Bobby Baccalieri – Wikipedia

Robert “Bobby Baccala” Baccaliers, Jr. , played by Steve Schirripa, is one of the main characters of the television series And soprano . He is a Caporegime of the Dimeo family and brother -in -law of the boss Tony Soprano.
Inserted in the series starting from season 2, it soon became one of the darlings of the public: until the first part of the season 6 it was the helper of the old uncle Junior.

Son of Bobby cods Sr., an elderly but still important exponent of the Dimeo family, Bobby represents an exception within the criminal organization: it is not a gangster like the others, it is not seen in particular bloody actions (except for some fistfights of group), and until the last season he has never committed a murder (and he does it only because he is forced by Tony).

It is a character whose two aspects are mainly highlighted: the humorous side (also accentuated by the imposing tonnage and the Bonaccione’s face of Steve Schirripa) and the human aspect: Bobby rarely lets himself go to a vulgar language, like the other mafia of the Series, and is a faithful and caring husband.

The humorous side is particularly highlighted in situations in which Bobby is put to the sedan by the other affiliates: in particular when he is forced to dress by Santa Claus for the annual dispense of gifts to the children of the neighborhood (ep. 36) and when, awakened in the Heart of the night, he dressed as a tube hunter to go and recover Paulie and Chris dispersed in the woods (ep. 37).

Bobby’s human side proves to be externally in mourning after the death of the father and Karen, the beloved wife, lost in a car accident (ep. 42): Bobby is unable to react and does not give peace, also committing inconsult gestures And irrational (he arrives at the point of buying a cake and burying it on his wife’s grave, on Karen’s birthday, ep. 50).
This is the moment in which he is circulating by Janice, who takes advantage of his fragility to enter his life and in that of his children, in a subtle and hypocritical way.
From there, this aspect of the character has the upper hand and there is a progressive approval of Bobby to the events of the other characters: he is worried about the money, for the education of the children (with Janice he will also have a little girl, Nica), goes into contrast with other family members (in particular with Paulie).
He is always made fun of by Tony, because seen as too good.
Tony’s birthday party, after being excessively caused by the first, attacks Tony and in the baccalieri fisthouse he has the better.
For Tony, he took her was hard to accept, but after selling herself commissioned a murder to Bobby (she had never killed anyone), she begins to respect him more as a person and as an employee, also involving him in the decisions together with Silvio.

Bobby, like Paulie, Chris and Hesh, also sees his loyalty put to the test in the first episodes of season 6: Tony already considered him responsible for the attack committed by Uncle Junior who almost cost him his life (Bobby was not at the home of ‘Elderly, as he should have, but he was playing with electric trains, his great passion, ep. 66).

After the furious quarrel on the house at the lake of the cods (ep. 78), the boss, wanting to take revenge on him, commissioned him an execution: Bobby is thus forced to go to Montréal to take out a stranger, after a business agreement with Canadian importers of illegal medicines.

The relationship with Janice puts Bobby in a position to climb the hierarchical scale of the Dimeo: at the end of the series, Bobby is certainly the “number three” of the family, after Tony and Silvio.
It is in fact one of the three targets of the Lupertazzi after the execution order given by Phil Leotardo and Bobby is the only character who is certainly made out (Silvio, hit during a shooting outside Bada bing , remains in a coma and its destiny is not revealed, while Tony is not known for sure).
Movers of his murder are Albie Cianflone ​​and Butch Deconcini, who organize the fatal ambush: went to a toy shop to buy the electric train called “Blue Comet” , Bobby is achieved by two lurpertozzi hired assassins who foil him mercilessly, without even giving him time to extract a weapon to defend himself.

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