The split between character moments and plot points in this season ofBoardwalk Empirehas certainly improved on last year.
Hit the jump for why, as Eli says, we need to get it sorted!
As “White Horse Pike” made clear, his role is both overt and subversive.
Mostly, that he has been a narratively unifying factor, something the show desperately needed.
He shows up at the table with Masseria to discuss the heroin trade coming up from Tampa.
He sits in the dark at the Onyx when Maybelle stumbles upon him waiting for her father.
He cozies up to the mayor and gets him to disobey Nucky’s favor to save Chalky.
Though Eli seems to be cooperating with him, it’s only to a point.
His tip about heroin sticks, but was that by accident, or did Nucky let him know?
Is Nucky in on Eli’s dealings with Knox?
(With as many characters as the show has, they seem to often stay within certain spheres).
She wants to earn her keep, it seems, and not have to feel in debt to him.
Change has been in the air this season.
That role suits him.
He seems like a character who will be around for awhile.
– This episode was directed by Jake Paltrow, brother to Gwyneth.
– I love the recurring gadget of Rothstein always drinking milk for his stomach ulcers.
His business dealings with Margaret were great, too, especially her dismay at him mentioning he’s married.
– Chalky knows when he’s being played, thank goodness.
The show couldn’t do without him.
– Sally is a firecracker!
I just wish Margaret’s character had ever been treated with that kind of respect.
– “What do a bar and a woman have in common?
Liquor in the front, poker in the back.”
– Even though Al annoyed Joe, wasn’t it drastic for him to attempt to kill them all?
Can’t trust a gangster!
– “Pop, isn’t this what we do?”
