Mikey Palmice
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| First appearance | "46 Long" (episode 1.02) |
| Last appearance | "The Test Dream" (episode 5.11) |
| Created by | David Chase |
| Portrayed by | Al Sapienza |
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| Aliases | "Grab Bag" "Mikey P" "Mike" |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Soldier, Consigliere |
| Family | DiMeo Crime Family, Junior Soprano's crew |
| Spouse(s) | JoJo Palmice (wife) |
| Children | Michael Palmice Jr. (son) Francis Albert Palmice (son) |
Michael "Mikey Grab Bag" Palmice (pronounced Pahl-MEE-Chey), played by Al Sapienza, is a fictional character on the HBO television series The Sopranos.
Palmice starts out as a soldier in Corrado "Junior" Soprano's crew as his driver and bodyguard. After Jackie Aprile dies, Junior becomes boss, and Palmice is promoted to consigliere. He is a very loyal, obsequious minion to Junior, and is very respectful to those whom he deems worthy. When confronted by people he dislikes or who are a threat to Junior, however, he reveals his true nature — that of a violent, depraved sociopath.
Palmice and Tony Soprano despise each other, and have been bitter rivals for years. Tony and other caporegimes such as Ray Curto and Larry Barese describe Palmice as having been "a disease" since childhood, and Tony often teases him with implicit, insulting jokes and one liners such as referring to him as having "fuck-face-itis". Palmice is one of Tony's first enemies on the show and chief rival in season 1. Palmice's wife is named JoJo and he has two sons, Michael Jr. and Francis Albert. Janice mentioned how Michael Jr. has been prescribed Ritalin. Palmice is usually seen driving Junior's black 1995 Lincoln Town Car.
When acting boss Jackie Aprile is diagnosed with cancer, Junior is quick to act to ensure that he becomes boss. Palmice accordingly plans to get rid of any opposition to Junior, including Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti. He works alongside his friend, Chucky Signore, another soldier in Junior's crew. Palmice kills Brendan Filone on Junior's orders after Brendan and Christopher hijack trucks belonging to Comley Trucking, a firm supposedly under Junior's "protection", then contracts two Russians to perform a mock execution on Christopher. Christopher is enraged and wants to kill Palmice himself, but Tony warns him not to, because Palmice is a made man and Christopher is not. Tony instead beats Palmice with a staple gun, in retaliation for the hit and for Christopher's mock execution.
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