Quote Originally Posted by Worf101 View Post
I enjoyed Season 2 immensely. I liked the further development of the characters. Like you I was sad to see Knucky cross that line. I also liked learning Dhormerty's backstory. For the life of me why Knuck chose Manny the Butcher over the kid I'll never know. It'll be interesting to see what Mask Man does now that Jimmy's gone. Van Alden is a hoot. I NEVER expected him to go Jason Bourne and them skip country. You're right though. His only option left is to go into organized crime. Why the hell not, he was robbin' and killin' like the rest of em. I already knew that Cicero is Capone's later headquarters but the Agent, even in the pre-internet days, has to know that the Feds are gonna keep comin' after him.
On that final episode, I know they wanted to make Jimmy's death dramatic by having him spend the entire episode basically preparing for his own death (e.g., giving his son the dogtags, calling Nucky over to his house, having Harrow not come with him to the meeting) and then coming to the meeting unarmed. That was the only way they could have the climactic moment with the father figure (Nucky) fully embracing his dark side by murdering his surrogate son.

However, I totally agree with you that the angle with Manny Horvitz is just not convincing. Not only with Nucky choosing Manny over Jimmy, but also with Jimmy coming to a supposed confrontation with the guy who murdered his wife unarmed. Yeah, I know. Jimmy probably expected that the meeting was an ambush, but still I would think that Jimmy's thoughts would go something like "I might be a dead man, but I'm gonna make sure that we both have an appointment with the devil tonight!"

Quote Originally Posted by Worf101
The Collen is truly niave if she thinks Knucky wouldn't kill a priest or HER for that matter to get what he believes is his. She truly does NOT who or what she's dealing with... A british friend of mine on another board asked me if BWE was an "American Production". He felt that the story, acting, sets and detail were too good to have come from this side of the pond. He obviously has no idea how much we lover a mobster saga. Not as good as
"The Wire"[ or "The Soprano's" but not too shabby either.

Worf/
That quote about the "American Production" is funny. I don't know about you, but the sets and general production values for quite a few British TV shows I've seen over the years don't exactly look like they were financed using the royal bank account! In a way, Boardwalk Empire did somewhat feel like a BBC drama in how deliberate the plot pacing seemed at the beginning of the season. But, the last few episodes were more Godfatheresque than anything.