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Also Rothstein's face during the parlay was great.
Richard's just doing his own thing.
The hand bit. . .it's where Jimmy's assassin shot him.
That said, this was a pretty decent premiere, one which quietly reintroduced just about all the continuing characters (although Eli and Mr. White were MIA) and set up some basic conflicts. Not much really happened, but BE is always a slow-burner. And besides, that Harrow plotline was worth the price of admission all by itself.
Also, of all the people to survive last season, why did Jimmy's awful, awful mother have to be one of them? Here's hoping that she gets beheaded at the end of the season. Like Don did, on The Newsroom.
Ah, right. That makes a lot of sense.
I didn't understand why the first part of your spoiler happened.
I haven't seen everything from this show, missed some eps and have confused some characters, so if someone could explain
We never got much of Richard Harrow's reaction at the time, but as he reminded us this episode, Jimmy's wife was one of the few people who ever treated him like a person. She sketched a picture of him without his mask on and encouraged him to accept himself as beautiful, scars and all. As somebody who is fiercely loyal to the few people who respect him, Richard realizes in the 3rd season premiere that his grief over her death demands action; so he hunts down and kills Manny in revenge.
ah thanks so much, I actually knew those pieces but couldn't put them together (even with all the hints in this ep).
I appreciate it
Besides my general loathing of Michael Pitt, Jimmy has never been a particularly likable character.
I thought last night's episode was kinda plodding.
Sometimes this show can be really lame if you look past the production values and entertainment value.
I'm assuming it was when Lucky and Lansky told Massaria.
EDIT: I misread the question a bit. But, my assumption is that Lucky was at the meeting that Nucky held last episode and that Massaria then knew to be on the lookout for any of Nucky's underlings. He's smart enough to put two and two together.
#FreeScheck
#FreeSKFM
On the other hand, I really liked last nights episode. Yeah, the foreshadowing was there:
Gyp is a psycho, and so well acted. Christ the man's insane.
I'm more or less in agreement with Silas:
It didn't seriously mar my perception of the episode, but I had the same feeling of "how did Lucky know?"
I don't understand why anyone is following him beyond holy fuck he's scary. Why would he be placed in a leadership role is anyone's guess and I wouldn't be shocked if in the end one of his own men kill him.
Spoilers with insight/hypothesize about tonights episode:
How could you not get the characterization of Gyp when he wore the Napoleon hat at the end of last weeks episode? He's done a great job of acting the character, but this season definitely has had some weak exposition spots, and I think that's just a problem with trying to do too much, while still having the ridiculous eye for detail/period characterizations. My favorite part of the show is the way they work in the biases, and cultures and what they would be exposed to so well for the period.
The plan in the first place seemed sloppy on Owen and Nucky's part.
And the beach scene with Gyp was disgusting. Probably the most revolting scene yet in the series, and even more disturbing than anything in The Sopranos. I don't see the point of it other than to bash us over the head with "this guy is a psycho and it sure doesn't make much sense past $$$ why his men follow him"
What exactly has she done to make her a "worse person"?
Yeah, that's about all I can think of and in light of Nucky's indiscretions I really don't see an issue with it.
I'm not one of those guys that thinks she should be stoned because she wanted to get outta the abusive relationship with Nucky once she wised up or whatever, I'm just saying she ain't no saint, and the fact that she horned Nucky doesn't bode well for her life expectancy, especially since I think Nucky knows.
For the time period, physical punishment of your children (a slap or spanking) was very, very normal. Applying your current cultural norms to it just doesn't work. I'm pretty sure that Nucky has never not been sleeping around on her. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not happening. It's part of who he is. She also has for a long time been very aware of his less than sterling business practices, so things like signing away the land and other such deeds is her way of making atonement for it.
I thought the same thing, but consider this:
What? I'm not even talking about cultural norms, it was just what jumped to my mind, as an example of her less than sterling behavior as you like to put it. She's also exploited her relationship with Nucky in a number of ways, and forced him to marry her, essentially. Granted, that was all on his own volition, and don't try to pigeonhole me into defending Nucky, as he is very obviously an anit-hero, and he needs FAR less reason to kill Margaret than he has..
My big point was just, for that last scene with her losing it over the package, and with the way the planning went for her lover's mission, I just get the feeling that Nucky was wise, and orchestrated it.. I could be wrong, and it could've been lazy writing, but just the way the scene broke, and that particular episode, and the whole hummingbird thing that occured while Nucky was concussed.. Makes me think there's gonna be a big showdown between the two, and I think Nucky will be holding all the cards, since he's really who the show's about.
It wasn't "less than sterling behavior", it was par for course and perfectly normal for the times. You need to stop looking at it through the lens of 2012. Nowadays? Not so great. Then? Totally normal.
Yea, that's one of the reason's I think Nucky orchestrated it to off Margaret's lover.. The whole thing just made no sense.