John Meehan Junior’s weakness was his ego and people stroking it. Tony did the same thing when he visited Junior to give his recommendation he be boss. He knew Junior would love the title, but Tony knew he could really run things behind his back.
@@JorjiCostava- He is NOT Sephardic. He is Ashkenazi Jewish. Also the guy who played Ritchie Aprile ( David Proval) is Ashkenazi Jewish in real life. Ashkenazi Jews are genetically semitic Levantines
It's true though, their ancestors lived in such a harsh environment for so many generations that every penny they save or earn is another gulp of water according to their genetic coding. I've never heard stories of any other region on Earth where haggling is held in such reverence as that of the Arabian Peninsula and the surrounding areas.
I wish this type of father/son relationship between Tony and Hesh would have continued like this. Shows how immature tony was, borrows 200K from Hesh to settle a gambling debt then hates Hesh for having to pay him back.
Tony borrowed 200k, however he SAVED hesh 250k out of the 500k and then EVEN gave him an additional 50k for nothing. So Tony basically got Hesh 300K, AND reduced the % of tax hesh pays which is even more millions. He finally asks for a LOAN of 200k, Hesh should have shut up and let it go.
@@dariog36th He was a monster from day one. David Chase just had to press the point so all of the infatuated audience would get the message in the final episode.
@fooloof Johnny and Carmine already had the inkling that Tony was really running things. But helping Tony, they maintain a good relationship with Jersey, who had several lucrative construction projects on the horizon.
I completely agree. I believe this was Johnny sacks first scene and he completely steals the scene, just like usual. So fucking charismatic, smooth, and cool. Only thing it's missing is his characteristic smoking.
Man, I was watching this episode yesterday. Died laughing when he abruptly said, "250." The look on his face. The stereotype. It was subtle, but this is comedy gold.
By the end, Tony had alienated pretty much everyone that was still alive. To borrow money from Hesh to cover his degenerate gambling and then give him shit (completely unprovoked) about paying it back was just ridiculous. Tony was a complete POS by the end of the series.
He was playing Junior. New York always saw New Jersey as a crew and not a family. Johnny knew he could control Junior so he stroked his ego. Meanwhile Johnny was really pulling the strings
So, Tony essentially saved Hesh 250,000 plus gave him an additional 50. Then a few seasons later, borrows 200,000 from Hesh and it turns into a whole big thing.
Tbf hesh only ever mentions the 200k once lol, tony keeps bringing it up after that acting like hes doing him a favor paying him back money he borrowed for gambling of all things
Because Hesh gave him that money when Tony explicitly said he was going to pay him back. Hesh isn't being greedy for expecting Tony to honor his word. If Hesh had given him money as if it was a favor and then started asking for it back, that would be one thing, but Tony went up to him and asked for it because he wanted to gamble with it.
Before Tony became a real boss and sociopath, he was actually a genuine good guy in that life , the show was amazing in every way ... but as Tony told sil ...."In the end your completely alone with it all"
Eh I dunno, he sucked money from his high school friend, burned Arties restaurant and worked off constant lies to his own family and "friends". I get he is completely alone, no one wants the job (spotlight) but genuinely good - I dunno.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan I think it would be more accurate to say that he was initially a fairly pragmatic and even-handed mobster. But as you say: we need to factor in that he is, at heart, a bad person engaged in a profession that requires him to hurt and kill people: whether his fellow criminals or simply innocent people who get caught up with the mob. Tony Soprano is never a good person, but I think early on, he is a more reasonable and compromising individual. But when he becomes boss, he becomes much more egocentric and close-minded. Tony’s life and attitude generally goes into a downward spiral even as he rises to the top of the DiMeo family. Plus, in a more broad sense, I think this is also meant to show the downfall of the DiMeo family. They went from their “golden age” in the time of Tony’s father and passed on to Jackie Aprile. Jackie was basically everyone’s idea of the perfect boss. And his death was genuinely mourned by everyone in the family. Jackie was one of the few men who could be boss but still be remembered as fair and respected by those who were part of the life. The only other notable example is Carmine Sr. And unfortunately, Tony can’t balance things in the way that Jackie did.
Tim Murphy if money’s owed for too long, sometimes it seems like it gets flipped. The person who lent it feels bad to keep asking and the person who borrowed it acts as if they’re doing the lender a favour by paying them!
