When Paulie catches the cat staring at a image of Christopher, he gets extra spooked, but Tony interrupts him with an give: to choose around skippering the Cifaretto crew now that Carlo's MIA. When Paulie recalls that Carlo's son Jason was picked up yesterday for offering X, the concept seems even far more plausible. He suggests probably Butch has taken out yet another ranking guy, but Tony has a different principle: Carlo's flipped.