I agree Richie was a great villian, my brother likes season 2 best solely for Richie. Between Ralphie and Richie, its a tough decision. At least with Season 3 they didn't kill off Ralphie which may have been repiticious and predictable if they have done so. Their just different, Ralphie brough some money and humor, while Richie brough some toughness and gangster like talk and behavior. As far as villians go I think I prefer Richie cause he was more gangster like and level headed, he never really did anything monumentally stupid till the end with Tony, plus Ralphie and the drug use was a big no, I don't know it was a tough call. One thing for sure is I hated to see them both go when they did.