1. what's your full name? are you named after anyone?
SEBASTIANO GIOVANNI GIACOMO MESSANA AFTER MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER.
2. how old are you and when is your birthday?
January 2, 1978 - 35
3. where were you born? if not chicago, how did you end up here?
I WAS BORN IN TRAPANI, SICILY THE ELDEST OF (WHAT WOULD BE) THREE CHILDREN. MY UNCLE HAD A DREAM TO MOVE TO AMERICA AND START A SHOP TO MAKE US RICH. SOME FOUR MONTHS AFTER MY BABY SISTER, FIORENZA, WAS BORN MY UNCLES (BOTH OF THEM), MY FATHER, AND OUR ENTIRE FAMILY (INCLUDING MY NONNA) MOVED TO CHICAGO . I WAS GOING ON 11 AT THE TIME AND BARELY SPOKE ENGLISH.
4. what do you do for a living?
CHICAGO PD, VICE DETECTIVE - MOSTLY UNDERCOVER
5. tell us about your pets; past or present.
SALMON CRESTED COCKATOO NAMED CODA - MY SISTER WATCHES CODA WHEN I'M GONE SO THAT HE'S NEVER ALONE FOR TOO LONG. HOWEVER, APPARENTLY HE AND RENZI'S BIRD (IAGO) HAVE FREE-STYLE POETRY BATTLES. I DON'T BELIEVE HER.
6. what kind of movies, music, books and television do you like?
MOVIES ARE GENERALLY ACTION OR DRAMA, BOOKS ARE USUALLY FANTASY, TELEVISION IS REMARKABLY FICTIONALIZED CRIME DRAMA SUCH AS CSI, NCIS, NCIS:LA, BLUE BLOODS, ETC... THESE ARE FOR IRONIC COMIC VALUE. I HATE 90% OF "GANGLAND" MOVIES.
7. where were you five years ago and where do you see yourself in the next five years?
FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS IN VICE WORKING HIS ASS OFF TO MAKE DETECTIVE. NOW THAT I'M THERE, I'M HONESTLY AT A BIT OF A LOSS FOR A NEW GOAL. YEAH, I HAVE ALL THE TYPICAL GOALS OF: A FAMILY, A LAB, A WHITE PICKET FENCE... BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE THE JOB FOR IT SO INSTEAD I WORK MY ASS OFF AND HOPE TO BE AT LEAST CONSIDERED FOR CAPTAIN OR A MOVE TO HOMICIDE IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS... I GUESS. .
8. last but not least, tell us something that everyone should know about you.
I COME FROM ABOUT AS CLASSIC AN ITALIAN FAMILY AS THEY COME. MY PARENTS ARE MARRIED AND HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES. I HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER AND MORE AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, NEPHEWS, NIECES, ETC., THAN ARE EASILY TRACKED. THAT SAID, I KNOW EACH OF THEM. NEPOTISM IS HARDLY A DIRTY WORD IN THEIR FAMILY AND IF ANYONE NEEDS ANYTHING IN THE FAMILY, THEY COME FIRST. THEY ARE VERY CLOSE AND IF YOU HURT ONE, YOU HAVE HURT THEM ALL.

AT 35 TONY MESSANA IS A SINGLE DICK OF A MAN WHO WORKS LONG HOURS FOR THE CHICAGO VICE SQUAD AS AN UNDER-COVER OFFICER. ENGAGED ONCE TO A WOMAN IN COLLEGE; THE RELATIONSHIP BEGAN TO UNRAVEL AFTER THE SICILIAN BLEW HIS HIP OUT AFTER BEING SEVERELY CHECKED DURING A MATCH ; AS REALITY PISSED ON THE SNOW OF HIS DREAMS OF GOING PRO. DETERMINED TO STICK SHIT OUT; SHE STUCK BY HIM AS HE ENTERED THE POLICE ACADEMY BUT LEFT HIM SHORTLY AFTER REALIZING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GET NO ATTENTION FROM THE MAN OR THE MEDIA. SHE LEFT HIM WHILE HE WAS NOSE DEEP IN A COKE RING THAT EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE CHICAGO CLUB UNDERWORLD. UNFORTUNATELY FOR HER; HIS PRIDE TOOK IT WORSE THAN THE REST OF HIM AND HIS ALREADY GRUFF PERSONA GREW EVER MORE DARKER AND DISTRUSTFUL OF WOMEN, AND FOR SOME REASON HER CAR KEPT GETTING TOWED.

THE ELDEST SON OF SALVATORE & PATRINA MESSANA; SEBASTIANO WAS THE APPLE OF HIS PAPPA'S EYE. ANOTHER SON FOLLOWED A COUPLE YEARS LATER, FOLLOWED BY THE MIRACLE BIRTH OF A BROWN-EYED BABY GIRL BY THE TIME THAT TONY WAS 10. FOUR MONTHS LATER THE ENTIRE MESSANA FAMILY MOVED TO AMERICA AFTER SAL'S OLDER BROTHER DREAMT OF IMMIGRATING AND STARTING A BUTCHER SHOP. OUT OF EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY; TONY TOOK THE MOVE THE WORST AND REFUSED TO SPEAK ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. HE WAS A FAIRLY NORMAL KID & TEEN, ALTHOUGH HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SHORT FUSE AND TENDENCY TO SEEK SILENCE AFTER AWHILE. HE WAS INTO CARS AND HOCKEY IN HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS WOMEN AND THRILL SEEKING. AS AN ADULT HE GREW INTO MORE OF A LONER AND BEGAN SEPARATING HIMSELF FROM THE FAMILY BUSINESS, DETERMINED TO MAKE HIS OWN WAY.

DESPITE HIS GENERAL ATTITUDE; TONY CARES ABOUT HIS FAMILY ABOVE ALL ELSE AND DOES WHAT HE DOES TO PROTECT THEM. HE IS HARDEST ON HIS BABY SISTER, FIORENZA, BECAUSE SHE'S HIS ONLY SISTER AND SHE IS FAR TOO MUCH LIKE HIM IN MANY WAYS. HE HAS NEVER FORGIVEN HIMSELF FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO RESCUE HER FROM HER INNER DEMONS AND TO THIS DAY DEEPLY REGRETS THAT HE MISSED OUT ON THE FOUR MOST IMPORTANT YEARS OF HER LIFE, AND THAT HE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE SUFFERING THAT SHE'S BEEN THROUGH. AS A RESULT; HE TRIES AS HARD AS HE CAN TO CLEAN UP HER MESSES BEFORE THEY OCCUR, TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT SHE STAYS PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. TO A SLIGHTLY LESSER EXTENT, HE IS THE SAME WITH HIS COUSIN ALESIA AND CONSIDERS HIS COUSIN DINO TO BE ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS.