They should've never killed Jackie Aprile Jr...

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

chris killed dude because HE wanted to[DOUBLEPOST=1397316280][/DOUBLEPOST]sopranos threads

always struck me how the sons of such dynamic leaders (jackie jr and aj) came off as weak/soft/stupid. obv we didnt see much of jackie aprile but he was a fukkin boss from the way they talked about him

Chris didn't want to kill dude. He wanted to avenge his father's honor. He was torn as to whether he should kill the guy or not because he wasn't sure that he was in fact avenging his father's honor or if he was just doing some random killing for Tony. In the end, he figured out that it didn't even matter because he would never know if the guy indeed killed his father and would have to kill the guy anyway just because Tony said so.

In the show, the writers had the sons of these mafia bosses appear weak to show that the actions of these mafia bosses are unjustified. You could say they engaged in criminal activity to help their children and their families, but in the end the families only capitalized on the money and not the honor or the way of life. AJ and Jackie Aprile were both just spoiled brats who could careless what their fathers had to do to achieve their positioning in the world. In effect, this weakened the principles of the mafia.

Carmine - "you put your sunblock on?"
Little Carmine - ""
Johnny Sac - ""

add lil carmine to that list

the undercurrent of trans-generational tension in the sopranos is [/QUOTE]

See first post

 

[Ricky Church]

he was the best earner

word. after Ralphie, Vito stepped up to be the bread-winner. his death was another that was fukked up. but I understand that fakkitry and Cosa Nostra don't mix.

look what happened to Johnny D'Amato from the real DeCavalcante Crime family.

 

[The War Report]

Jackie Jr was a half way crook. He was never going to cut it in that life. He thought he knew it all. The Sopranos has to be one of the most nuanced shows ever.

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Jackie Jr was a half way crook. He was never going to cut it in that life. He thought he knew it all. The Sopranos has to be one of the most nuanced shows ever.

>> to around the :45 mark for one of the best sonnings in the history of the show.

Unless you a made man don't speak unless spoken to. Don't matter who your father was.

 

[Malik]

Yall need to lay off Jackie Jr. He was a 21 year old kid. He wasn't bytchmade. AJ Soprano is bytchmade. Jackie Jr was just young and lacked direction. He needed someone to mentor him for a few years, the way Uncle Junior mentored Tony.

Junior always watched after Tony but after Johnny Boy's death from emphysema in 1986, Junior became Tony's surrogate father. Junior acted as Tony's mentor, helping him rise through the ranks, eventually being made in 1982, and taking over his deceased father's crew in the late-eighties, becoming the DiMeo Family's youngest captain.

A few years under Richie, and Jackie Jr would have been straight but, Richie got killed obviously. Richie would have went to war with Tony before he let him kill his nephew. Ralphie wasn't his family, so he didn't give a fukk. Since Jackie didn't have nobody in his corner like that, he was left out there naked.

 

[feelosofer]

he was the best earner


add lil carmine to that list

the undercurrent of trans-generational tension in the sopranos is

Lil Carmine was book stupid but he was actually a pretty wise boss in his short run.

 

[dennis roadman]

Lil Carmine was book stupid but he was actually a pretty wise boss in his short run.

he dropped some ill shyt on tony when tony told him to keep up the fight

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Negged, dapped/undapped, one star, snitched, hopes you die in fiery car crash

lol cot damn

why

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Jackie Jr had to go. you cant shoot a made guy with no repercussions. they would've risked a mutiny if they hadn't handled it.

 

[Crakface]

the soprano family was so flabby at the end.....Phil could've easily wiped them out. Imagine soprano family with Jackie jr, Christopher, Furio etc...phil would've been shook

Wrong. Each made man has a team. It's the people you don't see who put in a lot of work.

Jackie Jr was a moron. Ralph had to kill him because he killed a made guy and if he messed up again, It could have resulted in both of them getting wacked.

Even if the guy he killed wasnt made he would have to die because he basically robbed made men which could have led to him doing other dumb shyt to get Ralphie clipped for vouching for him.

NOT TO MENTION, he wasnt an earner like that anyway so wtf reason is there to let him live?

 

[jackswstd]

Jackie Jr had to go. Ralph was in a no win situation had he given Jackie a pass it would've made him look weak in the eyes of the family. Jackie wasn't built for that life.

 

[Nino Soprano]

Jackie Jr had to go. you cant shoot a made guy with no repercussions. they would've risked a mutiny if they hadn't handled it.

It's that simple

Jackie Jr had to fall

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Season 3 was filled with sub plots

Jackie Jr just lacked direction he was potrayed smart, ambitious until Ralph took him under his wing
Then he became a fukkin moron like Bevilaqua...



"Im with you now, you gotta hide me"

 

[Shogun]

That scene when him and meadow are playing scrabble and she realizes how fukken stupid he is

"Ass...as in how about giving me some?"

 

[Baracka Flocka Flame]

I'm happy he was killed. It wasn't pretty it wasn't ideal. And so is real life.