It sounds like an off-hand racist remark at face value, but historically, the early Israeli tribes had pretty much no contact with horses, Jews and horseback riding never seemed to mix across history. Also, hun, glass of water, please.
the khazar theory is pure racism. has nothing to do with history, genetics, or anthropology...khazars were turkish asian looking people@@miracleyang3048
It's quite the contrast seeing Tony simply by the idea of Junior taking advantage of Hesh, only by the end to be doing the same by chastising him about the 200k vig
Junior also played Tony which is undersold here. Tony came to him to complain about him being greedy so Junior devised away to make the other Captains happy at Tony’s expense.
Hesh didn't play anyone. He respects Tony and knows Tony would do almost anything for hesh, because his father and Hesh go way back. Hesh simply came to him as a friend and knows Tony doesn't take kindly to ANYONE disrespecting his father's legacy and business partners.
Tony didnt have to say anything to Hesh about him getting a cut of the $250k...sad that there relationship went from this to what it ended up being by the final season
"When I was a little kid, no older than that, I always used to wonder why nobody collected RUclips videos like they Sopranos Disc Set. Thousands of bucks for a HBO disc set and jack shit for a Borko RUclips post."
I hated the way Tony and Hesh’s relationship deteriorated later over that money he borrowed from Hesh to fund his gambling. They really went too far in allowing Tony’s character to become so depraved
Well Sil ended up in Norway. Paulie is the one I always wondered what happened to at the end. Did Phil end up letting him keep running the crew for him - or did he just eliminate him to tie up loose ends.
How Tony treats Hesh here versus how he treats him later, is entirely indicative of his entire personality change. He went from a pretty likeable guy doing some pretty bad stuff, to a very bad guy doing very bad stuff
I love how they stoke Juniors ego up and make him sound like he's in control of the situation, then run rings around him to get to a much lower figure on the back tax and a lower percentage on future earnings, and he's happy with it!
Junior just wanted respect, not the money and every single other person knew that. Asking as the dollar amount was respectful to him, regardless of it was 1 cent or 1 million dollars if junior felt you were respecting him he didn’t give a shit. Junior is a man fucked over and treated like 2nd in command his entire life, he wanted his time in the spotlight and wanted what he felt was “earned to him” he wasn’t like carmine that only gave a fuck about the money. He wanted the status and respect of other made members.
anybody notice that that background pedestrian at 0:38 tripped? that minute detail is so subtle yet so true to real life because i can quite literally and vividly recall multiple instances of that happening and expressing the very same face of simultaneous sheepish embarrassment and laughter at the ridiculousness of such an occurrence. truly doesn't even feel like a TV show with all these authenticities, a ceaselessly impressive masterpiece.
It's foreshadowing. They're showing how while Tony does business he'll eventually trip up like everybody. I wish they'd done more with that pedestrian who tripped on the sidewalk. That was my favourite character. Borko, shineboxes and 20 years in the can.
Nah they just block off the street. I think they stopped it because story wise, they started getting investigated more. I think in practicality the building wasn't in great condition and I think it got demolished before the series even finished.
@@daytonasixty-eight1354 yep, I helped a friend's independent school project movie in college, budget was basically loose change and no one famous, they still blocked off the street for a similar pedestrian scene.
I was a street vendor in NYC once. The crew had to pay us to move away to clear the sidewalk for the movie they were shooting (they forgot to properly do it)
I must say whenever I've seen Hesh with the others , Tony and the mobsters have often been quite respectful towards him.. considering he's not really one of the Italians.
Jewish and Italian mobsters have had relations going back almost 100 years. The infamous hit squad Murder Inc was part jewish and part Italian. I think Jews are one of the only other ethnic groups Tony and Co really respect, seeing as they have offensive terms and stereotypes for literally everyone else (merigans=Anglo Americans, mulignans=black people, all the stuff with the Mexicans, the terrorism stuff with the Arabs, Pussy calling czech guys "pollocks").
Tony just saved him 250k and 25% of what he would have paid going forward and he expects Tony to just fork over 50k on top of that? That would have been the last favor I ever did for him.
"junior if they're any flies on you they're paying f *****g rent " you could see junior swell up and that slight smile "you think I got the b****s to come in from new York and tell your uncle how he should run his family .. I shouldn't expect to see the statue of liberty again " Johnny really played to Junior's ego beautifully
It's funny people don't realize Livia literally *NEVER* did anything to hurt Tony intentionally and never ordered a hit on him. She is the painting in the waiting room but for the audience. She has a slight weird smirk sometimes after her blatant honesty to test to paranoid consciences of the audience. Junior literally just adds in 100 gaps when she says one thing to fit his own current agenda and it's hilarious that people see that running gag for something genuine.
