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Am I the only one who thinks Nucky's go to guy is about to bit the dust?
Good episode indeed.
He really looked like Frankenstein's monster.
Am I the only one who thinks Nucky's go to guy is about to bit the dust?
Good episode indeed.
What happened to this show? It has turned into some kind of circus.
Tonight's episode was confusing.
It's just the writers dragging it out. There are so many nothing shows in this series. Sure some will say otherwise, but it's really apparent when the writers are just half stepping to get to the next episode. It's like the ty songs on an album with 2 good ones. We all know Capone is going to be the boss in Chicago. To me, that's much more interesting than what's happening with Thompson.
I found the episode when the mother ed her son to be extremely neurotic....
Don't you mean "erotic".
I think she ed a look alike, her son was dead. Don't recall her and Jimmy ing.
Flashback. Episode before last season's finale.
Whoa, that Gyp Rosetti is one psycho motherucker, huh?! I need for him to DIE real soon, he's too dumb to be as dangerous as he is! I like Nucky coming out of the head injury a bit unstable, we're seeing the brutality that he needs to survive this power shift that is trying to happen. But I think Nucky and his brother are gonna unleash holy (with a little assist from the crooked politicians) and Arnold Rothstein and coup will be paying back for a LONG time. Harrow should turn on Gillian and join with Slater on Team Nucky; but I kinda hope Slater gets killed (after Nucky finds out about the affair) so Margaret is forced to stay and be humiliated by Nucky; I can't stand her stupid ass sometimes----she's only screwed Slater a couple of times, they don't even have real conversations, and she's ready to run off with him?? Dumb !
I just don't understand why they built up Rosetti to be the main villain this season when anyone with passing knowledge of the era knows he never existed - he should have been around a few episodes and then been killed. There is plenty of material already there with Rothstein, Luciano, Lansky, Capone, and Masseria to have an incredibly entertaining show. The attorney general storyline and the political side of stuff and the Old Overholt distillery deal are far more interesting to me than Rosetti, but I guess that is all setup for next season.
I still find myself wishing this show cared as much about character development as I do, because that's really the only thing keeping it from being at the Mad Men/Breaking Bad/Treme level for me.
This is one of those shows that is great at giving me ample information about what these people do and/or what happens to them, but there are almost zero characters in the ensemble where I feel I have a sense of what they're up to (or even that they exist) when not on screen. I understand the appeal of a complicated/conspiratorial plot (okay, I don't personally understand the appeal, but I understand that there is one), and I understand the temptation to load this thing with as many real life characters as possible, but I can't help thinking the show would be about a million times better if they cut the cast by at least half and gave everyone who remained room to breathe. As it is, characters show up for five minutes of advancing the plot, then they disappear for several episodes in a row. Without any good, deep character work the show often feels like a beautifully shot waste of really fantastic actors. Chalky White, Capone, and Rothstein are endlessly intriguing characters, for example, and Williams, Graham, and Stuhlbarg turn in wonderfully entertaining performances every time they're asked to, but three seasons in and I can't imagine any of the three characters doing a single thing when not on screen other than sitting at home and twiddling their thumbs while waiting for the next time the narrative requires them to deliver a couple of lines.
I probably missed it. I knew she was freaky and knew she had sexual fantasies about her son but didn't see the ing episode. It's good he got whacked then, that mother er.
In Jimmy's defense, I don't think it's something he enjoyed or was happy about.
That said, probably doesn't say much about your strength as a gangster if you can't even avoid getting ed by your own mother.
What does having sex with your mother have to do with being a strong gangster or not? Two different matter entirely.
Well, I mostly meant it as a joke. But in general, I would think an inability to resist your own mother's sexual advances might be an indication of being a bit of a pushover. Which would track with the ways he repeatedly allowed himself to be manipulated by both Nucky and the Commodore. He frequently showed that he was perceptive enough to figure out what was going on and that he had the smarts to figure out the best course of action, and would occasionally act decisively in a fit of rage, yet he ended up getting killed because he was a pawn in an attempted coup to which he had no real attachment/commitment.
Even the hardest criminals have their weaknesses. His was his mom. Jimmy was a pussy though and not a good actor anyhow. Al Capone, that's an actor. That dude can say more with his eyes than all his lines put together. Reminds me just a tad bit of Gandofini with how he can convey his mood and intent with just a stare.
Check out This is England. Dude makes Norton in American History X look tame.
dupe
You know this show is badly written when you see like this coming weeks prior to it happening.
the show isn't badly written.
it was only a matter of time before sleater got killed off.
his character is highly expendable, jimmy had the same job and nucky killed him hisself.
the only character on this show who is safe is nucky.
And luciano, rothstein, lanksy and massera (sp)
well yea them too.
throw in capone as well.
We know Capone isn't going to die soon. There's history there. You can look these guys up and see their fates.
I liked how this season started off but this season seems to be getting worse and predictable by the episode IMO. The whole Washington storyline is pretty confusing as well.
yea that's why i didn't include them.
lansky is my fav.
Maybe not Rothstein, depending on whether they accelerate the timeline..
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