Boardwalk Empire Season 4 Thread

[Jax]

Van Halden on his General Zod swag

 

[obarth]

I get all of that, but Nucky is still booked as the center of the show. It's an ensemble piece, but unlike Mcnulty, Tyrion etc, this dude Nucky has yet to take a backseat to anybody and is involved in three central storylines of the show. Buscemi is a terrific actor, and Nucky is a fine character and all, but he's not intriguing enough for him to be featured the way that he is. His character slows down tension when he should be escalating it. He's the calm before the storm, and that doesn't really make for a compelling character, especially the lead of one of the better dramas on tv.

Nucky is the glue to all of the awesome storylines that cats eat up every week. No Nucky, then the multiple storylines just seem like thrown together scenes to appease cats that like to see guns bust and caps peeled back. Nucky was maybe in three or four scenes this past episode. That's not lead character time. And Nucky absolutely shouldn't be escalating tension. That's not his M.O and has never been. He's not a hot head. He's about his money and continuing to get his money as low key as possible. He, just like the show in general, is nuanced. Breaking Bad was about Walter White. The Sopranos was about tony Soprano. Mad Men is about Don Draper. Boardwalk Empire is about Prohibition era bootlegging, not Nucky Thompson. The Wire is about the different facets of Baltimore society. Game of Thrones is about power and the lengths people go to acquire it. Buscemi is the face of the show because he's been the biggest name since its inception and he's central to the show and bringing all of the storylines together, but there is no lead.

 

[Jax]

Nucky is the glue to all of the awesome storylines that cats eat up every week. No Nucky, then the multiple storylines just seem like thrown together scenes to appease cats that like to see guns bust and caps peeled back. Nucky was maybe in three or four scenes this past episode. That's not lead character time. And Nucky absolutely shouldn't be escalating tension. That's not his M.O and has never been. He's not a hot head. He's about his money and continuing to get his money as low key as possible. He, just like the show in general, is nuanced. Breaking Bad was about Walter White. The Sopranos was about tony Soprano. Mad Men is about Don Draper. Boardwalk Empire is about Prohibition era bootlegging, not Nucky Thompson. The Wire is about the different facets of Baltimore society. Game of Thrones is about power and the lengths people go to acquire it. Buscemi is the face of the show because he's been the biggest name since its inception and he's central to the show and bringing all of the storylines together, but there is no lead.

fukk that piece of shyt doe
Hope Al bodies Nucky, for Jimmy

 

[Jax]

Boardwalk doesn't have, nor does it need at this point, a lead protagonist. I had made a post earlier in this thread saying that's what the show was missing, but I realize how wrong I was about that. They've managed to juggle a cast of characters bigger than any show since The Wire. And all of those characters and their story arcs intrigue me, even Gillians, now. I'll take a huge cast of terrific actors with intriguing storylines over a show based on one great lead anytime. That's why The Wire is the GOAT. Also why Game of Thrones is on its way to being in GOAT conversation. Boardwalk is absolutely killing shyt this year and we rarely see the same cast of characters in consecutive weeks. That's saying something. nikkas were hating on Harrow's story arc earlier this season, ignoring how incredible the character development they were doing was. Harrow's been a tragic character since day one. Seeing them delve into who he is, where he comes from, and his attempt at personal redemption has been ridiculously compelling regardless of him not busting his gun. We got to see a side of Chalky White these last two episodes that we've never seen. Van Alden refusing to lie about who he is while at the same time admitting his loss of faith in God was crazy. If Narcisse doesn't win an Emmy next season I'm playing the race card Not to even mention Yung William da gawd This show doesn't have to rely on one character to carry the reigns. The whole cast is amazing.

As for this episode, did Narcisse really make Daughter's mouthpiece obese like Della Reese?

Is Chalky's daughter gonna snitch on da gawd?

Van Alden juxed O'Banion for a stack and was making it rain on his Norwegian pawg?

