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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Nelson’s coming home and hears Sigrid speaking with a man. He tries to surreptitiously open the door but with the sofa strategically placed in front of it, and the agent stalking him sitting right there, it’s kind of comical so Nelson comes in. Sigrid excuses herself to check on dinner so the men can talk. Nelson thinks the agent’s there to extort money from him but he’s just a disgruntled customer who bought a shoddy iron. He bends over to show Nelson the busted iron then…WHACK! Sigrid’s beating his head in with a rolling pin. You know, Nelson. If you keep hooking up with crazies, maybe it’s not them. Maybe it’s you.  One to grow on.

Nelson explains to her that the agent wasn’t there to arrest him and her response? I’ll hold his legs. Ah, a crazy after his own heart but they don’t have a lake and a large congregation so Nelson can “baptize” him. He makes do by suffocating the agent with his handkerchief and Sigrid squares it all in her head by calling the dead agent the “bad person.” It’s still Nelson’s healthiest relationship.

Love is…killing the man your wife fatally wounded to protect you.

Gillian steps out of the shadows and her face is devastated. She’s not crazy-eyed anymore, just scared and hurt and lonely. Her eyes are glassy and Mol has never seemed this frail. She looks at her girls just sitting around listening to that harp music but when one of them blithely tells her it’s slow she tells them to get out on the porch and drum up some business. No more games for the Artemis Club, time to admit it’s a cathouse. Then she retreats to a sitting room and writes Jimmy a letter about coming home and helping her get her expenses in order because she misses him so very, very much, but her face is still desperate and sad and GAH! Gillian stop making me feel for you.

Stop this!  Right now!

Margaret’s at the hospital lost in thought about how awful her day was and waiting to start the evening’s lesson. One of the women hasn’t returned and the nun thinks it’s because they don’t value the classes. But another woman points out that evenings aren’t a good time because the whole family is home, whereas they have more free time in the mornings after the children go to school. Sadly, the nun couldn’t care less about being convenient to the class because she has to be present to make sure no one says “vagina.”

Then to put the turd cherry on Margaret’s shit sundae, Mason got called away on an emergency and won’t get to teach class that evening. Undeterred, Margaret decides to teach the class herself. The nun is not pleased but Margaret tells her they have their books, they have their chart and they have themselves. What more is needed? The nun still balks because it’s not exactly what they agreed to and she’s no free-thinking Nun on the Bus. There are rules. Margaret ignores the nun and starts the lesson on how the fetus develops.

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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
    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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