The most notable discussion of Dickie in The Sopranos was in 2002’s “For All Debts Public and Private,” Episode 40 of the series. Viewers of the series know Tony idolized Dickie his name and his legend came up several times.

Dickie is the heart and soul of the movie, and much more of a father figure to young Tony Soprano (Michael Gandolfini) than his actual father, “Johnny Boy” Soprano (Jon Bernthal). So here’s Silvio making sure nobody messes with his hair, and there’s young Artie Bucco foreshadowing his future in the restaurant business!”īut The Many Saints of Newark also manages to fill in several important character beats and plot points that were alluded to over the course of The Sopranos, while also answering one of the show’s biggest lingering questions… Read on for all the details on the mystery of Dickie Moltisanti, and the question of whether a sequel might be on the horizon.ġ2 Images The Many Saints of Newark: Who Killed Dickie Moltisanti?ĭickie (played by Alessandro Nivola) is the father of Christopher Moltisanti, Tony’s nephew. That said, there are a number of scenes in Many Saints that almost seem gift-wrapped for fans, a way of saying, “Hey, we know you missed these guys. When a show has as devoted a following as The Sopranos does, any new related project faces a mountain of unrealistic expectations. Available now to watch on HBO Max as well as in theaters, the film is already garnering reviews that range from lavish praise to harsh condemnation. The Many Saints of Newark is a prequel story set in the Sopranos universe, albeit about 30 years earlier than where the series began. Fourteen years after The Sopranos went off the air in the most polarizing end scene in television history, we finally get a chance to revisit the legendary characters from the award-winning HBO series.

We Never Knew Uncle by Linda Boscawen