Michael "Omar" Kenneth "Little" Williams, Steve Buscemi, and ehhhhh Michael Pitt in Martin Scorsese's BOARDWALK EMPIRE

Renewed

Some great stuff in last night's ep - Dr Narcisse, the poisoning, Rothstein's suicide gambling and the Capone bros + Nelson, all good. I think they have missed a trick with the very anodyne portrayal of Hoover, if they could have got Toby Jones in to play him or at least wrote him more like Ellroy's version I would be happy.

Rothstein's manic turn at the card table was indeed fun to watch, he'd been a notably flawless character prior to that I felt (flawless from a business perspective I mean - cold, calculating, intelligent, prudent, detached), was great to see him showing a little weakness at last. The last little bit when the dealer was looking at Meyer and Rothstein snapped his fingers and got mad for the briefest split second was super tv. Really thought when he turned round to address that prick at the table that we were gonna finally see him turn violent, tho Meyer's beatdown afterwards was also pretty satisfying

Lansky is way interesting enough to be a central character! Good to see him finally beating the shit of someone.

Oh yeah for sure! Part of the beauty of this show is the depth of the cast there are so many great characters I could stand to see more of - Rothstein, Lanksy, Luciano, Capone (and his brothers), Dunn, I could go on. Lots of potential for characters to step up from the periphery and let us learn more about them, kinda like Harrow I suppose. The Meyer story about how he met Luciano was really good. Even Van Alden is being rationed quite steadily, and I think his might be my favourite ongoing story arc. Was gutted when he didn't do the key with Al in this ep! I can't even imagine what sort of craziness Van Alden on coke would be capable of

ugh punctuation

Looks like they're going more for character studies than a big arc this season, not a bad thing as they couldn't really have topped the mentalness of Nucky vs Gyp. Speaking of Gyp, I like how Narcisse is more or less his polar opposite as an adversary; a pernicious snake rather than a raging bull.

Narcisse operating out of the UNIA office rubbed me the wrong way. There was some shady business they got involved in, but afaik nothing quite that direct in connections with the underworld. Finding it a big problematic imho.

i mean if someone throws down with a bunch of dirt on garvey & co i was previously unaware of i wouldn't be shocked shocked, but i'm just unaware of anything at this level of connection.

yeah, Narcisse's black power thing seems pretty at-odds with the way he's using what's-his-face & wants to sell heroin in Harlem..

Al Capone was cute at first, but I'm getting kind of tired of his "machine-gun face." Loved when Van Alden was like, "I'm not without a sense of humor."

I'm also really curious to see where they are going with the whole Mike Huckabee/Gillian plot, though on the other hand I question the point of Gillian's continued miserable existence.

Not really feeling the J Edgar or Eli's son becoming a main character (although I am always a sucker for the shy boarding school underclass kid steeze, plus there is a cute, young Irish boy void on the show what with Jimmy & Owen being dead). Agree with all about excitement over rise of Meyer.

I'm also really tired of all the elegant little tits in every hbo show ever. Deadwood was the only one where I ever saw relatably large, slatternly tits.

I also fear Chalky may fall perilously in wuv with the hot chanteuse.

meyer lansky irl survived til 1983

think about that. dude fascinates me in a perverse way. he's at the center of SO much crazy violent shit for so long but holy shit he must have been smart as fuck to make it that long
83 is like dog years for those guys!

and the actor playing him is A+

of all the irl characters him & rothstein are portrayed so artfully, i love watching them

oh: what was lansky saying while giving that beatdown? anyone know?

I'm also really tired of all the elegant little tits in every hbo show ever. Deadwood was the only one where I ever saw relatably large, slatternly tits.

I also fear Chalky may fall perilously in wuv with the hot chanteuse.

― emilys., Monday, September 30, 2013 11:43 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

NSFW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjZXk1K-OBkl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjZXk1K-OBk

I stand erected

dude fascinates me in a perverse way. he's at the center of SO much crazy violent shit for so long but holy shit he must have been smart as fuck to make it that long

Reading about Lansky, he was linked to a lot of high level assassinations including Masseria's, estimated to have been worth 300 mill by '70 and he was linked to Jack Ruby by the Warren Commission report. This dude was knee deep in organised crime for over 50 years, incredible.

I find it quite hard to keep track of all the minor characters in this. Four seasons in and I'm still not entirely sure who Waxy Gordon is.

ahem VAXY not waxy

I was about to reply "Chuh! Fancy not knowing who Waxy Gordon is!" before I realised that I was thinking of Mickey Doyle, so I sld probably just keep my mouth shut really. I concur, who or what is a Waxy Gordon? Some partner of Nucky's in another state right?

he's the boss of Philly

Bummer episode. I actually enjoyed the Gillian scenes the most, which is unusual. I had a glimmer of sympathy with her for the first time, I guess because she was too strung out to be her awful, conniving self.

I'm starting to have a similar problem with this show as with GoT, where there are too many characters and plot-lines, so the ones I like don't get enough screen time.

Jesus, that ending. Wasn't expecting that to come so soon after Eddie's promotion, but still. Jesus. I find it so easy to take Nucky's "wily businessman with chutzpah and connections" schtick at face value that I often forget quite how poisonous a character he is

aw german guy :(

Shit, I was just thinking during the episode how glad I was that Eddie has been getting more screentime and being developed.

Solid season so far anyway. Maybe not as enjoyable as 3, but it's matured into a very assured show.

Really liking how emotionally resonant so much of this season has been since we've been following these people for so long.

I wasn't expecting TWO intense hate fucks in one ep, but hey. They needed to pay that off. Poor Chalky, he is completely gone. Loved the shot of his reaction to the performance (which was incredible)

I feel like visually this season has been amazing - but story-wise, not so much.

I like how they're stripping it back and concentrating on smaller stories this season.

Something major's got to kick off in the next few eps though I feel.

it's all the smaller stories that are bothering me.

all is forgiven when Harrow & Tommy get a few scenes together <3

someone really needs to give Tim Van Patten his own movie

The series of shots of Purnsley and Chalky facing off slightly out of focus were great.

"I am relaxed"

Holy shit I love Nelson so much

Also Richard working for Nucky is excellent news

They're doing a good job of making Gillian more sympathetic.

Loved Nucky and Rothstein's exchange about Doyle.

Cool that those Farraday Electric Iron co nobs ended up with flies buzzing around them and inadvertently doing Nelson a favour. It demands a bit of patience this series, because some of the most compelling characters/story arcs disappear for weeks sometimes. The Chalky White end is on fire right now, it was great last week as well.

That smoothie guy romancing Gillian is some kind of Devil/Agent or maybe someone related to the kid she murdered to put in her son's grave. I am sure of it.

wrong drugs

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Richard :(

is he dead

i believe so

That was deeply sad :( There is enough shit going off for them to follow up this series with a 26 episode Sopranos style thing.

yeah, the last ten minutes of this was rough. partially made up for by the Eli in Chicago reveal, but still... oof. poor Chalky.

Never thought I'd say this, but I feel really sorry for Gillian! Downer ending all round. Great season.

Gretchen Mol, Shea Whigham, Jeffrey Wright, and Michael K. Williams were the MVPs this year. Haven't really been a fan of Chalky as a character before this season but now that he actually had something to do (rather than just standing around and looking really pissed off all the time) he's been great. And Michael K. sold the hell out of that death scene

Brian Geraghty was pretty awesome this season as well, he just made you absolutely loath his charcter from scene one. I was actively rooting for him to get offed from the start.

i am unhappy about Richard.