The saga of two generations of the Corleone family continues with the rise of Vito Corleone in 1920's New York to head of a powerful crime syndicate, and the attempts of his son Michael to expand their reach into Las Vegas, Hollywood, and Cuba.
Daredevil Dennis Lenahan witnesses a mob hit while looking down from his high-dive platform, and soon finds himself caught up in the mob's web after a second witness begins to blackmail him.
Nick Stone, strapped for cash, agrees to kidnap a Russian mob boss and deliver him to St. Petersburg, but he soon finds himself knee deep in Russia's attempts to steal the West's military secrets.
In a prequel to "The Godfather" by Mario Puzo, Vito Corleone, in 1933 New York, tries to steer his son Sonny to be a businessman, but Sonny, at seventeen, wants to follow his father into the real family business.
Don Domenico Clericuzio is determined to retire his Family from the seamier side of Mafia life, and announces his intention to pursue legitimate business interests, but secrets from the past threaten to undermine his plan.
Inside look at the Bonanno crime family of New York, with interviews of family members and friends discussing the daily life, secrets, and deals of a Mafia family.