Being the TV guru in my group of friends and family, there were many questions that I got rapid-fire during last night's sixth season premiere (Did you know Adrianna's still alive? Is Tony Dead? Is Johnny Sack still gonna be in prison?), but the most frequent one I got was "Who is this Gene guy?" You know who I'm talking about-- Gene was the one who inherited the millions of dollars from his dying aunt. He was the one who killed himself (in an incredibly graphic scene). He was the one who no-one had seen before last night's episode. Well, that's where people were wrong. You see,  Robert Funaro has been playing the character of Eugene Pontecorvo since early Season 3. Sure, he hasn't had a huge role in the series so far (he's been one of the family's generic soldiers, normally answering to Paulie or Sil) but he's been there. Would the writers really just introduce him for the sake of killing him off though?