In The Beginning...

"Tommy Vercetti? Didn't think they'd ever let him out..."

- Sonny Forelli.

In The Beginning... is the introduction sequence in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City given to protagonist Tommy Vercetti by Forelli Family Don Sonny Forelli.

Plot
Forelli Family Don Sonny Forelli and mobsters Harry and Lee discussing the release of protagonist Tommy Vercetti (also known as the Harwood Butcher) from prison, after taking the fall for the family and serving 15 years. The mafia members decide to send Tommy to Vice City to man their drug operations there. Tommy drives alongside Ken Rosenberg, Harry and Lee to a deal with the Vance crime family. The deal is then ambushed, Harry, Lee and one of the dealers are killed, while Tommy, Ken, and another dealer escape.

Deaths

 * Harry - Killed by Ricardo Diaz's hitmen during an ambush.
 * Lee - Killed by Ricardo Diaz's hitmen during an ambush.
 * Victor Vance - Killed by Ricardo Diaz's hitmen during an ambush.

Trivia

 * The first song heard in the game is "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister during the first cutscene. It can also be heard on the radio station Emotion 98.3.
 * The song heard when Tommy, Harry, and Lee are walking out of the airport and meeting Ken Rosenberg is Mama Papa Tu, and can be heard on the radio station Radio Espantoso.
 * A dead man can be seen on a meat hook in the room behind Sonny Forelli.
 * When Tommy, Harry, and Lee arrive at the airport, an airplane can be seen landing on the curved runway in the background. Realistically, it is not possible land like that, hinting that a straight runway was present in the beta.
 * The weapons seen carried by Diaz's men can be obtained by a trainer - but they show up as the M4 and MP5A3 when spawned, the different textures were just scripted for that particular cutscene.
 * This is the only mission with a black helicopter.