Boardwalk Empire Recap: Don’t Go To War Without an Army

Recaps

By vallegirl | Thursday, November 15, 2012 | 9:24 am | 8 Comments
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Owen’s sitting in the office holding his party hat, and if you can watch this episode with the closed captioning on, do. They captioned the kids at the party in the background and they actually have an argument about wanting someone else’s toy because it’s so much better. Hehe. We really should have had more of Eli’s family in the first two seasons. I may be confused about where this season’s headed, but Eli’s family has been a bright spot.

Margaret comes in to tell Owen that Nucky’s resting and he offers her a drink. She declines but tells him to go ahead. He declines as well because he’s never really acquired a taste for alcohol. Margaret thinks that’s funny because their whole lives center around it. But she’s not making an ethnic joke, she means the bootlegging. Owen thinks it’s just a business and Margaret asks if business is always meant to be like this. Clearly, she hasn’t heard the cliché about having and eating your cake.

Owen’s not much nicer about it when he tells her to ask the coal miner or the man digging a canal or working in a slaughterhouse. It’s easy not to think about where things come from when you want them, Margaret. Margaret shows an hilarious lack of self-awareness when she asks Owen if that’s HIS peace with it HAHAHAHAHA. Why is she so annoying this week?

I mean, I know I knew he was a criminal when I agreed to be his mistress, and hid his illicit ledger then burned it to protect my position. Oh, and I accepted the deed to the land I knew he planned to use to swindle money from the state. And, of course, this all started because he killed my last husband and probably killed Jimmy Darmody, but how could I know how stifling he’d be?

They start smurfing about running away together and how it has to be far, far away and all Margaret has to do is give Owen the word and they’ll leave. Margaret says he’s only saying it because she won’t go, practically begging him to beg her and he does because these two don’t seem to comprehend what world they live in. Then they “hug” and she walks back into the party wondering if she can slip Emily and Teddy into Eli’s house without him noticing two more kids.

Down at the American Legion Hall the jazz band and lively dancing suggest that Richard’s gotten better at lying since the first season. Outside, Julia drives up to an anxiously waiting Richard with his pretty, peach rosebud wrist corsage. Julia’s flattered and compliments him on knowing her colors and he suavely responds that he let the florist pick it out. Julia still finds this charming then holds her arm out when he suggests they go inside. Unsure at first, Richard quickly figures out that she’s asking for him to offer his arm and they walk off, arm in arm and awkward around each other as ever.

Awwww…

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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.

8 Comments

  1. 1
    hot cawfee
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 6:27 am

    Amen Valle—I was so happy this season to see Richard in the VFW Hall and interacting with people who are accepting of him. Granted it started with the hookers first but this is nice–teasing, accepting and kindness is why my beloved Richard needs. These are good folks.
    And question– the red-head in the scene–am I crazy (prolly) but is she the girl in the Wendy’s comercials??????
    back to reading

  2. 2
    hot cawfee
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 6:47 am

    Awesome recap Valle!!!!!

    I am forever loving how this show forces me to look at scenes beyond the actors on the screen. Its the room decor, costumes, something that has intrigued me from day one–the glassware. OMGL-does everyone have the same crystal?? Love it. Gillian’s necklace last week?? Its so much like a tiny one inch lavelierre (sp??) that my great-aunt wore and left to me.

    I am in agreement that chickens are coming home to roost. And we will see some unhappy chickens.
    It will be Eli and June unscathed–I love them and wish also that we would get more of them on scene. I hope the writers dont pull the “Margaret gets pregnant by Owen and hids her pregnancy and gives the baby to June to raise” story line.
    I think my beloved Richard will get the call from Nucky to bring his sniper skills to the war with Gyp and as a reward will help Richard get Tommy away from Gillian. Julia, Richard and Tommy–nice. I think Julia knows he works in Gillian’s “house” does she???

    Bobby Cannavale–another slow clap– he is amazing. Like you I am laughing and shielding my eyes each week. I hope we get more of his family soon. Henpecked and emasculated in his little tenement apartment.

  3. 3
    Classy Drunk Classy Drunk
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 7:03 am

    @hot cawfee… I definately think we are leading up to Margaret being preggers.

  4. 4
    hot cawfee
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    jeepers–my cap-code is hobby-horse!!!!

    I think its the universe telling us she is prego!!!!!!
    There are some ways they can play it–she can jump into bed with Nucky and play the old “I almost lost you !! Lets try again!!!” after the fact scenario.

  5. 5
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted November 16, 2012 at 8:29 pm

    Soooooo, Margaret’s son…no longer a serial killer?!

  6. 6
    Rebecca
    Posted November 17, 2012 at 4:36 pm

    Off topic, but I missed “Boardwalk Empire” last Sunday…
    … Because I was watching Bobby Cannavale (Gyp Rossetti) LIVE ON STAGE in “Glengarry Glen Ross”…. and he was BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!

  7. 7
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted November 18, 2012 at 11:53 am

    Hot Cawfee, I didn’t notice it but per tumblr, the girl at the dance is, in fact, the new Wendy’s girl. And I just found out that my niece went to school with Sheriff Jerry!

    Classy, I sincerely hope that the whole women’s rights storyline doesn’t boil down to Margaret getting knocked up by Owen but fear that’s probably where it’s going. And if that is where it’s going it will be the worst head fake ever. She started this season with so much promise and actually having a normal friendship outside of her marriage but all roads led back to Owen. Blerg.

    Plockeness – I don’t know if Teddy’s a serial killer, but that boy ain’t right. Nothing good will come of an unchecked Teddy.

    And Rebecca…I hate you. Nothing personal but the jealousy that you got to see Cannavale live and in Glengarry Glen Ross of all things is just too bitter to process right now. Who knew that when he started bubbling up again as Louis the pissed off clown in Modern Family he’d take over TV.

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    hot cawfee
    Posted November 19, 2012 at 7:46 am

    WEll Valle– that is where we are going !!! OMG– Richard has a new hat–a fedora like a dad would wear and …omg–I cannot wait to watch the past few epeiosed again–its going off the rails!!!!!!!!

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