (TS) in a members only jacket. The members only jacket guy whacks tony soprano (TS). That’s a huge piece of evidence.

[@mixelplik]

Good catch!

[@2011americanman]

Yep. Both over weight big guys having a meal and boom. Basically gave you the ending in the first episode of season 6.

[@alexvanzandt8517]

Heres a bigger question who ate tony's lo mein ?

[@BaronSaturday66]

Bobby Baccala of course.

[@alexvanzandt8517]

@@BaronSaturday66 He had family obligations, ask his wife

[@robertlee4172]

Chris got the $25 Toblerone bar, that much we do know. The empty Mallowmar box is still up for debate.

[@jonathandosman5496]

Hahaha just watched that this evening

[@GoldenStateGOAT]

@@BaronSaturday66"i was hungry"

[@chozenwon1234567]

2:29 "toxikitty" had me dead for some reason lol

[@JEWSWITHTATOOS]

Like I already pointed out Butch tricked Tony into killing Phil and then had Tony killed. Two birds with one stone.

[@GladbachCEO]

🤓

[@granitesevan6243]

How foolish we are, not remembering your brilliant insight 💩

[@JEWSWITHTATOOS]

Dont let it happened again buddy!!!lol@@granitesevan6243

[@egoborder3203]

I always thought Paulie was involved. The show made a big deal of showing how their relationship deteriorated. Going from admiration and (mostly) loyalty to increasing resentment and undermining. Patsi is also a shoe-in as I don't think he ever forgave Tony for his brother and probably was aware that deep down Tony didn't trust him because of that. As for Butch, he personally wanted to kill Tony and it's likely New York would support him given Tony's state by end of the show

[@danielward5602]

Butch *hates* Tony with a passion. Then suddenly he's a turncoat peacemaker? Called bullshit on that as soon as he said to Tony "you have my word".

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

5:02 I know I’m not the only one but damn dude, that had me laughing for a moment there. Had to pause the clip “Butchie had his eyes everywhere” perfect 🤌🏽

[@VBTIGER89]

Yeah it got me lol

[@brendannardozzi5216]

The reason the NY hit men would have fired at Patsy is because he might not have been involved in the conspiracy - yet. After Carlo's son was arrested and Tony confronted Patsy about his own son's potential involvement, Patsy would have been way more likely to go against Tony. Timeline got f'd up.

[@DarthBlue13]

I always thought Patsy he definitely had the motive and he could easily take over given the marriage between Meadow and his son but ultimately Tony had to go no matter what his crew and New York couldn't have him at the table any longer.

[@3ppcli]

The best explanation I've heard, "Live by the gun, die by the gun ". PERIOD.

[@Duneek]

I think your "Members Only" explanation is the best. I don't think the other families would hold Tony at fault for Phil dying in a war Phil started, especially considering Tony's underboss is in a permanent coma and his brother-in-law and consigliere is dead as a result of that war. An official peace was made so I don't think it was New York.

[@JGD714]

You got those positions switched.

[@Carmine_Lupertazzi]

Sil was consigliere, Bobby was underboss.

[@Duneek]

@@JGD714 Good catch. I mixed them up

[@stevenspilly]

Don't forget Tony was likely about to get arrested - again - because one of his top capos had agreed to testify. The risk of Tony cooperating would be enough for new York and what was left of his crew to re-evaluate. Tony was likely to be in jail awaiting trial, anyway, so why not get rid of him and eliminate the risk + get the soprano family working under new management. Or just absorb what was left.

[@KutWrite]

@@stevenspilly: Yes. The ending of "Casino" comes to mind

[@MidTierVillain]

Tony never found out who was telling New York Family their business, and playing both sides.. also remember Paulie stating he’d do the hit, if they ever need him, when he said, “if Carmine needs anything, ANYTHING.. “ Plus, Paulie was very bitter, and felt like he deserved a turn at the head of the table.. that’s why he gave Chris such a hard time, he knew Chris would be the next one due bloodline.

[@QeepingItReal]

i'm gonna tell you a couple of three things. tony clearly figured out it was paulie who leaked the fat joke to johnny sachs. in the episode where they go to florida to lay low. paulie clearly realized johnny sachs was playing him when carmine sr. didn't recognize him.

[@viktorstojanovic9007]

@@QeepingItReal that's two things

[@18pablo88]

Remember Pauline survived by the skin of his nuts when that thing with the columbos went down

[@wilsonbelle6600]

I'll always be convinced that Tony looking up at the restaurant door chiming and the cut to black was simply an illustration that in the life he chose, every sound could be something dangerous or life-ending, and there was never a moment one could not be expecting it might happen.

[@stuglenn1112]

Butch and family smoked Tony, Patsy had no involvement or knowledge, Paulie wasn't involved but knew it was coming. It was as clear as day.

[@bigdemon6560]

Did y’all get even watch the video ?

