HBO: Boardwalk Empire

pjsteelerfan

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

Jimmy should just bone his mom and get over it...in all seriousness, I think its great seeing jimmy already cracking over the pressure of trying to fill nucky's shoes... Its not as easy as he thought eh ? love the idea of nucky getting into the arms business... cant wait for next week.

Yeah, this season has been great. These last few episodes should be intense with Nucky letting everyone think he does not know what is going on, Chalkey leading the strike, and Jimmy cracking under the pressure.

Lizard

Jennytree wrote:

mca47 wrote:

Was it me, or did anyone else have a hard time figuring out what the hell they were saying in this episode!?? Damn Irish accents! They should have put up sub-titles!

I was wondering this when I was watching it - do you guys in the States understand not only what they were saying, but what was being spoken about e.g. Margarets escape of the Magdalene laundries and the Black and Tans? Ireland was in a jocker back then! It is very refreshing to hear actual Irish people instead of Americans doing really really bad diddley-eye Oirish ta-be-shure accents. One of the characters in S2 ep2 (the Irish friends that came to visit, the man with the glasses who accepted another drink after everyone was ready to leave- McGarrigle) was based on Eamon DeValera - a man who fought for Irish independance and became head of the 'freestate' after the Irish Civil War not long after that episode was based.

interesting....thanks! i haven't looked it up but I figured the black and tans were rival gangs?

Jennytree

Lizard wrote:

interesting....thanks! i haven't looked it up but I figured the black and tans were rival gangs?

Nuh uh, the 'Black and Tans' were an 'army' that were to stop the Irish fighting against the British rule in Ireland at the time. That's why you'll hear characters such as Slater hating them.

Indifference71

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

Jimmy should just bone his mom and get over it...in all seriousness, I think its great seeing jimmy already cracking over the pressure of trying to fill nucky's shoes... Its not as easy as he thought eh ? love the idea of nucky getting into the arms business... cant wait for next week.

Yeah, this season has been great. These last few episodes should be intense with Nucky letting everyone think he does not know what is going on, Chalkey leading the strike, and Jimmy cracking under the pressure.

Is there any way that Jimmy makes it through this season alive? Things are setting up nicely for these last 4 episodes...

pjsteelerfan

Indifference71 wrote:

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

Jimmy should just bone his mom and get over it...in all seriousness, I think its great seeing jimmy already cracking over the pressure of trying to fill nucky's shoes... Its not as easy as he thought eh ? love the idea of nucky getting into the arms business... cant wait for next week.

Yeah, this season has been great. These last few episodes should be intense with Nucky letting everyone think he does not know what is going on, Chalkey leading the strike, and Jimmy cracking under the pressure.

Is there any way that Jimmy makes it through this season alive? Things are setting up nicely for these last 4 episodes...

Not sure, I like his character, but sometimes sacrifices need to be made to move the story. I also don't know if Nucky's brother will make it. Which is funny, because it seems both would almost go back to working for Nucky if they could now that they have seen the other side.

Gibson72

The is seriously the best show on tv right now. Love the story lines going on. The butcher is my new fav character
I do think he is gonna get it from jimmy though.

Indifference71

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Not sure, I like his character, but sometimes sacrifices need to be made to move the story. I also don't know if Nucky's brother will make it. Which is funny, because it seems both would almost go back to working for Nucky if they could now that they have seen the other side.

Yeah, I do really like Jimmy's character but he is in way over his head right now....at least Eli realizes that Nucky is smarter than all of them and isn't just going to go away quietly.

Johnnyguitarwatson

The butcher from philly (forget his name) will have to be killed ... Thats pretty much a given right ? I cant see jimmy putting up with him too much longer. I'd worry about him more than nucky...

Indifference71

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

The butcher from philly (forget his name) will have to be killed ... Thats pretty much a given right ? I cant see jimmy putting up with him too much longer. I'd worry about him more than nucky...

