TV - Boardwalk Empire

HBO's Boardwalk Empire has become one of my favorite shows since I got into it, last summer. I binged and caught up with the show within a few weeks and I watched it until the finale episode.

Boardwalk Empire Cast

Why did I fall in love with Boardwalk? I think it has to do with the fact that it's a bit historical fiction and I am a future history major. It has mobsters. It has great story lines. It has gorgeous costumes. Not to mention the set was just amazing!

Enoch "Nucky" Thompson and Jimmy Darmody

I loved the different story lines and how in the end,  they all connected someway. I am kind of hoping for a spin off with Lucky Luciano because the last scene with Luciano, portrayed by Vincent Piazza, was when Luciano started the five families.

I think that the cast was amazing. Especially those who portrayed historical figures like Lucky Luiano, Al Capone, Benny Siegel. Meyer Lansky, Arnold Rothstein, and many others.

Personally, my favorite character was Richard Harrow, who was portrayed by Jack Huston.

Jack Huston as Richard Harrow

I do believe that Vincent Piazza did a wonderful job portraying Luciano, prior to his rise to become the boss of New York. I would think that it must have been hard because there are not a lot of movies, nor documentaries about a young Luciano.

Enough about the cast, which I'll get more into in a later post.

Let's talk about the story lines.
ESPECIALLY the finale!!

Warning: Spoilers ahead!

Tommy Darmody, the son of Jimmy and Angela Darmody killed the protagonist, Nucky Thompson. I didn't see that coming until he mentioned his "mee-maw". It was real mind blowing.

I also loved how the show killed Michael Shannon's character, Nelson van Alden/George Mueller. I really was expecting him to be killed off by someone of higher power like Al Capone. But no. That was not the case. He was killed by an undercover agent. Yeah.

I was a bit disappointed about the fast forwarding in the last season, because Rothstein had died and wasn't in it, but the season was good.

I was heart broken when they killed off Chalky White. I really liked the character because he was a black man with power and money in the '20s, which was NOT common, and I don't even think it was possible.

Nucky and Eli's final hug broke my heart in a good way because they had butted heads so much and I shed a few tears for the Thompson brothers.

The final scene with Capone and his son was so adorable. Especially when his son called him back in and held his fist like he was going to fight and they just hugged and cried.

I never wanted Eddie Kessler to die. He was, to me, the most innocent character of the show. He had no fault, he was just too loyal to Nucky Thompson.

When Luciano shot Mickey Doyle, I was happy, but sad. I found Doyle annoying in the show, but he always made me laugh and smile.

I had a love/hate for Narcisse because he was a villain, but I always vote for the villains. At the same time, he did make life complicated for the characters I liked.

I really only commented on the HUGE story lines in the finale.

Stephen DeRosa as Eddie Cantor

Before I end this post, I would like to add that I think Stephen DeRosa did a spectacular job portraying Eddie Cantor. As a Cantor fan, I think he did amazing, he is an amazing actor.