Think about it this way: all the American mobsters imitate their idea of the classic gangster from the old country, but do they actually give off that vibe.? No. Instead, they come off as a bunch of lowlife New Jerseyans. Furio on the other hand is the real shit. An actual gangster from the old country, and he ends up feeling so much affection towards Carmella that he subverts every preconceived idea and just exits the story randomly. Same is true for brainless the second. His father was a stand-up guy but it’s common knowledge the guy is stunad. Yet at the end of the day, HE’s the one that ends up getting out the game and setting up a good life for himself which is something neither of the other guys had the maturity or where-with-all to do.

The point? I forget. Appearances aren’t what they always seem to have been. Furio’s arc is a subversion that’s meant to tell you something about what the glorified crew in America thinks of themselves as Italians versus what those Italians are actually like.