Yeah, there's no chance that dude makes it through the season...

pjsteelerfan

Indifference71 wrote:

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

The butcher from philly (forget his name) will have to be killed ... Thats pretty much a given right ? I cant see jimmy putting up with him too much longer. I'd worry about him more than nucky...

Yeah, there's no chance that dude makes it through the season...

You could see at the end of the last episode, they were done

gimmesometruth27

i don't know what is going to happen with jimmy. the whole show kind of centers on him right now. he is in a tight spot though for sure. i can't imagine him getting killed off.

i see capone, luciano, and rothstein(?) getting more involved. those are some big names of real bigtime mobsters there, so you know they are going to be getting some more attention.

i don't see harrow being around very long though for some reason...

this is the best show on tv.

curly

agree with this being best show on tv rt now...i like to compare it to soprano's alot...my opinion, its best since soprano's thats for sure and especially soprano's in its early years...the show got so so tame'd down the last few years...it was gear'd toward such a big audience, it lost its edge'y feel it initially once had...Not sure where Boardwalk will end up but as of now...it's awesome...i really love it!!!

Indifference71

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

i don't know what is going to happen with jimmy. the whole show kind of centers on him right now. he is in a tight spot though for sure. i can't imagine him getting killed off.

The show does seem to center on Jimmy, but how much longer can him and Nucky both still be around?? It's obvious that Nucky isn't "retiring" like he claimed..

Johnnyguitarwatson

I can see nucky forgiving jimmy and some how working togeather ... If not working togeather then tolerating eachother. the father son story isnt finished tho imo...

pjsteelerfan

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

I can see nucky forgiving jimmy and some how working togeather ... If not working togeather then tolerating eachother. the father son story isnt finished tho imo...

I can see this as well, plus Jimmy is being used by the people around him.

But I can also see Nucky having a bullet put in Jimmys head too.

Indifference71

pjsteelerfan wrote:

Johnnyguitarwatson wrote:

I can see nucky forgiving jimmy and some how working togeather ... If not working togeather then tolerating eachother. the father son story isnt finished tho imo...

I can see this as well, plus Jimmy is being used by the people around him.

But I can also see Nucky having a bullet put in Jimmys head too.

I was thinking that eventually they would work together again, but I just can't see it after Jimmy tried to have Nucky killed....Nucky can never trust Jimmy again. I think the bullet in the head is the most likely outcome.

mca47

Best show on TV!


Neither Nucky or Jimmy are going anywhere. The two of them will be battling, joining forces, and battling some more for years to come!

gimmesometruth27

wow so much happened this episode.

they tried to break the strike. eli got arrested. everyone has their shipments of booze and the markets are now saturated. jimmy is thinking about heroin. schroeder's daughter is worse than thought. AND jimmy's wife got shot. that was some cold blooded stuff right there.

i have a feeling all hell is gonna break loose these next 2 weeks.

has this been renewed for a 3rd season yet?

The Juggler

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

wow so much happened this episode.

they tried to break the strike. eli got arrested. everyone has their shipments of booze and the markets are now saturated. jimmy is thinking about heroin. schroeder's daughter is worse than thought. AND jimmy's wife got shot. that was some cold blooded stuff right there.

i have a feeling all hell is gonna break loose these next 2 weeks.

has this been renewed for a 3rd season yet?

it has been renewed. awesome episode.

jimmy's wife was hot. shame she got whacked. her character was interesting...

xavier mcdaniel

The Juggler wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

wow so much happened this episode.

they tried to break the strike. eli got arrested. everyone has their shipments of booze and the markets are now saturated. jimmy is thinking about heroin. schroeder's daughter is worse than thought. AND jimmy's wife got shot. that was some cold blooded stuff right there.

i have a feeling all hell is gonna break loose these next 2 weeks.

has this been renewed for a 3rd season yet?

it has been renewed. awesome episode.

jimmy's wife was hot. shame she got whacked. her character was interesting...

you think she's hotter than his mother?

I love the Manny Horovitz and Mickey Doyle characters, especially with Doyle's funny laugh.