True Sonny Black, but Chase had always taken liberties with the show. Watching the whole sixth season from the beginning, there are many references to Tony's fate.

I think the three o'clock dream was something Chase was thinking about but decided to go in a different direction as the show progressed.

"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green