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The official subreddit of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, starring Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Jack Huston, Michael Shannon, Stephen Graham, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Gretchen Mol.

Spoilers are an inevitable part of any TV Show subreddit, so be sure to be all caught up before venturing in!

For HBO's Boardwalk Empire, which airs Sundays at 9/8c.

EPISODE DISCUSSIONS:

Friendless Child (5x07)

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This show doesn’t seem very realistic.

Normally, a man like Jimmy wouldn’t have accepted a woman cheating on him, especially with a woman.

Chalky White wasn’t involved in organized crime, especially not at that level, nor would the mafia work with a black crime syndicate. In real life, LCN fought with black criminals in New York.

The deaths of KKK members at the hand of black criminals would have caused a gigantic incident in real life.

The biggest would be the fact that Nucky Johnson didn’t hold nearly as much power in real life as he does in the show. He was never an actual power player.

28 Comments
2024/03/10
18:02 UTC

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Am I insane or is HBO/Max gaslighting me?

I was obsessed with this show when it was originally airing and recently decided to do a rewatach, which I enjoyed very much and reminded me of what an underrated gem this show is in the HBO arsenal. That said, I distinctly remember a scene where there is some sort of meeting or celebration being held in a club/hotel and Lucky Luciano is making food (maybe steak and eggs?) in the industrial kitchen and chaos breaks out and he ends up getting his throat slit on the beach. However, on my rewatch on Max/HBOMax/whatever HBO is calling their streaming service, that scene did not occur.

I feel like the perpetrator in that scenario was one of Nucky's guys? Idk but either way, in the back half of S5 Lucky has noticeable scars on his face and throat so that would track and he was being such an asshole about the Willie/Bugsy Siegel prisoner exchange and making a scene about his desire for acquiring steak and eggs, so that tracks with my memory.

I'm sorry if this has been discussed before but this is my first Reddit post and no one I know has such an affinity for this show and this is one of the three scenes I distinctly remembered from this show (aside from Jimmy's death and Jimmy banging his mom). But this scene exists right? They definitely at one point showed Lucky Luciano getting his throat slit? Or otherwise I am fully loosing my mind lol

15 Comments
2024/03/10
06:30 UTC

190

Commodore

“You get judged for what you succeed in now what you attempt”

38 Comments
2024/03/09
19:44 UTC

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Spoiler Discussion For Season 2 and Question

Why didn’t Jimmy pay Manny Hurwitz back? He took a burn at Manny referring to him as a boy (boychik). Manny was a criminal, like all of them, and skilled at butchering. A crazy dangerous man. Why piss him off repeatedly out of defiance? That move caused the house of cards to fall.

Why did Manny murder Angela and her lover when he knew Jimmy was not there? To cause maximum pain to Jimmy. Jimmy’s action/inaction set this in motion.

6 Comments
2024/03/09
12:19 UTC

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Y’all opinions on Angela’s paintings

You think she could make it big as an artist?

6 Comments
2024/03/09
07:09 UTC

124

This character's death is one of the saddest season finales I've ever seen in my life

I relate a lot to Richard Harrow. I've never been in the military, but I've certainly waged war against myself (borderline personality disorder) for the last twenty years. And I lived with being quite obviously facially disfigured for about seven of them before having it reconstructed (I wore black face masks before they were cool 😎). And I've done really, really terrible things, and I've been trying so hard to be better. So to see someone I relate so strongly to actually become better, to even have a wife and family, and then die because he was too good of a person to properly murder his target anymore...that wrecked me. He was so close. This was his one chance at a semi-normal life. I had my chance too, and I blew it too.

Seeing him go back to Wisconsin, and everything is so lush and green and his family is just waiting for him on the front porch, and then the camera turns back to him and his face is whole again. I'm on my fourth watch-through of the series and I seriously wish I had just skipped the scene this time because god it just destroys me. I really don't want to end up like him. Ruined.

42 Comments
2024/03/08
04:58 UTC

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Bruh i never noticed prez from the wire till now

Literally just noticed him on ep 2

12 Comments
2024/03/06
05:25 UTC

2

What’s the song playing when lucky cuts his hand

I’m trying to recognize it but i can’t get it off the top of my head it starts right as he says “to us”

1 Comment
2024/03/06
01:05 UTC

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Finished Season 4

Currently watching the whole series with my mother (yes season 2 was very awkward) for the first time.

Man I love this series but the ending of this season was so depressing I don't know if I can sleep tonight ;(

Richard is literally the best character to ever have been created. How can we watch season 5 without him?

Also I really loved the glow up of Nelson this season I hope he kicks some more ass in the next 8 episodes.

10 Comments
2024/03/05
20:36 UTC

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Just watched Season 5 after not knowing it existed and all I can say is…

First of all. I love this show and i didn’t even know it had a fifth season. I thought Nucky got a happy ending and moved to Cuba. I didn’t like the fifth season. It just felt like they trying to kill off all the “old heads” (Nucky, Chalky etc) as quickly as possible. I didn’t like the flashbacks to Nucky’s childhood (I liked the ones of Nucky as a young man more than the ones of him as a child). I wanted more of Margaret and I would have loved to see Emily and Teddy. Van Alden’s death was so unsatisfying and so was Chalky’s. I also hated Jimmy’s son. I think they were trying to show how the crimes these men committed caught up to them but again, it was just so unsatisfying.

