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What I didnt really understand; didnt tony set vito up, and let Phill kill him? Why was he so pissed? Was it just becasue of the pool cue?


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Tony was about to take care of it himself. Phil beat him to it after Tony told Phil to but out and that it was none of his business. So basically, Tony told Phil to lay off, but Phil did it anyways.

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Yeah, Tony asked Vito to go to the mall. That's where Carlo was going to kill Vito. Vito was killed in his hotel room.

And he was pissed because 1) Vito was a made man; 2) (more importantly) Vito was Tony's captain.

If you remember last year, a big deal was made about Phil wanting to kill Tony's cousin (Tony B). Tony S wouldn't let him because Tony B was part of Tony S's family. Yesterday's situation was similar. Phil wanted to kill one of Tony's men. Tony believed that it was Tony's responsibility to take care of it himself.

By Phil killing Vito, Tony's worrying that he's letting it be known that Phil can touch people in Tony's crew without fear.