Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) dig deeper into the season finale of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Eldorado”.

Written by Howard Korder and Terence Winter

Directed by Tim Van Patten

Historical references:

Closing song: If You Want The Rainbow (You Must Have The Rain), performed in 1928 by Annette Hanshaw

King Neptune made frequent appearances on the boardwalk, later paired with Miss America winners.

Cornelius Vanderbilt is buried in Staten Island. I don’t think anything is written on his tombstone.

Terence Winter admitted that Mabel’s tombstone date was a mistake.

Capone’s story basically ends with him turning himself into the authorities, as he would spend most of the ’30s in prison, then spend years suffering from dementia and other long-term effects of syphillis, before dying in 1947?

After Maranzano’s murder in 1931, the Mafia families called a meeting in Chicago. The purpose of the meeting was to replace the old Sicilian Mafia regime of “boss of all bosses” and establish a rule of consensus among the crime families. Charlie Luciano established a Mafia board of directors to be known as “The Commission” to oversee all Mafia activities in the United States and serve to mediate conflicts between families. The Commission consisting of seven family bosses: the leaders of New York’s Five Families: Charlie “Lucky” Luciano, Vincent Mangano, Tommy Gagliano, Joseph Bonanno and Joe Profaci, the Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone and Buffalo family boss Stefano Magaddino. Charlie Luciano was appointed chairman of the Commission. The Commission agreed to hold meetings every five years or when they needed to discuss family problems.

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Join Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) as they they provide their first impressions of the last episode of Boardwalk Empire, “Eldorado”.

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 7 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Friendless Child”.

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Directed by: Allen Coulter

Written by: Riccardo DiLoreto, Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder

1897:

What did we think of Madeleine Rose Yen performance of young Gillian?

Young Gillian seems to be very bright, is that from reading a lot of books in the orphanage?

Why does Sheriff Lindsay want out of doing the commodores bidding?

Did the commodores mansion seem even more mincing?

Did did you get nervous thinking about what Enoch was going to find out what the Commodore needs help with?

What did we think about Nucky’s & Mabel’s reaction to Gillian running away?

How much of this original sin are we going to see next week?

New York/Atlantic City

Seeing how frustrated Nucky is early on, are we still surprised about his plan of action to strike Lucky and Meyer? Did he seem out of character at that time?

Why are we seeing Joe turning money down again, this time from Maranzano?

What do we make of the phone call with Margaret?

At the moment of the scene, did we feel sorry for Eli?

What did we think of Eli’s reaction to seeing William? “I told myself, ‘If he’s doing’ okay then it’s worth it.’ And here you are. On the right side of the street.” Eli

Michael Zegen was great playing Benny Siegel this week.

Listen to the song he was singing “My Girl’s Pussy,” by Harry Roy

What did we think about the standoff scene between Nucky and Luciano?

Are we sad that Mickey will not be around for that comic relief in the final episode?

Paul Sparks has always been good in the role of Mickey Doyle.

Did Terence Winter have him shot in the voice box to finally shut him up?

Are we surprised that Nucky so quickly was willing to give up everything to save William and his men?

Was this Nucky’s giving up point like Sheriff Lindsay in the flashback?

Eli and his men kill Maranzano. Do we like the way they way the writers mixed history with fiction in the death of Salvatore Maranzano?

Did we like the scene when John Torrio, Lucky, and Lansky are celebrating their victory? Torrio being left behind, while the new gangsters take over. They even mentioned the meeting where Luciano divides the city into five territories.

What will happen now that Nucky no longer has his empire?

Is Luciano and Lansky really done with Nucky and Eli?

Was Joe Harper really just a metaphor for Nucky’s past or is he Tommy Darmody?

What does the future look like for Willie Thompson?

Did we like the handling of Nucky reading Gillian’s letter?

In the letter, why does Gillian revealed that she thinks Nucky helped her in the past?

Will Nucky help Gillian and if so, will he get closure to his past sins?

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 6 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Devil You Know”.

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Are we seeing more signs that Joe is Tommy?

Where is this bar that Nucky is hiding out in and why has no one recognized him?

Is the moment on the boardwalk where Enoch starts to realize something is going on with the Commodore and the young girls?

What is the significance with the “Song of Hiawatha” poem that Nucky was referencing?

What do we think about the handling of Van Alden’s death?

