 Feech, wanting to regain the power he once held before he went to prison, continues muscling in on operations being run now by members of Tony s crew. It s not long before Tony must conclude that Feech will never pay him the respect that the rest of the mobsters do, and that the old-timer is causing more trouble than he is worth. With Chris  help, Tony arranges for Feech to be taken out of everyone s hair. At the same time, Johnny Sack is continuing to press his new claims against Little Carmine s operations, having his thugs murder a loan shark and her partner. To avenge this insult, Carmine begins plotting to kill Johnny s men. At home, meanwhile, Anthony s grades have been steadily sliding downward, as has his attitude toward his mother. Tony doesn t help matters with the lavish gifts he gives his son as a substitute for fathering. At her wit s end about what to do with her son, Carmela has a dinner meeting with Anthony s teacher that begins turning more personal.