User Reviews

Not much in the way of plot progression in this episode, but definitely some wholesome character development.

For the first time, at the end of the episode, we see the psychological effects of WWI on Jimmy - after he's sent away by Nucky. My only question is how did Rothstein find out? Does he have members infiltrating the Feds? I hope Jimmy becomes successful, I immediately empathized with this character in the pilot more than other, except for Margaret of course.

I'm glad Margaret got a job, her boss is so arrogant though, so are her clients (Nucky's squeeze.) I'd like to see her become more confident and forceful with her desires and ambitions, I'm sure that'll come we're only three episodes in.

We're reintroduced to Chalky White, played by the brilliant Michael Kenneth Williams, I can already see him being at odds with Nucky further along the road.

Another absolute scene stealer is Lucky Luciano! He's so intense, you feel so much anxiety just by looking at him. Excellent acting, I imagine the real life Luciano was just as ferocious.

Overall, a good episode, can't wait to see what else is in store!

Lots of character development going on which is understandable. This episode was alright, it was decent nothing great. It progressed the story forward a little bit. But I didn't get the ending. Before this episode the ending scenes have been intriguing which make you want to watch the next episode right away. But this episode's ending left me confused in a bad way. Nucky enters an elevator leaving his shoe prints behind. What does that mean? Did I miss something? This ending felt abrupt. And this episode was not as good as the other episodes. It's decent but not great.

This episode doesn't advance the main crime story, instead focussing on developing some of the characters. Jimmy gets the most plot movement, hopefully setting him up for a crime relationship with Al Capone. This does happen through a rather clichéd break-up scene.

Other characters have more revealed about them. Lucy asks Margaret for help putting lingerie on her nude body in a chilling scene. Meanwhile, Van Alden turns out to be even more insane than we thought. There's no nuance in his character, but I think that's actually fine because it means he's so much more memorable than the clichéd 'investigator' character. And pretty much every scene that involves him is hilarious in a dark way. Like when he literally grabs a man's guts to get information out of him.

I like the final scene when Nucky turns round and looks at his muddy footprints.