I kinda wish they would have kept Jackie Jr. alive for a while longer and in the picture just to provide a stark contrast to AJ: AJ is a spoiled rich kid, Jackie Jr is a gangster wannabe. AJ doesn't have a clue what his dad does (at least for a while), Jackie Jr. tells anyone within earshot that his dad used to run the Jersey mafia and uses it to make himself look badass. AJ is lazy and doesn't want to work for most of the series, Jackie Jr. has a crew of hoodlums and peddles drugs to college kids. AJ doesn't have much of a love life for most of the series, and until much later on is barely shown talking to any girls, Jackie Jr. hooks up with Meadow (and pretty much tries to date rape her in one scene) and has whores on the side.

It was a nice contrast between the Apriles and Sopranos.