what were paulie intentions in getting close to johnny besides recognition and respect from NY ?
This was shortly after the incident in the woods with the Russian, where Paulie lost a lot of his status with Tony. This was made clear with the way Tony talked to Paulie in front of Bobby and Chris in the car on the way back. I'm not sure Paulie was planning out an elaborate scheme to take control as much as he was trying to save his own ass and maybe even get a transfer to the Lupertazzis, as Ralph tried to do beforehand after the Tracee incident.
i think deep inside tony loved paulie, hard to imagine him getting whacked.
Tell that to Pussy and Christopher.
