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He says “I owed Louis something at least” or something along those lines right before they arrest her. Why? Jimmy killed the commodore. Yes, Gillian told Jimmy to “finish him” but Leander didn’t know that… what was the real reason he set her up?

If the show were adapted for modern times what would the focus be? Marijuana legalization? Fentanyl smuggling? Slightly Unregulated markets like crypto?

Would Nucky be a county treasurer or would a senator / congressman make more sense currently?

Who are the equivalents of Lucky, Meyer and A.R? Jimmy and Richard would’ve returned from Iraq or Afghanistan and likely would’ve been more stereotypically army than the artist / intellectuals they’re more known for being.

Just shit I was thinking over while not doing my job

Just some thoughts I had after rewatching for the first time in years.

• Considering everything he did, I think Eli got off pretty lightly when you consider the endings of everyone else.

• I wish we saw Rothsteins death and Lucianos eye injury occur on screen.

• Richard Harrow was the most tragic character.

• Season 2 and 3 were my favourite seasons

• Doctor Narcisse was not engaging enough to be a main villain which began the downfall of the show in season 4 in my opinion (although you could argue the main villain of this series was the FBI)

• The commodore really was a piece of shit

• As they’re still married, I wonder if Margaret would have got Nuckys $2m from the stock market as it was technically legally attained

• The idea of Tommy killing Nucky doesn’t really work based on his age and how well he actually knew his grandmother (and father).

• I did like that Nucky died on the boardwalk though.

• Why didn’t Nucky give Richard Harrow a job once he knew his family were safe and he had killed Manny Horvitz?

The deaths of Nucky, Chalky, and James all felt a bit anti climactic to me. Nucky at least had some poetry to it, with James son enacting his revenge when it was confirmed Nucky wouldn’t help Gillian. But there feels to be something missing in all of them. Unsure if I’m the only one who feels this way. Love the show all the same.

There's an old song that plays but I can't find the name, shazam and chatgpt didn't work either so maybe one of u guys know.

Edit: It's called "It had to be you, by Broadway broadcasters"

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I have 3 I love but number 1 is DEFINITELY GYP ROSETTI.Guy was def schizo,read into everything too deeply with insult(being Italian I kinda understand him) but he's Hilarious at times."It's business,dont take it personal".....GYP-"WE ARE PEOPLE HOW CAN YOU NOT TAKE IT PERSONAL"

OR the first time introducing him and his demeanor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqyd8BgsrqE

Finished S2 today and they killed my boy James.

He was the best character so far for me, I liked him a lot more than Nucky, honestly think he died too early.

Christopher is my favourite character from the Sopranos, and I see many links between the two, my favourite type of characters.

Does anyone know if the full 5 seasons have a Russian translation?

I finished the show, and I know he's done despicable things, but part of me still feels bad for him, his childhood and the fact that deep inside he does wish he was a better person, that he was not the bad man he is (as shown in the scene where he cries when tying his father's shoes).

I think he's an incredibly complex character and I'm not justifying what he's done because it really is awful what he did to gillian, he sold his soul to the devil in a way.

But during watching the show I still had a wish he couls redeem himself, because he shows he doesn't really want to be the way he is but he always just goes back to being like that, and then he regrets after and then he repeats, up till the end.

I do feel in the final episode of season 5 I think he's kind of come to terms and shows he has serious regret that he now is facing, he hit rock bottom and I think that somehow brought him clarity. I don't think he'd go back doing those evil deeds again, I think in a way he would repent if he could during that final episode. As shown when he wants to help gillian in the mental hospital but he just can't because he's got almost nothing now, so he uses the little he has to give an account with money for if she ever gets out.

"In the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire", Tommy Darmody killed Nucky Thompson because he believed Nucky had betrayed his mother, Gillian Darmody, and was responsible for the hardships she faced, ultimately leading to her demise; Tommy saw Nucky as a direct cause of his family's suffering and sought revenge by killing him."

