No matter how expertly they plan their raids, the DEA remains one step behind Bulger. This just confirms their suspicions: Connolly is definitely leaking intel to the gangster. That's got to be against the bro code. Even if they now know that Connolly is their enemy, however, they still don't know how to take him down.

Despite the widespread stories of Whitey doing good for the people of Southie, the sad truth is that he's inflicted untold damage on the city he claims to love. He's murdered its residents. He's extorted its businesses. He's flooded the streets with drugs, creating hordes of addicts overnight. So Whitey is no hero to Southie at all—he's its villain.

Whitey knows that he's inflicted damage on Southie, but he's exceptionally skilled at covering his tracks. He also makes it a point to lend help to the residents of Southie when they least expect it, thereby keeping them hooked on him like a drug—sort of like the drugs that have decimated the neighborhood, brought in by Bulger himself.