i have to get this off my chest
i guess this is a show review
like it or not, the writing turned what could have been a 5 star classic show into a 4 mic mc wit 5 mic potential
the acting was superb EVERY YEAR
but this show did not know what it wanted to do.
SECTION A: JIMMY
it spent 2 years cultivating a vibe around a young jimmy darmody, broken back from the war, ready to become one of nuckys foot soldiers in the bootlegging age
jimmy looks at nucky like a father and nuckytreats jimmy like a b*stard nobody who he passes up
jimmy drops the most important quote to nucky, the supposed BOSS of the show
"you cant be half a gangster"
the show itself is based on that quote and the entertainment that quote brought
jimmy is contemporary oif capone, showing him being partners for a time wit the gangsta...
and of course introduced us to the SUPER GOON team of jimmy/harrow
ok this might be long but....nh
end of season 1, jimmy is approached by the greedy commodore (his own fathers whos true disgusting nature isnt seen until this year... brilliantly played.. writing wise and actor wise) and his own loving brother eli (who as we go thru the show.. IDK why eli ever hated nucky like that after looking upto him his whole life. thats like
@K-Deini killing me cause i got a bigger plate at the dinner table
ALL THE WHILE THE SHOW GOES OUT OF ITS WAY TO SHOW THAT JIMMY DID NOOOOOOT WANT TO DO IT
Nucky ends up doing business with everyone in the room who voted to have nucky killed..yet only jimmyu dies and eli somehow skates this time.
nucky does business with the man who brutally murders jimmys wife and puts jimmy pout to pasture... even tho jimmy coulda brought harrow and killed everyone there. he didnt wanna live anymore. and drops the second most important gem to nucky AGAIN that sets the tone
"when you run out of booze and run out of company, the only person left to judge you is yourself"
season 1-2 were awesome to me. the writing was great besides...
mention the weirdo sex incest shytr between jimmy n his mom that was uneeded. typical winter shyt
SECTION B (BE: SEASON 3 AKA POST JIMMY)
after two classic seasons that set up what could have been the greatest tv show of all time.. we get introduced to a new BE
jimmys gone. leaving harrow on the sidelines/ the dynamics of what made the show so great changes and unfortunately not for the better. season 3 starts with a bang. we are introduced to gyp rosetti who is unfairly hated on here for reasons unknown.
dude brought that loose cannon vibe back to BE when jimmy was killed. the other characters are predictable but gyp is a true loose cannon and made for tv/.
his quip to AR "kike creeping around like a fukking dentist with the ether" is all time classic
the same AR at nuckys party who earlier tried to have nucky killed is now chillin with nucky and telling him "this is why I enjoy our friendship, goo conversation". (more on AR later)
while gyp puts onb a fukking entertainment clinic, the writing starts to crack.
gillians story with the fake jimmy death was horrible.
margerette (yes i went all this way witout mention her. the one consistant weak point on the show) does some stupid doctor bullshyt after fukking nucky over and over after he really saved her life from being someone like his mother; a broken down and beaten old woman.
OWEN: jimmys replacement/ they tried to make owen look hard wit that strangle kill in the bathroom. dude wanted to get sweet in there and made a messy kill. jimmy woulda gutted that mofo 1-2-3. he was the "irish specialist" blwing up jimmys shyt in season 2.. but in season 3 hes far worse
OWEN AND MARGETTE: wouldnt be terence winter witout some weirdo taboo shyt in there (see jimmy/his mom, the reason narcisse even comes to AC/vito sucking dikk in the sopranos etc)
owen n margette start fukking and we learn marg was basically a whore. and she fukks owen behind nuckys back and own says he leavin with her (after having his own fine ass woman). so this unloyal mofo goes and impregantes the bosses wife after she lysolling her p*ssy to make sure she aint pregs wit nuckys kid.
ive never been so happy the day i seen own slumped like a pile of laudry in that fukking box. this bum thought he coulda took joe the boss out. YOU AINT JIMMY OR HARROW HOMIE. YOU AINT BUILT FOR THIS
so nucks down and out... his only ally is really our man chalky.. whos starting to come into his own
hes shown at home, insecure wit his own wife. planting seeds. hes shown as a loving father n husband who is in control of AC
chalky stands up for nucky against gyp. making him the only one wit class on nucks whole team. but nucky still outgunned so he forges alliances with chi town and calls the goons up to war wit masseria..except..
except my man harrow comes in with the call of duty nuke kill streak and starts no scoping a whore house full of gangsters to save JIMMYS kid
remember jimmy? the show doesnt by season 4 either. he gets a 2 min panic attack scene when nuck sees the altar boy with a hole in its cheek. jimmy is essentially never mentioned again in relation to nuck throughout the show and the show turns into something else going in season 4
SEASON 4 (CUCKOLD COUPLE STARTS WAR IN ATLANTIC CITY)
in classic winter fashion, more taboo weirdo shyt is shown for no reason other than to make chalkys b man look like a savage and white people some freaks.
