What have the Romans ever done for us?
Yes, it should be "show, don't tell", but to me the whole story is set up with Antonio being a "doer" if not hanging around in a dark corner of the bar, just his mom will not go away anytime soon, so his time inheriting the throne is yet to come. Think "Prince Charles". Only instead of painting and going to environmental summits, Antonio does ... something, I guess?
Yes, we don't see it thus cannot know and I could be all wrong, but the way everybody treats him to me seems to indicate he can do stuff. Granted, the one mission he organized he was Straffan levels of overconfident against Straffan, and were it not for Gracie and this one elite whose name I forgot - does anybody remember? - would have maybe not failed but have had severe casualties, plus his handling of the whole situation in the office was too hot blooded (still more relateable than Wilfred taking land from Giacobbe) ...
We'll have to wait and see.
Yeah, agree, I fully expect him to be competent and capable.
Gracie & Luna are both highly talented, I see no reason to expect that Antonio is not.
Yes, he was over-confident with (& underestimated) Straffan and it would have led to a longer battle, with more casualties, but I do not believe that he displays recklessness, or foolhardiness as general character traits.
The Capos seem to respect him & it doesn't seem like the type of respect that is automatically given to the position, it seems more like it was earned by the man.
His hot-bloodedness with Straffan was perfectly justifiable, for me. It wasn't the smartest move & it displayed his lack of experience, but the reason why made sense.
He's the powerful family and this jumped up, wannabe kid walks in barking orders? Even Giacobbe's consigliere was embarrassed by Straffan's behaviour, so it's not really a surprise that Antonio gave him shit.
Granted, his Mother would've handled it differently, with the benefit of experience, but that's the type of thing that he still needs to learn from her, as well as from experience of his own.
If anything, for me, that scene really points out that he's not yet ready for the position.
I see him as, precisely as you put, a "Pince Charles", who is happy to do his duty and continue to learn from his obviously highly capable Mother.
I do not see him as being arrogant enough to think he already knows more than her, or ignorant enough to not know that his handling of Straffan could've been better.
To me, he seems happy to wait. His position is secure. I see no sign of him wishing to overthrow or usurp her. I see nothing in him which suggests that he is eager to take the seat at the head of the Family & wants to do something to progress that faster. He's shown no dissatisfaction with where he is.
Certainly not enough to give him potential of being the traitor.
Without the possibility of a rise in power, he has no visible motivation to betray his family.
It could be him. I just don't see any reason, strong enough, to suspect him, as it stands.
I definitely think that Wilfred has shown more reason for suspicion, but I do not really think it's him, either.
Of the people we've met, I think that only the Capos have displayed the competitive nature of wanting to be top of the pile, to the point where they're fighting each other. That ambition is something that could be used, perhaps.
I just do not think that we've seen that, or any real sign of ambition, from Antonio.
Wilfred has definitely displayed more.
The rival that we met seemed relatively ambitious. Although perhaps a little cliche, for it to be him.
Of course, we also still have 2 Serpents to meet. Seems unlikely, but who knows?
