Who is Really to Blame for Vito's Murder? | The Sopranos Explained

[@CineRanter]

*The Sopranos | Was Phil Leotardo Gay?* kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4vTmKltjamhhc0

[@xmaseveeve5259]

Lesbian.

[@letter2ddead342]

Can you do more individual character review on *The Wire* characters, arguably the greatest TV series ever made!

[@letter2ddead342]

@Nero Wynn same thing I was thinking. You do 20 years in prison, you had you a boy or two. Tony even admits that it's common with monsters doing long prison sentences. *GOOD CALL!*👍

[@cjlaity1]

They would never be able to make these shows today.

[@ps2chiper112]

@Nero Wynn This!

[@justinboivin]

Vito's biggest blunder was trying to come back AFTER fleeing. Actually, Big Puss also made this same mistake.

[@edwardwood6532]

He could have stayed in that small towing living a quiet life out of the closet, but he had to try to get back in.

[@suad01]

Big Puss should've stuck with The Rockford Files.

[@jonasalves7492]

Pussy didn't have a choice, the FBI wanted him back to collect evidence, it was either coming back or facing at least 25 years in the can and the man was no Phil Leotardo.

[@gregoryporch8395]

His biggest blunder was leaving at all. I love how the video suggested that Vito should've claimed his accuser owes him money, he was already some douchebag from Yonkers in Tony's eyes

[@Julez.97]

Big Puss had no choice he was already an FBI informant.

[@ΑλέξανδροςΓκίνης-ο9σ]

THE ONE WE HAVE TO BLAME FOR VITO'S MURDER, IS HIS DOCTOR WITH THESE MEDICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jackgrimaldi8685]

Yeah but Vito should have gotten a note from the doctor and he never did.

[@ΑλέξανδροςΓκίνης-ο9σ]

@@jackgrimaldi8685 IT WAS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@octavioherschberg5280]

Vito really should have had some one with him at the doctors to ask questions.

[@trav2190]

It fucked with his head

[@MUFCSINCE90]

Damn right!!!😂

[@small7385]

Vito was too lazy for a regular job he literally preferred death.

[@BillBraskyy]

but he was supposed to have surgery! Also the way you pointed that out is so fkn true 😂

[@mikhailv67tv]

Vito was an earner. Cause he didn’t want to go back on the tools after being off the for many years he can’t be blamed. As a former construction worker, once you get off the tools it’s a harder thing to return to. You might have to do it over the years but each time it gets harder and harder.

[@FatToDaCat]

@@mikhailv67tv true, but I think another important part is the fact that Vito made more money and at a faster rate than working a regular job. Probably even double the money. I'm not saying anything new

[@histguy101]

Maybe if he had some power tools. I mean...was Vito trying to become Amish or something? You can't even sustain a job site, or your pay without power tools. Back in 2000, Vito could build a whole wheel chair ramp in a single day. In 2007, it takes Vito 5 hours to put up a piece of trim

[@frame-perfectadskip9159]

It's not laziness. Look at Tiny B's downfall. Once he got. A taste of the life again with that windfall bag, he couldn't go back.

[@brennanc4321]

Comedy is to blame, Vito died for his comedy act he was just doing it for a joke and I respect his commitment.

[@wolfstealth782]

On top of that, the 2 guys that spotted Vito totally stick out like a sore thumb in the nightclub. Arrogant too Imo 😆 Like retrieving the mob $ was all the gay bar was good for.

[@Garglicious]

Lmao

[@bogdananicescu6051]

He was there. It was a joke

[@mikepastor.k6233]

Two black guys were seen running away

[@jpmnky]

I know, right? Sal had no sense of humor.

[@mikehunt9884]

for those who feel bad for vito, remember that he shot someone in the head just because he didn't want to be involved in a DUI accident..

[@jackleg6143]

And whacked his own cousin

[@realonthafield]

@@jackleg6143 and ofcourse that salami sandwich

[@SamP-by7iv]

yeah hes a prick

[@danjonmills]

And that biker outfit.

[@cchisolm92cc]

​@@danjonmillsand the Johnny cakes

[@jordanh806]

I blame Vito solely for this. He stabbed poor Pauly in the heart and I can’t let that go

[@hurykanejw]

I feel ya

[@joeytrimble1558]

no ones got aiiiids!!! lmfao

[@Jon-jay]

Facts! I mean how much betrayal can Pauly take?

[@KidFresh71]

Totally accurate. How much betrayal can one man take??

[@SteadyRoosevelt]

he's in a lot better shape then them fuckin nuns they got up there!

[@lobsterdfw1]

Tony: If Vito wanted to pursue that lifestyle, he should've done so quietly Silvio: He was, wasn't he?

