Boardwalk Empire Season 2 Finale: “To the Lost” “Nobody was meant to be there.” “But that’s where we were.” There you have it. I spent the last sixteen minutes of this episode with my hand firmly over my mouth, unable to speak or breathe. Finally, my special friend suggested I go brush my teeth. While I was brushing, I felt all the things that you feel when something you knew was going to happen...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 12: “Under God’s Power She Flourishes” “Do you believe in a higher power?” “The Federal Government comes to mind.” Not only is the above quote a classic Nuckyesque smartass comment, it’s also a statement about his world at large: Godless. After all, where else but in New Jersey would you find such a collection of psychopaths, pedophiles, and completely damaged individuals? Maybe Chicago. Home of the Schlubbies. Did I...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 10: “Georgia Peaches” “Your husband did this to you.” Yes! Yes! Yes! With two episodes left, Boardwalk nailed it! Good job, Boardwalk, good job! And man, I love Steve Buscemi. When Margaret smacked her bratty little kid and he came in the room (see the above still), it was The Big Lebowski all over again. I cried tears of laughter. Sometimes, you CAN have it all – but, I...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 9: Battle of the Century “A woman lawyer! Who knew!” “What’s next? Horseless carriages?” “We’ve already got those.” (silence) Brooke enjoyed this episode very much. She wished it had moved at a slightly faster pace, but all and all, Brooke liked it. Several things struck Brooke about this episode, the main one being that, for the first time this season, she actually recognized Jimmy as the same character from...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 8: “Two Boats and a Lifeguard” “Manure…but, what can you expect when you conduct your business in a stable.” Moment of truth: I don’t know what the hell is going on with this show sometimes. I thought it was because I watched the episode while sorting my mail (jury summons! Shit!) … but then I got up early this morning and watched the episode again, and the experience reminded...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 7: “Peg of Old” “If there was ever a time….” In an episode that was excruciatingly slow, it occurred to me that perhaps the show’s slow-and-steady pacing was in fact some sort of sexual metaphor, intentionally building tension and impatience for the incredible climax of the last few moments when our two hot-blooded Irish patriots finally bang. (At which point my Special Friend boyfriend promptly switched the episode off….not...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 6: “The Age of Reason” “I got the lemons.” Ep. 18 Clip – Father Brennan, Margaret and Teddy Um…well…womp womp. Last week’s episode was BAM! This week: womp womp. (Little voice inside my head that I try to filter in real life: “They should call it BORED-Walk Empire!”) Nucky has returned to lameness, Richard Harrow has retreated to the background, Jimmy is learning to manage his temper (BIG womp...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 5: “Gimcrack and Bunkum” “You’re an easily bamboozled individual” Who the hell knows what the title of this episode refers to — I didn’t catch it and I’m a Leo, and as every man who’s ever dated a Leo can tell you, “that woman has a memory like a God damned elephant” — but wow. NERD ALERT: On this Memorial day-themed episode, the main characters in the show —...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 4: “What Does the Bee Do?” “Prepare for the righteous punishment of the Gods” I never thought there’d be a day when I cheered on a stripper beating up a stroke victim, but today was that day. The plotlines all had their periods today, because this week was all about revenge. And damn, did I enjoy it! But I must say — for a season devoted to a war...
Boardwalk Empire Season 2: Episode 3: “A Dangerous Maid” “That was just war. This is Atlantic City.” Every now and then, one has an epiphany. This week, I was blessed to experience not one, but TWO!!!! I have watched fifteen episodes of this show and read every wikipedia article remotely related to it, and never before has the song “Nookie” by emblematic 90s band Limp Bizkit popped into my head in relation to it....
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