), that “his own brother wanted him killed.”

“Nothing,” Gillian replies knowingly.

“You have nothing.”

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For more on Nucky’s fall from grace, hit the jump.

Nucky’s sudden jealous attachment to Billie makes more sense now in this context.

But where had she been for two days?

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Gone, or ignoring Nucky’s calls on purpose?

Things between Nucky and Margaret may at this point be irreparable.

Margaret has also ended her piety and turned her scheming ways to get what she wants for good causes.

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She gets what she wants!

His kind of villain is pure insanity, which is difficult when trying to predict what could come next.

Chaos and guns, I’m guessing.

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Nucky is back in power after all, and not much of a threat to their racket.

Killing Manny was about Angela, not Jimmy: “Jimmy was a soldier.

He fought, and he lost.”

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But Nucky’s conscience is not at rest over the deed.

Perhaps Nucky is wishing he had taken things a different way.

Still, what’s done now is done.

Instead we’re stuck watching a man many viewers have grown to intensely dislike wallow in self-awareness.

He’s certainly not the only one who misses Jimmy.

I’m sure each one haunts him.

– Though Van Alden’s work and social life are the pits, his home life is pretty ideal.

Does she know him only as George Mueller?

Great moment when he got drawn up in the raid, though.

And such pathos when he got punked by his co-workers, who are annoying but perhaps not malicious.

– It was nice seeing O’Doyle taught a lesson about runnin' his yam!

– “Bone For Tuna” sounds filthy.

– “Don’t attempt to weasel a hand-job for a tip!”