HBO's Boardwalk Empire

From the standpoint of craft, that may have been the most masterful episode in the series. The flashback was a gut-punch. The scene on the beach with Gyp was as gruesome (or more, given that we knew something brutal was going to happen but had to wait for the inevitable) as the cornfield denouement of 'Casino.'

 

FORE!

 

I should have yelled "Two!"

 

I have to give Gyp credit though. He waited two days to kill the "know-it-all." The guy on the side of the road was beaten to death within minutes.

Maybe he's softening.

 

The way the henchmen were all uncomfortable when the fisherman's son first talked, spoke volumes. And his cousin could have just gone off and killed Gyp right there, but did nothing. The line "you owe me one" also was great.

 

Yeah. It's more of a "you owe me for killing him quickly and not killing both of you because you were related to him."

 

You would think at some point one of Gyp's own guys would put a bullet in him. The guy is obviously a nut job and could easily kill anyone at any time.
Not that it matters now, but I always thought Owen would have been nuts to take off with Margaret instead of staying with Katie.
Yes, the circle is coming unwound for Nucky. Honestly, the show would be better without him. They could focus on New York and Chicago, and that would be fine with me. Of course, if they wrote out Atlantic City they'd have to change the name, I guess.

 

Anyone think Van Alden goes to work for Al Capone after Capone makes his play?
That scene In the restaurant where Capone pushes the fork into Van Alden was pretty good.

It was a bad idea for Nucky to turn down Chalky for the restaurant.

 

"We been on the road 18 hours. I need a bath, some chow, then you and me sit down, talk about who dies."

Awesome.

 

Was just about to post that. Capone is effin awesome.
Richard is about to catch some wreck. That arsenal would put the crips to shame.

 

Who will be the object of his wrath, though? It would seem that either Gyp or Nucky is caught between two overwhelming juggernauts (Richie Harrow and Capone/Chalky).

 

The guy who plays Arnold Rothstein is awesome in "Lincoln" as the representative from Kentucky.

And the guy who plays Capone was in the early episodes of "Band of Brothers."

Things I noticed this weekend.