[@apstrike]

I don't believe these three could organize a successful hit on a boss without messing it up or being discovered.

[@jessicamarsano2935]

They might mess it up. They might be discovered. But as the scene cut...you get to invent your own ending. I guess that's the genius of it all! I like your idea they messed it up. I love speculating on different endings and how they'd play out. I love that the characters are so well developed.

[@sillanumerius]

Another clue would be the scene in which Petsy's wife looks under the plate to probably find out whether it is expensive goods. Because she was somehow informed by her husband that Tony would soon die.

[@rojhasan548]

Paulie would've announced it on the megaphone to half of Jersey while eating Danish pastries

[@logenkangiesser5880]

I think the Members Only jacket is more symbolic meant to remind you of all the people Tony had wronged and therefore reinforce the idea that revenge is likely coming from some direction.

[@AffectedArea]

I agree even though I enjoy the theory that Eugene's wife used her money to hire someone to get Tony.

[@iraevans2013]

I always felt the most fitting end was just a stroke. He just dies right there. No drama. Both expected and unexpected. Completely unsatisfying for everyone. Forever debated. Epically anticlimactic 👌

[@berry541]

Absolutely. A stroke or heart attack. Tony’s fear of betrayal reached its end. Tony was betrayed by his own body. What could be more insidious than that? What could be less cinematic than that?

[@jaymum23]

@@berry541 James Gandolfini’s own death is a clue to Tony’s fate as the screen goes black then…

[@rig2037]

Makes no sense. Thats a delusional ending.

[@charlesindig8101]

This show is by far the best TV series Ive ever seen! over 25yrs later and its still very much talked about. With the ending......... I believe Butch conspired with Paulie to have Tony whacked!

[@JayP7.62]

I was thinking the same thing about the cat but both Christopher and Paulie were rats. Which is why the cats is attracted to both.

[@ashian23x46]

Narrator keep talking about Tony's death but it never even said Tony was dead. It just went blank

[@r3771-n2r]

It was little Carmine. You see Carmine was only playing at being Fredo, he was really Michael lying low pretending to keep the peace until the perfect moment to settle all family business. Also to make sure Tony did not sing his guts out to the feds, which Tony definitely would.

[@guppypup]

Excellent analogy! Your details and callbacks to the series are nothing but spectacular! Great job!

[@deleteduser121]

I'm glad we all understand that he was killed like there shouldn't be a debate anymore. It's obvious you know how to watch the show that he was indeed killed in the last scene

[@cliffhass9158]

The fact that people still are talking about the ending means that it was definetly one of the best endings ever

[@paulsteffens1550]

Thank you for this video. This has what I've been thinking for years.

[@jamesfrenchmuzak]

4:18 "butch had his eyes everywhere" no way

[@MooreEducation]

Patsy killed Tony. Plain and simple. I can't see how anyone could think it was anyone else. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@wyldhowl2821]

"It won't be cinematic." Well, given the last scene, I guess it wasn't ?

[@2011americanman]

NY shot at him when Silvio was shot.

[@TheRealFeechLaManna]

Neither Paulie nor Patsy ever had any initiative in them. No real ambition. No doubt Butch and NY killed Tony as revenge plus that's what you get for killing a boss, but I see no reason to involve P&P.

[@HarupertBeagleton-dz5gw]

They should make a sequel with Meadow as state prosecutor figuring out who killed her father. Start it with a flash back to the diner where the screen went black. They could use fan theories for dead end leads lol. We need Meadow in a basement like Charlie from IASIP figuring out who Pepe Silvia was.

[@chrisairgood310]

Patsy is part of plot. Paulie also. Tony was killed at the end. He never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@jonasalves7492]

I had never thought about that dream with Silvio followed by killing Paulie... I think you combine that with the Cat Scene in the end, along with the fact that Paulie was not a loyal person... He was definitely involved

[@gigigigi4241]

Your soprano references, like (sun Tuh-tzu) or “going to into the unknown not knowing” make your videos epic! I love you like a brother in-law!!!!

[@metrobar3367]

He did die. Chase referred to the scene as the death scene in an interview !! So it’s been confirmed.

[@OriginalKenDoll]

When did he say that?

[@metrobar3367]

@@OriginalKenDoll in a daily mail interview. Won’t let me link

[@codeallnight56514]

A likely story

[@metrobar3367]

@@codeallnight56514 not hard to search for it.

[@metrobar3367]

Coauthor Zoller Seitz instantly highlight the slip saying, ‘You realize, of course, that you just referred to that as a death scene’. ‘F*** you guys’, Chase answered.

[@eatonmahfeelins]

Tony dies the same way his father did. At the table, in a restaurant, with his family. Duh.

[@jacknemo8021]

Don Ho was a Hawaiian entertainer, Gung ho was the phrase you were reaching for.

