Michael said, "After all, who's a better consigliere than my father?" But he seemingly put Tom back in the consigliere role after Vito died because he needed him. As you saw, by the beginning of II, Tom was out in the cold again--until the Tahoe shooting, when he became "the Don."
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu, E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu... E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
