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'All that murdering and f**ing and no sons'


I always found this line to be odd. What does it mean? That Costello was infertile? Odd time to bring it up.

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Basically that Costello saw Sullivan as a surrogate son, but at that point Colin makes it clear that Costello has no future or legacy to carry on, and that his reign is over.

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