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Paul was thrown in the trunk and they sped back up the Calabrian mountains.
Leonardo tells Primo that they have to hide Paul in a cave.
The town cant know that hes still there.
Theyre counting on the influx of money and they want the whole nightmare over.
Making matters even more complicated, today is the day of the confirmation of Leonardos son, Francesco.
The confirmation ceremony is lengthy in a very Italian way.
How long can he keep this secret?
Leonardos wife wants the secret kept for at least one more day.
Let Francesco have his moment in the sun; let her family have this happy day.
He says his son will go to university and will get out of there.
The don clearly isnt happy.
How much of John Paul Getty IIIs life would have been different without that gift?
At the event following the confirmation, people start to whisper and wonder whats going on.
Why is no one talking about Paul?
Why arent they making Getty money rain?
And then Angelo Calatis nonna comes asking Don Salvatore where her grandson is.
She curses the don.
Then the facade comes crashing down.
That Primo hasnt been killed yet is unfathomable.
He pulls out his knife and Paul asks the young man for water.
He thinks of his siblings, peanut butter, and the beauty of the countryside in which hell die.
Francesco yells at him to go.
Theres nowhere to go, Paul yells at him.
And then Paul has an idea.
He grabs a knife and tells Francesco to cut his ear off and send it to his parents.
Maybe then theyll do something.
And he hands his father a human ear.
Trivia time: This was the shortest installment of the season.
Any thoughts about the length of these episodes?
We finally got to the ear!
In other words, he will arrive in little bits.
No spoilers for the next two episodes, but the real negotiations are about to begin.
