I don't think it was a "making" ceremony per se, but rather a show of allegiance to each other.
I wasn't too thrilled that the episode started in 1931, skipping about eight years since the last episode. That skipped a lot of good stuff in mob history, but it looks like they may be covering some of it in flashbacks (this season). They did mention Arnold Rothstein's funeral (in 1928) when Meyer Lansky was talking to Nucky in Cuba. And of course the 1931 killing of Joe Masseria was shown.
The Chalky White stuff was a bit confusing but it leaves it open for a good storyline this year. And shit, that whole scene with the financier killing himself came out of left field!!
Do we know when Lucky Luciano was "made?"
I'm not happy with the skip either. This is especially compounded by the fact that I expected the Masseria hit to be a little more dramatic.
