I liked the episode giving us Jimmy's totally insane backstory a bit more than the finale (I think I'm just a sucker for backstory in anything other than Lost?) but yeah that stretch run made me feel like I hadn't wasted my time watching this show in the first place.
― Clay, Monday, 2 January 2012 21:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
The episode immediately preceding the finale, should have been the finale.
― calstars, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think Nucky and Rothstein arranged their phone call timing so that Luciano and Lansky would overhear -- so that when they learn of what happens they will wonder if they are also susceptible
― calstars, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
S1 and 2 are ondemand atm, so I finally dived into this properly. Totally addicted. Took me a few eps but once Richard Harrow showed up I was all in. Goddamn he is really a mesmerizing character, and actor.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
(I've almost finished S1)
Harrow pulled me through the first season. Two is genuinely really good.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Saturday, 1 September 2012 02:55 (8 months ago) Permalink
yea s1 is a chore @ times imo, 2 has a lot of stellar stuff in it
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:06 (8 months ago) Permalink
God yeah those first 5 or so episodes of S1 were pretty light on the intrigue
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 September 2012 03:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
Shouldn't we be getting some more of this soon?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 1 September 2012 09:46 (8 months ago) Permalink
Ah yes we are, on the 16th.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Saturday, 1 September 2012 09:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
No interest in this, felt the two season arc as 'jimmy's story' should have been left tbh.
― darraghback (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 09:58 (8 months ago) Permalink
this was pretty bad
― thomp, Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:05 (8 months ago) Permalink
it just seemed like a soap opera with occasional violence where a lot of actors who had been good in other things went to be awful. and the plotting of the seasonal arcs was a total mess, e.g. five minutes of the lucy'n'nelson show every week totally failing to have any impact on the plot at all, i guess they went 'well, they're contracted'
― thomp, Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:08 (8 months ago) Permalink
Idk, I hate it when everything ties into plot too neatly too, extraneous detail done well adds depth where slavish devotion to plot often diminishes
― darraghback (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:30 (8 months ago) Permalink
my impression was that as of the end of the first series the plan was to have nelson go full vigilante, completely off-the-rails, and then they switched priorities and couldn't really do much with him
― thomp, Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:39 (8 months ago) Permalink
oh, why did jimmy suddenly start acting suicidally dense halfway through the season, that's the bit i didn't understand
i guess it was supposed to be for ~PSYCHOLOGICAL~ reasons. frankly anyone who ever wrote for tv should have every bone in both hands crushed w/ repeated blows using an early-90s IBM word processor
― thomp, Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:42 (8 months ago) Permalink
'your father' 'WHICH ONE' shits
Nice set of interviews with Terence Winter at the AV Club
(Warning:contains spoilers obv)
http://www.avclub.com/articles/boardwalk-empire-creator-terence-winter-on-raising,84239/
http://www.avclub.com/features/the-walkthrough/
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 1 September 2012 10:46 (8 months ago) Permalink
Finished S2 on Saturday. Was kinda bummed about the Darmody ending, I knew it would happen but it's still a bummer. Was realllllly hoping he'd at least off his Mom...ugh at that whole family arrangement. I've had a crush on Michael Pitt since Dawson's Creek, I thought he did a great job as Darmody.
What will become of Harrow?
Rothstein definitely one of my favorite characters, he was so mesmerizing! I quite like the Meyer Lansky character as well. He lived til he was 83 irl --- if the fictional version of him is anythign to go by, you can kind of tell how. He always seems to figure out a way to be on the right side of things.
Also whoa at that last scene with Margaret and the deed. That girl's got some balls on her. <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 19:02 (8 months ago) Permalink
― thomp, Saturday, September 1, 2012 6:42 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark
nice.
― Hungry4Ass, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 19:38 (8 months ago) Permalink
just caught up on season 2 of this after being pretty indifferent about the first season. still feel like this could be great with a few tweaks
apparently the third season's totally booting paz de la huerta, which can only really be a step in the right direction
― fadanuf4erybody, Sunday, 16 September 2012 03:24 (8 months ago) Permalink
what did people think of s03e01 then? i really enjoyed it. didn't have the painfully slow start of the last two seasons. i'd forgotten that it actually got very good at the end of the last season. very well-paced opening episode.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Monday, 17 September 2012 20:04 (8 months ago) Permalink
this was the best opening by leaps and bounds. continuation of how good the end of last season was for sure, although i'm pretty bummed william forsythe won't be joining the main cast
― fadanuf4erybody, Monday, 17 September 2012 21:02 (8 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, as much as I liked the end of last season, I was still expecting to watch this episode and shrug, but I really enjoyed it.
