Minicap: Boardwalk Empire

Atlantic City is in a state of flux as Nucky finds himself with no aldermen (except Fleming), no customers, no booze for his casino and no dirty politicians in his pocket to make the charges go away.  Meanwhile, Margaret gets some news that makes her act squirrelly but manages to remind Katie who’s the lady of the house in no uncertain terms.  Owen’s showing his ambition by already outgrowing his job as a barkeep that he just got in the week between episodes and is offering his special skills and services to Nucky.  When Nuck ask what those skills are he says he’s very good at making people stop.  Stop what?  Whatever Nucky wants stopped.

On the sunnier side of the street, the Commodore is flush with his newly gained power, hair dye, liquor and aldermen.  He decides it’s time to give Jimmy everything Nucky wouldn’t to keep the kid loyal, but Jimmy’s practically dead inside so who knows how much it all means to him.  Meanwhile, Eli finds out exactly where he ranks with his father, and he’s the “Jan.”  In New York, Luciano and Lansky learn that there’s a downside to working with Jimmy.

In one of the weirdest and yet endearing developments Nelson and Lucy have set up house together while she’s pregnant.  He’s still Nelson and carved from a tree, and he’s never taken a stance on anything that he isn’t intransigent about, but she’s actually beginning to have a positive effect on him.  I hope those crazy kids can make it work.

And Mickey Doyle is still a cockroach.

It was a slower and more character driven episode, but gave some lovely insight into several characters.  The full recap will be up in a few days, but in the meantime, here’s a great video that shows exactly how much of Boardwalk Empire is computer generated.  It’s surprising and fascinating.