@@domclegg1225 People are insanely adamant that she meant it and was playing Tony. And it's one of the strangest phenomenon of my lifetime. I'll never understand how people can be that naive.
@@domclegg1225 She's a senile old bag who can't feel pleasure. She has borderline and see's everything through a lens of negativity. No one around her is intelligent enough to understand her mental illness so they take everything she says and does as a wall or hateful. She loves Tony. She's literally never does anything to hurt him. She's just hard to please and doesn't know how to be grateful.
@@StudioMod What about when she told Artie about the arson? Or when she helped Junior try kill Tony? Or how literally every moment of her life was spent making other peoples lives miserable?
It’s so sad how their friendship ended because Tony was a degenerate gambler, and couldn’t just repay Hesh. At the end, he just gave him his money after Hesh’s girlfriend died.
In a sense everybody won in this situation. Livia got one over her son, Tony was owed a favour, John was owed a favour, Uncle Junior did something for the big 5, Hesh halved this debt.
I’m confused. Can someone explain? Hesh has operated tax free since Johnny Boy’s days. Now Jun is taxing him 2% + 500K Back taxes. So far all is clear. But Tony says that 10% of juniors kickup is directly related to Hesh’s shy business. That indicates that Hesh HAS been laying some form of tax. Isn’t that a contradiction? Help!
the what - as you are in the know - another thing I wondered about: Is the 2% straight percent or percentage points? For example, If Hesh has $1,000,000 on the streets at 5% vig, he earns $50,000 per week. 2 straight percent would mean he would pay junior $1,000 tax per week. 2 percentage points would mean $20,000 per week. Do you know how that works?
@@souldreamer9056 hello! When they talk "points", it is my estimation it most certainly means percentage - meaning if they say "2 points", it's gonna be 2%. If they said "half a point" it would be 0.5%. And this is off the total earning. So if I earned $100, you are charging me "1 point", (this fee is paid to you because you are the boss of the territory and you've given me permission to operate on the territory), than I owe you $1.
I love how well Johnny sac plays junior here.
Like a fiddle 😂
John Meehan Junior’s weakness was his ego and people stroking it. Tony did the same thing when he visited Junior to give his recommendation he be boss. He knew Junior would love the title, but Tony knew he could really run things behind his back.
@@SugarHoneyIceTea90 and Paulie.
@@christaylor3911 yep and at the end he had nothing
Junior knew wat was going on lol
Calling Hesh "desert people" makes me laugh every time.
He's probably Sephardic.
@@JorjiCostava-
He is NOT Sephardic.
He is Ashkenazi Jewish. Also the guy who played Ritchie Aprile ( David Proval) is Ashkenazi Jewish in real life. Ashkenazi Jews are genetically semitic Levantines
Anti semite
It's true though, their ancestors lived in such a harsh environment for so many generations that every penny they save or earn is another gulp of water according to their genetic coding. I've never heard stories of any other region on Earth where haggling is held in such reverence as that of the Arabian Peninsula and the surrounding areas.
@@vikmixedandproudconservati2095 Lies
Hesh was a smart man. Reasonable request but a unreasonable figure
You're being unreasonable. There are millions of dollars at stake.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 Again with the money?
@@serschmuck3470 yeah again wit the money,its settle schmuck,so either name figure or get the f*** over it
I never said fucked
@@serschmuck3470 yea again with the money. So either name a price John or get the fuck over it!
0:38 - lol that lady in the back
Had one job
She’s trippin
Good eye... I thought it was Bob Dylan.
She was my favorite character
They made her disappear from the camera shot 😆
I wish this type of father/son relationship between Tony and Hesh would have continued like this. Shows how immature tony was, borrows 200K from Hesh to settle a gambling debt then hates Hesh for having to pay him back.
Tony borrowed 200k, however he SAVED hesh 250k out of the 500k and then EVEN gave him an additional 50k for nothing. So Tony basically got Hesh 300K, AND reduced the % of tax hesh pays which is even more millions. He finally asks for a LOAN of 200k, Hesh should have shut up and let it go.
The Final season was Tony becoming a monster. They referenced the book Billy Budd as a foreshadowing to what was coming. Tony the tyrannical boss.
In Ancient Rome they had a word for him. Asshole.
@@dariog36th He was a monster from day one.
