Boardwalk Empire Recap: You Talkin’ to Gyp?

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By vallegirl | Wednesday, October 17, 2012 | 9:26 am | 8 Comments
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A clerk leaves the committee room and wanders up to Means who’s eating Cheetos. Okay. They discuss Mellon’s testimony but all the clerk can provide is that he’s testifying about Daugherty. Means keeps eating his Cheetos, inscrutably.

Billie’s rehearsing her show and it’s rough. Cantor comes in and joins Nucky, who’s been lurking like a creeping creeper. Nucky wonders what Cantor will tell Schubert and Cantor says he’s seen worse, at funerals, but it’s not Billie. She’s aces. It’s the drip of a co-star. Nucky’s stopped listening to Cantor because the choreographer’s moved in to dance the routine with Billie and Nucky’s all jealous because he doesn’t understand how dancing actually works. Cantor’s embarrassed that Nucky’s still getting smitten and jealous like a teenager but placates his ego because he likes picking up a quick gig in AC on occasion.

You’re like watching a car crash.

Nelson’s agonizing over…something…when Sigrid comes in to tell him the children are napping. He corrects her that when they’re in for the night it’s “sleeping.” Sigrid runs through her most recent “1920s Colloquial American English” Rosetta Stone lesson, telling us she’s “hun-KEE doe-REE’ when there’s a knock on the door. They have no friends so Nelson runs to the door and shushes the baby when he starts crying. Yeah, it’s not obvious someone’s home. Still, whoever it is just slides a card under the door and leaves. Nelson sees it’s that Prohie from the speak and the card has a “?” on the back. Boo. Scary.

Sigrid picks up on Nelson’s mood and wonders if things are still hun-KEE doe-REE. Nelson says they need to talk. It’s not her it’s…oh, no. He says he wasn’t completely honest with her about his past and Sigrid tells him she knows. Then tells a story about the bad man saying bad lies about Nelson but she knows he did not do these bad things. Nelson realizes he’s corrupted a simpleton so he tells her, yup. That’s what happened.

Bjork, bjork, bjork…

Mason’s got a rather graphic and yet comical sketch of the female reproductive system on the chalk board and is explaining the fertilized eggs journey down the long and winding road (TM my friend Jackie in 9th grade biology) and that is how a woman becomes…with child. Margaret’s watching on with a mixture of amusement and pride as Mason fumbles to remember he can’t say the word “pregnant” to a room full of woman or else the nun will rap his knuckles with a ruler.

Class lets out and one of the extras tells Dr. Mason she wished they had those classes when she was 13 so she wouldn’t have thought she was dying and I think back to that day all the girls in my fourth grade class got their little pink boxes and realize just how far we’d come. Then I remember Todd Akin’s running for Senate and remember just how far back we might go.When the class is gone, Mason actually manages to offer Margaret a sincere apology for misjudging her and Margaret seems genuinely touched.

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8 Comments

  1. 1
    aschowe
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    What…..no mention of the full frontal? Great recap!

  2. 2
    Classy Drunk Classy Drunk
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    @aschowe…ikr. I yelled right at the tv. FULL FRONTAL! YAY!

  3. 3
    bumblebee
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    This was an awesome episode. I couldn’t believe how fast it went.

    In HBO’s long history of disturbing sex scenes, Gyp was right up there with Janice and Ralphie in The Sopranos. Naked, with the belt still around his neck, covered in blood, and the super creepy grin on his face was so chilling. He’s been an awesome addition to the cast. Plus we saw his wiener.

    Speaking of wieners, does Nucky’s behavior this season with Billie remind anyone else of Don Draper and Megan in Mad Men last season? Burt Cooper said Don was on “love leave” and that’s what I keep thinking of with Nucky. He’s so love sick over Billie. When Don broke it off with Dr. Faye, she said, “I hope she knows you only like the beginning of things” and it reminded me of Margaret’s line about Nucky needing to be the rescuer. Terrence Winter and Matthew Wiener used to work together on The Sopranos, so I guess some similarities shouldn’t be surprising.

    Van Alden’s wife hitting the Prophie in the head was crazy! I never would have guessed that one in a millions years. We all knew he was going to start working with O’Bannion, but I didn’t think it would be like this. The actor who plays O’Bannion kills me. He looks like Bizarro Ritchie Cunningham. I’d like to make fun of his over the top Chicago accent, but when I start to get really mad, I sound exactly like that.

    Where was Gillian supposedly mailing the letter to? Was she just writing in her diary or something? I think she’s slowly losing her grip on reality and before this her grip was tenuous, at best.

    My prediction is that Nucky sends Richard after Gyp to take him out sniper-style.

  4. 4
    plockeness monster
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 2:56 pm

    I agree, aschowe! IMO, the full frontal was very nice.

  5. 5
    plockeness monster
    Posted October 17, 2012 at 3:00 pm

    I feel like Gilliam still doesn’t know that Jimmy’s dead. Also, the letter she was writing her son was creepy as fuck. I know they had sex, but still. Gag.

  6. 6
    Classy Drunk classy drunk
    Posted October 18, 2012 at 5:46 am

    Thanks for being the mature one in the bunch vallegirl :)

  7. 7
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted October 18, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    Thanks for assuming it was maturity but to be honest, when I write my recaps I watch scenes several times so while watching it live it was “Oh HEY! Cannavale peen!” but by the time I was writing the recap it was “Yeah, whatever…Cannavale peen.”

    But looking at Gillian’s face while she’s writing the letter, she’s not so much deluded as frightened to admit the truth. Back in the season 2 finale they show her finding Jimmy’s dog tags on Tommy and she reacts then. She knew he wasn’t coming back alive. But Jimmy was her whole life and she’s become quite good at repressing all those awful, messy feelings that she’s convinced herself that if she just keeps up appearances he’ll be alive. It’s like when she forged the check for the utilities. It’s not the mailing of the letter that matters it’s writing it.

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    hot cawfee
    Posted October 19, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    WHEW!!!!! at long last I watched the episode and read the recap and comments—all of which rock!!!! AM ready to dig in and comment– I think I need to start watching the show with a 1920′s inspired cocktail– I wish my great aunt was still alive to drink one with me–this was totes her era!!!!

    Where to start?? Gotta start with nudity–full frontal and backal!!! I had alot of reservations about Bobby Cannavale coming on board–loved him in “Third Watch” and was a little charmed in “Will and Grace”. Holy Cow– there is a total psycho in him and I am loving it. Did anyone think “Tarzan” when he was walking naked down the hall with the belt around his neck??? Tazan movies began in 1918 and I think we are going to get some references from here on in (like “Girl of the Golden West” last week—the blood dripping thru the ceiling is a scene from the movie). We are bracing for war ya’all and we have a front row seat !!!!!!

    Something else I was drawn to this week is costuming ( or lack there of-winkwink). The beautiful necklaces that all the ladies are wearing (long chains with pendants–I want one!!!)–evoking the Art Deco era and playing against Margaret’s simple strand of pearls. Marge is keeping her dignified Lady Bountiful place in society. Interesting that the dress Billie had on in Madame J’s shop was so little girl-ish, unlike the slinky black dress Nucky was holding.

    How much of a modern woman stance do we see for Margaret?? Will she bob her hair, learn to drive???? This is such a great show and can’t wait for full on war!!!!!!!!

    And Gillian—sigh…..she is losing her grip.
    Nucky will have my beloved Richard on staff to help—am sorry its taken him so long.

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