BUT she was not his mother. He would have been too young to remember her and if he did remember her, then he would remember Harrow, who was DEAD SET ON KEEPING Tommy's mother's memory alive so he would have known his real mother.

Props if you can guess what season and episode this is

You know, Uncle June from the Sopranos

The guy was essentially a pedophile pimp organizer. He regularly helped the Commodore find, deliver and cover up his pedo child sex abductions under the disguise of being charity.

Sheriff Lyndsay and young Nucky were both good guys. But they allowed themselves to be corrupted by the Commodore and Leander. They succumbed to the expectations of men in power.

Seasons 1-4 Leander was a likable novelty character from a legendary actor. But in S5 his backstory gets shown a bit and he reveals himself to be a horrible person.

Say what you will about Uncle June, but he never would’ve pimped out 8-12 year old girls.

Was rewatching the show and I’m fully convinced he was killed too early. Nucky is amazing character and great duo protagonist but I really don’t think that he works as main protagonist. He faces challenges but overall he is in pretty good and stable position, he is never in huge danger and mostly voided of conflict. But he is easy to root for since compared to other criminals he is somehow likeable.

Jimmy is opposite, he is hard too root for and full of conflicts. But that makes him work as protagonist. He always gets in different shit and ties plotlines and different organisations together.

The show is still quite enjoyable, even mediocre 4th season and rushed 5th are nice, but with Jimmy it’d be better.

Jimmy and Richard reunited. A heartwarming moment without any pandemonium

Link for those interested: https://www.instagram.com/michaelcarmenpitt/live/18102799741457060?igsh=aTcxaXNra255bG9y

One aspect I enjoyed about the show was the portrayal of life in America in the first couple of decades of the 20th century. Outside of the immigrant experience in places such as NYC we really don’t see much of that on TV until we get to the Roaring 20’s. Is there anyone here with a background in American social history who can comment as to how accurate was that portrayal?

Finished it just now, it's a really good show, it's just a shame it all ended in such a dark hopeless way. Of course it makes perfect sense it's just Nucky wasn't all evil and I especially rooted for him this season. Although I feel very conflicted because of what he did with Jillian, which was very messed up. I feel bad that Tommy threw away his life for this, I wonder why he ended up in such a bad way, why didn't he stay with his step-mother? (Richard's wife).

Thinking about watching it again.

The old Nelson breaks through a last time after years of living as Mueller, a crazy ending to his character. He was still in there after all those years and he really did die as Van Alden.

I thought this show was particularly interesting on the subject of dialogue and making clever characters feel believable. The era, the aesthetics and the poetry behind most of the seasons kept me entertained for up to 3 months now! Buscemi will never not be one of my favourite actors, and while some plotlines felt a bit rushed, i think the ending was satisfying!

If anyone remembers I'm the guy who was devastated about James darmodys death and spoke of how I couldn't go on. Well I finally did and it was awesome Bobby Canavalle comes into the scene and his character is unhinged and I love it. I'm kinda rooting for him too is that wrong??? I like how he respected Mrs Schroeder or Thompson at this point and then there's Michael Shannons character who I feel bad for being a door to door sales men and also who the baby boy I only remember his daughter Abigail did he marry his nanny wtf is going on with that?

I’m watching the show for the first time and am not finished with season 3 (currently on episode 10), but he is such a genuinely bad person and imo the worst person in a show about gangsters. Within the same episode he is talking to Katy about marrying her and to Margaret about running away, all the while he also clapped Margaret’s neighbor. Somehow he convinced her that their relationship is special just because they’re both irish and it’s almost unbearable to watch. I genuinely hope that at some point in the show he is dismembered piece by piece or tortured in a medieval way. If he simply gets shot or something stupid I will boycott the rest of the series

Edit: the end of the episode answered my question but seems like he was just killed normally. Should’ve been tortured for months and it should’ve been Nucky that caught him. They made it obvious enough the few times nucky caught them talking