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Boardwalk Empire Farewell: The Final Shot
Boardwalk Empire Season 5 Thread
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Boardwalk Empire Farewell: The Final Shot
Curious about this Gillian and Nucky situation...
If Nucky wasn't the one who introduced her to Commodore then it would make Jimmy death all the more fukked up.
. Gillian just saying that shyt to drive a wedge between Nucky and Jimmy is something Gillian would do...(she has been shown to be more than capable of scheming).
If Nucky wasn't the one who introduced her to Commodore then it would make Jimmy death all the more fukked up.
. Gillian just saying that shyt to drive a wedge between Nucky and Jimmy is something Gillian would do...(she has been shown to be more than capable of scheming).
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no jimmy
i still say the show was absolutely perfectthe first two years with it coasting off great acting ever since. overall one of my goats tho.
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Curious about this Gillian and Nucky situation...
If Nucky wasn't the one who introduced her to Commodore then it would make Jimmy death all the more fukked up.
I think Nucky was def involved with her meeting the commodore. I just think it didn't go down as we all think.
Prior to this season, it was sold as the Gillian caught the commodore's eye while she was performing in a parade and he told Nucky to get her, so Nuck did as he was bid, fully knowing what the commodore was going to do. It wasn't until this season that we found out that Nuck knew Gillian prior to that moment. I still think that Nuck does look out for Gillian in some way, despite participating in the commodore's demonic activity.
Also, it should be noted that Nucky's wife is pregnant, Nuck's only child is born 16 years later, so that means she has a miscarriage and likely struggled with having kids multiple times before killing herself after Nucky's sons death. This first miscarriage may play a part in all this too
Does anyone else feel that Boardwalk sacrificed satisfying dramatic arcs for Chalky and Harrow for realistic reactions from Nucky? The way Nucky handled the situations leading up to their deaths was perfectly in line with his characters motivations, but in both cases left me feeling unsatisfied. More so I feel this for Chalky, but it applies to Harrows reintroduction to Nucky and subsequent death as well. It would have been nice to see both characters fully reintegrated into the main story and then die, rather than sort of cast aside by Nuck to meet their own fate. Thoughts on this?
Show went from top 10 to not mentioned at all
I agree w/ respect to Chalky but not Harrow.
If you really think about it,
Harrow was never really fully integrated into Nucky's life, Harrow really just fell into it. Harrow never lost himself in Nucky's world & for the most part he controlled what he did or did not do.
Chalky's fate was more susceptible to which ever way the Atlantic City tide moved...
backbreaker65
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The Final season is a case study in peaking too soon. The writers threw this one in to get a check. Not compelling at all.
I agree with that. However, there are a couple ways they could have integrated Harrow into the main story. If harrow was still around this season you could have him find out about Nucky and Gillian and the Commodore and the chain of events that set in place for Jimmy and Tommy. He could be a loyal gun for Nucky that eventually leaves him making him even more vulnerable to Luciano. Makes a lot more sense than introducing a new bodyguard and having him die in a half assed shootout 6 episodes later.
i feel like a shane in walking dead groupie because i keep saying this, but i got these scenarios playing my head where jimmy and harrow are still alive
imagine if nucky had never killed jimmy, but instead told him to never show his face in AC again. then jimmy and harrow move to north jersey and continue their lives as just killers for hire for NY families. maybe even maranzano's non italian killers
this final season making me all nostalgic for my ptsd murderers brehs
i feel like a shane in walking dead groupie because i keep saying this, but i got these scenarios playing my head where jimmy and harrow are still alive
imagine if nucky had never killed jimmy, but instead told him to never show his face in AC again. then jimmy and harrow move to north jersey and continue their lives as just killers for hire for NY families. maybe even maranzano's non italian killers
this final season making me all nostalgic for my ptsd murderers brehs
I know what you mean. Jimmy still being around for the duration of the show would have really elevated things. The end game would have been does Jimmy roll with the young bucks and the commission or stay loyal to Nuck? Or, maybe does Nucky betray Jimmy and give up AC to the commission to set himself up in retirement?
Either way a more satisfying endgame.
could have been so dope to watch jimmy and harrow drop a couple of dudes for a few more seasons.
imagine they dont do the 7 year jump and have jimmy somehow involved with the attempted murder on lucky. have jimmy give him that scar with his trench knife
or harrow AND jimmy running up in that brothel to save tommy from gyp rosetti and his goons
gyp's jokes on jimmy would have been gold
jimmy involved in the st valentines day massacre
so many possibilities. why michael pitt had to be a bytch for?
could have been so dope to watch jimmy and harrow drop a couple of dudes for a few more seasons.
imagine they dont do the 7 year jump and have jimmy somehow involved with the attempted murder on lucky. have jimmy give him that scar with his trench knife
or harrow AND jimmy running up in that brothel to save tommy from gyp rosetti and his goons
gyp's jokes on jimmy would have been gold
jimmy involved in the st valentines day massacre
so many possibilities. why michael pitt had to be a bytch for?
Both would have been dope.
I think they wanted Jimmy to plan the St Valentines Day Massacre. It sure looked like he was on that path when he was in Chicago working for Torrio in season 1