21: The Death of Art
It's the final mission. And it opens with one dead Paulie. Yes... someone got to Paulie's, took the money and riddled him full of lead. Not good, not good at all.
The phone rings - and it's Sam. Salieri found out about the bank job and wants to punish you. Paulie's already punished, but Sam can help you out. Run out without a gun - just avoid the cops on the stairs - and drive for Yellow Pete's. Stock up heavily there and go for the museum.
A small revelation will follow. Paulie - and you - learned that the old Mafia truth that Henry Hill and Sammy Gravano make a point of in their biographies is valid: you don't get a warning, and it's your friends who come to end you, smiling and friendly until the very minute that they kill you for breaking the rules. And so it was Sam who whacked Paulie; apparently, he's also the one who told Salieri about the bank job business. What's more, the slut from "The Whore" was found by Salieri's boys and so they learned that you let her off alive. Suspicious at that, they even learned about Frank's survival - and went after him, killing him in Europe.
It's now time to pay for disobeying the don.
Waste the guys at the ground floor and clean out the museum, room by room, stage by stage. Killing the gangsters - who can move and be placed randomly - triggers cutscenes and open doors. Try to take them out from a distance, especially since some of them carry grenades. A rifle from Pete is useful here. Of course, pick up the guns they drop and get medicines.
You will finally corner Sam. He'll be running around a gallery, shooting at you, so snipe him until he staggers away, bleeding. Follow the trail of blood, *crouched and gun ready*, and when Sam jumps from behind a wall, pump a load in him.
Time for Cliche #12: The Traitor Is Mortally Wounded But Still Manages To Deliver A Long Expository Speech While Standing.
The missions end here, with you whacking Sam and deciding to become a grass. The outro follows. If you really want to know how the whole saga ends, right now, here it is... the major spoiler:
Salieri's gang is brought down by the police. Tom's testimony at the big trial sends the don away for life. Tom and his family get a new identity, a new house and a new job. Years later, he is visited by two men while attending his garden. The men - mob hitmen - greet him in Salieri's name and whack him. Happy ending, innit!
