Part 1 tells of the childhood and youth of John Gotti Junior. While growing up in Howard Beach, New York, and as a student at New York Military Academy, John learns of, and we follow the story of his father’s meteoric rise to power in the world of organized crime. Years later, after graduating, instead of going on to pursue a career in the military, at his father’s urging John Junior takes a year off. That’s when his troubles begin and he gets in a barroom brawl.

In Part 2, the FBI is focused on taking down Gotti and the Gambino Crime family, as well as the bosses of all five New York mafia clans.