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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The convoy gets to Tabor Heights but the pumps are locked. Mickey, showing his keen wits, says they should just blow out of town and find another filling station. That can accommodate eight trucks in the middle of the night. In 1923. Owen finally doesn’t bug the shit out of me when he says he’s not going to randomly wander the Jersey countryside looking for another station and sets out to find the key to the locks.

Sheriff Victor comes out of the shadows warning Owen off breaking into the station and asking what’s in the trucks. Owen and Mickey are all “the fuck” but the sheriff tells them that if the trucks are full of liquor then they have a problem. Showing, again, why he’ll never get ahead Mickey can’t figure out why the sudden change so Gyp comes out of the shadows.

Owen starts to figure out what’s the what and asks Gyp why he’s in Tabor Heights. Gyp’s all “I’m not Mr. Rosetti, I’m Collingsworth and this is my station. And we have no gas for you.” Owen under the false impression that being Nucky’s henchdog means anything outside of Atlantic City tells Gyp they’ll fill up and be on their way, flagrantly waving his gun. Which is just like waving a red flag at a bull so Gyp sallies on over mocking Owen’s little gun and waving his own, bigger gun back at him which makes Owen flinch and piss his pants just a little as everyone else pulls their guns.

Not phallic at all.

Then Gyp starts waving his gun around, too, but it’s way scarier when the big crazy man does it so Mickey’s crew just kind of back off. Gyp walks over to the pump and unlocks it, but rather than let them fill up, he starts pumping the gas on the ground and tells Owen they’re not getting any gas there that night. Owen actually says, and I quote, “You think Mr. Thompson won’t hear about this?” and Gyp somehow refrains from pouring some gas on Owen just to really spook the shit out of him for being such a snitch.

Back at Billie’s apartment and Nucky’s decided to stage a murder/suicide and is planning to burn down the building with them trapped inside. Oh, no. He’s just cooking for Billie. She’s impressed and he’s laying on the schmaltz and it’s all so cute until she gets a phone call. She goes to answer and he stops her, telling her that what he wants more than anything in the world is for people to be “honest no matter what.” Heh, bullshit.

But Billie’s willing to play his game and asks Nucky what he wants. He says he wants all his schemes and criminal activity to run itself so he can stay with her forever and never become a decrepit old geezer like his father. Or something like that. I might have embellished. Billie just giggles him off, saying he knows he can’t and Nucky looks heartbroken. This would be so much sadder and more romantic if we didn’t already see him dump another showgirl to make cow eyes at Margaret in the first season.

Sad widdle ganster just wants someone to wub.

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Vallegirl has never actually lived in a valley, has a lot of time on her hands and likes to yell at kids about how things were in her day.  Currently in LA, she's also spent a lot of time in the great states of  New York and Florida so she's not crazy, it's just a cultural thing.

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!!

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    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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