Originally Posted by Turnbull
Originally Posted by JCrusher

. Yet he made Tom acting Don after the Tahoe shooting. With Mike everything was about paranoia and turning on his family

...and control. That scene was a marvel of manipulation--"You're my brother, Tom." Tom, practically breaking into tears, "Always wanted to be considered your brother" -- meaning that Tom didn't think Michael considered him "a brother" until that point, after all those years. Michael needed him then. But, as soon as he came back from Havana, in charge again and knowing who the traitor was, Michael went right back to yelling at Tom, treating him as a subordinate.


. True. “why do you hurt me Michael? I’ve always been loyal to you what is this? Even with the whole Fredo situation Michael knew damn well that Fredo had no idea of the hit and thought he was helping but still killed him because like you said it was about control