Rucker's book also listed Silvio as consigliere, but as I said, it's been inaccurate time and again on other matters. The ol' FBI bulletin board listed Baccala as a mere "soldier," so I'm not sure what his promotion title is. BTW, J Geoff: Paulie was busted on a weapons possession charge (the weapon had been used in a murder 8 years before), but you may have caught that. At any rate, I'd heard somewhere that Tony Sirico refused to play a character if the role ended up turning into a rat. Could be just a rumor, though. Also, according to the TV Guide Companion for the show (again, not the most accurate publication), the missing Russian isn't even going to make an appearance this season. I don't know if that means he died somewhere, or they're just going to leave another "loose end." Mighty large end to leave loose, though, if ya' ask me. Well, as you stated, "we'll see."