Analyze This/Best scene/Robert De Niro/Paul Vitti/Billy Crystal/Chazz Palminteri/Joe Viterelli

Mob boss Paul Vitti and his consigliere Dominic are discussing an upcoming meeting and the Mafia’s present-day problems. Just as Dominic warns Vitti to look out for Primo Sindone (an up-and-coming mafioso who wants to be capo di tutti capi), gunmen drive past and kill Dominic. Vitti only barely survives. Psychiatrist Ben Sobel is dealing with his own problems: his son from his first marriage listens to his sessions, his patients are not challenging enough, and his wedding to Laura MacNamara is coming soon. Sobel rear-ends a car belonging to Vitti and the trunk opens, revealing a man bound and gagged inside, which Sobel and his son do not notice. Jelly, one of Vitti’s men, takes the blame, but Sobel gives Jelly his business card in case he changes his mind about compensation. During a meeting, Vitti suffers a panic attack and tells Jelly that he needs to see a psychiatrist, but it has to be kept a secret. Jelly recommends Sobel. Vitti visits Sobel, claiming his friend needs therapy, but Sobel sees through th