What a terrifically weird episode ofBoardwalk Empire.
I really just kind of want to leave the review there, but I’ll press on.
This season ofBoardwalkwas more or less advertised as being about Nucky as a man apart.
For more on the Fall of Nucky, hit the jump.
After the blast at Babbette’s, though, Nucky (though still irritating) became just plain pitiful.
He was helpless and confused but still willful and stubborn, an unfortunate combination.
So here we have Nucky and Gyp set up for a face-off, just the two of them.
Gee, I wonder who will prevail?
Not to mention where things will go with Margaret, who is primed for flight.
Did Margaret think of that hummingbird earring as a kind of talisman?
After all, this life wasn’t foisted upon him, he chose it.
Does Margaret even care?
On Gyp’s side of things, his takeover of the town of Tabor Heights was a risky one.
Would even the woman running the Bible Camp be bought off by gangsters?
Then again, who knows better than the residents of Tabor Heights how corrupt the police can be?
But in “The Milkmaid’s Lot” for the first time he nearly seemed on top of things.
Is this The Boss' influence?
He didn’t kill the Sheriff, he just beat him up.
He called Nucky to taunt him, but didn’t get upset when Nucky hung up on him.
The kiss was fantastic, as was the bit of lipstick that was left on his mask.
He sure did sell out Jeff Smith quickly, didn’t he?
He called her hummingbird, didn’t he?
Another crossed wire …
– “The Gyp(sy) is on the phone” - Teddy.
What if Teddy kills Gyp?
I’ll laugh for days.
– Harrow totally knew that was a rhino waiting for a train, duh!
He’s not Stringer Bell though, and his coalition seems doomed.
– “We’ve living in a hotel, they don’t allow horses.
Even small ones” - Margaret
