To be honest wherever you look there are questionable statements. I remember when I bought the original video cassettes for Season 1, Paulie Walnuts was already being described as one of Tony's capos -- he was still a soldier, though.
Equally, and this may just be my poor knowledge of the show (I've only seen Season 1-4) the plot regarding De Meo (spelling),(the original boss)at the time Jackie Aprile was Acting Boss was never satisfactorally resolved.
is it demeo or dimeo?
Did De Meo die?
The family is actually called the De meo crime family. The Soprano's are just a crew. At the time jackie is make acting boss, de meo is serving life, they never answer why Jr. and then Tony are the boss and not the acting boss.
