Boardwalk Empire Recap: Don’t Be a Jabronie

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By vallegirl | Saturday, September 29, 2012 | 9:02 am | 7 Comments
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Billie quickly returns to the table and calls the swell “His Great Satanic Majesty of Wall Street,” so it’s safe to assume she was probably just humoring him, but just to be on the safe side, while Maggie tells some story about her mother, Billie starts very obviously fondling Nucky’s crotch at the table to make him forget all about being jealous.

Pretty much says it all.

Mickey’s calling the crew to attention. Owen needs to play big man because he follows Nucky’s orders real good. They’re getting ready to ship out, they’re making two stops, if anyone gets arrested you know nothing, now come and get paid. As the others line up, Eli hangs back and smokes a cigarette while Owen tries again to insinuate himself where he doesn’t belong. Owen tries to small talk but Eli’s got no fucks to give and mocks Owen as the “new golden boy.” Owen, foolishly, thinks it’s because he makes sure things run smoothly because no one ever thinks they’re replaceable until they are. Eli holds off on telling Owen he’s just this year’s model because some lessons need to be learned the hard way.

Owen offers Eli an extra $50 for the trip to New York and Eli shows great restraint in not kicking the shit out of Owen and just says he doesn’t need a handout. But he does need a gun if he’s going with them. Owen manages to look put out as he hands Eli one of his. As you may have figured out, Owen bugs me.

Down at Chalky’s club and it’s jumping to some live jazz. Well mostly jumping. Maybelle took earnest Samuel and is trying to corrupt him with the demon liquor. Maybelle is being truly awful to Samuel, mocking him for not being fun then telling him to speak up and yell when he quietly starts to say something about her not wanting to marry him. That won’t make Chalky happy.

Good time Saturday Night.

Samuel’s getting his back up and tries to talk to Maybelle, telling her she should have just said “No” if she didn’t want to marry him, but a man keeps bumping into their table. Samuel finally loses his cool, or what approximates “losing cool” for someone as reserved and respectful as Samuel and angrily says “Pardon me. Can you watch what you’re doing, Sir.” The IMPUDENCE. Still, the guy doesn’t take kindly to Samuel and decides to slash his face. While Maybelle starts to see that maybe Chalky’s right, Dunn Pernsley’s troublemaking Spidey sense tingled and he comes barreling into the scene with a club to beat the other guy to a bloody pulp.

Chalky shows up as Dunn’s finishing off the punk and realizes that Maybelle was there with Samuel, and worse, Samuel got hurt. Chalky wants him to leave and take Maybelle with him, but Samuel is still a kind and decent person and he stays behind to help the man who slashed his face. Realizing Samuel might be too good for his family, Chalky drives the point home by asking a shaken Maybelle if he’s still “interesting” to her.

On second thought, respectably dull sounds like heaven.

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7 Comments

  1. 1
    ellemck1
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 8:16 am

    I loved Gyp’s line “I got a gun. You got a gun. He’s got a gun. He’s got a gun. Everybody’s got guns!”. It kinda described this show really well.

    Also, I love Owen (it’s the Irish accent. Has an affect on me.), but I’ve accepted that he’ll probably go down soon and I’ll survive and be sad.

    Eli took this episode. I can’t wait to see more.

  2. 2
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 10:21 am

    I loved the line, too, but it was so heavily promo’d that I felt cheap reusing it so I didn’t. But Cannavale has such an amazing voice to go with his Silly Putty face, that I get why they couldn’t get enough of the way he yelled “Errybody got GUNS.”

    And Shea Whigham was in Take Shelter with Michael Shannon. Played his best friend. All of Eli’s hawkish mannerisms were there, but the character was much more sympathetic. I really came to appreciate his acting in that movie so I gained a better appreciation of Eli between seasons. Clearly, the writers/producers think highly of Whigham and I’m glad he’s getting the chance to flesh out this character.

  3. 3
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    I thought Nucky found another dude’s razor in the medicine cabinet.

    I’m on the Owen train as well. I think he’s hot. I also think that him and Margaret are secretly in love.

    I still don’t understand the scene between Nucky and Means.

  4. 4
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted September 30, 2012 at 11:01 pm

    Different strokes. I think Charlie Cox is average-looking and he’s not charismatic enough for me to make anything interesting out of his role, which is pretty slight to begin with. He’s just kind of there, and I really hope they don’t make Margaret go back down that road again. That’s been her story for the first two seasons and I want them to let her find a way to make herself happy in life.

    But I hadn’t considered that the razor was left behind by someone else. Thanks. That makes the scene make some sense.

  5. 5
    Zo Impressive
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 10:32 am

    Isn’t this from last week? Anyhow, Eli is not looking healthy most def. Gyp is way over the top and Margaret has bc a real b*tch. Nucky is a sap over the new girl, but only set Gyp off more with his note about Tuna. Bad move, Nuck. Gyp is 7 Psychopaths in 1. Holding on rest for recap/update.

  6. 6
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted October 1, 2012 at 11:03 am

    Just cried real tears at the title.
    Omg, I haven’t seen anyone use the word jabronie in so many years. That was the ultimate insult on the playground….it used to make people cry and/or fight.
    Ahh I cannot stop laughing!!

  7. 7
    hot cawfee
    Posted October 3, 2012 at 9:12 am

    Am behind on watching– will catch up this week–pinky swear!!!!!

    I thought the razor was some else’s too. Then and dont know why– I remembered that Nucky’s first wife killed herself (with a razor??) when thie baby died. It flashed into my head. Maybe Nucky fears Billy is unbalanced????

    I still cannot stand Owen. But Bobby Cannavale is really developing his character.

    I love how its getting all Harlem Renaissance in AC—great scene between Chalky and Maybelle. She is trying to go Flapper but her father is having none of it. Do we think Samuel will become the Gangster Doctor????

    I had none of my beloved Richard this week so Eli is getting my love. Wow……when he stood at the door uncertain as to turn the door knob or walk in, I teared up as his hands fumbled. Then he knocked gently and the little guy answered the door “Pop?”.
    Yes Valle—you do see the love he has for his family. I lost it a little too when he took down Will’s b-day gift—and we see his son has become a man now.

    Question—-did Nucky help out June while Eli was away?? And do the kids know that he was in jail and why???

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