I really like the styles of the characters in the show. And naked women every episode.

This has become my second favorite show, just behind Sons of Anarchy.


Like others have mentioned I get a feeling that Nucky is Jimmy's father and that Jimmy's "son" isn't really his son

I also got the feeling Jimmy was Nucky's son, but I think Jimmy's son was Jimmy's son, because it was mentioned his girlfriend was already pregnant when he went to fight in the war. Only when he was away she cheated on him. His son only saw the man she cheated with in his first years and that's why he had an affection to that man, which Jimmy noticed and that's why he became aware that his girlfriend had cheated on him.

The actress playing Jimmy's mother , Gretchen Moll?, is a bit too young for the part I think. I wonder what the writers will do with the storyline between her and Luciano.

Well last episode she smelled that Jimmy was in some kind of trouble and in this episode when an 'acquaintance' of his from New York came looking for him she put two and two together and is making a play for Lucky to basically save Jimmy's life somehow.

What to you think of Capone's sense of humor, shooting a gun right in Jimmy's ear as he is sleeping. That guy is crazy.

I don't know the actor who plays Capone, but I'm getting to like him as a "bad guy."

And of course I see a "love" connection between Margaret & Nucky???

TIS

The actor playing Capone was also in Public Enemies ( Baby Face Nelson), Snatch and This is England.

Graham Interview

Oh yea!! I remember now. That's where I saw him before. Thank lilo!

TIS

If find it terrible that that piece of shit cut that beautiful girl in her face. I'm really looking forward to Jimmy taking his revenge on this bastard.

Btw, that actor who plays Capone does a very good job, although he's actually english, but seems to talk with a brooklyn accent. Do you Americans still hear some of his English accent?

I know that was awful!!! So cold! He'll get his I'm sure.



TIS

See, these foreigners come over here and take our jobs! Is he here legally? Why won't HBO answer these questions?

I am amazed at these people who have accents (mostly from England) and you'd never know it to see them act. Hugh Laurie (House), the newest DA on Law & Order (don't remember his name). Oh, and the new McGarrett on Hawaii Five-0 is from Australia and speaks with an Aussie accent in real life. You'd never know it by the show.

I don't recall Americans being so good at accents. Anyway, Al Capone is an English actor? Who knew?


TIS

Capone had the funniest moments in the show. The gun waking up Jimmy and the "It happened to me and I'm still beautiful!"

This will come out DVD I guess right? I hope so.

I'm sure it will be on DVD soon.
Last night's episode was more transitional and a bit too soap-opera like for me but of course you can't have "action" every single episode.

I think it's pretty clear that Jimmy's "son" is not his.
Why would Jimmy's mother make that offer about Jimmy's "child"? That came out of nowhere. Or maybe she was just feeling guilty as to how she had raised Jimmy and saw through the younger woman's story of having to meet a "friend" down on the boardwalk since it was a story she used to use.

The agent's response to the lawyer questioning the raid was funny.

Margaret's willingness to do what she did simply as a way to get sexual leverage over Nucky was intriguing. Presumably Nucky is aware of this which is why it ended like it did. The interesting question is what happens next.

Could they be setting up a Fredo like storyline with Nucky's brother, the sheriff? He definitely seems to have more resentments than he should.

Also Legs Diamond was an associate of Rothstein's just as Luciano was. I wonder if he will show up in the series at some point.

The actress who portrayed Pearl is a very attractive young lady. Sorry to see her character "gone" - in the words of Tony Soprano.

That ending montage was very similar to "Once Upon a time in America".
Also the blonde in the tophat at the club reminds me of the Panama Smith character in "The Roaring Twenties".

Did you notice the actor playing Nucky's dad was the same fella who played Carmella's father on The Sopranos?

I missed that!!! Dang. I thought he sounded familiar...

I used to love when he would exclaim; "Bulls%$t!!!" on the Sopranos...it was priceless! I really like this show. HBO has done it again.

Best Nucky joke at the St. Pat's dinner...
"What do you call an Irishman who doesn't drink? A corpse!"

So, Jimmy's girlfriend that got her face cut up. Did I interpret that last scene correctly??


TIS

It appeared to me that she shot herself in the head...sorry for the spoiler!

Mark,

That's what I wanted to confirm. I didn't expect it.

TIS

Mrs. Schroeder. Where's that character going? I like her.

Judging from the ending scene of last night's episode, I would say that Mrs. Schroeder is going to have nookie with Nucky and start a very interesting love triangle between her, Nucky and Nucky's current girlfriend. This is getting good!

TIS - I did not expect that ending with Pearl either. I liked her. Mrs. Mark said maybe Torrio had it done because she wasn't worth anything to him any more. I still think she did it to herself. BTW - Torrio told Jimmy that Pearl earned him $100 a day! Back in 1920! What would that translate into today? $1000? More?

I sort of expected the ending once she started asking about Jimmy's childhood experiences and he gave her a no doubt much edited version of life with his mother and her "friends". I thought that Jimmy would have been the one to end her life, out of love, sort of like the ending to Of Mice and Men.

But no, she did it to herself. Her only value was her face and no one wanted that any more. Even Jimmy didn't want to kiss her, or at least that's what it looked like to me.

Life can be cruel. But that Irish scum who did it to her is surely going to meet his end.

And I think Margaret is going to be Nucky's new wife, but this I already thought from the beginning.

Jonathan Eig wrote a recent biography on Capone which was panned by respected board members. So here he gives his take on Capone as portrayed in Boardwalk Empire. Although he thinks Graham is too short he also thinks Graham is the best Capone he's ever seen.

YMMV-interesting but certainly no more enlightening than you can get on this board.

Capone Review in BE