[@jasoncarswell7458]

Blowing dudes at a mob-controlled job site? Dancing in leather gear at a mob-controlled gay club? Fails to pre-think a halfway decent excuse for either of these? Vito wasn't doing anything quietly, because that wasn't exciting to his sociopath's mind. He got off on the risk of almost being caught in the act of gay sex, because the punishment was so severe. It was like gambling. Not that unusual, Oscar Wilde did the same thing, called it "feasting with panthers". Of course he eventually ended up disgraced and imprisoned for it...

[@Thechickinaaronscar]

@@jasoncarswell7458 what do you expect him to do stay at home lol.

[@jasoncarswell7458]

@@Thechickinaaronscar Can you translate that from retardese into English?

[@Thechickinaaronscar]

@Beaverish Buck Teeth that's literally the dumbest comment I've ever seen jesus christ lol.

[@Jorgehernandez-cj9ho]

🤣

[@tariqari]

How have we never talked about the fact that PHIL Unitardo was in the closet WAITING for Vito? I mean…who even knows how long he was in the closet! Could have been 20 fucking years!!

[@SometimesAbel]

🤣🤣🤣 Congrats-successful hit. I'm dead.

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

Lol that is a good one

[@plaistowbill]

Phil was inthe closet since puberty.

[@19brittani]

Now go get your fuckin shinebox!!

[@lukejones7164]

He compromised

[@GF_Baltar]

"He was in a state of shock and couldn't think *straight* - literally" I see what you did there! 😂

[@joemckim1183]

Phil had to do a lot of compromising while in prison.

[@omarua3435]

The way you say phrases like "assmuncher" and "that Animal Blundetto" with your accent is funny as hell

[@williambien]

I cant even say his name...

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

@@williambien the wine. You know it makes you emotional

[@juny9445]

Greasing the union...

[@EricWilke1141987]

Funny how? Funny like a clown?

[@Ezio999Auditore]

You know… You’re a funny guy.

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

Vito was gay the whole time. -JK Rowling

[@williamrisbridger60]

Nah, it was the magic; it f*cked with his head.

[@rammbostein]

@@williamrisbridger60 Those damn high blood pressure potions

[@dylanmonstrum1538]

​@@williamrisbridger60Pretty sure he could get a parchment from the headmaster. (Hehe more like HE'S the headmaster)

[@MrBluewolf94]

Did you know that when Vito's mouth was taped, he was actually trying to explain to Phill that he had a note from his Doctor clearing everything up.

[@hithere4719]

“PHIL I HAVE THE NOTE FROM MY DOCTOR! IT IS IN THE FRONT POCKET OF MY PANTS JUST REACH AROUND UNTIL YOU FIND IT! OH GOD NOOOOO!”

[@alinm4844]

Phil didn't want to give Vito the chance to say Phil was also gay

[@bradjohnson482]

You know Adriana was calling him all of the time when Chrissy was in rehab, right? Wink, wink.

[@jesusnunez3661]

he was this close 🤏

[@rddee9268]

@@jesusnunez3661 to banging his cousin!

[@AlexJones0316]

@@rddee9268 yup. Shitty writing on the small details from Chase. When you watch it enough, it's scattered all over.

[@shahidabdoullakhanzorovr1564]

@@rddee9268 If your cousin was hot...

[@dandavis8300]

@@rddee9268 --Well, he wouldn't want someone else to bang his cousin while Chris was away so he should have banged her, out of respect...

[@frodofraggins]

Vito is 100% responsible. He should have been smart enough to keep it out of sight and far from where he lived and worked. I don't think the writing of this arc was particularly good and was glad when it ended.

[@MrTCHOSS]

Yeah, it was a terrible arc. Johnny Pancakes? Jesus Christ

[@hithere4719]

People probably got wise to Vito being the extra in the first episode and they did just as bad of a scramble in the writing room. “Uh…uh we’ll get him whacked for fanookism…and…and he’ll get caught at a leather bar and play it off as a joke…yeah that’ll work…” 😂

[@elrifle24]

@@MrTCHOSSbrokeback wiseguys lmfao

[@coderider3022]

Was a bit silly.

[@matthewriley7826]

He should’ve been smart enough to go to the feds and serve up Tony for them on a silver platter. Would’ve gotten him and his family into Witness Protection.

[@slangx9684]

If Tony had just let Vito get that doctor's note he'd still be alive. A note would smooth things over with New York for sure.....Damn you Finn

[@octavioherschberg5280]

It's Vito's fault in the first place, he really should have had someone with him at the doctor's office to ask questions.

[@slangx9684]

@@octavioherschberg5280 Vito never had the makings of a varsity athelet

[@brendanburgess2071]

The whole thing could have been avoided if Vito's doctor just gave him a note.