David Chase just had to press the point so all of the infatuated audience would get the message in the final episode.
@@NikolaAvramov 👍🏻
Borko IS still runnin things
The rent the rent!!
Spencer it’s don Borko ok spencer! Don!
Borko was a rat
@@foxtrotbravo1060fuckin slander askme
He compromised
lol it's funny how they played him especially Johnny sack
An early warning sign about how crafty he was. He would do whatever it took to keep New York earning well.
@fooloof keeps hesh and Tony happy.
@fooloof Hesh was a "friend of New York". Sack clearly got some sort of kickback from him.
@fooloof Johnny and Carmine already had the inkling that Tony was really running things. But helping Tony, they maintain a good relationship with Jersey, who had several lucrative construction projects on the horizon.
Played him? Junior still wound up with a quarter of a million in cash plus thousands every week from the shai. I’d say he came out looking pretty good
Hesh should have told Junior "No Taxation without representation". Thats the American way.
you watch kitboga as well??!?!?!?
On another Soprano binge, eh?
What is this the fuckin UN?
Back to an illegal West Bank settlement, Hesh is the obvious reply.
the sit-down is one of my favorite scenes of the series. pure awesomeness.
Oh man, Alihan, I totally agree. I love this.
100% agree. You’ve got all that power at one outdoor table and Big Pussy Bompansiero with his head on a swivel in the background keeping watch.
I completely agree. I believe this was Johnny sacks first scene and he completely steals the scene, just like usual. So fucking charismatic, smooth, and cool. Only thing it's missing is his characteristic smoking.
Man, I was watching this episode yesterday. Died laughing when he abruptly said, "250." The look on his face. The stereotype. It was subtle, but this is comedy gold.
👁️👄👁️
Hex had that number days before this meeting
@@flightofthebumblebee9529facts said that fast af🤣🤣
Hold on to your 🐓 when you’re negotiating with these desert people
The look on Tony's face was even funnier like "after all I did to get this sorted and you're still haggling??"
Brown Nose Palmice laughing at Junior's jokes all the way over at the kids table.
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
MICKEY, WAS JUNIOR'S LOYAL DOG. HE HAD THE OLD-SCHOOL RESPECT FOR HIS BOSS, NOT LIKE TONY'S CREW!!!
Lmfaoo kids table
Yeah, Mista Magooo
@@ΑλέξανδροςΓκίνης-ο9σ yell some more
His name was Mikey "grab bag" Palmice
2:31 - Johnny Sack: master manipulator of lesser criminals.
Hehehehehe...
My thoughts exactly
It wouldn't have gone so well for Johnny if he had to come up against Benny Fazio. Now there was a criminal mastermind
Johnny Sack was a world class snake in armani suits
Count Chocula
It’s sad how Tony and Hesh’ friendship here is such a huge contrast to how it turns out on the last season
That's why you never lend money to anyone. Money can change people.
@@Cherryponut This, even if they pay you back it may end up taking longer than you expected still leaving a bitter experience.
Tonys not a degenerate gambler yet
By the end, Tony had alienated pretty much everyone that was still alive. To borrow money from Hesh to cover his degenerate gambling and then give him shit (completely unprovoked) about paying it back was just ridiculous. Tony was a complete POS by the end of the series.
@@tonyc7301let’s not forget how he treated Chrissy too; wanted him to get sober until he was actually sober, then gave him endless shit for it
new borko upload ? ova heereeee
It's full of nitrates & sodium...
Now go home and get your fuckin Borkbox
@@purplesword5536 👇👇👇
Tell Borko how to run his channel? I shouldn’t expect to leave the comment section alive...
AND I DONT WANNA HEAR SHIT ABOUT ANY UPLOADS.
I DONT WANNA HEAR IT!!!!
You forget. Borko wrote six gold shine boxes.
Borko? its nicknae, his real name is Borkorelly
Hehs
Borko... If you have any subscribers they're paying fuckin' rent.
Tony and Johnny Sac did some fine acting while they were acting. And junior sat there like a stugots and didn’t know nothing.
James Limpton over here....
@@jordanhasiotis9663 Heh heh
@@masinacmafia hesh hesh
🤣🤣🤣
the acting going on to keep Junior in the dark... holy cow
Any flies on junior are payin fuckin RENT.
Don't talk about Ginny like that!
lmfao@@HOTD108_
HBO had the toughest reputation on RUclips, but they didn't come back after Borko got through with em
It's the subscriptioooon! 👌🏼
I heard they later died from cord cutting.
