The FBI prohibition agent is growing stranger. In episode 3, he barely wants to go home, and when he is, all he can tell his wife is the roast is good. What is it about his character that makes him that rigid? In episode 2 once he's finished writing a letter he wraps some kind of rope around his hand. What was that? At first I thought it was a rosary.

Yeah, the agent doesn't like cursing or using the Lord's name in vain, but he had not problem roughing up the shooting victim to get the name of his attacker out of him. I'm thinking down the road some time he may find himself wanting to turn gangster.

I just watched the latest episode. It was sad to see Pearl go. Maybe it was better that way than to be ridculed like she would have.

Call me twisted but when Van Alden punched that guy in the face I cracked up.

Who knew having Margaret turn a guy in would turn Nucky on. Nucky got some nookie.

this has to be one of my favorite shows, and i can't wait to see what happens to every character in the end of season 1. o yea is it true about rothstein helping to pay the white sox to throw the world series or was that just added in?

Rothstein didn't fix the 1919 World Series. The perception came about because he was widely regarded as America's premier gambling operator, therefore only he could have had the wherewithal to have "fixed" something as big as a World Series. The perception was fanned by Henry Ford, America's leading anti-Semite of the era, who used it to launch another tirade against Jews. The falsehood also was perpetuated by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who introduced a Rothstein-like character called Meyer Wolfsheim, "the man who fixed the 1919 World Series," in his famous novel, "The Great Gatsby."
Here is an account from Jenna Weissman Joselit's book on Jewish crime in NY, "Our Gang":
"Rothstein's expertise and fame as a gambler were so great that the mere mention of his name was enough to convince eight disgruntled members of the Chicago White Sox tp throw the 1919 World Series in return for a bonus of $100,000. Rothstein had been approached initially by agents of the ballplayers and asked to participate in the swindle, yet he refused; why we do not know. Undeterred, the professional gamblers masterminding the 'Black Sox' scandal pretended they were working on Rothstein's behalf and therefore succeeded in convincing the ballplayers to proceed with the scheme. Despite Rothstein's repeated and heated denials, the press charged him with 'fixing the World Series...' " Somewhat the same account appears in Albert Fried's "The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America."
(Thanks for your vote of confidence! )

I'm with Bam - I very much enjoy this show. BTW - It's great to see Don Cardi back in the saddle and checking in! Pesronally, I am hoping for an HBO spin off about Capone as a result of Boardwalk Empire. The Chicago Outfit has always been my main interest in the world of organized crime. I agree with DC, it's not on the level on Sopranos but it sure has potential to be the next big thing for us like minded fans!

I thought Jimmy's wife walked into the photographer's studio because he is her lover.

Oh. I had forgotten about that.