Written by Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider, and David Chase, and directed by Tim Van Patten, it originally aired on May 21, 2006.
He asks to buy his way back into the crew, proposing to run a business in Atlantic City involving prostitution and meth trafficking.
Vito has a reunion lunch with his family, telling his children that he has been working as an undercover spy in Afghanistan and that they must never speak about his return.
However, when Vito returns that night to his motel room, he is attacked by New York mobsters Fat Dom Gamiello and Gerry Torciano, who knock him down and duct-tape his mouth.
Vito mutely pleads for his life as Phil comes out of the closet and watches Dom and Gerry beat him to death with pool cues.
Tony shows up, sees what has happened, and wordlessly exits, leaving Sil and Carlo to deal with the corpse.