“ I get it , he drives a Borko “
LOOOOOOOOOL
He drives a shinebox
he drives a yugo 45
He grabbed 20 boxes of borko while you were sleeping....said you'd okd it.
He drives a gabagool
johnny sack went from 'if i told new jersey boss how to run things I'd never see statue of liberty again' to saying 'we're done' here to tonys face
He was playing Junior. New York always saw New Jersey as a crew and not a family. Johnny knew he could control Junior so he stroked his ego. Meanwhile Johnny was really pulling the strings
Undignified
Hesh was a brilliant songwriter, wrote 6 gold records, give the man some respect Junior.
the open mouth look hesh gives after saying 250 cracks me up
So, Tony essentially saved Hesh 250,000 plus gave him an additional 50. Then a few seasons later, borrows 200,000 from Hesh and it turns into a whole big thing.
And all th favours tony did hesh
Classic desert people behaviour
Tbf hesh only ever mentions the 200k once lol, tony keeps bringing it up after that acting like hes doing him a favor paying him back money he borrowed for gambling of all things
This is the same tony who likes to call people “degenerate fuckin gambler” lol
Because Hesh gave him that money when Tony explicitly said he was going to pay him back. Hesh isn't being greedy for expecting Tony to honor his word. If Hesh had given him money as if it was a favor and then started asking for it back, that would be one thing, but Tony went up to him and asked for it because he wanted to gamble with it.
02:40 A small detail but I love how Big Puss opens the doors for the lady there!
Great scene. Everyone did their part to play Junior like a fiddle.
Before Tony became a real boss and sociopath, he was actually a genuine good guy in that life , the show was amazing in every way ... but as Tony told sil ...."In the end your completely alone with it all"
A bit like Michael Corleone. The tragic hero.
@@cov9290 beautifully put
Eh I dunno, he sucked money from his high school friend, burned Arties restaurant and worked off constant lies to his own family and "friends". I get he is completely alone, no one wants the job (spotlight) but genuinely good - I dunno.
yeah its frankly disturbing seeing how S1 tony acted and S6B tony behaved.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan I think it would be more accurate to say that he was initially a fairly pragmatic and even-handed mobster. But as you say: we need to factor in that he is, at heart, a bad person engaged in a profession that requires him to hurt and kill people: whether his fellow criminals or simply innocent people who get caught up with the mob.
Tony Soprano is never a good person, but I think early on, he is a more reasonable and compromising individual. But when he becomes boss, he becomes much more egocentric and close-minded. Tony’s life and attitude generally goes into a downward spiral even as he rises to the top of the DiMeo family.
Plus, in a more broad sense, I think this is also meant to show the downfall of the DiMeo family. They went from their “golden age” in the time of Tony’s father and passed on to Jackie Aprile. Jackie was basically everyone’s idea of the perfect boss. And his death was genuinely mourned by everyone in the family. Jackie was one of the few men who could be boss but still be remembered as fair and respected by those who were part of the life. The only other notable example is Carmine Sr.
And unfortunately, Tony can’t balance things in the way that Jackie did.
I liked how Johnny fed Junior’s Ego about the Statue of Liberty. Junior smile is great.
Borko isn't only a friend of you guys, it's a friend of ours....
Thank you Mr. Grimes Jr.......Sir...
Whatever happened there
To be fair to Tony he helped Hesh out here a fair bit, maybe he shouldn't of been so bitter about 'The Rent Theee Rent'
Hesh only mentioned the vig one time. It was Tony who continued to hound Hesh after that, acting as if paying Hesh was an annoyance.
Tim Murphy if money’s owed for too long, sometimes it seems like it gets flipped. The person who lent it feels bad to keep asking and the person who borrowed it acts as if they’re doing the lender a favour by paying them!
@@christaylor3911 The rent!! The rent!!
@@naynay1139 vito spatafore ova heah
The Tony you’re seeing in this scene is way long gone by the time “Thee rent” happens.
I love it that tony takes melphys illusion of control basicly Word by Word
🤣
“ That 10 cents of every dollar in his kick is from your shinebox business “
webe e Good one
Shylock business
I love that lady tripping on the sidewalk at 00:35
Wish they did more with her
How the hell did you catch that?😂 I watched this scene 10 times at least, and never once saw that
I appreciate your thoughts.
Trippin Lady on a Sidewalk.. whateva happened there..
Trippin Lady on a Sidewalk.. whateva happened there..
