He was born in 1955, and rose through the ranks of the DiMeo Crime Family with his older brother Richie and close friend Tony Soprano. Blundetto had a ruthless reputation in his younger years as an enforcer. His father, Jackie Aprile Sr., was once the acting boss of the DiMeo crime family, and his uncle Richie Aprile was a long time capo in the same crime family. Vito Spatafore is played by Joseph R. Gannascoli. In 2004, in the season 5 episode "Unidentified Black Males", Vito was caught in the car of a security guard giving him oral sex early one morning at the Esplanade construction site by Meadow's boyfriend, Finn DeTrolio. She is the wife of Dr. Bruce Cusamano and neighbor to the Soprano family . This unbalance eventually leads Gloria to suicide, and she hangs herself in her home a year later. Cameron Boyd as Matt Testa: he is a friend of A.J. Silvio Dante advises Tony that there is nothing to gain from leaving Richie alive, so Tony instructs Silvio to have Richie killed. When it became clear that Tony's men would not allow themselves to be imperiled for no good reason, Tony was forced to act. At a sitdown with Little Carmine, Butch, Albie Cianflone, Tony, and Paulie Gualtieri, everyone agrees that the war has gone too far and that Phil's decisions have led to negative consequences on both sides. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Blundetto shoots Joey and a prostitute he was seeing inside his car. Theres no reason for them to be twins. In the Sopranos series finale, "Made in America", Butch DeConcini and Albie Cianflone arrange a sit down with Tony and Paulie, where they express their dissatisfaction with Phil's leadership and agree to a ceasefire of the war. At the house-warming they shared a sexually charged dance. He counseled Ralph Cifaretto when he came to him devastated and perplexed by his teen son's life-threatening injury after an accident whilst playing bow and arrows with a friend. Tony goes into hiding with the remainder of the family. Tony then tells Christopher to bury Blundetto secretly, and in one piece, off the premises. Disclaimer: All copyrights belong to HBO.Monetization is disabled on this channel.I don't make a profit from uploading this content and I never will, I am ju. He shows up one night at Tony's home during dinner. [20] He is a very loyal, obsequious minion to Junior. When Eugene discusses this with Tony, he says he would think about it, but he states Eugene took an oath indicating that it is unlikely he would approve. Artie moves out of the family home, but the two still reluctantly run the business together. Sal fails to follow Moltisanti to a hijacking job when he hits a bicyclist. He was revealed as an informant in the episode "Do Not Resuscitate". Growing up, both Tonys were very close and Blundetto told Moltisanti that he loved Soprano like a brother. Artie is enraged and storms to Benny's house in the middle of the night. Saskia, a butch lesbian, was an upperclassman at Columbia University when Tony's daughter, Meadow Soprano, was a freshman and gave a presentation that led Meadow to join the South Bronx legal clinic that eventually put Meadow on the path to law school. Outside the Boonton Projects, Vito shot Jackie Jr. in the back of the head as he was out for a walk. Sal eventually gave Agent Lipari information on Soprano's stolen airline tickets scam, leading to Tony's brief arrest. During a meeting at a party store, Sal coincidentally is seen by mob associate Jimmy Bones and introduces Skip as "Joe from Dover, Delaware" without much success in holding up the story. She also played Carmen Santos on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light and the second Carlotta Vega on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. In the series finale, Benny is last seen acting as the getaway driver when Walden Belfiore shot Phil Leotardo to death at a gas station in Oyster Bay, Long Island. He ordered Phil to maintain a good relationship with Tony and avoid starting a war over any business disputes, particularly the new office park construction project another shared venture like the Esplanade project. [7] She left the soap after three years. After Jackie Aprile Sr. dies, Junior becomes boss. Dr. Jennifer Melfi : I like Murano glass. In "Mr. Ruggiero's Neighborhood", Bonpensiero is overheard on an FBI wiretap that Bevilaqua's family is involved in the construction business and that the family saw him as a scion. Richie's tensions with Tony escalate throughout Season 2. : Later, Agent Harris and his partner, Agent Goddard, approach Tony at his home, requesting that Tony inform them should he come across any terror-related information in his line of work. Herman "Hesh" Rabkin is played by Jerry Adler. The company handled their legitimate garbage hauling routes across New Jersey, including an illegal medical waste dumping site in Dayton, New Jersey, an asbestos removal project in Corning, New York, a weigh station in Dayton, New Jersey and a landfill in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. | In the final scene, Tony told Carmela that Carlo was testifying, confirming that he had turned informant, likely in a deal to keep his son out of jail. The killing occurred in the back room of Satriale's pork store, with Silvio taking part. He moved with his wife and daughter to Florida in 2000, along with his criminal operations, and splits time between Miami