A lifelong criminal who has returned home to Providence, R.I., after a self-imposed seven-year exile when a hit was put on him. He's hoping to pick up where he left off. At the end of the first season, Michael is attacked and severely beaten by Declan. At the start of the second season, Michael is suffering from brain trauma and blackout, and has no memory of who attacked him. However, he tries to prove to Freddie that he is ready to go back to work for the mob.[1] Inspired by and modeled after Boston's legendary Irish mob boss, Whitey Bulger. By the third season, Michael is in charge, and faces serious trouble with the Italian mob leader and with his own girlfriend and cousin.