The Most Brutal Deaths In The Sopranos

Unlike his father — the executioner in the Mustang Sally debacle — Bobby Baccala was a "gentle giant" type. Soft, fat and cuddly. Unless, of course, you incessantly joke about his wife Janice, Tony's malignantly awful sister. 

This scene kicked off during Tony's birthday weekend at Bobby and Janice's cabin in upstate New York. The drinks were flowing so liberally that you could almost smell the liquor, and the vibes were good and the surroundings beautiful enough that you never could have seen what was coming — even on a show like "The Sopranos." 

Ultimately, nothing could pacify the toxic relationship between Janice and Tony — who made a series of snide remarks about her promiscuity. An inebriated Bobby took exception, but Tony didn't take him seriously. As he made another salacious joke, Bobby punched him in the face. Tony, no doubt shocked by Bobby's newfound "balls," tore into his brother-in-law as best he could, but Bobby won the fight. 

Tony, of course, blamed things of his gunshot injury and the rug, but he seemed fine with his butt-whooping. In actuality, he was formulating a nasty plan to get his vengeance another way. 

Bobby had never killed a man, so Tony made that happen for him, organizing a hit on a Montreal hoodlum. The hit could be passed off as just part of Bobby's job, but Tony purposefully did this to make Bobby uncomfortable. Bobby passed the challenge, but it became a personal, bloody act.