Trippin Lady on a Sidewalk.. whateva happened there..
Livia “I don’t know what you’re talking about” Soprano
1:39 Funny how Tony and Hesh were such good friends that Tony called Hesh “Heshie”
Whoever heard of jew riding horses.
"It's a racket for the Jews!"
It sounds like an off-hand racist remark at face value, but historically, the early Israeli tribes had pretty much no contact with horses, Jews and horseback riding never seemed to mix across history.
Also, hun, glass of water, please.
@@gigicestone4902
Then there is the Khazars who were Jews and better at riding than almost everyone
Yeah, only you can't proove that theory, because it's based on bruised ego and hate, not on science@@miracleyang3048
the khazar theory is pure racism. has nothing to do with history, genetics, or anthropology...khazars were turkish asian looking people@@miracleyang3048
It's quite the contrast seeing Tony simply by the idea of Junior taking advantage of Hesh, only by the end to be doing the same by chastising him about the 200k vig
Boy, Borko must have really gotten under your collar
Hesh played Tony too. He knew Tony was the real boss, appealing to his ego by calling Junior boss ensured Tony would do something about it.
Junior also played Tony which is undersold here. Tony came to him to complain about him being greedy so Junior devised away to make the other Captains happy at Tony’s expense.
Hesh didn't play anyone. He respects Tony and knows Tony would do almost anything for hesh, because his father and Hesh go way back. Hesh simply came to him as a friend and knows Tony doesn't take kindly to ANYONE disrespecting his father's legacy and business partners.
Tony didnt have to say anything to Hesh about him getting a cut of the $250k...sad that there relationship went from this to what it ended up being by the final season
"If theres any flies on you they're paying rent." I dont know why i lilove the delivery and the line itself. Johnny Sack was awesome.
"When I was a little kid, no older than that, I always used to wonder why nobody collected RUclips videos like they Sopranos Disc Set. Thousands of bucks for a HBO disc set and jack shit for a Borko RUclips post."
I hated the way Tony and Hesh’s relationship deteriorated later over that money he borrowed from Hesh to fund his gambling. They really went too far in allowing Tony’s character to become so depraved
What a beautiful exchange, I bet they all lived happy, successful lives, into their 90s, with no regrets!
Well Sil ended up in Norway. Paulie is the one I always wondered what happened to at the end. Did Phil end up letting him keep running the crew for him - or did he just eliminate him to tie up loose ends.
@@jamesrawlins735Phil got put down like a dog in front of his grandchildren. Presumably Butchie took over in New York
&2:36 Sack was never this humble again , its like he changed his whole persona
The "hold onto your cock" line might have been impromptu.... Vincent Curotola's laugh seems genuine.
*00:39* that lady trips while walking. Looks directly at the camera and smiles. 🤣
“My uncles been boss of the family 10 fuckin minutes already I got agita” lmao idk why that line kills me
Can you imagine that, taxing hesh and one week later youre in jail
While some people are out there stuffing themselves
Can you imagine that ? Taxing Borko and one week later your watching SooranosFan57 clips?
I'm talking to him, and he's looking at his reflection in the plexiglass.
After Junior agreed to Hesh’s terms with Johnny Sac’s help, Hesh should have said, hey you guys wanna hear a Ginny Sac joke?
Hehe, so many flies on Ginny's 95 lb mole they're paying fucking rent.
How Tony treats Hesh here versus how he treats him later, is entirely indicative of his entire personality change. He went from a pretty likeable guy doing some pretty bad stuff, to a very bad guy doing very bad stuff
I love how they stoke Juniors ego up and make him sound like he's in control of the situation, then run rings around him to get to a much lower figure on the back tax and a lower percentage on future earnings, and he's happy with it!
Junior just wanted respect, not the money and every single other person knew that. Asking as the dollar amount was respectful to him, regardless of it was 1 cent or 1 million dollars if junior felt you were respecting him he didn’t give a shit. Junior is a man fucked over and treated like 2nd in command his entire life, he wanted his time in the spotlight and wanted what he felt was “earned to him” he wasn’t like carmine that only gave a fuck about the money. He wanted the status and respect of other made members.
Tony didn’t owe Hesh anything, Hesh owed Tony for stepping in , he did him a favor.
3:46 I knew no action would happen, but the silence right after was hilarious
It's funny how johnny sacks acting comes off so fake. However his charisma and charm turns the tide of the conversation.