[@Diddley_Squat]

Haha

[@AlbatrossRevenue]

Should have just said, "I'm not Vito. I'm Gino. But I get that a lot"

[@BookshelfQBattler]

"Dr. Mr. Soprano, Vito's blood pressure medication turned him gay, which happens a lot. I have made the right adjustment and he likes women again. Please return him to active mafia service so he can back to his job of killing people for money and ripping people off, stealing from construction sites, hijacking trucks and breaking legs and selling drugs and pimping whores and so on. Sincerely, Dr. Cusamano"

[@licmir3663]

I presume that Vito has gotten away for so long with the secret, that he ended up being more and more careless about it. And he may have enjoyed the risk as well, until it caught up to him. Furthermore, he thinks that everyone can be bought with money, and he was almost right. Tony was tempted to accept the $200,000 if it weren’t for the Shah pestering him about Vito. Nevertheless, Vito should know that he couldn’t trust anyone. After all, they asked HIM to kill his own cousin, Jackie Jr. If he has no loyalty to his own blood, and his mob friends know that as well, why should they be trusted?

[@tony_dogs]

It was the medication he was on, it fucked with his head.

[@cennon]

Phil Leotardo doesn't look like the Shah of Iran. I don't see the resemblance.

[@kytsunman8592]

@@tony_dogs he could have gotten a note too

[@HugoStiglitz88]

The shah lmfao

[@king_supreme1102]

Is he really his cousin. I know they said it once but there’s no established bloodline connecting them and they never mention it again. Also that would possibly make him Adriana’s cousin and he jokes about her hitting on him.

[@ndogg20]

Another person to blame for Vito's demise was the Jersey mobster Vito ran into in the supermarket on his return to Jersey. The mobster asks for a huge loan, which Vito agrees to and to make sure he wouldn't have to pay the loan back, that mobster calls Phil in NY and lets Phil know Vito is back in town. How else could Phil had found out? There's a scene in the back of the butcher shop after Vito is killed where someone mentions if he knew that Vito was getting whacked he would have asked for a loan, and we see the smiling face of the one who did get that loan. Ruthless back stabbing fuckers, all of them lol.

[@lazyraceace9503]

That's right. Since The Many Saints of Newark release and all the buzz I think I've realized something new about the Sopranos and your post kick- 👢-started my heart, lol. Okay yes, that Jersey mobster who hustled Vito right b4 Vito's death. He most likely was a wormy cksucker & squawked to NY and all the yes men around Phil have hard-ons bc psycho Phil finally gets his way lol🤨

[@lazyraceace9503]

Oh I had a point lol Movie goers seem disappointed with Many Saints of Newark, like Dickie's final scene. Random and ridiculous things happen in gangs, in real life, not just LCN domestic terrorists. I suppose their is a lot of fanfare that folks expect/require lol with entertainment, films, series but with a legend like the Sopranos I embrace every piece of the puzzle. Down to the most mundane simple situation that could have mammoth repercussions later on lol 😆

[@chillphil967]

Good point 👍

[@dr_no-no]

I wish I asked Vito for a loan as well.

[@batchagaloopytv5816]

i dont think he "ran" into him -he knows hes around per tony and he wants a loan-he reached out to vito for a loan knowing he wouldnt have to pay EVER-why would vito randomly go shopping was he making dinner for johnny cakes again😆😆-

[@joshpointoh]

This was the first time I remember thinking Tony couldn't last as boss. It was ridiculous for Tony to even consider keeping Vito as part of the family. There was WAY too much resistance from way too many of his own guys, not to mention Phil and all that.

[@Wolffanghurricane]

makes you think how much money he was really pulling in to make him think that way, the esplanade was no small cookie

[@portugal5698]

Vito was more deserving and loyal than half the guys against him.

[@davidhubbard5196]

@@portugal5698 what????Dont you remember the scene in the hospital after Tony got shot when Vito and Paulie bring Tony that envelope and Carmela tells Tony she suspected there was a lot more and they were holding out? This doesn't mention the fact that earlier on Vito talks to Eugene after his Florida thing goes away and tells Eugene that Tony might have a heart attack and then Vito would be boss of the family.

[@planegaper]

@@portugal5698 Yeah, true, but Tony could have played that better, let Vito earn the money , pay the guys a percentage to shut them up for the time being..and work up Vito's replacement.. Even shoot Phil a nice chunk of the income until Vito slips up, or is replaced.. One would have to find the right guy to slip into Vito's shoes, but good leaders are known for that sort of thing.. Then once it's settled, give Phil the green light to wack him.. everyone's happy, gets a nice chunk of cash, and you don't miss a step in the income. That's how I think it would play out in the real world, Vito's days would certainly be numbered, but they would find a way to wring every last cent out of him before knocking him off.. Even hinting that they "know" things about him would keep him in line, he would probably off himself knowing there was no escape anyways.. Tony was just too greedy it seems and didn't want to share his cash cow with anyone, despite the indifference to the rules, Tony left himself wide open, and should have acted decisively the day he found out, instead of hoping things would go on the way they were..

