I’m going to enjoy watching this tomorrow morning ( it’s <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="150">2:30</a> am here in England) as I love these Power Law analyses.

Very good points… I don’t think Tony ever realized that Paulie was stabb’d in da Heart!

Jackie's death was truly the beginning of the end for their whole outfit. Everything, and everybody, was in place before he died.

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I completely agree Paulie as the aggressive and firm underboss would’ve been ideal, but I don’t believe that was practical because for most of the season Junior was officially the boss. In an unofficial manner Tony could’ve empowered Paulie as underboss but he’d officially still be on the same level as the other capos with no authority to tell them what to do. And we actually saw this play out when he tried to order Richie to build Beansie’s ramp

Come on Bully, we need these Power Law videos of The Sopranos & The Wire back on a regular basis. No other content creator comes close to the type of energy and brilliance you bring in your videos

Very good take.. Anytime Tony gave an order and paulie was around he would reinforce whatever tony said.

If he didn’t have to flee due to attraction to Carmella, Furio might’ve developed into what you’re talking about

Bet we have a Furio. Dude was like the Incredible Hulk.

Just when I thought the laws were gone, he pulls us back in!

On movie sets, a director who knows what they are doing will use the first-unit director to do the "dirty work" so the main director can maintain a cordial relationship with the cast and crew

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Great video

I was impressed by your reasoning and mapping of Greene’s strategies to the show. Well done.

They actually have a separation for the situation you described in real life. There’s a street boss and an underboss position for the bigger families. Paulie could be the street boss and then Ralph could be underboss.

I really want that melfi Greek vid you mentioned at the end.

Great insights! Love the deep dive on the structure keep em coming!

I waited for how "Keep Your Hands Clean" applies to the Sopranos and it was worth the wait. This may be your best video on the series so far.

Great analysis as always! ❤

One of best compare and contrast of the Sopranos thanks for the content

Excellent as always.

Another great one 😊

Really excellent. The video does call to attention the overlooked challenges of bring in msnsgement

Very good. Awesome insight.

Another great video. We want to see the Melfi video. If you do it I’ll watch it for sure

A video about the therapy sessions being a siren song would be very interesting

Great analysis

Fantastic episode

awesome video would like to see the melfi one for sure

Paulie was probably the least ambitious of the regular characters. He wanted his piece through traditional organized crime channels which tony mentions is a liability in regard to showing legit income. Paulie even walked away from the Aprile crew money over superstition. This actually put him into a more survivable position because Tony didnt trust him enough with real responsibilities and at the same time he wasnt a target during the NY war.

Definitely would be interested in an episode about Melfi's sessions being like a siren song from Greek mythology

Some great points mate here 👍🏼

Now that you point it out you’re right, Tony could’ve for sure used Ralph as a weapon against New York but he kilt him haha

Thanks!

When Furio arrives Tony changes the setup to him then Paulie and Sil then Furio and Big Puss. This makes Paulie the underboss. In a traditional setup this makes Paulie and Sil the ones to communicate with the capos and the boss, but Tony himself wrecks this by regularly meeting with his capos and having Furio drive him. A boss is not supposed to be a hands on leader. His arrangement with Junior means that he isn't the known boss of the family, or as Angelo Garepe says, one of two bosses. He even accepts that 3 NY families are led by a council. While this makes Junior the lightning rod, the fact that virtually everyone knows Tony is in charge makes that pointless. Johnny Sack's insistence on a sole leader is noted here, so that no one questions or shares authority. Ralphie's one asset is that he knows how to make money, but in a selfish way. We don't even know how he was made.

He never understood paulies emotionality

He didn't have underboss because he was underboss, Junior was official boss

I think Bobby woulda been a good underboss

Solid analysis

Great video. Please do the Dr Melfi thing and whatever happened there. Sounds interesting

I always thought that the reason for why Paulie was given only the role of Capo and nothing more is that he was kind of a stunad of the first magnitude. But yes, it would still be probably better than to have no any consistent underboss at all. And yeah, killing Ralphie was a HUGE mistake on part of Tony. All I know is that he never had the makings of a varsity organized crime boss.

Bobby was number 3. He was never the underboss

Paulie wasnt trusted for a while after the Ralph/Ginny fiasco

Furio could have been Tony's personal pitbull but they went another way with him.

