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.
Yeah but deep down, Tony doesn't want his daughter go out with Jackie Jr and he knows that his wife Carmela was right. It likes like Tony Montana doesn't want his bestfriend Manolo go out date with his sister because he doesn't want the lifestyle bring into his sister's life where she can get killed or get kidnapped, etc. Both of them want daughter/sister to have better life and better education.
