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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) dig deeper into the season finale of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Eldorado”.

El Dorado

Written by Howard Korder and Terence Winter

Directed by Tim Van Patten



* Was seeing Nucky’s sin of betraying Gillian on screen make this a more powerful impact to this pivotal event?

* Now that we have seen the Commodore’s storyline, is it safe to say he is one of the worse characters in TV history?

* How do we feel now with the decision of having no main title sequence and Nucky not being seen in the episode until the Eldorado scene, which was about 20 minutes in?

* How do like the way they handled the subject that money does not always solve a problem? Both Nucky and Al Capone learn this the hard way.

* Terence Winter said the primitive television scene was about illustrating how much the world around Nucky has changed and he will not be part of that changing world. Do we like that explanation?

* Does the choice of the song “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” directly refer to Nucky himself?

* Did Tommy use the $1000 that Nucky gave him to get the gun he used to kill him?

* What happened to Tommy when he was growing up with Julia?

* Do we think Nucky feels sorry for destroying 3 generations of the Darmody family?

* When Jimmy died we see a vision of him back in the bunkers, when Richard dies we see the image of Tommy living happily with Julia, Chalky hearing Daughter singing, and with Nucky we see him as a boy reaching for the gold, what can we take away from this?

* How great was Nucky and Margaret’s final scene?

* Do we think Nucky could have lived happily in New York, maybe with Margaret?

* Are we satisfied with Margaret’s ending? ( her $29,000 would be $440,000 today)

* Did the Lucky and Meyer storyline suffer the most from having a shortened end to the series?

* Did we like the call back to season 3 with Al Capone teaching his son boxing?

* Now that Nucky is dead, who gets his profits from the Mayflower Grain scheme? A whopping $2,364,120.00 which would be over 37,000,000.

* How great was it seeing Nucky and his father fight?

* Can Eli have a happy ending?

* Are we satisfied with the killing of Valentin Narcisse?

* Can Gillian ever get out of the psychiatric hospital?

* What became of Nelson Van Alden’s wife and children?

* Did Willie Thompson turn in his uncle to the feds?

* Are we still satisfied with the ending and the Tommy Darmody plot?

* What are some of our favorite moments in the final season?

* Where does Boardwalk rank among other dramas?



Historical references:

Closing song: If You Want The Rainbow (You Must Have The Rain), performed in 1928 by Annette Hanshaw

King Neptune made frequent appearances on the boardwalk, later paired with Miss America winners.

Cornelius Vanderbilt is buried in Staten Island. I don’t think anything is written on his tombstone.

Terence Winter admitted that Mabel’s tombstone date was a mistake.

Capone’s story basically ends with him turning himself into the authorities, as he would spend most of the ’30s in prison, then spend years suffering from dementia and other long-term effects of syphillis, before dying in 1947?

After Maranzano’s murder in 1931, the Mafia families called a meeting in Chicago. The purpose of the meeting was to replace the old Sicilian Mafia regime of “boss of all bosses” and establish a rule of consensus among the crime fa...

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 7 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Friendless Child”.

 

Show Notes:

Directed by: Allen Coulter

Written by: Riccardo DiLoreto, Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder

1897:

What did we think of Madeleine Rose Yen performance of young Gillian?

Young Gillian seems to be very bright, is that from reading a lot of books in the orphanage?

Why does Sheriff Lindsay want out of doing the commodores bidding?

Did the commodores mansion seem even more mincing?

Did did you get nervous thinking about what Enoch was going to find out what the Commodore needs help with?

What did we think about Nucky’s & Mabel’s reaction to Gillian running away?

How much of this original sin are we going to see next week?

New York/Atlantic City

Seeing how frustrated Nucky is early on, are we still surprised about his plan of action to strike Lucky and Meyer? Did he seem out of character at that time?

Why are we seeing Joe turning money down again, this time from Maranzano?

What do we make of the phone call with Margaret?

At the moment of the scene, did we feel sorry for Eli?

What did we think of Eli’s reaction to seeing William? “I told myself, ‘If he’s doing’ okay then it’s worth it.’ And here you are. On the right side of the street.” Eli

Michael Zegen was great playing Benny Siegel this week.

Listen to the song he was singing “My Girl’s Pussy,” by Harry Roy



What did we think about the standoff scene between Nucky and Luciano?

Are we sad that Mickey will not be around for that comic relief in the final episode?

Paul Sparks has always been good in the role of Mickey Doyle.

Did Terence Winter have him shot in the voice box to finally shut him up?

Are we surprised that Nucky so quickly was willing to give up everything to save William and his men?

