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Taking It Personal: A Look Back at Boardwalk Empire Season Three
The season built to a riveting run, connecting a lot of seemingly loose threads. But it also showed the difference between bringing plot elements together and...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Season Finale
"Margate Sands" delivers a bloodbath in true Boardwalk Empire style
Boardwalk Empire Watch: The Body of an American
An act of God throws an innocent character into a battle, while everywhere else in this story, men try to whip up wars of choice.
The Morning After: Rise or Fall of Boardwalk Empire?
OK, technically this counts as two mornings after, but I realized that I should let you all know that I’m not doing weekly reviews of Boardwalk Empire this...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: I Confess
We're at about the halfway point of season two, and this is a good time to reflect on what's going right and wrong in overall.
Boardwalk Empire Watch: The House Is on Fire
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen “Ging Gang Goolie,” sit around a campfire and watch before reading on. Everyone’s façade began to burn on last night’s...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Do It Yourself
It feels like Boardwalk Empire just aired an excellent series finale. It just happened to do it, very likely, several seasons before the show will actually have...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Crank Up the Old Victrola
Spoiler alert: Before you read this post, stop reading that derivative script about the rich society boy who falls for the servant girl and watch last night's...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?
A little Jacobean drama and a whole lot of Oedipus made for an insane, no-brakes hour of television, which delved into the festering swamp of crazy beneath the...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Unjust Deserts
In "Georgia Peach," an episode about retribution but not justice, Boardwalk's moral universe exacts payback--often, from the innocent.
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Do the Right Thing
An excellent showcase episode for Kelly Macdonald asks: What's the difference between doing the right thing and merely doing the righteous thing?
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Get Me a Wet Towel
Spoiler alert: If you haven’t seen “You’d Be Surprised,” have someone strap a belt around your neck before reading on. It’s not a huge surprise that Rosetti’s...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Everyone Has a Breaking Point
As his war with New York rivals intensifies, Nucky risks losing everything
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Buon Fortuna
If you have issues with spoilers, don’t read on before watching “Bone for Tuna.” After having impetuously declared his undying love for Billie last week, Nucky...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: The War Begins
Load your weapons and watch "Two Impostors" before continuing
Boardwalk Empire Watch: Finding the Easter Eggs
The theme of "Sunday Best" is revelation. Revealing facts and motivations costs any fiction writer a great deal, and let's thank the Boardwalk writers for giving...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: A New Jimmy?
Spoiler alert: Jimmy yourself into a dank basement and then watch “Blue Bell Boy”—or don’t read further. We start with Sleater, who’s getting both a service from...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: My Ears Are Ringing
The boardwalk of his empire having been bombed, Nucky faces hard new realities
Emmy Nominations: 'Mildred Pierce' and 'Mad Men' Lead the Pack
Glee or Modern Family? Mad Men or Boardwalk Empire? For a certain swath of the population, these are the burning issues of the day. Debt talks between President...
Boardwalk Empire Watch: A Chaos of Spoils
…And a chaos of spoilers: don’t read on if you haven’t seen “Spaghetti and Meatballs.” The funny thing about Nucky Thompson is that he is the most talented,...