Was Van’s reactions consistent with his character?

What happens to Eli now?

Was this how Chalky saw this going down?

What did we think about Nucky’s comments to Joe?

Now that Nucky’s showdown is the only story left, what can we expect to see first?

Will Narcisse live up to his end of the deal?

Are we happy with Chalky’s ending?

Did we like the skipping record sound at the end of the episode?

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 5 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “King of Norway”.

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The closing song is ‘Shout Sister Shout’ by the Boswell Sisters.

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 4 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Cuanto”.

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1884

• Why is Enoch so bothered by the swells?

• What did we learn from the dinner scene at Sheriff Lindsay house?

 • Enoch request to have his father jailed or killed. Does this shows us that Enoch was breaking bad at an early age?

• Will Sheriff Lindsay be more of a mentor to Enoch than the Commodore?

• Will we see a teen Enoch and Eli next?

 Atlantic City

 • Joe is not interested in teaming up with Nucky, because Scotch does not mix with rum. What do we make of this?

• Did we like how Nucky and Margaret open up about there first impressions of each other?

• What do we think of Nucky’s solution to the problem with Rothstein’s widow?

• Is Nucky up to something else?

Cuba

• What is going on with Bacardi?

• Sally gets killed by local authorities. Would things have been different if Nucky was there to deliver the money?

• Is this the end of the Bacardi deal?

Chicago

• Wallace Beery plays a gangster in the movie The Secret Six. Is this why Al Capone was offended by this reference?

 • Do we like the clear Goodfellas reference?

• Did we think Van was a goner when Luciano recognizes him?

• How awesome was the Van shakedown scene?

• What is going to happen to Van, now that the Feds know who he is?

 • It looks like Al Capone plans to help Nucky, what does this mean for Luciano’s plan?

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 3 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “What Jesus Said”.

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Chalky

Milton seems to believe this is the same family that missed treated him, was he right or confused?

What did we learn about Chalky’s situation during this episode?

What’s next for Chalky?

Atlantic City

Nucky seems eager for Kennedy’s approval, why?

Nucky needs his booze more than ever before?

Mickey Doyle’s management style is not going over well. How much more can Nucky take from him?

Was Joe Kennedy satisfied with Nucky’s answer to his question?

How will this play out for Margaret and Nucky, can he help her?

Who was the hobo boy that want’s to work for Nucky?

1884

How many jobs does young Nucky do for the Commodore?

How does Nucky handle himself around Mabel?

Will we see Mabel and Nucky as teens next?

New York

Does Carolyn Rothstein really have a chance in getting the money?

Dr. Narcisse is back and not willing to work with Luciano and crew. Why?

Has working with the Feds broken down Dr. Narcisse?

How will this battle between Narcisse and Luciano play out?

Will Chalky play a stake in Narcisse future?

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 2 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “The Good Listener”.

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Chicago

• Things look rough for Eli in Chicago.

• Did the spinning images help tie the Thompson brothers stories together?

• Did we like the Eli and Mueller team?

• Was it a bad idea for Eli and George take money from Al Capone to pay back the 20 thousand?

• Elliot Ness declares war on Al Capone.

• Mike D’Angelo, has gone deep undercover into the Al Capone’s organization. Will he take down Capone?

New York

• Nucky visits Johnny Torrio in NY. Is Johnny really retired?

• Willie Thompson wants to be a prosecutor. What does this mean for Willie’s character? Will he take down Nucky?

• Nucky may get help from Joe Kennedy

• Nucky forces Tonino to tell him it was Lansky and Luciano that wanted him killed and then Nuch get’s revenge for Billie Kent’s murder.

1884

• Susan has passed

• Ethan sold land to the Commodore, what happened with that story?

• What are we learning about Nucky’s character?

Mental Institute

• How crazy is Gillian?

• Gillian trades a dress for letter making materials. Did we think it was going to be a sex trade?

• Who is she writing to?

• Where are they going with this story and do we care?

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 1 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Golden Days of Boys & Girls”.

The Flashbacks

Havana Cuba

 Chalky in a chain gang

Brooklyn

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) review their top 5 favorite moments from the first four seasons of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, as well as posing questions they have about the upcoming season, in anticipation of their season long weekly coverage of this final season.

Our top 5 favorite moments:

Antonio’s picks

Jeremiah’s picks

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