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Very Enjoyable.

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Amazing vidoe, pauly would have def been a better hoice than bobby for underboss near the end of the show, however I think tony knew almost for sure that pauly was the new york snitch talking to johnny sac, and therefore he didnt trust him, bobby may have been less violent and less of a go getter, but bobby was much easier to control...

You know, I never put my finger on it. But it is incredibly odd that there's no underboss in the Dimeo family

Hell yeah! Siren’s song.

Paulie is the obvious underboss because he’s loyle to his capo. But Tony did try to set that up, when he brought furio over “it’s gonna be you, me and Syl”

Whenever anything goes wrong at work, i always say "Cunnilingus and psychiatry brought us to this!"

cool vid

if that animal blundetto would take orders that would of been tony's best pick. he would fight anyone.

Interesting. The Borgia example you have mentioned it seems was almost to the letter copied by Herbert in Dune. Baron Harkonnen sends Rabban to pacify Arrakis, with plan to replace him with Feyd-Rautha when dirty work is done.

You're right, Ralph would have been a scapegoat since Ralph can't control his temper and he takes things too far.

Furio was the perfect guy for this. Don't Bitch to me!

Good stuff. I would have liked Ralphie in that role. Especially after the fall out with Johnny sac. His loyalty would have been cemented. Just my two cents.

siren song video plz

Vito would have made a great underboss! I know, I know! But hear me out! *Prior to being exposed* , Vito was a loyal and intelligent capo regime who had never displayed the slightest ambitions vis-à-vis Tony's position as boss. Vito was a high earner. He was also a capable enforcer (Requiscat in pace, Jackie Jr.!) If Tony had somehow gotten wind of Vito's perverse proclivities first, he could have subtly let Vito know that Vito would be under his protection. The added loyalty which he would have thus won would have been immeasurably valuable! Of course, Tony would have had to "manage" or "curate" Vito's behavior to make sure that he didn't dance out of line. But esp. Vito's deviousness and cunning as a still-in-the-closet homosexual would have been valuable assets to Tony.

Bobby was the worst pic as underboss

one thing you forgetting is tony was under boss tony didn t become the true boss till season 6 when jr shot him remember he wanted the fbi and the world to think jr is the boss and tony is the under boss he should have made uncle Paulie street boss have Paulie deal with the captains and paulie the only one who can talk to sil or tony

With respect though, you have it worng. 1. Animal Blundtto should have been groomed to be underboss with Paulie as a sub if needed. 2. The whole point of the mob is the cats paw/plausible deniablity. It doesn't matter who' doing the job as long as it gets done. And as long as the boss isnt fingered for it.

Missing the big picture

Ralph was Tony's best asset, he should have been his underboss.

Paulie would have been great as an enforcer, but he could not have been under boss because he wasn't intelligent.

Paulie can only take so much betrayal

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God help us all if the guy who made this video ever decides to go to the dark side. 😂

I love a new bully whisperer episode to kick off my Saturday

What is the criminal mastermind was also a scapegoat to make money off Artie 🤔

No Bob the Builder 😢

I disagree, although your points about his character are true I believe ultimately Ralf wasn't trustworthy. Tony knows this ,he couldn't have Ralph doing business with new York . Johnny and even Phill are to clever not to stir him up and manipulate the situation to new Yorks benefit. Even if that didn't happen Ralph would make a move against tony with that power .

Ralph was the best!🤌

Carmine Sr Whatever happened there

This isnt power law bob the builder but it'll do

the main problem with tony's crew was most of them should have hit glass ceiling. none of them including tony himself were boss material. but when all youve got are idiots its inevitable that these idiots get promoted beyond their abilities. that more than anything contributed to the downfall of the jersey mob

Its one thing to notgo down on every girl you hook up with but your wife though?

Coach hauser was wrong Tony neva had the makings of a varsity coach!

Paulie is too dumb to manage. Yes, he’s loyal, yes, he’s aggressive. But he’s impulsive. Don’t forget that he did as much damage to the family as the FBI did, or even NY. Ralphie at least is competent. No one respects paulie other than being a kiss ass for Tony.

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Burt being choked is some of the worst acting i’ve ever seen.

Power laws are kinda cringe

Been waiting on this my boy

Those mob guys are over rated 💯