What is Tony Soprano's rank at the begining of the show?
At the begining of The Sopranos, I don't understand exactly what is Tony Soprano's title in the crime organisation.
While DiMeo is in prison, Jackie Aprile is the acting Boss but he is treated for cancer at the hospital. Paulie, Pussy seem to be made men, caporegimes and Chris, a rookie soldier. So, is Tony also a capo? He looks higher ranked than Paulie and Pussy but younger thant them...
A subsidiary question is about the starting rank of Sylvio, who is often descibed as his consigliere (he obviously doesn't have the same rank than Paulie and Pussy) but as Tony is not the actual Boss, can he have a consigliere?
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Tony Soprano was a capo at the beginning of the show. We can see it in the minute 1.29 of this scene (one of the greatest endings) how a police officer is reconstructing the mafia hierarchy.
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Tony Soprano was a relatively young man to be a capo at the age of 27. Tony's transition into captain was aided by the loyalty of Bonpensiero, longtime Soprano soldier Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, and childhood friend Silvio Dante.Is Tony Soprano the boss in season 1?
In the first season, Tony is a capo and also serves as acting underboss for ailing acting boss Giacomo "Jackie" Aprile in the DiMeo crime family.How old is Tony Soprano at the start?
The series also unfolded a detailed history of Tony and the DeMeo crime family that established the character as having had a full life before the series began. Based on the clues scattered throughout the series, Tony Soprano was 39 or 40 at the start of The Sopranos and 47 at the end.Analyzing Evil: Tony Soprano From The Sopranos
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