[@NolalanD]

Love your videos on the Sopranos! Helped me catch so many details on reviewing. The idiomatic expression for eagerness is "gung ho," a military term associated with the US Marine Corp. Don Ho is a Hawaiin performer. As your English is nearly flawless, I thought you might appreciate it.

[@KingofBadVibes]

i think it was the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Kazoo who said: "you gotta get it how ya living, gang."

[@joeyspinelli4906]

You did your homework. It all sounds plausible. Fine use of detail and nuance. Thank you, that was great...

[@sinane.y]

That "sit on this" cut made me laugh like that time my father fell down the stairs

[@rhodreemahr4598]

The best part of the show was how Tony's criminal mind worked. "I've killed friends, I've killed family." It is very fitting for Patsy's son to be engaged to Meadow while he is conspiring with NY to whack Tony and take his place. It fits the theme of the show which is more important than trying to discern the facts from the scenes. Tony never had a master plan and Butchie seems a lot like him in that way. He rolls with the situation and is good at riling up the crew with narratives. Like Tony blaming NY after he strangled Ralphie. That would explain Butchie's flips over the last season and why Patsy was being shot at but then could also be the one who Butchie approaches to take out Tony in the end. He wants war with NJ but then he reads the tea leaves and wants peace for his organization to make their money. Then the way Phil dies creates a situation perfect to get revenge on Tony. He didn't know how it was going to end but he was very tuned into how his crew felt at the time and manipulated that to inch closer to where he wanted to be. Just like Tony through the whole show. Paulie would be a liability to let in on a conspiracy. He also seems to want Tony's approval a lot. You don't need any of them to assassinate Tony but NY would probably want someone to take charge after and that would clearly be Patsy. He's smarter and more reliable. Paulie is a survivor because he isn't important enough to be involved in these decisions. NY could count on him falling in line after the deed was done.

[@stonedage5087]

The NJ and the NY crew got together to take him out for sure.

[@2st_duallist]

"Butch had his eyes everywhere" didn't see that one coming

[@DavidxBoyd]

Members only jacket guy has a Russian accent and a relative who miraculously crawled out of the Pine Barrens but was never the same.

[@jessicamarsano2935]

But does his home still look like shit?

[@davidkellett3549]

​@@jessicamarsano2935 😂😂😂😂

[@NotaFollower11]

Bro... "you don't have to be son T-ZOO" had me crying 🤣🤣 paulie is too funny

[@johnnymoondog9474]

Patsy's piss and Paulie's ego brought us to this

[@melissah9125]

I love your channel so much, just discovered it tonight. I wish you had a podcast so we all could discuss. I have many thoughts brought on by your brilliant synopses

[@jackmunch6978]

I dunno….F’ing slander if you ask me.

[@buddhastl7120]

Paulie was the type to be used as an actual patsy. Butchie and them would have used Paulie then discarded him the moment Tony was dead.

[@bigdemon6560]

Basically what Johnny sac was trying to do

[@aunch3]

It’s already been solved. Tony, AJ, and Carmella all died in the diner. There were 2 shooters and we saw them both. They used a .22 and .45. Likely AJ and Carmella were killed in the crossfire, not on purpose, by either way they went too. The final scene was a Last Supper ritual, as Chase himself said. There’s a great video on YT that explains it in detail it’s well worth watching as he nails it. Patsy was not involved. If he was the shooters wouldn’t have gone after him when they shot Sil at the Bing, and he wouldn’t have fired back at them. Paulie on the other hand probably was at least aware

[@TheFruityJew]

AJ never died as there was a superbowl ad set years after the final episode for A car company with AJ and Meadow meeting up together both naturally aged and Meadow is wearing Tony’s jewellery. I took that as Tony is gone and they moved on from the life

[@rsmith7994]

So, Butch heard through the grapevine that Tony was about to go down on a RICO case? Was Tony taking the same blood pressure medication as Vito? Was Butch also struggling with homosexual self-loathing like Phil? This show is like an onion. 😂

[@GladbachCEO]

It clearly was the vipers

[@ElijahClark-it2rt]

I can hear Tony’s breathing just from looking at the thumbnail lol

[@Diego-it6gr]

Patsy was the only involved. He had the balls, the desire for vengeance, and the perfect circumstances. Butch has never been decisive. Paulie wouldn’t; If he did he would have to hangout with Patsy and New York 💀 He would have no “friends” which is what he cares the most.

[@jakeharmon8767]

It wasn't Patsy. He buried his revenge in the show. Plus Meadow and Patsy jr were on their way to getting married. The show only points to Eugenes wife. The show literally points to that when they made an episode titled "members only" dedicated to Eugenes jacket which was the same jacket the hit man at the end was wearing. It's actually blatantly obvious

[@Diego-it6gr]

@@jakeharmon8767 Bro of course he burried his feelings! It was that or death what was he supposed to choose anyway lol. Eugine theory is simply something added by the director to add more drama like the aj gf.

[@MarineA109]

Tony would've never flipped!