[@matthewriley7826]

Things had been going downhill for him ever since Junior shot him.

[@booboolips6053]

The problem is that Vito was catching not pitching.🤔

[@mondoseguendo6113]

Yeah, but he certainly had the makings of a varsity catcher.

[@danmc7815]

That is part of the problem. A lot of the mobsters did prison time. They probably understood homosexual acts in prison, but always wanted to be pitching there. When you catch, you are submitting. Not good for a monster.

[@faisalkamal4319]

@@danmc7815 a mobster but still what's the difference between monster and mobster

[@beeemm2578]

Never understood that. They fell completely apart when they found out he was catching.....it mattered?

[@philsentry1745]

This was a way for Phil to get at. Tony for the death of his brother.

[@fangal12]

Whatever happened there

[@stormedcapone]

@@fangal12 whatever happened there!? Whatever happened there!?

[@bryantaylor9874]

I think Vito hoped he could get a little bit of Finn for himself if you catch my drift. Look the simple fact is Vito escaped. He knew buying his way back in was a long shot at best, and that even if Tony agreed there was no way Phil would let him live. He was dead the second he crossed the state line.

[@jamesduffy7549]

Doubt it, Finn wasn't gay

[@bryantaylor9874]

@@jamesduffy7549 Never said Finn was gay just that Vito wanted to use Finns butthole like a catchers mitt.

[@HOTD108_]

@@jamesduffy7549 Finn's a come from the front kind of guy.

[@bonvct]

HOW CAN YOU BLAME PHIL!! He loved him like a brother-in-law!

[@andrewmartin7697]

YES IT’S VITO’S OWN FAULT! IF HE WANTED TO PURSUE THAT LIFESTYLE HE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT QUIETLY!

[@flectz]

He was, wasn't he?

[@jamesearlcash7725]

@@flectz he knows people in New York, he should have stayed away from New York.

[@barbraseville8984]

is this a joke?

[@travismiles5885]

@@flectz I wouldn't call blowing somebody in a parking lot "keeping it on the DL."

[@flectz]

@@travismiles5885 watch the video "tony decides to whack vito" and you'll know what were referencing

[@guidoluzzi66]

*body building competition on tv* “Turn that shit off” - Phil Leotardo

[@MIGHTYBOOSCH198]

Vito's big mistake was convincing himself he could get away with it. He should have always been looking for a way out but instead he focused on moving up the ranks. He should have focused on earning the money to set himself up elsewhere, similar to what he suggested to Tony after coming back. He should have been working on a way out of that circle not deeper into it. Apart from that, I don't think you can blame him. Yeah he was dumb to suck a guy off in the car park and to go dressed like that to a gay bar, but it's not like he could go on grinder or anything, how else could he meet guys? Where could he realistically go? He's not exactly safer going to the New York gay scene.Yeah he should have known that being in the mob and gay would get him killed, but when did he realise he was gay and when and how did he join the mob. Say if his Dad pushed him into the family business, there's not much he can do especially if he doesn't really know he's gay yet. I doubt Vito had many options, it might have been joining the mob was his only real way of making money. I doubt he was in a position to say 'actually I should find a job that suits my ass-munching lifestyle.' As for Finn, Vito is used to mobsters, he probably can't trust anyone to keep a secret and not use it against him. So Vito went with a 'I can be your best friend or your worst enemy approach.'

[@jeambeam3173]

The gay bar was in New York because he was more thinking of not wanting the Jersey people to catch him in a gay bar in Jersey

[@stevekombolis3197]

At least with the security guard he obviously already knew him, they could have met privately. And Vito had a wife and girlfriend so it wasn't like he was trying to find true love. He definitely had enough money to find a discreet prostitute. I agree nowhere in public was without risk but that's kind of the point

[@chaowu5139]

Should have went to PA. But clubs may not be open as late.

[@hectorsanchez1377]

He should have gone to Pace college.

[@jonasalves7492]

He could've gone to a different state, but he went to NY, which is known for mob presence, specially mobsters that most problably would recognize him, as one finally did. Also NJ and NY are basically the same urban area, so if you are fully aware that being spotted means death, you might want to put at least a couple hundred miles between your "friends" and your deeds. He was a wealthy man, he could've jumped on a plane and spent a weekend away doing gay stuff freely but he went to the city with the most notorious mob families in the country. He was just careless and stupid, just as he was when he sucked a security guy in the place his fellow mobsters and other acquaintances hang around.

[@nathaniel311]

The way Vito was hitting that dance in the Biker outfit kill’s me every time 😭

[@mondoseguendo6113]

It was a joke. He was there.

