The Sopranos: Was Johnny Sack A Good Boss?

thank you John Sacramone known as Johnny sack by his fellow gangsters is one of the most memorable mafiosos on the show The underboss of the powerful lubertazi family he's noted for not only being a successful and pragmatic mobster but also a devoted husband to his wife he's been a fan favorite character since his first appearance all the way back in season one but there's an open question about his character in the fifth season Johnny sack becomes the boss of the lubertazi family though normally a level-headed guy the fight for the throne sees him become unusually aggressive and ruthless characters know to change in his attitude and the conflicts that are born from his rise eventually lead to a war between New York and New Jersey was Johnny sacagood boss or did he sow the seeds that would eventually lead to his family's downfall let's find out yeah we'll [ __ ] him as highfalutin [ __ ] who does he think he is so Walter Raleigh Johnny saga's first introduced in the season one episode pack soprano though not directly named until later Seasons Johnny is the underbossed the lubertazi family serving as the right-hand man of family's boss Carmine lubertazi Johnny Sac is known to be a close friend of Tony Soprano helping him manipulate Junior and generally acting as a diplomat between New York and New Jersey this is because the lubertazi family does a lot of business with the demaos particularly in construction projects the lupitasis of also known a soprano family for multiple Generations having a strong history and relationship but New York and Sopranos have long-standing ties that's not going to change but for you or anybody else however despite the close relationship he has with Tony Johnny sack is also more than capable of scheming against him for his own interests and the interests of his family he eventually moves to New Jersey and though he claims no interest in getting involved in their Affairs uses the opportunity to get close to members of his family in particular he manages to prevent Paulie who's feeling isolated from Tony after a number of failures by flattering him into thinking that Carmine is interested in him he's able to get valuable information about Tony's schemes Paulie eventually realizes that Johnny has been playing him like a fiddle the entire time Johnny also has a close relationship with Ralph ciferetto and when he and Tony have a fight over the death of Tracy he steps in as mediator it's through his intervention that Ralph is not only spared by Tony but Also Rises to the rank of Captain which again helps their family as Ralph controls the construction jobs in New Jersey however this relationship eventually falls apart when Ralph makes a joke about Jon's wife Ginny you see John is one of the few Mobsters who genuinely loves his wife despite her weight John is completely devoted to her and doesn't have a gumar when Carmine refuses to sanction a hit on Ralph over the insults he's even willing to risk his life and go behind his boss's back to have Ralph killed that's true love if I've ever seen it I never had a problem with Jenny's weight it's amazing is beautiful rubenesque this disagreement with Carmine over the insults against Ginny would actually have a profound effect on the series when The Sopranos and the lubertazis get into a fight over their cut of Tony's HUD scam they end up shutting down their esplan construction project with a strike the loss of money Johnny sack faces from this along with the hurt feelings of Carmine not supporting him before leads him to asking Tony to take Carmine out for him so that he can become the new boss remember also How Deeply hurt [ __ ] that Johnny felt over Carmine not back at him I know slurs against Ginny life's funny huh how come I never made that right with John I know back then that was a mistake that we started to see some cracks in Johnny's normally smooth appearance for one he's desperate when he asks for Tony's help showing Tony that he can ask for anything he wants in exchange for helping Johnny become the new boss and when Tony eventually pulls out Johnny sack is furious uncharacteristically he shows his true feelings and screams at Tony for this apparent betrayal he also reveals how much he despises Carmine and his son something he probably shouldn't have done creeps on this Petty pace and I take all this from him again go that disgusting [ __ ] [ __ ] idiot son of his though eventually he and Tony patch things up this is the first seed of the future conflict that would be a big part of the later seasons it also showed how ugly Johnny could get in his quest to become boss which we would soon see again when Carmine senior dies suddenly of a stroke the position of boss is contested between him and Carmine's son little Carmine each has a following of mobsters in the family and are irreconcilable with the idea of sharing power with each other Johnny sack again uncharacteristically escalates the conflict instead of using diplomacy he makes the first attacks sinking