Just went to show how much even someone who was considered a good friend of Tony and his old man that he would consider clipping him to get rid of a debt.

Tony went through weird stages of having a standard sociopathic personality and then at other times showing some remorse and guilt. Like when he got the traffic cop demoted all because of squashing the ticket and how he felt bad for him. But then at the end of the episode he was like fuck it lol.