Episode One of The Make Right Man – The Legend of Billy Shitpants introduces Larry Karpinski’s return to Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood and the man whose name still carries weight there. Through memory, family history, and a moment that refused to end clean, the story begins tracing how Billy Szczepanek became “Billy Shitpants” — not as a joke, but as a name earned, carried, and never set down.

This opening episode sets the tone for a serialized crime and neighborhood story about loyalty, reputation, and the quiet rules that survive long after the world pretends they’re gone.

In thinking through which classic to watch this holiday season, I landed on the Mario Puzo - Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece, The Godfather. That got me wondering about Corleone, Sicily and who that city was actually named after. Professor Enzo Tontodonato of St. Bonaventure University took me down a very unexpected path, to the life and times of a 15th century "family" man, named 3 Ball Bartolomeo Colleoni.