The Mystery Of The Horse
1One storyline that chase defo left open was the pie o mi fire storyline. ralph denied it. i always had a feeling that paulie could of done it to get back at ralph
Funny, I was always under the impression that Tony murdered Ralph out of anger for killing both Pie-O-My and Tracee. "She was a beautiful and innocent creature!" He didn't know for sure that Ralph was responsible for the horse's death... But he knew he was responsible for Tracee's.dsweeney wrote:It's interesting to me as well how Tony bitch-slaps Ralphie for killing poor Tracee but actually KILLS him for killing the horse (he believes ). This ties in with the idea of sociopaths expressing emotion and empathy for little babies and pets or animals but not other people. This is clearly the case with Tony, the ducks, little cossette etc.
Terrific post, Badabing, with a lot of wonderful insights.Badabing! wrote:Funny, I was always under the impression that Tony murdered Ralph out of anger for killing both Pie-O-My and Tracee. "She was a beautiful and innocent creature!" He didn't know for sure that Ralph was responsible for the horse's death... But he knew he was responsible for Tracee's.
Let's keep in mind, that during his burst of anger, after seeing Tracy's dead body, Tony was beginning to give Ralph a serious beat down. Eventually, the rest of the crew intervened before it could escalate. If they weren't there, and it was just Ralph and Tony, who knows what would have transpired. Tony went as far as violating the "mafia code" (to which he swears by) that night, therefore we could only speculate about what the limit to his anger would have been. He could have killed Ralph outside the Bing the exact same way he killed him on his kitchen floor.
After he got his cool back, I believe Tony did not put out a hit on Ralph (or kill him himself) because of Gigi's untimely death. The crew needed a new Capo and, aside from Ralph, none of the other guys could fill the spot (remember Tony staring all of them down at Gigi's wake, trying to figure out who would be his successor?). He needed Ralph. I believe this irritated Tony even more.
As for the question at hand, it was deliberately left in the open by Chase (like many other things). We are left to form our own opinion on who killed the horse. Personally, I don't believe Ralph was the culprit. I think Tony killed Ralph because he thought he might have killed Pie-O-My, but was still steaming over him murdering Tracee.
Thank you, FlyOnMelfiswall. Means a lot coming from you.FlyOnMelfisWall wrote:Terrific post, Badabing, with a lot of wonderful insights.