Thats what they call rolling a natural 20 in charisma
3:45 that goblin blood 😂😂 just couldnt help himself lol
I wonder how much Johnny Sack got for helping broker the deal
anybody notice that that background pedestrian at 0:38 tripped? that minute detail is so subtle yet so true to real life because i can quite literally and vividly recall multiple instances of that happening and expressing the very same face of simultaneous sheepish embarrassment and laughter at the ridiculousness of such an occurrence. truly doesn't even feel like a TV show with all these authenticities, a ceaselessly impressive masterpiece.
You have to be pants on head retarded if you think that was intentionally directed
It's foreshadowing. They're showing how while Tony does business he'll eventually trip up like everybody. I wish they'd done more with that pedestrian who tripped on the sidewalk. That was my favourite character.
Borko, shineboxes and 20 years in the can.
@@jimreily7538 Listen to him. He knows everything.
4:36 those facial expressions alone are A1 acting
Love how it ends with hesh talking about truman establishing israel lmao
There is so much going on in every scene
That's a great spot.
Man, I liked it back when they could film walking down the street on the sidewalk. I’m sure the popularity of the show made that unfeasible
Nah they just block off the street. I think they stopped it because story wise, they started getting investigated more. I think in practicality the building wasn't in great condition and I think it got demolished before the series even finished.
@@daytonasixty-eight1354 yep, I helped a friend's independent school project movie in college, budget was basically loose change and no one famous, they still blocked off the street for a similar pedestrian scene.
nobody in that scene is unaware that they are in a scene. not how it works.
I was a street vendor in NYC once. The crew had to pay us to move away to clear the sidewalk for the movie they were shooting (they forgot to properly do it)
I must say whenever I've seen Hesh with the others , Tony and the mobsters have often been quite respectful towards him.. considering he's not really one of the Italians.
Jewish and Italian mobsters have had relations going back almost 100 years. The infamous hit squad Murder Inc was part jewish and part Italian. I think Jews are one of the only other ethnic groups Tony and Co really respect, seeing as they have offensive terms and stereotypes for literally everyone else (merigans=Anglo Americans, mulignans=black people, all the stuff with the Mexicans, the terrorism stuff with the Arabs, Pussy calling czech guys "pollocks").
Meyer Lansky and The Jewish Mafia Taught The Italian Mafia How to be CIVILIZED, in my humble opinion...
Who do you think produced the show
@3:04...The confident drink, the look to the look to the look....the plan is working.
“You ARE still running things”
2:52 Hesh men are talking here
You think HBO has the balls to come and tell Borko how to run his channel??
They made Jr feel like the shit
0:40 woman trips and laughs about it to herself
Funny how Hesh seemed to forget this when Tony owed him 200k.
Apples and oranges when it comes to both situations
One is a tax, one was a loan. Entirely different in Cosa Nostra.
Plus he couldn't force Tony to pay him back ..Tony was his muscle
Sounds like something a mobster would say💀
@@admirosmanovic1368apples and bowling balls
0:39 she almost fell
It's sad how Tony and Hesh's relationship soured. Entirely because of Tony's greed and narcissism. Tony really went downhill.
0:38
The lady with the big hair almost killed herself. Tripped over something I think.
WHY AM I JUST NOW SEEING THAT LMAOOO
and she smiles and looks at the camera.
This is well documented, she kicked a puppy. Just to add some brutality to the scene. Couldn't do that in TV nowadays.
she lost a shoe
Tony just saved him 250k and 25% of what he would have paid going forward and he expects Tony to just fork over 50k on top of that? That would have been the last favor I ever did for him.
Good point but tony didn't want him taxed at all he held hesh in high regard because he was his fathers friend
Hesh was good for business and was not a gangster hence why Tony really liked him. Hesh had no ulterior motives.
Hesh was making them alot of money from this shy business so tony was thinking long term,the 50k was a drop in the water.
"junior if they're any flies on you they're paying f *****g rent " you could see junior swell up and that slight smile "you think I got the b****s to come in from new York and tell your uncle how he should run his family .. I shouldn't expect to see the statue of liberty again " Johnny really played to Junior's ego beautifully
Borko made me drive all da way to Serbia just to give him his vig.
Borko gets 2% of the rent the flies pay Junior.
