Undercover FBI Agent Fact Checks Mob Movies & TV | Vanity Fair

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Published 2020-02-24

Former undercover FBI agent, Mike McGowan, reviews notorious organized crime scenes from movies and television. He deep dives into ‘Reservoir Dogs,’ ‘The Departed,’ ‘Donnie Brasco,’ ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Scarface,’ ‘The Irishman,’ ‘Billy Bathgate,’ ‘True Detective’ and ‘Narcos' and analyzes the probability, craft, and execution of their tactics.

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All Comments (21)

@madhatterman01 4 years ago

Currently he is undercover as Chancellor of the German Empire
@praktiz7490 4 years ago

even his lips are undercover
@rumpleforeskin5698 3 years ago

I never clicked this thinking this man would say “I love Golden Retrievers”
@bareakon 2 years ago

This guy is the real deal. He was undercover as a Mythbuster for years.
@EmilyMartin123456 4 years ago

Currently he is undercover as the Lorax trying to stop the Truffula tree trade
@lucy_Bad_Bunny 4 years ago

There's gotta be someone who was in the mob that's watching this like "hey isn't that paul?"
@PrimoPier 1 year ago

This man is the most FBI FBI agent that has ever FBI’d.
@keith3915 1 year ago

This dude's actually brilliant. Any criminal would look at him and be like there's no way the guy that looks like a stereotypical fbi agent is actually an undercover fbi agent
@foreignbananabread689 4 years ago

He’s currently undercover trying to penetrate the monopoly cartel
@grahamlopez6202 4 years ago

His cover is impeccable, I'd have never guessed he was actually iron chancellor otto von bismark
@issacrod3761 3 years ago

Every mob boss is calling for a surprise sock inspection right now
@Alexandros74738 3 years ago

With a great mustache comes great responsibility
@MikeHaywood 4 years ago

If the Monopoly man followed his passion
@privateuser7 4 years ago

This guy really does look like he could be either REALLY italian, REALLY russian, or REALLY mexican.
@stoneharper7038 2 years ago

“Wow you’re really knowledgeable about dirt, do you garden a lot or something?” “No, I went to dirt school actually”
@bebop6544 2 years ago

"That's not real. Law enforcement can't initiate violence." LOL
@uzayonat 4 years ago

This guy has the ultimate poker face. His eyes and eyebrows never move.
@845835 4 years ago

When he made an arrest he should have said "Go directly to jail, Do not pass go, Do not collect $200".
@SirCarcass 3 years ago

"There's a 5 step training process. Preparation, preparation, preparation, preparation...." "and preparation?" "and go do it." "Dammit"
@emmanouil9 2 years ago

This man looks like he’s seen more things than 20th century historians