After being intimated by Johnny Sacks' men, associate Lorraine Calluzzo asks former Lupertazzi consigliere Angelo Garepe to broker a meeting with Soprano bosses Tony and Junior.
In this scene, Tony meets with Johnny Sack on Angelo's behalf and tries to float the idea of a power sharing situation for the Lupertazzi family. Note that Tony prefaces this as Angelo's idea but in fact it's his.
Tony sees the potential for a Lupertazzi civil war and tries to bring stability, while trying to be neutral to both factions of the family.