[@thetechlibrarian]

As good as the writers where on the sopranos I feel like they really missed out on a story line with Phil not mentioning that he did 20 years in the can.

[@MaximusR93]

I agree with your statement about Vito trying a less intimidating approach with Finn. I think had he pulled Finn aside and admitted he was gay and asked him not to tell because he wouldn’t be accepted, Finn would’ve been reasonable, especially knowing Vito had a lot to lose if the secret got out. But the intimidation tactic ended up being too stressful for Finn, and he had to tell someone, that being Meadow and she of course told Carmela and then it got out to everyone else. But yeah if Vito was being that reckless, he was going to get found out eventually.

[@TidesOfWar1983]

Great video as usual! I'd like to put in my thoughts: These guys are sociopaths, and Vito was no exception. They are impulsive enough under normal circumstances, but when you add panic and paranoia into the mix, you get things like Vito shooting a guy - whose car he wrecked - right there in the driveway. When lust overrides their logical thinking, you get Vito dancing in a popular club that he should have known had mob connections. He did bring it on himself. We see in season six how problems were getting generated or made worse due to impulsivity: Tony in various situations, Chrissy shooting J.T. Dolan, Bobby punching Tony (deserved, but still unadvisable), Phil acting from emotion rather than over reason, etc. The list goes on. Season 6 was apocalyptic in tone.

[@dandavis8300]

That jerk parked in the middle of the road, just beyond a curve. Then he insisted on calling the cops rather than taking some cash for what was really his own fault. Nothing impulsive about that hit. Vito did what he had to do.

[@MMJ005]

@@dandavis8300 Well said my guy you the MAN

[@MaximusR93]

@@dandavis8300I get that but the guy had no clue that Vito was a mobster on the run, he was a pain in the ass at the worst time but he didn’t deserve to die.

[@jakealter5504]

I wouldn’t say that all of them were full sociopaths, most of them did have those tendencies to varying degrees though

[@samanthab1923]

Just realized Vito fights with Bobby over Eugenes routes when it was Bobby's dad who took care of Mustang Sally for putting Vito's bro in the coma.

[@keithharper1470]

Tony eventially did sanction the hit Carlo was supposed to do it it a parking lot the next day. Phil disobeyed a golden rule about killing made guys in another family without permission and that thing of theirs is supposed to come before his own family so Phil was supposed to let Tony handle it no matter what since he's old school.

[@ΑλέξανδροςΓκίνης-ο9σ]

MADE GUY??? HE WAS A FUCKIN FANOOK. PHIL HAD EVERY RIGHT TO WHACK THIS PIECE OF SHIT, BECAUSE COSA NOSTRA, DOESN'T ACCEPT THEESE "MEN". ALSO, VITO WAS MARRIED WITH PHIL'S COUSIN, SO HE DISHONORED HIM PERSONAL. PHIL WAS THE MOST OLD-SCHOOL MAFIOSO IN THE SERIES AND TONY WAS A GANGSTER WITH NO VALUES WHO PRETEND OF HAVING THEM ALL TIME. FOR CHRIST'S SAKE, THE GUY MADE HIS OWN UNCLE A LIGHTING ROD FOR THE FEDS. HIS FATHER'S BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cb3648]

@@ΑλέξανδροςΓκίνης-ο9σ Phil wasn't so old school when he tried to run from Tony when he owed him money, and Tony chased him down and punked him out.

[@ΑλέξανδροςΓκίνης-ο9σ]

@@cb3648 HE WAS OLD SCHOOL. HE JUST, DIDN'T CONSIDER THE SOPRANOS A FAMILY AND TONY A BOSS. 40.000$ TO A JERSAY BOSS. COME ON UH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jakealter5504]

@@ΑλέξανδροςΓκίνης-ο9σa jersey boss that had a decent working relationship with carmine sr, carmine jr, and Johnny sack, Phil really didn’t think things through

[@glitchyghosting5798]

I love all of the quotes about Vito you worked into the script.

[@clootscalhoun9481]

The way you said “Vito Spatafore….was an ass muncher” had me dying hahaha

[@grinchoi1]

As an aside you know what's weird? In the elevator Paulie is the one that had the disgusted look on his face for giving Carmela the money but she singled out Vito to Tony as the one to look out for. Am I the only one that wondered this?

[@seannevin5086]

I heard Gino from season one really loves the breadsticks from the bakery

[@johnshooter4763]

Imagine had they brought Geno back involving Phil 😂

[@The-Wolf-with-no-name]

'Hes a come from behind kinda guy'... when Tony said that there was an awkward moment of silence

[@danibravo5700]

I’ve always wondered what kind of therapy he would have had to take (and pay for himself) that Christopher mentioned...