60 Comments
2024/03/05
18:06 UTC

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Arnold Rothstein Appreciation.

almost 2 hours of Rothstein. Whats your favorite quote from either his real life sayings or the show?

https://youtu.be/UE6w98Ax8cU?si=r1XFS7ilbY3TkCop

59 Comments
2024/03/04
15:56 UTC

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If Lanksy and Lucky lose their heroin and cash, how do both get the money after the end of S3 to pay off the debt? This was never discussed by the creators, and thus, I was curious

3 Comments
2024/03/04
04:01 UTC

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Can Someone Please Explain

Husband and I weren’t paying close enough attention. Beginning of season 4 Richard goes on a rampage. The guy that was fixing the car - who was he? Richard took an envelope- some kind of insurance policy? Then the guy in his office with his kids gift on his desk. Who was he? Was this to do with veteran’s affairs? Sorry if it’s a stupid question.

10 Comments
2024/03/03
09:48 UTC

67

Don't make 'em like they used to...

2 Comments
2024/03/02
13:12 UTC

13

They missed a lot of irl gangsters

I would love to see the cast of vito genovese,umberto anastasio,francesco castaglia and giuseppe morello

41 Comments
2024/02/29
17:43 UTC

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OK IM DONE

Just finished Season 2, and I knew Jimmy was gonna die, and I'm mad at Nucky. Well, I don't know, I'm just sad that Jimmy died. But he knew he was gonna die and accepted it, and his life was terrible with his mother, his father, both of whom were fucked up, and his wife dead. He couldn't move forward. I also saw the ending and I'm Happy Tommy Killed Nucky. Truly an amazing show, shame I can't continue it.

61 Comments
2024/02/29
17:24 UTC

85

Just blind bought this up to build out my HBO physical collection. Starting now..soo excited.

5 Comments
2024/02/29
16:34 UTC

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NONE WILL EVER TOP JIMMY AS MY FAVOURITE CHARACTER

JUST SAW WHAT JIMMY DID IN SEASON 2 EPISODE 2 MAN I LOVE THIS GUY MORE PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU

16 Comments
2024/02/29
00:41 UTC

69

Just finished Season 1.

I was looking for a TV show that was on par with the Sopranos/the Wire, and I've found it. I'm hooked, each episode makes me want to see more and more. My favorite character is Jimmy, His uprising is magnificent just like Christopher's from The Sopranos, And you can see he has problems of his own that make you root for him. And my Second one is Agent Nelson, I liked the cliffhanger they left us with for him. I Don't Like That Jimmy wants to take down Nucky, I Hope he double-crosses Nucky's Brother. And I'm also very bad with names but I think it will get clearer with time.

Edit: And of course I'll stay away from this subreddit for as long as I can and curiosity doesn't kill me.

21 Comments
2024/02/28
23:48 UTC

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Is there a video with the Spanish subtitles when the police kill Sally in season 5?

I can't find any video that shows what they're all saying to each other during the scene when Sally dies in season 5.

2 Comments
2024/02/28
22:50 UTC

10

Anyone know what’s up with Nucky in season 3 was he like sick or something?

I swear sounds like he’s sick or got something in his throat or?

8 Comments
2024/02/28
22:36 UTC

62

Gyp Rossetti is kind of a dumb character now that I think about it

One of his people around him would have killed him long long ago. I mean look at Colosimo, he was killed simply because his guys wanted to get into bootlegging. So he gets killed right away in s1, but this hothead Rossetti that has no respect for anyone but himself gets to just kill his guys for simply speaking to him in a way he takes as disrespectful. Even if he’s a big shot, there’s no way an entire crew of guys would take that level of disrespect for any length of time. Maybe it’s explained earlier on in the season, but I honestly think his storyline was just so over the top and drawn out for what it should have been realistically. He would have either been arrested or shot by one of his guys way before this, it’s kind of ridiculous honestly. Maybe they explain it earlier and he’s related to somebody bigger and I’m just not remembering.

66 Comments
2024/02/28
15:37 UTC

69

The violence in this show is astonishing

I know I'm late to the party but I recently binged this show. I had seen a few episodes back when this first came out but I never truly dove into it until recently. I must say , this is one of the goriest , savagely violent shows I've ever seen. Especially for back then. I mean there's not an overwhelming amount of it but when it goes there its shocking at times. Definitely ahead of it's time.

40 Comments
2024/02/26
13:07 UTC

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What happened with Purnsley’s eye?

Season 4 minor detail but I can’t seem to find an answer anywhere.

At some point (definitely by s4e8), Purnsley’s eye is no longer “droopy” but I don’t recall a moment where they address it. Was that just an injury that healed? I thought it was a permanent condition.

6 Comments
2024/02/26
12:12 UTC

318

Remus' family has been here a long, long time...

28 Comments
2024/02/25
22:22 UTC

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Why did the directors suck the life out of the show by having characters talking and sitting in dark rooms?

6 Comments
2024/02/25
18:51 UTC

62

Atlantic Beach, early 20th century

0 Comments
2024/02/25
09:21 UTC

53

Devestated

Just finished season 4 - Richard Harrow bruh…. My favorite character - devastated!

No season 5 spoilers please but God that episode hit so hard.

8 Comments
2024/02/25
03:35 UTC

154

I have never stood up and yelled at my TV so loud since this

Knox... whatever moniker you wanna call him... is my 'most hated' villain of the series-

34 Comments
2024/02/24
14:43 UTC

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Do you think Richard was in love with her?

Do you think Richard was in love with Angela?

When he and Darmody’s friend found out the corpses, he stars to think about a theory, which was…

25 Comments
2024/02/24
10:48 UTC

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