Gotti: Godfather and Son
Filmmaker Richard Stratton gained unprecedented access to the Gotti family to tell the complete story of what it was like to grow up in the first family of organized crime. Rare footage of the final exchange between John Gotti, Jr., and his dying father offers insights into one of the most infamous father-son duos of all time.
- 2018-2018
- 1 season
- A+E Networks
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
Filmmaker Richard Stratton gained unprecedented access to the Gotti family to tell the complete story of what it was like to grow up in the first family of organized crime. Rare footage of the final exchange between John Gotti, Jr., and his dying father offers insights into one of the most infamous father-son duos of all time.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2018
Episode 1
Kid Christmas
Sat, Jun 9, 2018 43 mins
"Kid Christmas" tells of the childhood and youth of John Gotti Junior. While growing up in Howard Beach, New York, and as a student at New York Military Academy, John learns of, and we follow the story of, his father's meteoric rise to power in the world of organized crime. Tragedy strikes the Gotti family when John's younger brother, Frankie Gotti is run over and killed while out riding on a mini-bike. For young John, it is a turning point in his life. In the words of John's brother, Peter Gotti, "John never buried Frankie."
Episode 2
A Made Man
Sat, Jun 9, 2018 41 mins
After graduating from military academy, instead of going on to pursue a career in the military, at his father's urging John Junior takes a year off. That's when his troubles begin. He gets in a barroom brawl during which a young man is stabbed and bleeds to death. John's father "punishes" him by forcing him to spend his days hanging out at the Bergin Hunt and Fish Social Club, his father's mob headquarters. By the time John is in his twenties, he is asked and chooses to become a made member of the Gambino Crime Family.
Episode 3
Fathers and Sons
Sun, Jun 10, 2018 86 mins
John Junior follows in his father's footsteps. With the FBI focused on taking down Gotti and the Gambino Crime family, as well as the bosses of all five New York mafia clans, the Gottis are under siege. The so-called Teflon Don, John Gotti Senior, beats three cases but is finally caught on tape ordering killings. When Gotti's underboss, Sammy Gravano agrees to testify for the government, Gotti Senior is convicted and sentenced to life in prison. John Junior becomes the acting boss of the crime family all while trying to maintain his own blood family.
Episode 4
Sins of the Fathers
Sun, Jun 10, 2018 42 mins
With his father in prison serving a life term, and John Junior serving as acting boss of the Gambino Crime Family, he become the prime target of the FBI. John Junior, having resolved to quit the life of organized crime, pleads guilty to racketeering, serves over seven years in prison, and must still withstand four federal trials all ending in mistrials before he is set free to pursue his life as a "civilian," a husband to his wife, father to his five children, and a law abiding citizen who honors his vow to quit the mob.