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.
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.
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.”
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.