Boardwalk Empire

[whuteva]

I love this show. I mean, I really really love it and it's possibly the best stuff to ever grace a TV screen in terms of writing, acting, set design, everything.

But...

I think it probably peaked with the death of Jimmy. Nucky has gone from a Tony Soprano like quasi part hero, part villain, to 100% deplorable villain. And I just don't like the Margaret character enough to get behind her as the primary protagonist. Pardon the wrestling jargon, but this show needs Jimmy, and needed his eventual full babyface turn. Nucky worked as a tweener, i'm not so sure the show dynamic will work with him as a full blown heel.

If they wanted to knock somebody off, and have shock value, Nucky should have put the bullet in Margaret's head for signing the land over to the church.

Keeping with your wrestling theme, the new Face will come in, whooping ass and cleaning house and the heels will slink away to fight another day, just not sure who that is now. interested to see where this story goes with Jimmy and his lady dead. maybe his pops and his mom get involved some kind of way.

 

[Buzzman]

24 more hours bitches.:lalala::lalala::lalala::lalala:

 

[Palooza]

Keeping with your wrestling theme, the new Face will come in, whooping ass and cleaning house and the heels will slink away to fight another day, just not sure who that is now. interested to see where this story goes with Jimmy and his lady dead. maybe his pops and his mom get involved some kind of way.

The Commodore is dead, Jimmy killed him.

But this is where the show takes an interesting turn. Obviously this season they're gearing up to bring Nucky into full fledge gangster-mode, but do they slowly create him as a villain and bring along a good guy to take him down? Do they keep bringing in guys worse/just as bad as Nucky to keep him in our good graces? The latter is what they seem to be doing with Bobby Cannavale's character this season. I'm hoping they do the former slowly with the latter more obvious.

I hate to say it, but looking through the characters, I'm thinking Margaret is going to lead the ship toward Nucky's downfall in the long run.

 

[Matt]

:runaway:

Gyp Rosetti going to be that dude.

Two Face started off with a bang.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Rosetti is a douche. Half face finally got his revenge which was awesome. Also I think that the dog Rosetti gave to Margaret could play a role at some point, maybe in the murder investigation.

I wanted Capone to off that guy so bad. Have a feeling Nelson will end up doing work for him.

 

[Palooza]

Random Thoughts from the Premiere -

Gillian is the worst character on the show. I don't mean she's a shitty character, she's just a bad person and anyone who keeps Richard Harrow from having a genuine human connection deserves the worst. I love him connecting with Tommy Darmody, it's definitely what Richard needs, but Gillian treats him as some sort of child, too and that's not going to be pretty in the long run. Gillian is probably the worst mother in the history of life, so thank god she's gotten herself another kid to ruin. Hopefully Richard can step in and clap her dumbass before it's too late.

Van Alden walking in on Al Capone about to give O'Bannion (is that is name?) the works gave me a huge boner. I'm so glad to see Van Alden having a competent storyline, even though I'm still itching to see Capone hit the big time. Van Alden looked ready and willing to kill someone after getting jew'd out of his prize. I think it's only a matter of time before he explodes. He seems to be happy with his new wife and baby, though, so at least he has something going for him.

Margaret is still insufferable.

Nucky's got quite the squad with Owen, Manny and Doyle. Speaking of Doyle, his interaction with Nucky in their first scene had me cracking up.

Bobby Cannavale proves himself to be a psychopath with his opening scene. Loved it. You can tell he and Nucky are going to have an awesome rivalry. The basement table chat was absolutely fantastic. Nucky saying he'll only sell to Rothstein is just an unbelievable 180 from last season, but it still feels so natural. I love Rothstein, but Cannavale certainly showed who he is and what he will be this season with his insults to each person at the table. It's a brilliant way to create a rivalry.

Manny is not going to like being bullied by Nucky for very long. I'm interested to see how long he's willing to be the hitman of the crew, working on holidays and shit. I'm at the part right now where his wife gave him the hat and I'm t - WOW HOLY FUCK RICHARD HARROW JUST SHOT HIM IN THE FACE OMG WOW. I was about to say it seems very much that he is about to die and BOOM, Richard begins the Jimmy-revenge. I LOVE THIS SHOW!

Billy Kent could get the works, fuck you Nucky you lucky fuck, I'm so glad we got to see her titties.

LOL midgets.

This season is going to be awesome, I'm so excited. Great episode.

 

[mgoblue2290]

I had it DVRed and rewinded the scene where Harrow blew Manny's face off. That shit was legendary. Needs to be a gif immediately.

I'd like to see Owen and Rosetti duke it out.

 

[Buzzman]

Bobby Carnivale was great in that episode. I miss Jimmy though.

 

[Palooza]

Thinking back on it, it seemed as more of Angela-revenge rather than Jimmy-revenge.

 

[NAHSTE]

Thinking back on it, it seemed as more of Angela-revenge rather than Jimmy-revenge.

Absolutely it was. Jillian's repeated attempts to whitewash her existence from her son's memory helped pushed him towards that end.

 

[Palooza]

You guys think there is any significance to the fact that Richard blew off the same side of Manny's face that he himself is missing?

 

[whuteva]

The Commodore is dead, Jimmy killed him.

forgot about that. thanks

 

[dave]

Thinking back on it, it seemed as more of Angela-revenge rather than Jimmy-revenge.

It was way more an Angela revenge.

 

[NAHSTE]

You guys think there is any significance to the fact that Richard blew off the same side of Manny's face that he himself is missing?

Possibly. We've seen in the past that Richard Harrow does not miss his shot, even by a centimeter. Could have been deliberate, but it also could just be he just wanted to kill the sumbitch.

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

 

[whuteva]

Possibly. We've seen in the past that Richard Harrow does not miss his shot, even by a centimeter. Could have been deliberate, but it also could just be he just wanted to kill the sumbitch.

yeah, the scene where's he's lighting it up at the carnival was pretty on point. like he was having a good time taking out those targets.

 

[Tengo Juego]

So, were there silencers, back then? Or did the horn disguise the gunshot?

I'm so happy that this show is back.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

You guys think there is any significance to the fact that Richard blew off the same side of Manny's face that he himself is missing?

Possibly. We've seen in the past that Richard Harrow does not miss his shot, even by a centimeter. Could have been deliberate, but it also could just be he just wanted to kill the sumbitch.

Maybe shooting people on that side of the face will become his calling card, and thus ultimately end up outing him as the rouge assassin.

I think at some point, we are in for a painful Richard Harrow death scene. This show proved last season that they will whack anybody.

 

[NAHSTE]

So, were there silencers, back then? Or did the horn disguise the gunshot?

I'm so happy that this show is back.

Yeah, good point, he must have blown the horn as he took out the driver.

I think at some point, we are in for a painful Richard Harrow death scene. This show proved last season that they will whack anybody.

That would make me sad. Great character, that Richard Harrow. I wish I could watch an entire show of just him being a bad ass merc.

Edit - I just recalled that his first kill on screen was a shot to a guy's cheek from long rage. Same side of the face, maybe? We could be reaching but :kanye:

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

severe lack of van alden in the last episode :bucky:

good to see chalky come back after being absent for the majority of last season.

looks like they building towards a big blowoff between nucky and rosetti. i half expected margaret to come busting in on nucky with that dancer chick hes now banging. not exactly the most exciting episode and it was a bummer to not see van alden, capone, and harrow at all but still it was a great buildup to the showdowns between nucky and rosetti and nucky and margaret.

sidenote - mickey doyle is one of the best characters on TV = fact. im going to be devastated when he eventually gets killed off