This central tenet of the Southie community–"never trust outsiders"—becomes a rallying cry for Bulger and Connolly as they unleash their decades-long reign of terror on Boston. The irony is too much to bear.

To Connolly, Whitey Bulger represents South Boston. Scratch that: Whitey is South Boston. Given this heavy symbolic association, it's no wonder why Connolly fights so fiercely for Bulger. He sees any attack on Whitey as an attack on his community of South Boston. Wow. Freud would've had a field day with this guy.

Whitey isn't the only bigwig Bulger bossing it up in Boston—there's also brother Billy, state senator and grouch extraordinaire. Despite being more "legit" than his big bro, Billy is just as willing to throw his weight around to get what he wants. They call that Bulger style.