At the time this may have seemed like a rough patch the two would be able to recover from, but in hindsight it was simply another sign of their inevitably decaying relationship. Chris rightly comments to the cop that it doesn't matter whether he did or did not kill Dickie; Tony wants him dead. It was simply the name of the game with The Sopranos and TV. He looked at Christopher, high as a kite and wearing a hat for the first time in 6 years, and realized that Christopher flipped. He grows disillusioned with Tony and frustrated with his progress in the family, and distances himself from the business by making a film and trying to become a Hollywood screenwriter. For starters, Junior doesn't like how his. (2003), Credenzo Curtis and Stanley Johnson: After being released from the Eleuthera drug recovery program, Tony gave Christopher the responsibility of hiring a couple of assassins to take out New York boss Carmine Lupertazzi, Sr. at the request of, Raoul: Christopher threw a brick at him and then Paulie shot him. He also tries to distance himself from the criminal lifestyle and stays away from the Bada Bing. Tony was shocked and disappointed. He has a belated bachelor party with the Soprano crime family at Nuovo Vesuvio, where "Larry Boy" Barese makes a toast to his future. Christopher wasnt just putting himself at risk and hadnt been for some time. The episode after Christopher's death really zeroes in on how bad Tony's gotten, as he can no longer bring himself to even pretend to mourn the death of the person he once cared so much about. [3] Tony and Christopher knew each other before Tony met Carmela because their fathers were both involved in the Mafia and because they are both cousins, through unrelated sides, to Tony Blundetto; Christopher's girlfriend Adriana La Cerva also believes that Tony and Christopher are distantly related through Christopher's mother. Ever since the show premiered in 1999, Christopher's character was unapologetically rash, bold, erratic, and fueled by drugs and alcohol. Tony and Big Pussy later tortured and interrogated Matt. Ambushing his cousin as he was opening the door, Tony got him with a single shot to the head using a12-gauge shotgun. 13 October 2021 Tony Soprano kills Christopher Moltisanti during the series' sixth and final season of the cult classic, as a trope of that season's exploration of the psychology of the characters. The two express their love for and loyalty to each other, though when the two later try to recreate their camaraderie sober, it falls flat and ends in awkward silence.
