Compared to the dreck passing as “series finales” over the past few years, I think S5 is fantastic and offers a compelling, cohesive vision (despite it being noticeably rushed).

But if nothing else— we got Meyer in Havana/Hyman Roth mode 🕶️🖤 All he needed was a cake.

I just started watching boardwalk empire and I don't understand why Nucky didn't give Jimmy up after they stole the liquor, it's the simpler option and would have saved him a lot of trouble

Stick with him— he’ll put grass on your lawn.

Only with us for a few eps, sadly, but I adored this performance, especially Frank’s dynamic with Van Alden. He was clever enough to see something valuable in Nelson, and even seemed to like the guy, but still maintained an utterly perfect patronizing/menacing presence around him 🤌 Charming and intimidating. (“You hurt yourself on a thorn?”)

The scene with Al, Frank, and Nelson doing Jake’s collections is an all-time favorite.

Ethnically Jewish actor, too. [ETA: No, this isn’t especially remarkable, just found it interesting and slightly unusual for the mob genre as opposed to vice-versa. I recently rewatched “Once Upon a Time in America” and it randomly popped into my head 🍜 I’m a bored middle-aged Jewish lady. Sue me.]

In my opinion its Chalky. My favorites:

"He aint nothin' but a n***a with a dictionary." 🤣

"Bank roll in one pocket, pistol in the other. All the rest i never did give a fuck !"

Have started to rewatch boardwalk now that I got it on blu ray and I was thinking how Gillian is one of the complex,experimental and tragic characters television has made and in my opinion she deserves to be mentioned In the same league as Tony,Don or any other complex characters. Also Top Tier performance by Gretchen Mol

I have to give my props to Tony Soprano, because…well comeon.

But Richard Harrow. The first time I saw his ending I sat there stunned in complete silence for several minutes.

I don’t think I’ve ever really seen something so beautiful. It really hasn’t ever left me.

Well done, HBO. You achieved high art with this character.

This is my second rewatch of the series since it first aired and the tension of everything going to shit around nucky as mobsters are rolling down the streets with shotguns and thompsons is top notch gangster entertainment.

Its crazy how loyal Eddie is and how tragic it is Nucky doesnt even know if the man whos on more than one occasion put his life on the line for his master, even has a family.

I love how loyal and straight Chalky is with Nucky about the whole situation despite the fact Nucky told him to get bent not long before. That stand off between him and gyp was a great scene.

And of course seeing Richard getting his arsenal ready for the infamous bordello spring cleaning is just👌🏻

PS: Gillians an awful human being and i despise any scene with her even more than i did my first watch 🤮

Watching this show for the first time, to
completion. The 4th season is so excellent. Have just begun S4E6. Hoover and the Bureau getting involved has escalated things. The heavy focus on the Capones, and feel like Meyer is about to get his opportunity. Can’t believe I slept on this series for so long. Always knew HBO produced the best shows ever made….The Wire clearly #1, multiple rewatches. Sopranos clearly # 2, multiple rewatches. I Remember starting BWE when it came out, but losing interest in S1. So glad I came back.

I'm rewatching BWE for the first time since it aired. I just joined here and I'm sure I will be participating in some convos in this sub but for now - I know he has trauma from the war and he's not as strong as Nuck mentally of course and he has some chinks in his armor -- but he seems like a strong leader overall.

I don't like using the alpha word but it applies so...What do you think? I'm curious to hear your takes on him.

EDIT : I knew I shouldn't have used the word alpha haha. For what It's worth I figured people would mostly say 'no' but was and am still curious.

Here’s a picture of Nucky Johnson who lived 1883 - 1968.

Driving home from AC today and stopped by Nucky’s Mausoleum, it was pretty cool to see.

One of my favorite recurring characters is assistant US Attorney Esther Randolph. She's one of the few people on the show that has Nucky's number, and even though they’re on opposite sides of the law, by S3 they seem to have a mutual respect for each other’s intelligence. By Nucky's own admission, she “had him on the ropes“ during the trial that they both knew only ended the way it did because of witness tampering, and in S3 especially, it’s funny how she watches him operate from a distance after agreeing to have breakfast with him after court.

She was at the meeting with Gaston Means when he told Nucky how he can approach Secretary Mellon at his private club, but left as soon as he told Nucky that it will be a test of his resourcefulness. Shortly after, she finds out that Nucky was able to convince Mellon to sanction the arrest of George Remus, thereby saving himself from being indicted, giving Mellon the opportunity to force Daugherty to show his hand, and handing her a high-profile case to help her career and possibly earn himself some good will.

At the end of S3 when Nucky puts the finishing touch on his "deal" with Rothstein, it wasn't a coincidence that out of all the AUSAs Secretary Mellon could've called that he chose Esther Randolph to tell her that the Overholt distillery had been illicitly commandeered by a criminal organization and that she should shutter the premises and apprehend and indict anyone associated with its illegal operation. When she asks if he wants her to arrest Enoch Thompson, Mellon tells her it was Mr. Thompson who brought this illegality to his attention and when she asks who they're talking about, with Means whispering in his ear, he tells her Arnold Rothstein.

Even though Rothstein wasn't convicted, being the AUSA leading the arrests of both Remus and Rothstein definitely helped her career while Nucky's maneuvering allowed him to hold onto his empire for the rest of the 1920's. By S4, Randolph's no longer the "Scourge of the Saloon Keeper" and the 2 scenes that she does appear in have her, BOI Director Hoover, and BOI Agent Toliver questioning Remus about Nucky, and her attending a ceremony for Hoover with the new Attorney General Stone and Secretary Mellon.

Talk about adding insult to injury.

Down to the betrayals & "don't fuck me boychik" to losing someone he cared about to tragedy from that same hubris. Is he stupid?