Beach, Florida and New York. As a rock star, he sold several million hit records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. His inability to forgive the death of his brother at the hands of Tony's cousin, Tony Blundettoeven after Blundetto's own murderforms one of the central conflicts of the series, with Leotardo aiming to kill Tony and cripple his entire organization in revenge. He tried to escape but threw his back out and was caught. Carlo's son Jason attends Rutgers University, where he is involved in gambling and loansharking. When Ralph's son Justin is accidentally impaled in the chest with an arrow as part of a game, Ralph is devastated and turns to Father Intintola for guidance. He is a "degenerate gambler" in debt to Tony and Hesh Rabkin, an old Jewish friend of Tony's father, Johnny. Dirty cop Vin Makazian told Tony he had a rat in his organization and pointed the finger at Sal. Tony offers to let Artie stay in his mother's old house, where Tony has been living since his separation from Carmela. Dr. Jennifer Melfi In the season 3 episode "Another Toothpick", Vito's brother, Bryan Spatafore, is violently beaten with a golf club by Salvatore "Mustang Sally" Intile, and put into a coma. Artie rebuilds the restaurant renaming it, Nuovo Vesuvio. Furio is later tasked with reclaiming Tony's assumed debt from Jean-Philippe. Carmine "Little Carmine" Lupertazzi Jr. is played by Ray Abruzzo. Originally a captain, following the death of the original boss, Carmine Lupertazzi, the imprisonment and death of his successor Johnny Sacrimoni, and a brief power struggle with would-be boss Faustino "Doc" Santoro, Phil becomes the boss of the family. Dr. Jennifer Melfi Sometimes I think the only thing separating the American business from the mobs is fuckin' whackin' somebody. That Jean Cusamano and her twin sister Joan are played by the same actor (Saundra Santiago)! When Tony Soprano and Big Pussy Bonpensiero found him hiding in Hacklebarney State Park, they interrogated him before they emptied their guns into him in one of the park's concession stands. Around this time, Jackie had the idea to rob a card game held by capo Michele "Feech" La Manna in order to make a name for themselves. I like Murano glass. I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano is the thirteenth episode of the first season of The Sopranos, and the thirteenth episode overall. Matt tells Christopher that he sees no point in getting married because he can get all the women he wants and always hire someone to wash his dishes and iron his shirts. While in prison, Johnny Sack orders a hit on Rusty, whom he referred to as the "Mayor of Munchkinland" due to his 5ft 5 in height, through Tony, because he anticipates Rusty is likely to wrest power away from him. She also portrayed Cusamano's sister, Joan, in one episode. In 1999, Santiago joined the cast of long-running CBS soap opera Guiding Light playing crime boss Carmen Santos. He reconsidered though, and only urinated in the Sopranos' pool. [1], Santiago graduated from South Dade Senior High School and attended the University of Miami on a scholarship, majoring in psychology. Not as a baby in the main story, but as the sole character in the story framing it . Johnny used Tony to help plan a hit on Rusty Millio. [8] Additionally, on television, Santiago guest-starred on Law & Order in the 1992 episode "Prince of Darkness" (episode 3.8) and in the 2004 episode "Veteran's Day" (episode 14.15). The title is also a play on the name of the TV show, When A.J. Richard "Richie" Aprile is played by David Proval. Technical Specs. Although he is reluctant at first, he later accepts the contract after he decided that he is not moving up fast enough in the Soprano crime family. : As such, Uncle Junior sanctioned a hit on Jimmy and said he wanted a message to be sent. Patsy still has questionable loyalties. Leaving their grandchildren in her Ford Explorer, Leotardo's wife rushes to Phil's side in a panic. Dr. Jennifer Melfi On the day before the shooting, you said to me that she kept going on yet again about news stories of mothers throwing their babies out of windows. He and Tony walk into the basement where Jimmy begins asking Tony a lot of questions, making Tony very suspicious. Ralph is not present in season 1 or 2, as he spends a prolonged period of time in Miami, Florida and lived in Delray Beach, Florida. Junior is offered a deal if he confesses that Tony is thede factoboss of the family, aiming for the LupertazzisinNew York. Although Father Phil was mostly seen ministering to female parishioners, he also counseled men. Join Facebook to connect with Jean Cusamano and others you may know. Carmine was an old-school boss of the Lupertazzi crime family. Jimmy was a capo in the DiMeo/Soprano crime family. "A pattern of unstable relationships . Artie expresses admiration that Tony could intuitively foresee that the deal would go bad and so he would be able to profit from it; this makes Tony furious. Irina is Tony's 24-year-old Russian comre during the first two seasons. Technical Specs. At a meeting with other administrators and capos, it is apparent to everyone else Jimmy is acting somewhat odd. This leaves Tony with guilt because he had always treated Vin with disdain and never showed him any respect or kindness. Shortly after Jimmy's arrest, he is released. Dolan. 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