Tony Soprano

Tony Soprano Grew up in Newark With His sisters Barbara and Janice being raised by Mob capo Johnny Soprano and his psychologically abusive Wife Livia.Tony suffered terrible physical and psychological abuse at the hands of his parents.Tony also thought Janice Was his father,s favourite as Johnny Used her to attend meetings With His criminal associates at amusement parks.Tony attended school With Artie Bucco and Davey Scatino Who he remained Friends With much later in life.in high school Tony met his future bride Carmela DeAngelis.after a semester and a half of university Tony dropped out to pursue a life of Crime With His friends Silvio Dante,Jackie Aprile and Ralph Cifaretto.Tony Worked With Jackie and Silvio to rob the card game of  Feech La Manna Which put them on the fast track to being made.prior to this Tony had plotted a highjacking With His cousin Tony Blundetto but failed to show up due to a panic attack caused by an argument With Livia though he claimed he was assaulted by black men.Blundetto,s subsequent incarceration caused Massive feelings of responsibility in Tony toward his cousin.Tony Made his bones in 1983 by killing smalltime bookie Willie Overall in his father,s orders.through his career in the mob Tony also formed close friendships With Johnny,s crew members Big Pussy Bonphenseiro and Paulie Gualtieri.by 1998 Tony and Carmela had two Children AJ and Meadow though the marriage has it,s problems due to Tony,s infidelity they both cared deeply for their children and Tony Was adamant his son not join the mob.in addition Tony had began training Carmela,s cousin and son of his Close friend Dickie Moltisanti,Christopher in the family business.Jackie had become boss and started entrusting Tony With more important tasks after being diagnosed With Cancer.this earned Tony the resentment of His Uncle Junior With Who he had previously been close. Tony suffered a panic attack brought on by the stress of His work in addition to his attempts to care for Livia and began therapy With Jennifer Melfi .around this time he learned Junior Planned to Kill Pussy Malanga at Artie,s restaurant  Vesuvio and became Worried a hit at the establishment Would permanently drive customers away.in order to avoid this Tony had Silvio Detonate an Explosion at Vesuvio in the hopes Artie could claim the insurance Which angered his Uncle in the process.after a fire in Livia,s Kitchen caused by  her inability to pay attention Tony hired a trinidadian nurse to take care of her only for Livia to drive Her away with her racism.Following this Tony placed his mother in Green Grove Retirement Community adding to the feelings of resentment his mother felt toward him,Tony assaulted Bada Bing barman Georgia Santoreli When his incompetence at working the telephone reminded him of his mother.Tony,s problems With Junior continued as he had Brendan Filone killed after Filone and Christopher had highjacked trucks he was hired to protect.Christopher Want to Kill Brendan,s Killer Mikey Palmice but Tony forbid him doing it as Mikey Was a made man.he then assaulted Mikey  and stapled through his chest With a staple gun.as Jackie had died by this point Tony found a way to placate his Uncle by making him boss However the support of the the other capos allowed Tony to control the organization Without worrying about federal investigations.While taking Meadow out to visit Colleges Tony saw FBI informant Febby Petrulio Who he murdered.on Livia,s suggestion Junior chose to tax Tony,s friend Hesh Rabkin out of spite.Tony allied With New York Underboss Johnny Sack  to present a disingenuous proposition for Junior to accept.Tony persuaded his Uncle to share his wealth more evenly among the capos which allowed him to personally return His share to Hesh. When their daughter,s soccer Coach Don Hauser announced plans to leave both Tony and Silvio Were outraged and tried to intimidate him into staying.Tony discovered From Meadow that Hauser had slept With One of his students Ally Vandermeed.Tony  tasked Silvio With eliminating Hauser but after conversations With Melfi and Artie Tony realised Hauser,s death Would only Make things worse for Ally and everyone involved,deciding to cancel the hit he came home to drunkenly brag that  "i didn,t hurt nobody".Tony Was told by his police contact Vin Makazian that Pussy Was a rat through the conversation Tony repeatedly taunted Makazian and Was unsympathetic When Makazian brought up his his father used to abuse his mother.Tony Was skeptical that Pussy Would betray him and instructed Paulie to investigate stipulating that a hit could only be performed if Paulie  Saw a wire.Paulie,s method of doing this by taking Pussy to a bath house and trying to make him take his clothes off lacked subtlety and drove Pussy into hiding.Tony saw on the news that Makazian had killed himself and Was later horified When he learned Makazian considered him a friend despite the abuse levied at him seeming to relate to Makazian,s feelings of depression.Junior was angered by Tony seeking psychiatric help and continued disrespect toward him,after learning from Livia that His nephew had been conducting meetings behind his back Junior worked With Mikey to organize a hit on Tony leading to Tony,s hospitalization.he was approached by Agent Dwight Harris Who tried to turn Him into an informant but Tony refused to give up his life of luxury.When Melfi brought up the possibility of Livia,s involvement in the attempted assassination Tony became furious