Would’ve loved to see jimmy continue to do his thing with everything he had. Even though angela was killed he still could’ve kept things going and live but the amount of killings he did and the things he seen in the war he just felt like he wasn’t supposed to be here. I just don’t like how he abandoned his son knowing his mom wasn’t right. I know he depended on richard to take care of him but still. The commodore abandons jimmy and jimmy abandons tommy it’s crazy how everything was full circle.

I got this shirt for my birthday in 2014. Still a top shirt in my collection

“How does it feel, to have everything”

I know he said 63 when talking to Nucky but didn’t he take out even more people after that point.

If Nucky’s nephew didn’t walk into that room in the end do you really think he would have shot his brother ?

so i just finished the show today and i gotta say im still confused and still can't get my head straight to understand wtf just happened but Richhard's death was totally undeserved like i was waitng for him to show up in the last season and he didn't no to mention A.R's to>!​!<

I've just finished boardwalk empire and constantly I've heard the first 3 seasons are great but then it drops

Now for season 4, I thought generally it was great though occasionally the Chalky/Daughter/Narcisse storyline could drag and get boring, similarly with the Gillian storyline, but still a solid season.

And season 5 gets a significant amount of hate too, I admit the time jump annoyed me, skipping A.R's death, it also felt at times like a new show. Initially I found the flashbacks tedious, but came to like them. It was clear the season had to be rushed and cover too much content, and at times you knew death was coming in a kill everyone off scenario, so yeah it was the weakest season but I still think it was decent, especially Van Alden, Eli and Capone etc, though Richard was a miss. I guess at times season 5 felt a little meaningless due to the jump and predictable, but it wasn't a "terrible" final season.

What do you guys think?

(Also, RIP Van Alden, went out like a chad)

I have just started and I'm on season two, though I do know what happens with Jimmy. Personally, I spoil things for myself so that I can truly enjoy the show. Character deaths can be a anxiety trigger for me, I'm not quite sure why.

But anyways, I started to wonder if Jimmy knows what his mother is actually doing. What most of the people around are expecting of him and he's just playing into it. And that he knew what his destiny was going to be and just accepted it. It does seem possible to be he does and I know this will make things even more tragic.

Like all the characters, Jimmy is complicated. Though he is also simple, which makes him stand out more. He doesn't want to be bold and shining like most of the other characters. Even asking his mother if he would have led a simpler life.

I just really feel there is no way that Jimmy didn't no the actual consequences of going against Nucky. We see his intelligence and what he is slightly capable of in Chicago. Instead of the mentor sacrificing themselves for their mentee, it is the mentee sacrificing themselves for the mentor. And to me, that is amazing writing.

This of course is just a theory.

What did the nun use if she was so horrified by store sold sanitary napkins?

[This is about Season 4] Controls the black underworld in AC. Has a wife and several healthy kids.

Narcisse gets 10% of the club money. Ok, not Chalky's fault. Chalky can't find a way to limit Narcisse's encroaching. Can't stop Narcisse from expanding his drug trade, in the part of town that Chalky supposedly controls.

In the midst of all this, decides an affair with a woman - in Narcisse's employ - is a good idea. Has all this history with Parnsley, still elevates him in his criminal organization to an important position. Terrible judge of character. That comes to bite him in the ass, and he's saved only by the fact Daughter is equally stupid and impulsive.

Impulsively decides to take revenge for the attempt on his life. Doesn't take enough people, or enough guns. Doesn't check if Narcisse is dead. Walks away with his back turned like there is no danger. Probably the worst assasination attempt in the show. Even Gillian gets more points for trying to kill Gyp Rosetti during kinky sex.

I haven't finished my season 5 rewatch, but i'm sure he's going to do more stupid shit. Really poorly written, and the fact he gets so much screen time really drags down my opinion of this show overall.

Just so much of it right the from the start is so weak. The best characters are Richard and Nelson. A close second but only after the whole show is Gillian and thru her trauma and bad actions James sorta. I love buschemi and the actors were OK but the writing dragged and the story never felt fully fleshed out. Margaret... Jesus what a slog, irrational and lacking pragmatism yet they kept making It seem like she was learning the ways of the world but she carried ignorance like a cudgel and beat down every plot point with it. The whole time she felt like a 16 year old fresh off the boat from Ireland.

The story meanders soooo much. It hardly knew where it was going and all u knew was Nucky was gonna be OK up until the last shot. James whole story felt like we're being edged into something good and it was just a weird weak death. Almost felt like James existed solely to give purpose to Richard.

The show just drags u down and labors u with brutality but some how half a season will go by and nothing will fuckin happen.

Not as bad as I thought it would be after season 1 but not deserving of the high praise.

The sultry damsel-in-distress act is unbelievably irritating. Just act like a normal person, Christ. It’s almost as bad as Lucy, except we did eventually get to see HER real side.

And if I have to spend another three long minutes listening to her sing I am going to jump out a window. It’s as mundane as her storyline. What the writers and directors were thinking I’ll never know.

Take your permanently pouty lips and stupid name and leave town.

