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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.

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

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8

Why did Jake smell so bad?

He said that his odor would return an hour after bathing. Is this a real affliction or was it very allegorical (the sacred and the propane)?

7 Comments
2024/12/08
08:46 UTC

5

Richard Harrow | YG - Knocka [HipHop]

0 Comments
2024/12/08
01:13 UTC

228

When they ain't servin Hoppin'John

27 Comments
2024/12/07
17:43 UTC

14

Enoch Thompson quote

There’s a quote that Nucky says when he’s trying to go straight and then kind of gets sucked back into the life.

It’s something along the lines of, “I’m building something, I don’t know why, but I can’t stop it.”

Does anybody know which quote I’m referencing?

3 Comments
2024/12/07
02:42 UTC

540

I want them to make a show where he is the main character

It would be fkn awesom to watch show with him in a spinoff or smtn cuz he is the best tv show character I've ever seen.

62 Comments
2024/12/06
20:56 UTC

22

Who’s The Toughest On The Show?

Who do you think is the best in a fight? (Both gun & hand to hand)?

A lot of characters to factor in, James, Richard, Owen, Eli, Chalky, Capone, Van Alden etc.

52 Comments
2024/12/06
18:47 UTC

13

Day Of The Fight Trailer

3 Comments
2024/12/06
16:02 UTC

30

S3 E11

The way this ended with Capone has me pumped for the next episode!!!! And I was only gonna watch 1 tonight

18 Comments
2024/12/06
02:23 UTC

54

Do you think Luciano’s erectile dysfunction persisted after his relationship with Gillian ended?

“It don’t work”
“That horse cock? Please”
“I’m serious. You’re the first broad in years to put any lead in my pencil at all”

“Couple years ago I had an affliction down there. It got better but then, I don’t know, it didn’t work no more”

I guess maybe that he knows milfs are his type now it could be improved? If the ED persisted it’s no wonder Charlie is very focused on business and ascending the ranks in the later seasons if his pecker didn’t work.

54 Comments
2024/12/04
01:26 UTC

108

Why did Arnold Rothstein die offscreen?

Like seriously wtf? He was one of the most interesting characters if you ask me, what a waste.

43 Comments
2024/12/01
22:55 UTC

51

Richard Harrow Love Fest

I’d like to dedicate this board to the character Richard Harrow. He is my favorite character (Chrissy is a close second) in television history.

14 Comments
2024/12/01
17:43 UTC

0

Is anyone else tired of Nuckys ‘Head Tilt and Stare’ move?

Once you get past season 3, I get a little tired of Nucky’s head tilt and stare at the person move. I dunno. Just gets played out

5 Comments
2024/12/01
16:44 UTC

238

Just finished my first watch of Boardwalk Empire

35 Comments
2024/12/01
07:03 UTC

109

Loving this show so far

Up next The Pony

14 Comments
2024/12/01
01:59 UTC

23

Why did Leander set up Gillian?

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?

21 Comments
2024/12/01
01:57 UTC

0

This is my perfect ending for Boardwalk empire

10 Comments
2024/11/30
13:47 UTC

11

Modern day adaptation

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

13 Comments
2024/11/29
20:49 UTC

62

When anyone yells at Eddie

2 Comments
2024/11/29
16:15 UTC

14

Christmas carol season has begun

0 Comments
2024/11/29
14:21 UTC

4

Thoughts after a rewatch

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?

7 Comments
2024/11/29
13:17 UTC

10

Majors Deaths Unsatisfying (Spoilers)

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.

20 Comments
2024/11/28
20:25 UTC

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Can someone please tell me the name of the song when Mueller goes to people's doors for O'banion and punches a guy at the end?

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"

6 Comments
2024/11/27
21:42 UTC

305

The most punchable character in the show

Agent Warren Knox

52 Comments
2024/11/27
21:09 UTC

21

Out of all the characters,name a favorite.

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

35 Comments
2024/11/27
18:10 UTC

12

Damn *spoilers*

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.

8 Comments
2024/11/27
13:09 UTC

4

Russian translation?

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

0 Comments
2024/11/27
01:06 UTC

22

Am I wrong for feeling bad for nucky?

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.

26 Comments
2024/11/26
16:01 UTC

11

Confused about the AI answer regarding the reason Tommy killed Nucky?

"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.

9 Comments
2024/11/26
01:10 UTC

179

Watching my favorite show again

Props if you can guess what season and episode this is

33 Comments
2024/11/26
00:57 UTC

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