What is it about?

I once heardMad Mendescribed simply as a postcard from the 1960s, which seems accurate buttoosimple.

While Nucky’s story is always tied into that theme, many of the side-narratives are not.

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Some of them are successful in keeping us interested and, occasionally, some are not.

But “slow” doesn’t have to mean boring.

The man was a joy to watch, his words a fantastic craft not seen sinceDeadwood’s Al Swearengen.

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The thick Southern drawl, the unhurried attitude and veiled barbs were lyrical.

Her work there serves as historical reverence and shows her continued penance.

  • a trololololling Gaston Means– Nucky: “I only stole enough food for three.”

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Billie: “wasn’t Chaplin in that one?”

– I like Rothstein a lot and wish we saw more of him.

He’s tough, smart and fair.

Nucky not knowing what day it was?

I got a letter from that drunken bitch in Munsey -oops- I meanmy mother" - Billie’s friend.