Why Junior Shot Tony?

Season 6. In season six of The Sopranos, Junior's dementia has worsened over the two year interval, as he becomes paranoid that his long-deceased enemy, "Little Pussy" Malanga, is after him. ... Junior descends the stairs and, believing his nephew to be Malanga, shoots Tony in the abdomen.

Why does Junior put a hit on Tony?

The key reason is that Uncle Junior is of more use to Tony alive than he is dead, since he is still the boss of the family in the eyes of the Feds. ... If he did carry out a hit on Junior, then he'd only be putting himself even further in their line of fire.

Did JR really shoot Tony?

Production. To combat leaked storylines, the writers and Chase used to devise fake scenes to confuse the set. The scene in which Uncle Junior shoots Tony was also shot with Phil Leotardo in a window shooting at Tony instead.