I’ve counted 8 so far:

Here are the House of Cards character names and Boardwalk Empire character names:

• ⁠Tom Yates as Mickey Doyle • ⁠Jackie Sharpe as Mabel Thompson • ⁠Ken Caswell as Ward Boss O’Neill • ⁠Kelsey Stewart as Louise • ⁠Eric Rawlings as one of Rosetti’s thugs • ⁠Tom Hammerschmidt as Sheriff Jacob Lindsay • ⁠Wayne Paley as the Indiana bar keep • ⁠David Rasmussen as Senator Wendell Lloyd

On Hulu, there is a series called Mobsters. They actually talk about Luciano in it. I know Boardwalk Empire is based on a true story but it is cool hearing about it on another series. Idk I’m weird like that

Tried to comment the image in that post but apparently I’m a dumdum cuz you cannot.

No spoilers for further seasons, why wouldn't Rothstein help out Nucky against Massaria? I get that it would be worse for him in buisness terms, to go to war with a much stronger foe, for someone like Nucky, who he doesn't really like. But Gyp did try to blow both Luciano and Arnold as well when he bombed the resturant. So why wouldn't he see Massaria as his enemy? Is it because he don't know that Gyp actually wanted to eliminate him along with Nucky as well?

Currently rewatching, season 3. Babette, your girl Billie, whatever happened there.. But, why Nucky brought his mistress to a business meeting? Am I looking too deep into it? Anyway, I said my piece.

Spent the last few weeks rewatching the full series for the first time since it aired. (I’d rewatched some earlier seasons ahead of the later seasons’ premieres, but nothing outside of occasional YouTube clips since the series finale.)

Wanted to share a few random thoughts with fellow fans. These will be pretty jumbled but hopefully some of you will enjoy nonetheless.

• First and foremost: this show is as good, if not even better, than I remembered it. When it came out, I was around college age. I remember the “Al Capone” namedrop in the first episode getting me hype and the murder and mayhem keeping me enthused. All of that is still gripping TV, but at an older age I found myself empathizing with different characters and better understanding certain plotlines that may have felt more like filler on my first watch. It’ll be fun to revisit again as more years pass. (And take this as a sign to rewatch if you haven’t in a while! You never know what new things will catch your eye.)

• Seasons 2 and 4 were my favorite seasons, as far as simply having me glued to my screen wanting to see how everything played out. Every season is great in its own way though; I can understand how fans could vouch for any of them as their favorite. Of course Season 5 suffers from the time jump and shorter length; but the show itself is still entertaining throughout. Even the flashbacks, although not my favorite part of the show’s run by any means, still are executed perfectly and help solidify the story.

• Season 3 is great, the last few episodes in particular, but IMO it, at times, makes the show feel like a caricature of itself. That sounds more disparaging than I mean it. It just felt like the plot beats were dictating characters’ actions in that season more than the rest. (Again excluding S5, since fewer episodes did lead to some issues with pacing.) Still some great TV with some unforgettable moments, but it slipped from my ranking on the rewatch. Was probably my favorite season at the time but I was able to see more shortcoming in it this go around.

• One of the reasons I love Season 4, and the series in general, is the attention and respect it pays to its Black characters. So often in historical fiction, you either get race completely ignored (i.e. a whole show just about white characters and their adventures) or it becomes the entire topic (i.e. content centered entirely around slavery, civil rights, etc.). Boardwalk is one of the best pieces of content I’ve seen at depicting historical Black characters in a way that acknowledges and contextualizes their racial struggle while still allowing them to exist as multidimensional characters within the larger story. As a nonwhite viewer, it’s really impactful in a way that a lot of other content isn’t to me.

• Only right to segue that into RIP Michael K Williams. Man, the cast on this show was fucking incredible. Every actor fully embodies their character, making them feel like a real person with real thoughts, feelings, perspectives, etc. The universe feels lived in and real. I’m not just gonna start listing cast members since there are too many to name, but it’s really an astounding collection of talent. Special shoutout to two smaller appearances that had me geeking out: Bill Camp (in one of my favorite scenes from the whole series, talking to Richard in the woods); and Brian Tyree Henry (coming in clutch for Chalky towards the end of season 4)

This feels like it’s starting to get rambling and long but overall — this is what prestige TV should look like and what it should make you feel. Will forever lament us not getting eight seasons to watch it all play out like it should have. But even with the Vinyl-induced ending, easily one of my top 5 favorite shows ever.

Anyone else watching this series? It's a great show!

I am currently in the middle of a rewatch, first time in about 5 years. I just finished season 2. It is so crazy to me the effect this episode has on me, even after all these years. Watching this live back in 2011 was the most affected I have ever been from a character death. And it still hits me hard every time I rewatch. There is just something with Michael Pitt’s performance that absolutely breaks my heart in a way that no character ever has in anything else. It’s not even my favorite show, or the most important show to me, but the Jimmy character specifically just hits something in me. The “Robinson Crusoe” scene with him and Tommy just shatters me. Everytime I watch this episode it puts me in a funk for a few days, there is nothing else that has ever made me feel quite that way. Just wanted to show some appreciation!

Just asking because at the end of the series he thought she was extending her arm to him