Boardwalk Empire Recap: Easter Eggs and Lovely Heroin

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By vallegirl | Thursday, November 1, 2012 | 11:00 am | 7 Comments
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This leaves the two brothers to chat, and reminisce about Easter. Eli fondly remembers their mother putting out three red eggs while Nucky has less fond memories of their father keeping the money. Feeling a moment to bond, Eli asks Nucky to have that drink with him now and they head back to the work shed.

Margaret’s watching the children from the kitchen and wondering how June does it, taking care of eight children. June’s in a charming mood so she admits that sometimes she just wants to lock herself away but on days like today it’s all worth it. Then she compliments Margaret on how well behaved Teddy and Emily are. Margaret says they’re just trying to make a good impression and June says all children have a touch of the devil in them. Including her perfect little gentleman son, Willie.

Little Margaret, happy at last.

Margaret doesn’t believe Willie caused trouble but June says he’s done a lot of growing up in the last couple of years. Margaret gets sad and apologizes to June but June says it wasn’t her fault (well…not ALL of it) and besides, Nucky did all he could to help. This steels Margaret, who curtly agrees that she’s sure he did.

The women get to bonding and June admits that Eli didn’t think Margaret would come (Nice callback to their run in last season.) but June insisted because Margaret’s her sister-in-law and they hadn’t even met. Margaret tries to explain but June’s known them both her entire adult life and she knows how they fight but the bond is tight and Eli adores Nucky. Margaret’s a little surprised but June explain how difficult it was growing up with Ethan. Especially since their mother was so fragile, so Nucky kept them together.

Margaret gets melancholy that she never knew any of this about Nucky and June’s not picking up on Margaret’s cues. She just continues on about how Nucky keeps everything inside, but he has a good heart. This breaks Margaret and she just slides into a chair. June asks what’s wrong and Margaret pours her soul out to a woman she just met. She tells June about Billie and how Nucky spends half his time with her. That they barely even speak and he’s involved in things that she cannot bear to think about.

Oh, Margaret’s not finished making it awkward. She tells June that Nucky blames her and she blames Nucky and sometimes it feels like the life is being pressed out of her. June’s so gobsmacked about the sudden turn in their Easter dinner that all she can do is acknowledge the pineapple upside down cake that Margaret brought. You’d think she’d be used to awkward family dinners. Margaret realizes she crossed a line when June goes looking for another cake dish, but June briefly offers a comforting hand on the shoulder because she’s probably well aware of what Nucky’s like. Before Margaret can get too lost in thought, Emily yells out that she found the red egg.

It’s the best I’ve got, Peg.

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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
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Yes, Gillian, Tommy doesn’t need to be around rough language. You just continue to raise him in a whore house. And pretend you’re his mother.

  2. 2
    plockeness monster plockeness monster
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    Oh Lord, the scene w/ Richard and Tommy was so flipping cute!! I wish Richard would just steal Tommy and take him away from Gillian.

    [Pondering exactly how angry Gillian would be if he kills Paul in front of Tommy but doesn’t swear while doing it.] LOLOLOLOL, Valle!!!!!!!!!

    I was under the impression that the woman banging on Gyp’s door was his sister, but now I am remembering him telling Nucky that he hadn’t had sex with his wife in a while. Gag. No wonder he cheats. I really liked the scene in his apartment. I think it gave us a little insight as to why Gyp hates it when a person makes him feel like a moron…he’s surrounded by women that are constantly belittling him.

  3. 3
    Lo
    Posted November 1, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    All of the Boardwalk kids were awesome (and terribly cute) this episode. I thought it was a solid one.

  4. 4
    BlueCanary
    Posted November 4, 2012 at 5:28 am

    Vallegirl, you are killing it on these recaps. Awesome job.

    Gillian made my blood run cold in this episode, starting with the Real Jimmy-as-husband statement. Just wrong. Also, if I have to see Richard scrapbooking one more time, I may have to start self-medicating. He kills me every single week.

  5. 5
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted November 4, 2012 at 8:03 am

    Lo – you are correct that all the kids on this show are cute, and without being cloying or “precocious.” But the twins who play Tommy just get the best stuff to work with and from what I’ve read about them are actually like Tommy in real life since they started harassing Michael Pitt for smoking at some event. They’re a couple of little pistols. The twins who play Teddy also played “Little A” on All My Children (and the triplets who play Sonny played a deaf child on AMC as well) and the joke was how “special” Little A was because they never even let him walk until he was about four, and the only time they showed any life or personality was when they were working with David Canary. So I’m assuming the one who worked this week was the one who worked with Canary on AMC.

    plockeness – my initial thought was that Gyp still lived at home with his mother and sisters, too, but watching the scene a second time, the two young women are actually teens, so I revised it to he lived with his wife, daughters, and mother-in-law and that, plus the whole church scene, explains so much about Gyp.

    And BlueCanary (any relation to David?), thanks. I love this show so much and think it’s pretty meticulously produced but no one’s really completely likable so it’s surprisingly easy to make fun of but Gillian has slowly become the most compelling character to me. She’s cruel and monstrous but so damn tragic. And if they can make Capone sympathetic because of his deaf son, Gillian can get a little sympathy, too.

    The less said about Richard and his scrapbook the better because that will just make me start sobbing again.

  6. 6
    Kai88
    Posted November 4, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    Oh Gillian. Oh, creepy, insane, Gillian. Great recap! Also loved the David Sedaris reference.

  7. 7
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted November 5, 2012 at 10:40 am

    Thanks. And that’s my favorite line from one of my favorite Sedaris essays but thought it might not be that well known. Glad you liked it.

    And if you are unfamiliar with this particular bit of Sedaris brilliance, here’s a link to the essay.

    http://scottduncan.free.fr/blog/jesus_shaves.pdf

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