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Ever since Jimmy’s death,Boardwalkhas been searching for a new focus.

Van Alden became Van Alden again this week – the death of O’Banion set him free from that alias.

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“Hear me roar!”

Who is there to contradict him?

It’s the one she “knew,” because she manufactured it.

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Not that it wasn’t lovely, though.

Elsewhere on the show though, things are stacking up for a final battle, just likeBoardwalkdoes every year.

– Didn’t Sally’s porch look like a cozy place to sleep?

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Also, her breasts arehuge!

– Narcisse’s beating of Daughter was horrifying.

See, we didn’t need to watch the beating.

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The aftermath was enough to tell us all we needed to know.

It was a nice show of restraint forBoardwalkin that moment.

– Are we going to see Margaret again this season?

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He is not to be trusted, though – who was he talking to on the phone?

He had his own “version” of the truth in this episode too with the story about Purnsley.

Lots of dual sides, here.

– Eli, venture to be a little more suave when pumping Nucky for business info.

– How hilarious was it that Rothstein wanted to kill Mickey Doyle for insurance money?

He also looked more waxen than usual in this episode.

– “Pay you?

How about a plug nickel?”

– Richard Harrow making a joke is one of the best things about the show these days.

“It’s just a hunting license, isn’t it?

– “Don’t get lost in the fog now” - Sally.