[@ronaldlymm7248]

They should of done more with the telephone tough guy , he was my favourite road worker .

[@APPEALtoFEAR]

I think the way in which the show tries to portray Vito as being sympathetic only to later show how much of a monster he was is masterful writing/filmmaking. Vito Spatafore was a man willing to murder innocents for something as simple as not wanting to be in trouble for driving intoxicated.

[@jakepayne2985]

It was way more than “driving while intoxicated”. These mob dudes have connections and feelers out everywhere. A police arrest/report with Vito would INSTANTLY give him away. Like, how am I even having to say this? It wasn’t about a DUI lol. At all.

[@b9479]

@@jakepayne2985 exactly, they would've got Vito the next day

[@codeeater0]

@@jakepayne2985 +, a mob guy doesn’t want any attention from the law, could end up in lockup

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

You forgot 3 other prominent people active in Vito's demise. Carmella, Rosalie and especially Meadow. It was Meadow who actually made what Fin had seen public, and it was Carmella who actively went ahead and signed Vito's death warrant by telling Tony. Both Carmella and Rosalie being seasoned mob wives would've known exactly what such an apparent corroborated fact would do, and yet Carmella was more than happy to share the gossip than hold back, when a family man's life was on the line.

[@benjaminnorris8051]

It was in the video, how could he forget if it was literally in the video?

[@megansalt]

good points. and this was after Carmella claimed to have changed her views on homosexuality.

[@Diddley_Squat]

Rosalie doesn't have anything to do with it.

[@thecappeningchannel515]

Good point 😮

[@edstringer1138]

maybe Carmella remembered Vitos sketchines with the money while Tony was in a coma ...

[@josephtalmadge3108]

When Finn asked what was gonna happen to Vito and Chris answered we'll get him to pay for some therapy lol 😆

[@RedSoxFanatic4Life]

Vito killing Finn to keep his secret would’ve made sense. I don’t know why Vito would’ve ever told Tony or Meadow about it afterwards, though. Why wouldn’t he just make Finn’s corpse disappear? As far any of the other mobsters had seen, Vito was always nice to Finn at the construction site. It’s unlikely anyone would’ve suspected him of the murder.

[@whitecloak11]

I love how it's always that animal blundetto even though I call him Long John Silver lol

[@datruth9585]

Blundetto to me had a lot to do with Phil torturing him as well. He was a substitute for as you can see, Phil never got over that animal killing his brother. I could go a step further with the foreshadowing too. Season five, Tony telling the crew if he give up Blundetto they matter as well give up the whole thing. Before that speech, Vito saying he willing to die, but this is BS. Sadly, he indeed died at the hands of another crew. Same thing Tony was preaching at the end of season 5

[@tonybrown8127]

Blundetto was a animal

[@BookshelfQBattler]

Yeah Phil probably was mad that Vito was gay but let's not pretend he cared about his cousin, Marie. If he cared, killing Vito was the worst thing because it left her with no financial support and its not like he stepped up to give her any money. Phil wanted to torture and kill a member of the Soprano crew an eye for an eye for his kid brudda Billy and he finally got that through Vito.

[@RevisedGames]

"He couldn't think straight, literally" 🤣🤣🤣

[@steel749]

It's Vito's medications fault

[@BM-wh5qk]

Ironically, Ralph would have been the only one to be lenient with Vito.

[@jakealter5504]

Actually tony didn’t care so long as it didn’t affect business

[@Larry-perkins]

Love the new tone and the humour. Your videos are hilarious as well as insightful. Keep it up

[@FrankieBlueEyes]

Vito would have been spared if he had the jacket.

[@gersonlinares2307]

😆

[@sean5558]

8:05 I thought the same exact thing, “ hey keep your head down somebody is here” the guard is at risk as well getting caught, he may not suffer what Vito got but being a security guard getting any kind of head instead doing their duties and patrols would cost their job

[@brettbaratheon9776]

This channel is so good. I watched this show when it originally aired and almost every other year subsequently. Still enjoy all these reviews.

[@dannybodros5180]

The pool cue was a made man and Vito's ass wasn't. There was nothing we could do about it.

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

Wait a minute, Phil Leotardo did time in prison? I think Vito had no idea how to handle that situation with Finn, not did he know how to handle his secret

[@cdavidlake2]

Yes, he did do time. Twenty years, in fact. It was actually mentioned quite a few times in the show.

[@olamidemoyosoreatanlusi975]

Also Carmela has a hand in killing Christopher sowing the seeds of deceit in Tony’s heart after telling him the movie was about him it’s like Carmela acts dumb sometimes like she doesn’t know who her husband is or what her husband does and tells him certain things that’ll probably lead to certain absolute things or somebody getting whacked

[@megansalt]

yes, that's a weak side of the script. no mafia wife would be so clueless. same with Adriana's murder. Carmella was good friends with Adriana. Adriana disappears and Carmella suspects nothing.