Was this Nucky’s giving up point like Sheriff Lindsay in the flashback?

Eli and his men kill Maranzano. Do we like the way they way the writers mixed history with fiction in the death of Salvatore Maranzano?

Did we like the scene when John Torrio, Lucky, and Lansky are celebrating their victory? Torrio being left behind, while the new gangsters take over. They even mentioned the meeting where Luciano divides the city into five territories.

What will happen now that Nucky no longer has his empire?

Is Luciano and Lansky really done with Nucky and Eli?

Was Joe Harper really just a metaphor for Nucky’s past or is he Tommy Darmody?

What does the future look like for Willie Thompson?

Did we like the handling of Nucky reading Gillian’s letter?

In the letter, why does Gillian revealed that she thinks Nucky helped her in the past?

Will Nucky help Gillian and if so, will he get closure to his past sins?

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 6 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Devil You Know”.

 

Show Notes:

Are we seeing more signs that Joe is Tommy?

Where is this bar that Nucky is hiding out in and why has no one recognized him?

Is the moment on the boardwalk where Enoch starts to realize something is going on with the Commodore and the young girls?

What is the significance with the “Song of Hiawatha” poem that Nucky was referencing?

What do we think about the handling of Van Alden’s death?

Was Van’s reactions consistent with his character?

What happens to Eli now?

Was this how Chalky saw this going down?

What did we think about Nucky’s comments to Joe?

Now that Nucky’s showdown is the only story left, what can we expect to see first?

Will Narcisse live up to his end of the deal?

Are we happy with Chalky’s ending?

Did we like the skipping record sound at the end of the episode?

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 5 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “King of Norway”.

 

Show Notes:

1897



* Did Mark Pickering nail his performance as younger Nucky?

* Does the Commodore like Nucky?

* Mabel’s father clearly does not like Nucky. Are we surprised?

* Is Sheriff Lindsay the only one trying to keep Nucky from going bad?

* What happens to Sheriff Lindsay? Does Nucky push him out somehow?



Gillian



* Is Gillian going to break out?



Atlantic City



* Should Chalky have taken Nucky’s advice and hide out in Atlantic City?

* Who is Joe Harper?



New York

 



* Does this seem like a good idea for Nucky to meet with Maranzano?

* What do we think of Nucky’s move to use Margaret — for the purpose of shorting Mayflower Grain Corporation stock?

* Will Nucky really kill Luciano and Lansky?

* Ronis tells Nucky about Sally and informs him there will be no action. Can Nucky leave that alone?

* What will Chalky do now after finding Daughter Maitland — and her 7-year-old daughter?



Chicago



* After hearing Nucky’s answer to his warning, Capone orders Mike D’Angelo and his men to move everything to Cicero immediately. Is this going to work?

* Al Capone had debilitating constipation.

* After Eli realizes that his wife June is pregnant again, he wants the family to move to Chicago. Is that a bad idea?

* During the tense dinner at Van Alden’s kit house, Eli remembers he has been sleeping with Van’s wife Sigrid. What triggered his memory?

* Haakon VII of Norway who became the first king of the country in 1907, was the photo on the Van Alden’s kitchen wall.

* What will Eli and Van do, now that their backs are against the wall?

* Will Eli and Van take down Capone?



The closing song is ‘Shout Sister Shout’ by the Boswell Sisters.



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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 4 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Cuanto”.

 

Show Notes:

1884

• Why is Enoch so bothered by the swells?

• What did we learn from the dinner scene at Sheriff Lindsay house?

 • Enoch request to have his father jailed or killed. Does this shows us that Enoch was breaking bad at an early age?

• Will Sheriff Lindsay be more of a mentor to Enoch than the Commodore?

• Will we see a teen Enoch and Eli next?

 Atlantic City

 • Joe is not interested in teaming up with Nucky, because Scotch does not mix with rum. What do we make of this?

• Did we like how Nucky and Margaret open up about there first impressions of each other?

• What do we think of Nucky’s solution to the problem with Rothstein’s widow?

• Is Nucky up to something else?

Cuba

• What is going on with Bacardi?

• Sally gets killed by local authorities. Would things have been different if Nucky was there to deliver the money?

• Is this the end of the Bacardi deal?

Chicago

• Wallace Beery plays a gangster in the movie The Secret Six. Is this why Al Capone was offended by this reference?

 • Do we like the clear Goodfellas reference?

• Did we think Van was a goner when Luciano recognizes him?

• How awesome was the Van shakedown scene?

• What is going to happen to Van, now that the Feds know who he is?

 • It looks like Al Capone plans to help Nucky, what does this mean for Luciano’s plan?

 

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