Lost's success starting to make a lot of sense now

 

[obarth]

fukk that piece of shyt doe
Hope Al bodies Nucky, for Jimmy

Al ain't sweating Jimmy, breh

Jimmy wasn't with him shooting in the woods

Al's out chea tryna get that paper. Jimmy's in the bushes

 

[O.Red]

Nucky is a fakkit. Straight up. Chalky made Jimmy's short tenure as boss a living hell by bycotting and going on strike. Chalky caught two of the Delussio brothers who were hired to kill Nucky. He took Nucky with a injured Eddie in, got his son in law to save Eddies life and got his side of town to muscle up against Rossetti when he really could have let those crackas murder each other up. Chalky has held Nucky down without question. But just like a fukking cracka, it's all what have you done for me lately. It's well my life is fine now thanks for the help magic negro, ima go back to treating you like a good house cat until I need you kill another mouse again. Nucky is a fakkit. No other word can describe him at this point. A fukking fakkit

I knew I wasn't the only one like while this nikka Nucky looked Chalky in the face talking about some "I don't let my personal business interfere with my business business"

THAT'S ALL YOU FUKKING DO

Dawg you thought we forgot about when Rothstein was telling you the exact same shyt last season?



You feeding hoes dinner in bed while your crew gets clapped and you don't even know what's going on my nikka???

Even now you got the country ho handling your business because you got a crush on her. You involved her in your business just so you could keep seeing her on some middle school shyt

Nikka making long distance calls in 1924 cupcaking and shyt

Be a soft on hoes fukk nikka brehs

 

[Jax]

Al ain't sweating Jimmy, breh

Jimmy wasn't with him shooting in the woods

Al's out chea tryna get that paper. Jimmy's in the bushes

Not even a single fukking line was said about Jimmy in Chicago, these screen writers on that bullshyt

They lost the damn city too without Slick Jim out there shooting domes out there like it was Hurricane Season in Nawlins.
All these nikkas saying Jimmy ain't put no work, SHUT THE fukk UP Yall nikkas ain't shyt!!!! That nikka was savaging out there

fukking HBO, that was my fukking nikka they knew he was outshining EVERYBODY!!

 

[Jax]

I knew I wasn't the only one like while this nikka Nucky looked Chalky in the face talking about some "I don't let my personal business interfere with my business business"

THAT'S ALL YOU FUKKING DO

Dawg you thought we forgot about when Rothstein was telling you the exact same shyt last season?



You feeding hoes dinner in bed while your crew gets clapped and you don't even know what's going on my nikka???

Even now you got the country ho handling your business because you got a crush on her. You involved her in your business just so you could keep seeing her on some middle school shyt

Nikka making long distance calls in 1924 cupcaking and shyt

Be a soft on hoes fukk nikka brehs

Chalky gotta stop with that recklessness ouchea doe Acting up like that in front of all them cacs? It ain't 2008 breh breh them KKKacs were

 

[obarth]

Not even a single fukking line was said about Jimmy in Chicago, these screen writers on that bullshyt

They lost the damn city too without Slick Jim out there shooting domes out there like it was Hurricane Season in Nawlins.
All these nikkas saying Jimmy ain't put no work, SHUT THE fukk UP Yall nikkas ain't shyt!!!! That nikka was savaging out there

fukking HBO, that was my fukking nikka they knew he was outshining EVERYBODY!!

You need to stan William da gawd like I do, Jax

When has my stanning of a character ever gone wrong?

 

[jwinfield]

Nucky is a fakkit. Straight up. Chalky made Jimmy's short tenure as boss a living hell by bycotting and going on strike. Chalky caught two of the Delussio brothers who were hired to kill Nucky. He took Nucky with a injured Eddie in, got his son in law to save Eddies life and got his side of town to muscle up against Rossetti when he really could have let those crackas murder each other up. Chalky has held Nucky down without question. But just like a fukking cracka, it's all what have you done for me lately. It's well my life is fine now thanks for the help magic negro, ima go back to treating you like a good house cat until I need you kill another mouse again. Nucky is a fakkit. No other word can describe him at this point. A fukking fakkit

The agreement was that Nucky would help get Chalky a club on the boardwalk if he helped him handle Gyp.