[@el34glo59]

Oh please. Tony should contorl himself

[@darkaquatus]

He was a married man with children, a Catholic Christian and an Italian mobster who did a whole bunch of vows. His degenerate behavior is wrong on so many levels and he absolutely deserved to get into some serious trouble for it.

[@rappakalja5295]

Lmao, you admit that he's a mobster but then call him a degenerate just for being gay? Are you fucking serious?

[@vincentkass5102]

Serious trouble? He's GOTTA GO!!

[@jonathannagel7427]

Well done! I love how you slipped in all the famous phrases us fans now too well!

[@tigerleoneinc.9282]

I never understood one thing. How exactly was Vito such a great earner in the construction business? From what, sitting on his ass at no-work jobs? Vito himself said that construction was a highly homophobic industry. He earned millions from sucking off security guards...at the job site? Doesnt make any sense. Vito supposedly earned so much that Tony berates Carlo for bringing in a fraction of what Vito was earning. Vito being an all time great earner in construction made even less sense than Ralph Cifaretto being untouchable due to the "millions he brings in from construction alone". If I understood it correctly, it was Tony's political connections that secured the contracts for all the big construction projects. The workers on the job sites seemed to loathe the presence of the mobsters, as they should. Dudes making 50/hour sitting in lawn chairs, eating doughnuts and taking naps all day. So where were these millions of dollars coming from? This shit never made any sense to me.

[@Iconoplastt]

I think Vito's intentions at the baseball game was to take him there, but you never know. One of the many head-scratchers of this series. Looking forward to that video.

[@taymaticz]

🎉🎉

[@lilkingg82]

Phil may have been a victim of assault in prison. He had no protection going in. He was there 20 years. Maybe that "compromise" wasn't up to him. The tell-tale signs are there, the rage he feels towards Vito for one. This is the most brutal kill he had committed in the show. Like he wasn't really mad at Vito, but here he was. And it probably was a double whammy it was so close to home. If he was assaulted; he probably couldn't imagine someone choosing that lifestyle. Let alone in the Mob Life.

[@slaphead8835]

I cannot compliment you enough on your channel. Your exceptional analysis is witty, clever and accurate. I'd say more. But I have more of your clips to binge on. Later!

[@ella7225]

After watching this only one question comes to mind. Who told Phil? Tony told everyone in the room to keep it to themselves!

[@jakealter5504]

I’m guessing it was Phil’s cousin

[@inazone222able]

Here's an interesting question, if Vito stayed in NH would they just let him live? Or would Phil find him in New England and kill him anyway?

[@BookshelfQBattler]

He'd probably be fine until the social media age started and Vito popped up on Facebook as the winner of the NH regional pie eating contest and one of the NYC gangsters saw it and showed Phil and they take a road trip.

[@TanmaiKhanna]

New Hampshire: Live free or die

[@Saternoc]

This is an interesting analysis bc it demonstrates how the women in the lives of the mafia are just as equally to blame for the murder of Vito.

[@wadewilson8011]

But like Paulie said, he had a Goomah!

[@ststst981]

Not really, it's the fault of the guys who killed him. The guys with fragile masculinity that feel the need to kill someone who's gay just to avoid being associated with him

[@wellatleastimhere1974]

How?

[@brianjackson5732]

Phil doesn't like to mention that he did 20 years, that's 20 years in the freaking can and not a beep! I dying over here!

[@WarTheory]

I blame the doctor he should’ve wrote a better note for Vito...

[@FoleyAxel_2024]

Vito couldn’t deal with boring civilian life.

[@avega2792]

Phil coming out of the closet is the weirdest scene in all of Sopranos. There may have been a reason to write that into the script but it’s weird and it’ll never not be weird.

[@ameralej]

ultimately phil was projecting his own insecurities. especially the close up of his hand grabbing the bed sheets.

[@renel8964]

It reminds him of the can

[@rodrigoosorio4552]

@@renel896420 F#CKING YEARS

[@Idrathernot.]

Vito should've never taken those pills!

[@LuminaireNoire]

Regardless of who is to blame for Vito's murder, my read is that many of his brothers-in-arms cared for their fallen comrade underneath his homosexuality and how repugnant they found it. A key scene that illustrates this is when Fat Dom shows up at Satriale's, all but admits to killing Vito when joking about it with Silvio & Carlo, and you can see all over their faces that they are genuinely upset. When Sil tells him it's time to leave, Dom keeps egging them on and crosses one line too many, so it appeared to me that killing him was a murder of passion, a purely impulsive act by Sil & Carlo (who both erupt into violence in near-perfect sync). When Tony walks in on Dom's corpse, Sil despairs "F***in' Vito!" Despite all their homophobia and some of them being eager to kill Vito after he was outed, I believe they were still upset by his murder (especially with Dom being so obnoxious about it) because of all their shared history. Deep down, the New Jersey guys - to varying degrees - still considered him a friend and member of their family, and his unsanctioned hit at the hands of the New York faction - even if they wouldn't admit it - was totally out of line.

