Agree that Nicky Sr. knew This Thing inside and out. After he stabbed the longshoreman at the Melrose and was banished to AC he was in Bruno's doghouse but still showed a respect for the protocol and hierarchy that LCN must possess to succeed and survive... Seems like a bygone era...same goes for his nephew Phil and Chuckie and Yogi Merlino, despite the fact that 2 of the 3 flipped and and only Leonetti is still alive. You have to wonder what the Philly family would look like today if Sal Testa or Mike Ciancaglini ever ran the show. They call Carmine Persico "The Snake", but Scarfo was downright treacherous, paranoid, and psychotic...yet still 100% committed to the life...24-7.