Boardwalk Empirehas transformed many times over the years, but its most defining moment was Nucky killing Jimmy Darmody.
It set his character, and the entire show, on a completely different course.
The fallout from that act has continued to haunt him in various ways until his demise.
Not to mention: moving pictures!
(withsound, no less).
But those stories were, and always have been, ancillary toBoardwalk’s main Nucky-centric narrative.
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And yet, when considering the show as a whole, I’m not completely sure that’s earned.
The rest of the episode had Nucky securing what was left of his legacy.
His life began and ended on the boardwalk.
It was meant for him to die there as well – the site of his undoing.
It was always a mixed bag.
Its variance extended to its actual viewing experience, too.
Some just liked the costumes and the music.
All are acceptable, and there’s no argument: that all were grandly presented.
It was a spectacle, and a true end to an era.
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– So, so happy that Nucky and Eli were able to hug it out in the end.
I hope June opens the door (she might for $2 million).
– “I promise I’ll always look after you” - Nucky to Gillian.
He wasn’t a liar, anyway.
I was the one who took" - Margaret.
– “I’m what I need to be” - Nucky.