[@0manimal]

Just to clarify, he was technically in another state (New York City) at the gay bar.

[@Alexa2z]

Great video man, I love your content. Thanks for making them!

[@thetannedghost]

Phil’s heart is an open book, Vitos death? Chalk it up to the headless horsecock, I mean horseman 🐴

[@ketienne1021]

With Paulie being the leak in the Northern Jesrey Mob, he might've told Phil Leotardo about Vito's Location.

[@USALibertarian]

Letting Vito back in certainly could have caused a lot of dysentery in the ranks

[@CollaredConsulting]

You ought to know, sweetie

[@MUFCSINCE90]

Vito wasn’t murdered it was Gino.

[@letitbleedadam]

Great vid! Pls correct me if I misunderstood: Between the 5:57-6:10 time markers, it is stated that "Vito coming out in the early '90s would've been..." Didn't this occur in the early to mid 2000's? ('05-'06, roughly)? Assuming Sopranos took place at present-day? If so, I know the argument doesn't change much. But it may be important to note the differences in acceptance in the early 1990's versus the 00's (which may change how we view the response of his crew).

[@megansalt]

you're right, it's only after the Obama/Ellen thing did Americans begin to accept homosexual people (in general)

[@brandonharrison7773]

Seriously love your channel and all your videos regarding my favorite film sub genre the gangster film. Been watching you since I heard about the Irishman about a year before it’s release. Much love from Kentucky in the United States.

[@CineRanter]

Thank you for your kind words

[@planetfixer]

appreciate the marked uptick in random sopranos quotes with no warning. adds to the flavour

[@jackgrimaldi8685]

I blame mostly the other guys in the crew. They kept asking for head.

[@ornery654]

His head, what the fuck

[@Montega11]

Firstly this is one of the most unexpectedly funniest videos I’ve watched so far this year and secondly I wonder if Phil ever spent time in jail?? Lol

[@KahinDaz]

You’re loving using their slang on this one lol

[@endangeredspecies8441]

Realistically, It’s on Vito. Dude was way to reckless with his vices.

[@GothamKnight84661]

Vito never had the makings of a gay varsity athlete.

[@GothamKnight84661]

@Nero Wynn 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@michaelredd4676]

Vito was fav character on the show.he was ambitious and focused and he was ruthless when he needed to be.you didn't want to cross him.

[@muslim7608]

Vito should’ve wore a leather eye/facemask along with the biker outfit lol

[@marcussanders1892]

I think Vito was going to try something with AJ when he offered to give him a ride home from the hospital. But Paulie wasn't letting AJ go Nowhere with him...

[@rappakalja5295]

Homophobe detected.

[@Nettle01]

Vito is to blame for getting involved in the mob in the first place.

[@octavioherschberg5280]

First Johnny Sack now this, the guys in New York can't take a joke.

[@MCristian1988]

He could have survived if he got that note from his doctor.

[@mrkevinhaughey]

LMFAO “although he doesn’t like to mention it, he did twenty fucking years in the can.” I burst out laughing. This was hilarious. 🤣

[@Marc102Gaming]

it seems like you had a lot of fun with this one

[@BrokenHomePoets]

This channel is amazing. All the quotes you pepper in are hilarious. Salute!

[@royalmitchell4905]

wait so vito was adrianas cousin but he still kept trying to hit on her when chrissy was in rehab?

[@metamodernbarbell]

Grindr for not existing yet. Whilst one can admit to a certain sympathy for Vito when he's in that hotel room, he had only recently murdered a civilian and he killed Jackie Jnr. like it was nothing (suggesting it wasn't his first or even second rodeo). And he walked backed into that, even when he had got clean from it. He's a murderer who got murdered, really it's that simple. Hard to pin the blame elsewhere, even on Phil really who was really only following the code Vito signed up to. This is discussed on Reddit, but his best option was probably the FBI. His high-level involvement in construction was almost certainly enough to help advance their case significantly.

[@djcastano1180]

“Spotted dancing and getting his jiggy with it!” 😂😂

[@carsoncarr-busyframes619]

it's "his". he possesses the jiggy

[@MissterX]

"Sudden weight loss? Think about it, AIDS??"

[@arashabdullahdawudcharlton5548]

The security guards big knob was to blame for Vito killed

[@maxfieldnuckels9075]

Nah man, it was that big gut Vito had to lift to get the damn thing. THAT’S what got him killed