- Back at the Corleone compound, Clemenza and Michael arrive. They discover that Sonny had the Tattaglia Don's son, Bruno, killed, in retaliation for the near-assassination at the hospital.
- Sonny and Tom argue. Sonny doesn't want to deal with Sollozzo—who wants to try to make a deal with Michael as the Corleone representative—but Tom thinks they should talk to him.
- They've discovered that McCluskey is guarding Sollozzo, making him invulnerable. If they take him down, they need to take down both.
- Michael and Clemenza are both in favor of killing Sollozzo and McCluskey, even though he's a cop. Michael personally offers to do it, since Sollozzo and McCluskey want to meet with him.
- Sonny mocks the idea, but Tom starts to warm up to it, as Michael explains the plan and how they can get the newspapers against McCluskey for being so corrupt, after Michael kills him.
- Clemenza shows Michael how to commit the murder, giving him shooting lessons. He says that it'll start a war between the five families, but it needs to happen.