I read a suggestion that Harrow killed that guy on Darmody's mom's orders, but I figured he did it for himself.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:07 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah that was really good! Margaret's dress for the party was STUNNING.
Is it bad that I kinda wish Harrow would just cut to the chase and kill crepey Ma Darmody? The stuff with him and Jimmy's kid just makes me so sad. And what's the timespan between last episode and this one?...seems like a pretty short timeframe to turn the Darmody house into whatever fancy whorehouse she's got going now.
Van Alden was kinda great, I'm glad they're giving Shannon such a long arc with this character. Hope he gets tied up with those Chicago types soon.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:08 (8 months ago) Permalink
I doubt Harrow did it on Ma Darmody's orders. That's surely something they would have shown if so.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:09 (8 months ago) Permalink
This was a great season opener, I really hope they can keep this momentum up all season. Also, insta-crush on Nucky's new mistress, she's gorgeous.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:10 (8 months ago) Permalink
Season 2 started at the beginning of 1921. This starts at the end of 1922, so there's at least a year and a bit between the end of last season and this one.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:16 (8 months ago) Permalink
And what's the timespan between last episode and this one?...seems like a pretty short timeframe to turn the Darmody house into whatever fancy whorehouse she's got going now.
it's been like a year and a half
xpost
― fadanuf4erybody, Monday, 17 September 2012 21:17 (8 months ago) Permalink
oh right - duh, I should've remembered that.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
but still
can we kill off Ma Darmody? She's a nasty piece of work
I'm afraid if they kill her off, Harrow will have no place to go. I was really caught up in how much he misses Angela.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
van alden's baby sure didn't look older than 6-8 months to me.
― Clay, Monday, 17 September 2012 21:48 (8 months ago) Permalink
I gotta say, Doyle has really grown on me. I was actually happy to see him this time around.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:49 (8 months ago) Permalink
Like movie and TV show babies can ever be counted on for authenticity. Watched the first episode of The Mindy Project on demand the other night and some lady gave birth to an 8-month old!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 17 September 2012 21:53 (8 months ago) Permalink
I was actually happy to see him this time around.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl)
I was surprised at how happy I was to see a lot of the characters! On the evidence of this episode I'd say Boardwalk might've finally hit its stride, there was an instant swagger here lacking from previous seasons. Pretty much impeccably directed and acted, and everything seemed to have a lot more breathing room than before.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:50 (8 months ago) Permalink
Also Nucky works a lot better as a character for me now that they've fully established quite what a cold bastard he is.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 17 September 2012 22:51 (8 months ago) Permalink
otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 17 September 2012 23:08 (8 months ago) Permalink
― Clay, Monday, September 17, 2012 5:48 PM (2 days ago)
that was his second child his wife was holding the daughter he had with paz was out of the shot.
― carne asada, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 16:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
great episode btw
Wasn't harrow getting revenge on Angela's murderer?
― kinder, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 21:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
also: Shooter McGavin!
― kinder, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 22:13 (8 months ago) Permalink
oh wait, was he already in it? I didn't recognise Uncle Junior for ages either.
― kinder, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 22:17 (8 months ago) Permalink
"... how the fuck are you still alive?"
― Brakhage, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 03:53 (7 months ago) Permalink
Stephen Root's character pretty delightful this episode
― fadanuf4erybody, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 04:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
Not nearly as good as the first, there were some slightly dull sequences I thought. But it built up to a great climax. The new antagonist is pretty chilling.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 06:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
I don't really care about Margaret any more.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 06:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
^^^ so uninteresting now, which is a shame, because i think she's a solid actress
this episode was slow, but fit into formula, they usually tone things down after an explosive episode like the first one, feel like the next one with have some serious kills
also still super crushing on Billie Kent, that smile!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 13:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
I was only half paying attention, I have to rewatch it again tonight...
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:46 (7 months ago) Permalink