"God forbid I get in the way of someone earning"
*proceeds to kill the top earner of a captain*
It's funny people don't realize Livia literally *NEVER* did anything to hurt Tony intentionally and never ordered a hit on him. She is the painting in the waiting room but for the audience. She has a slight weird smirk sometimes after her blatant honesty to test to paranoid consciences of the audience. Junior literally just adds in 100 gaps when she says one thing to fit his own current agenda and it's hilarious that people see that running gag for something genuine.
wrong wrong wrong
@@domclegg1225 People are insanely adamant that she meant it and was playing Tony. And it's one of the strangest phenomenon of my lifetime. I'll never understand how people can be that naive.
@@StudioMod how did u not get the gist that Livia resents Tony and takes pleasure in hurting him
@@domclegg1225 She's a senile old bag who can't feel pleasure. She has borderline and see's everything through a lens of negativity. No one around her is intelligent enough to understand her mental illness so they take everything she says and does as a wall or hateful. She loves Tony. She's literally never does anything to hurt him. She's just hard to please and doesn't know how to be grateful.
@@StudioMod What about when she told Artie about the arson? Or when she helped Junior try kill Tony? Or how literally every moment of her life was spent making other peoples lives miserable?
0:39 the extra in the back stumbles and looks at the camera
"Knowing who rules over you is easy. Simply find those you are not allowed to criticize."
"He's got Alzheimer's, help him for Christ sake!"
It’s so sad how their friendship ended because Tony was a degenerate gambler, and couldn’t just repay Hesh. At the end, he just gave him his money after Hesh’s girlfriend died.
Naw hash was being a Jew and charged points
The smile Junior shows whenever Johnny compliments him, he was so easy lmao
He was just happy to finally be in the seat after being so old lmao
Hey Borko, a couple of screenwriters wrote these clips...
A couple of three scriptwriters Sammy...
Awesome
Paulvinho the fuck you want? A boot to the ear?
Sammy L did you hear the one about the Chinese godfather?
Junior playing shortstop for the Mets was my favorite character in the show
I wish they did more with him
Gahdamm they played Jr. like a fiddle 🎻!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Forgot about this. Makes sense why Tony got pissed about Hesh coming to collect the vig later on,
The level of flattery at the sit down.
Boy Tony changed from not being boss to being boss.
Hesh respected the old school rules.
You gotta watch out for these desert people . Even Hesh laughed at that.
You really do. Before you know it, they might end up controlling all banks, media, financial institutions, and government. Oh wait a minute...
No shit
Sheylock
@@daytonasixty-eight1354 Yeah man, it's a shame how the white people did that. No wonder the racial wealth gap exists.
In a sense everybody won in this situation. Livia got one over her son, Tony was owed a favour, John was owed a favour, Uncle Junior did something for the big 5, Hesh halved this debt.
Next, Junior is going to start taxing Tony for all of the f@$king hours he spent playing catch with him.
Junior's expression is hilarious
First of all Borko can’t know that RUclips and I talked. Second of all it can’t be insulting to him HBO has got to pay something.
I’m confused. Can someone explain? Hesh has operated tax free since Johnny Boy’s days. Now Jun is taxing him 2% + 500K Back taxes. So far all is clear.
But Tony says that 10% of juniors kickup is directly related to Hesh’s shy business. That indicates that Hesh HAS been laying some form of tax. Isn’t that a contradiction? Help!
An additional tax. Treating Hesh like a separate entity, a second taxable entity. Hesh kicks up to Tony and now to Junior as well.
the what - thanks. That would explain it.
the what - as you are in the know - another thing I wondered about: Is the 2% straight percent or percentage points?
For example, If Hesh has $1,000,000 on the streets at 5% vig, he earns $50,000 per week.
2 straight percent would mean he would pay junior $1,000 tax per week.
2 percentage points would mean $20,000 per week.
Do you know how that works?
@@souldreamer9056 hello! When they talk "points", it is my estimation it most certainly means percentage - meaning if they say "2 points", it's gonna be 2%. If they said "half a point" it would be 0.5%. And this is off the total earning. So if I earned $100, you are charging me "1 point", (this fee is paid to you because you are the boss of the territory and you've given me permission to operate on the territory), than I owe you $1.
@@souldreamer9056 so the percentage is off of the vig I am earning from the borrowers that have borrowed from me.
The laughs at 3:56 are so genuine I'd bet Domenic was the only one who knew what he was gonna say.
0:39 N e body peep the Lady with the brown pants almost bit the dust?
lol, the extra in the background trips up. You can see her trying not to laugh.
0:39 I never noticed how that chick trips lol
Junior was a hell of a boss fair ,tough,and cunning.
Cunning huh? Bushman of the kalahari