Well it looks like Michael is finally becoming the mini-mobster we all feared he would be one day. He killed Claudia (with an axe no less, although a gun would've almost been divine intervention) in clear self-defense and to protect Carly and his baby sister and what is Sonny doing? Keeping it quiet. Um... yeah. We all know what happens when you keep things quiet. You do things to make sure that thing stays quiet and some of it is destructive and even dangerous. I guess being a witness to Claudia's brick wall of deceit tumbling down around her didn't teach Sonny a thing or two about keeping quiet. Now Michael wants to follow in daddy's mob-laden footsteps. Don't stop and ask yourself why, Sonny.

Whoever said that this was all sending the wrong message had it nailed. But Sonny doesn't want Michael to confess to the authorities because one, there's no evidence to show that he acted in self defense (hello! An entire roomful of people saw Claudia take Carly hostage at gunpoint - that is defense enough, in my opinion) and two, he fears that it will make Michael a target for Anthony, who is out to avenge Claudia's death. On the other hand, Michael faces the problem of being labeled the mobster boy who killed someone and got away with it. The fact that the brat is almost proud of his accomplishment is scary in itself. This was what Carly was trying to avoid back when Michael was just a lower case M and acting like a Barney bad-ass by keeping her kids away from Sonny.

Jason is beside himself for bringing Michael into a world of violence and he should be, along with Michael's parents. If you think back to all the things Michael has done (buying a gun that wound up shooting Kate, ordering hits on his classmates, etc.), having him now wanting to join the organization and being proud of killing Claudia was almost an inevitability. Congratulations, Sonny. You now have a son that is the mirror image of you in almost every way and I can't help but think that everything that was done to avoid this actually helped contribute to it. Jason was appalled that Michael seemed to have no qualms about taking a life and that's bad. The fact that Sonny is telling everyone and his brother that Claudia deserved to die is only reinforcing Michael's beliefs.

Michael also arranged for Max and Milo to make their presence known to Keifer after Keifer got a little too mouthy. And as much as I want Keifer to receive the message in any way, shape or form that being physically abusive is very wrong, I'm almost afraid to see what happens when Michael learns that this creep has been slapping Kristina around. Since Michael seems to be learning that killing people is just the way it is, he may decide to force Keifer to do the backstroke at the bottom of a river and get away with that too. Therefore, I propose that the person who learns of this abuse should be Alexis. Just her verbal and legal assault alone would be enough and besides, someone has to tell these kids that their actions are unacceptable. But since kids also learn by example, well...