Narcisse basically comes into the show over some freaky porn shyt. think about that for a second. if this was any other show i swear no pass would be given
this sets up chalky. the proud family man who loves his fam to death and does anything for them. gives them what he never had, an education, a chance, etc
well that was all good until son seen that yellow bone and shyt went out the window
heres what i started getting out of season 4 on some
shyt cause the fukkery never ended
a) the most educated, positive speaking black man on the show was secretly a PIMP, a GOVT INFORMANT.. AGAINT BLACKS THEMSELVES and the original pusher of HEROIN to black neighborhoods that are still destroyed by their effects almost 100 years later. all the while calling others out for shucking and jiving for the white man
b)his opposite chalky, is a poor educated, true man of his people and community. he was a good man. but his prior insecurities with himself caused by narcisse getting into his head turns him into a DEADBEAT as he LEAVES HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN for some yellowbone who leaves him after a few days.
c)the original THOT daughter maintalnd... nothing to really say except she was a hoe
d)chalkys right hand man STABS HIM IN THE BACK. unloyal as fukk after chalky gave him everything.
why is every black character on this show essentially a ROTTEN piece of shyt
i mena it woulda been ok if that was the season 4 sideplot... but that WAS the strory of season 4
the god harrow on the bench athe all star game but playin pickup games wit some bums outta state
the writing ATTEMPTS to put seeds in ya head that he aint built for this anymore. I guess saving Tommy and killing 20 mobsters witha sniper rifle INSIDE a house just took it outta him this year. again 'brilliant' writing bywinter as the old advice jimmy gave nucky TWICE with "you cant be half a gangster" and "after the booz, the only person left to judge you is yourself"
and what happens? after finding something worth fighting for, after another year long layoff afterbusting shots at gillians.. son loses the rest of his smile
and pulls a scott norwood at the big game
and KILLS CHALKYS DAUGHTER
of all the moves made. of all the ways to go out.
Richard harrow th last remaining gawd of the boardwalk is killed witha 22 to the gut at long range and goes to the beach to die with a new family waiting for him. chalky gets his daughter killed over some fukking p*ssy yall...
eli fukks up again and is given a 3rd chance exiled in chicago for killing the fed. i grew to like eli since he did his bid. he did his time. he provided for his family. he loves his family. and nucky involved his son and "wanted to take my (eli) family away" cause he didnt have one of his own
the only character making PROGRESS this entire time is CAPONE and VANALDEN. lucky/meyer seem held back by their bosses. Joe the boss and AR. bringing me to here...
SECTION C-A (A.R./UNTOLD STORIES/WHAT COULDA HAPPENED)
since season 1... my fav character besides jimmy was arnodl rothstein. I was not aware that rothstein basically ran a college program for gangsters. lucky,legs,meyer,etc. the list goes on. he was a major part of season1 as he was the BRAIN behind all these guys. i mean the show starts with the world series scandal which was HUUGE in the media.
His cunning/the way he handled himself was always top notch. not only was he put on as nucks equal in the "professional gsngter" world, this pale fukk was as cold as the milk he sipped on and so incredibly interesting beause he akways knew the odds and always had something up his sleeve.
how could you hate AR as he made money giving up the delessios and selling mickeys life insurance policy incase nucky needed him rubbed out if he was low on cash
AR has great character development throughout the show, with season 4 showing the first cracks in his armor which mirrored his real life...
and we all know AR was about the die.. we all knew it would be great tv, we knew the gangster shyt was about to fukking POPOFF. AR passing was the handoff for them boys to run and for the syndicate to really get going
but then we got season 5
tomorrow ima drop
SECTON D ( SEASON 5 aka SEASON
aka BE leads the league in RUSHING). im too mad to even think about this past season.
nothing can possibly be dexter bad... except weeds bad
@ HBO for rushing this classic series off like this...
I had flashbacks of dastardly Gyp interpreting someone else telling him "good luck" as some type of death wish.
when tommy shot him the face
