After a great deal coaxing, Dr. Melfi at last elicits the explanation for them: on the evening of the heist where by his cousin was arrested, Tony wasn't really attacked by two black men. He's often felt guilty for becoming absent from the heist that sent Tony B. to jail - term is Tony was jumped by two black fellas that night time and finished up in the unexpected emergency home rather of at the job - and wants to make it up to him.