Was Johnny Sack Really Going To Whack Tony? | The Sopranos Explained

In season 5 of The Sopranos, Tony Soprano is in a pickle when his cousin Tony Blundetto is wanted by the New York Lupertazzi family, in particular Phil Leotardo, for taking out one of their members.

Not wanting to give him up for torture, Tony instead takes Tony B out himself and tells Johnny Sack where Tony B is.

This doesn't solve the problem though, and Johnny Sack phones up Tony telling him Phil is angry, and John wants to set up a meeting in New York. But Tony says, "no offence, John, but I got an IQ of 136. It’s been tested." John is silent, Tony waits, and then Johnny says “Alright, tomorrow morning then my house 6:30”, but when Tony is hesitant he says “You think I’m gonna give you armatz with Ginny upstairs?”, and then reiterates that Tony should come alone, as he will be too.

So what happened here? Was Johnny Sack setting up a hit? Was Johnny really going to kill Tony if he turned up to the original meeting in season 5? Let's discuss.