Chalky came through, Nucky came through.

Think about this shyt. Black people can't even take a sit in a club and enjoy themselves, but Chalky owns one, on the fukking boardwalk, thanks to Nucky.

So if you're Nucky, you're not about to go to war just because Chalky caught feelings for some chick.

This dude wylin out in a club having all the white people in there like

He about to lose his status as a leader in the black community, fukk up his money, lose his family because he's distracted by Daughter.

And let's not make it seem like Chalky had nothing to lose last season. You think Gyp's crazy ass is letting Chalky keep his power or life if Nucky is taken out

 

[Brofato]

I knew I wasn't the only one like while this nikka Nucky looked Chalky in the face talking about some "I don't let my personal business interfere with my business business"

THAT'S ALL YOU FUKKING DO

Dawg you thought we forgot about when Rothstein was telling you the exact same shyt last season?



You feeding hoes dinner in bed while your crew gets clapped and you don't even know what's going on my nikka???

Even now you got the country ho handling your business because you got a crush on her. You involved her in your business just so you could keep seeing her on some middle school shyt

Nikka making long distance calls in 1924 cupcaking and shyt

Be a soft on hoes fukk nikka brehs

Rothstein. Sonned Nucky and the entire state of New Jersey at the same damn time

Still my favorite character. I wonder if they wanted him to be as creepy and weird as he comes off.

 

[Sinnerman]

Van Alden

The Gawd throwing jim crow in the bushes

He .didn't have to do the daughter like he did though

That c00n

great episode

 

[merklman]

did you not see he was trying to get info out of nucky to give to the agent

eli is a snake breh

I think Eli wanted Nucky to tell him about willy killing that boy at college, rather than get information for the feds. It seemed like the last straw for Eli

 

[The G.O.D II]

Dog that Van Alden scene with his wife was one of the most powerful moments in TV

Harrow the fukkin goon is back.

Looks like Dr getting that work next week

 

[Urbanmiracle]

The agreement was that Nucky would help get Chalky a club on the boardwalk if he helped him handle Gyp.

Chalky came through, Nucky came through.

Think about this shyt. Black people can't even take a sit in a club and enjoy themselves, but Chalky owns one, on the fukking boardwalk, thanks to Nucky.

So if you're Nucky, you're not about to go to war just because Chalky caught feelings for some chick.

This dude wylin out in a club having all the white people in there like

He about to lose his status as a leader in the black community, fukk up his money, lose his family because he's distracted by Daughter.

And let's not make it seem like Chalky had nothing to lose last season. You think Gyp's crazy ass is letting Chalky keep his power or life if Nucky is taken out

(Speaking strictly as chalky) this uppity nikka with a dictionary who comes out of no where, who you MAKE ME fukkING PAY 10% because HIS talent scout has a thing for watching us blacks run the freedom train on his slut wife, who comes into MY side of town with heroin, who turned MY right had man against me, who openly disrespects and undermine me, ME, the nikka who saved ya sorry life when you came running with ya tail between ya legs.



Oooooh you wanna talk business. We can keep it business
You keep appeasing this nikka who just sits up front in a club you won't even let me sit in. Yea I own it but I can just waltz in this bytch in natural can I? You let me undermine the club because he feels he is superior to me. nikka, right now it's 10%. Next it would be 50%.

Oh yes wait.. He sends my right hand man to kill me. Kill me Nucky!!!


Oh ol doc gotta go. Call Eli, Mickey, the one eye nikka right now. Deal? fukk outta here with a deal. The deal is on the line.

Mothafukka.....