Carmine's boat and eventually killing his associate and former lover Lorraine caluzzo even his friend Tony who generally supports him over a little Carmine criticizes these actions and you shake the city it's boat it's not the Johnny sack I know however despite wanting to stay neutral Tony is pulled into the war by his cousin Tony blandetto the Carmine faction hires Tony B to kill Joey Peeps a favorite associate of Johnny's in Revenge Johnny has Carmine's conciliary Angelo garappi killed this sends Tony B into a rage who kills Phil leotardo's brother in Revenge as well this cycle of Bloodshed is blamed on Johnny who started the war by firing the first shots let's talk John about the 500 pound elephant in a room which is that you started this cycle of Bloodshed when you whacked the girl come on used to [ __ ] however the violence works as little Carmine is unwilling to continue fighting and surrenders Johnny then assumes the title of boss and angered over Tony's deception began squeezing his family though once known as a reasonable guy Johnny develops an attitude after having finally got into position he's so long craved he hopes to be a pragmatist some people are better at being number twos you thought John had an ego before forget it now however Johnny doesn't get to enjoy the high life for long after taking over he's almost immediately arrested after one of his key guys flips though we aren't given a reason why the investigation may have been aided by all of the murders Johnny committed during the war with little Carmine Tony warned Johnny that something like that could happen but if it's a [ __ ] okay Corral out there the feds take Heath though still the boss in prison Johnny is in a much weaker position as he heads to trial he has to rely on Phil leotardo as his acting boss who not only is willing to go behind his back for his own deals but also loses respect for Jon after he cries at his daughter's wedding he also more than ever needs Tony's help to control his family Tony not only takes out rival Rusty milio for him he also negotiates the sale of one of his companies to free up cash have her in return for his help Tony forces Johnny to sell his house to his sister which is devastating for Ginny eventually Jon agrees to a plea deal in exchange for a lighter sentence as part of the deal he has to admit to the existence of the mafia which is deeply offensive to guys like Phil who did their time honorably though still the boss in name from his Midwestern prison Johnny is removed from power and Phil takes over completely as boss if that wasn't bad enough Johnny develops lung cancer from his many years smoking it's eventually diagnosed as terminal and Johnny eventually passes away in prison surrounded by his wife and daughters before he goes he asks his brother-in-law what his reputation will be after he dies Anthony tells him that while he's still respected people felt he was too War hungry when it came to being boss people felt you changed became a little trigger-happy maybe a hot head this is corroborated by other characters as well when full-on War eventually breaks out between New York and New Jersey Tony specifically blames Johnny's leadership style as the cause of all the conflict my friend I'm sorry to say was an insecure guy and he created a constant tension within his own family would spilled over even Johnny's former supporters like Philly atardo criticized many of his actions in addition to looking down on Jon for crying at his daughter's wedding Phil says that Jon should have dealt with The Sopranos during his tenure as boss this thing should have been done during John's era it got redundancable management please off after kick we take them out absorb the whole [ __ ] thing overall Johnny is seen as a good mobster he's pragmatic level-headed and generally focused on making money as smoothly as possible when he's working normally he's invaluable to the libertasi family however when he became boss he allowed some of his more negative qualities like rage and ego to start controlling him more and more this is of course not unique to John alone Tony also started getting more and more toxic as he faced the pressures of being boss which by its very nature isolates people from those they once considered friends Tony and Johnny both state that their subordinates don't understand what it's like to be boss you got no [ __ ] idea what it's like to be number one God forbid any of them would find themselves in that position though not a terrible boss his actions did so the seeds they would eventually lead his family into a destructive and costly war and his tenure as boss is a reminder that power can bring out the worst in people though we all crave to be in charge in the end it might be the people like little Carmine who realize the power isn't everything who are the most happy it's about being boss stop being happy you know I remember when you patrons used to 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Length: 11min 21sec (681 seconds)

Published: Mon Sep 04 2023