and threatened her after smashing her glass table. after The FBi  showed him tapes of his mother and uncle discussing the hit he apologized to Melfi and advised her to flee from Junior,s wrath.Tony and his guys ultimately took out most of his uncle,s guys but before a hit could be carried out on Junior he was arrested.Tony Went to green grove with the intent so suffocate his mother  but was told by the staff that she had suffered a stroke.Tony than approached his mother who was lying on the stretcher and taunted her that she would have a short life also assaulting a security guard for getting involved before storming out. When Pussy returned Tony Was suspicious but allowed him to live as there was still no evidence of betrayal.Tony order the death of Philly Parsi having him Killed by Gigi Cestone as Philly had been gossiping about Tony,s attempt to Kill his mother.Tony Met With Junior,s soldiler Bobby Baccalieri to tell him that Junior could keep the shylock business and the pipefitters union but everything else now belonged to Tony.While Visiting his Uncle Tony learned Green Grove owner Fred Capuano had been talking about the situation With His mother and arranged for Fred to be killed.Tony also pulled off a con by arranging for Reverend  James Jr to stage protests against Jack Massarone,s racist policies  so Massarone Would hire Tony to have his mob associates scare the protestors away.When Bobby Called Tony to tell him that Junior had slipped in the shower Tony rushed over  and carried his Uncle to the hospital.Tony soon beaceme embroiled in a conflict With Jackie,s brother Richie Aprile  Who had assaulted  Beansie Gaeta,a man who,d been supervising a drug operation for Tony and left Beansie Crippled despite previous  Warnings from Tony not to do so.this Was further complicated When Richie Rekindled his old relationship With Janice.Tony Was approached by Davey Who was now a gambling addict and wanted to be allowed into one of Tony,s games.though Initally resistant Tony ended up relenting  resulting in Davey becoming heavily on debt to him.Richie turned up attempting to assault Davey as he two was owed money.Tony Could not afford to lose face by allowing one of his players to be harmed and sent Richie outside punishing him by freezing his credit until Davey repaid his debt to Tony. Tony Went to see Scatino at his store demanding payment and after Davey tried appealing to their friendship he was physically attacked by Tony.Davey also gave Tony his son Eric,s car as a partial payment Which Tony then gave to Meadow causing her to be angry as she was friends With Eric.Tony found this completely hypocritical as everything she had Was gotten through illicit means.Tony assigned Silvio and Paulie the task of intimidating Richie into helping Beansie  by sending his nephew Vito Spatafore to build a wheel chair accessible ramp. Richie had told Sean Gismonte and Matthew Bevilaqua that he disliked Chris due to his abuse toward his niece Adrianna La Cerva,leading them to attempt a hit on Chris,hoping to earn Richie,s favor.Gismonte Was Killed,Bevilaqua managed to escape and Chris Was put into a coma.Tony Was deeply Saddened and angered by What had been done to his protoge.around this time Tony got into a argument With Carmela As she wanted him to have a vesectomy.When AJ dropped some plates during their arguing Tony sarcastically asked "how can I When this is my male heir".Tony felt remorseful for the cruel remark and brought his son a pizza,apologizing and telling him he couldn,t have had a better son.however as they were about to dive into the pizza Tony Was called away by Pussy Who had found Bevilaqua.Tony and Pussy beat Bevilaqua severely taking him to a garrage,feigning forgiveness before executing him.Possibly influenced by guilt over Killing Bevilaqua Tony Seemed more willing to get the vesectomy  but was told by Carmela that she didn,t Want that,simply wanting her to be faithful to her.With the threat of being prosecuted for Bevilaqua,s murder looming over his head Tony decided he,d spend more time With AJ Hoping to become closer with his son.Tony also gave a bag of money to his lawyer Neil Mink to be given to Carmela in the event of his incarceration.Tony,s attempts to bond with his son were unsuccessful until he and AJ capsized two men in a canoe.after an argument With Janice Tony became deeply ashamed and embarrassed  over his much younger girlfriend Irina Peltsin and chose to break it off With her,insisting she deserved better than being his mistress.When Irina later attempted to Kill herself Tony Went to the hospital and consoled her,asking for Melfi to recommend a suitable therapist,When that didn,t Work Tony became increasingly annoyed over the situation.Junior and Richie planned to seize power from Tony but When Richie failed to gain Albert Barese,s support Junior decided to Warn Tony and falsely claimed to have played Richie the whole time.Junior,s Warning caused Tony to forgive his Uncle for their prior conflicts and he expressed his gratitude  by increasing Junior,s percentage of his former business.Tony then planned With Silvio to have Richie Murdered.Tony got a call from Janice after she shot Richie dead When he slapped her.When Tony arrived he had Chris and Furio dispose of Richie,s body as well as defending his sister from his mother,s insults.Tony also sent Silvio to give Irina a large sum of money reasoning her to get out of his life in the hopes Carmela,s anger over Tony,s interest in her would settle down.