- Gyp and his crew choke off the northbound road to New York and forces Nucky to come to an accommodation as he also tries to muscle into AC's prostitution.
- Nucky reluctantly joins Margaret to receive a high honor from the Church. Gyp makes a deal with Nucky. Van Alden regrets trying to socialize with his co-workers; Margaret takes her pitch to a higher authority; Richard sets the record straight.—Anonymous
- Doyle's careless bragging about Manny Horvitz gets him into trouble. Margaret schemes to get her women's clinic established in the hospital and nags Nucky to attend the ceremony in which the bishop gives him a Catholic knighthood. Gyp's intimidating choke-hold om Tabor Heights along the liquor route to Rothstein causes Nucky t make an accommodation to Mortti, who also sees an opening in Gillian's brothel. Nucky is also worried about Billie's failure to answer her calls in her New York apartment while hapless door-to-door salesman Van Alden is the butt of office jokes and gets caught in a Federal raid on his first visit to a speakeasy.—duke1029@aol.com
- Nucky has a nightmare in which he's unable to reach Billie Kent by phone and the operator tells him "the only thing to worry about is when you run out of company, sir." This is followed by Nucky seeing a young boy in front of him. He asks the kid if he's hungry and starts cooking some bacon. Soon, though, instead of holding a frying pan, he's holding a gun with which he inadvertently shoots the boy. Eddie wakes Nucky up and tells him Margaret is on the phone. She tells him the Bishop's man is at the house to make the plans for the St. Gregory award, which is to be presented the next night. Margaret reminds him it's not acceptable to say no. After the phone call, Nucky asks Eddie if Billie called. Eddie says no. Nucky sits up, takes a deep breath and asks if somebody is frying something.
Back at the house, Margaret covers for Nucky, telling the priest that he's busy working. He tells Margaret the plan for the award presentation. Margaret notices her "private audience with the Bishop" isn't on the schedule. The priest says the Bishop is too busy. Margaret suggests that the Bishop is trying to avoid them. She pressures the priest, asking him to see to the meeting. When he doesn't immediately agree, she suggests she might call the Bishop's private secretary. The priest says he'll handle it.
Van Alden is at his desk in the Faraday Iron Company office and has trouble with his pen while the other men watch with anticipation. It's a trick pen and when the ink squirts in his face they all laugh. The manager walks in and gives a motivational speech while Van Alden tries to clean himself up. He hides behind his briefcase while his manager hands him the plan for the day.
Nucky visits Rosetti in Tabor Heights with a police escort. Nucky acknowledges that he obviously offended Rosetti in some way, but he's not sure how. Rosetti tells Nucky that he's jeopardized his livelihood by not selling to him anymore. Nucky explains again that he needs to keep things simple. Rosetti suggests that Nucky is going to have a hard time moving his supply from Atlantic City to New York through Tabor Heights, and Nucky decides it'd be easier to make a temporary deal. He tells Rosetti that he'll honor their previous arrangement by setting him up with a month's supply, but after that Rosetti is on his own. Rosetti says it's a "square enough deal," and eventually shakes Nucky's hand after some prodding.
Gillian is on the phone with Lucky Luciano, telling him about problems around what was the Commodore's house such as the roof is leaking. She says he's a partner in the business (it's an upscale brothel now) and he's part responsible for handling such problems. Lucky at one point tells Gillian that her name isn't even on the deed, "it belongs to Jimmy." She says Jimmy will sign it over as soon as he comes home. Lucky tells her to stop screwing around and show him a return on his investment.
Meyer and Lucky set their hot-headed associate Benjamin (not yet "Bugsy") Siegel with heroin in his hat. He's given directions on making the deal. If anything at all goes wrong, he's supposed to walk away. After the kid leaves, Meyer tells Lucky they need to think about cutting Masseria in on their heroin operation because some of it is spreading onto his turf. Lucky isn't happy about it, but Meyer says that if they approach Masseria with terms, they'll look like gentlemen.
Margaret visits the hospital to see Dr. Landau. Dr. Mason is with him and Margaret tells Dr. Landau she has met the younger doctor. Margaret asks Dr. Landau if he'll be attending Nucky's award ceremony. He says he appreciates the invitation and that there are no hard feelings about their argument at the party over Margaret's suggestion that the hospital was giving inadequate prenatal care. Dr. Landau moves on to what he calls more important things and asks about the landscaping plan for the hospital. He tells Margaret that they've ordered the hydrangeas she recommended.
At the warehouse, Mickey has a disagreement with a driver over how much money he brought back from a delivery. The guy tells Mickey he had a different deal with Manny Horvitz. Mickey tells him to take it up with Manny, but the guy accurately notes that Manny is dead. Mickey tells the guy, "How do you think he got that way? By arguing with me." Mickey flashes his gun, and the guy coughs up more cash. Another kid notices this and doesn't say anything. Mickey catches him looking at him, and the kid says he wasn't looking at anything. Mickey sends the kid to deliver whiskey to Gillian Darmody's place.
Nucky waits for Rosetti to show up and remembers sitting in the same room and announcing Jimmy's return from military service. Rosetti shows up. They toast to their good luck, at Rosetti's suggestion "buona fortuna," he says. The waitress comes and Rosetti says he'd like a slice of her. After she leaves, Nucky tells Rosetti that if he's "hot to trot" Atlantic City has plenty to offer. Rosetti says Gillian Darmody's place is his preference. Nucky says he hasn't been. Rosetti knows Nucky knows her. He invites Nucky to join him at Gillian's, but Nucky says they'll do it another time when they're in Rosetti's "neck of the woods." Nucky quickly clarifies that he didn't mean to imply Rosetti lives among trees.
"What? Like a monkey, or something?" Rosetti asks, as if offended. Nucky asks if they're "starting with this again," in reference to Rosetti's penchant for being easily insulted, and Rosetti's makes a monkey noise and laughs.
Meyer sends Ben out to make another deal, but the kid doesn't get halfway down the block before he's attacked by a couple of Joe Masseria's men. Meyer shoots one of them on the spot, but the other gets away after jumping onto a car passing by. The kid flips out, shooting several times as the car speeds away, shouting, "You're dead! I'll kill you!"
Van Alden lays in bed staring at a cracked ceiling while nursemaid Sigrid puts the baby back to bed. She says he is "having the teeth." Van Alden tells her he was awake anyway. She tells him she's soaking his shirt in lemon juice and the ink will be out for tomorrow. He tells her he'll be more careful in the future. She tells him he must share his troubles with his wife. He tells her sales are slow, and she asks him to smile. He barely manages a smirk, but she soon uses other techniques to bring some happiness to his face and elsewhere all while walking him through the confidence he's supposed to exhibit when trying to make a sale.
Rosetti and Nucky are parked outside Gillian's place. Rosetti sees Gillian from afar and says her red hair gives him an ache "right here," pointing at his chest. Rosetti tells Nucky he's glad they worked things out and that he sometimes needs to remind himself "life's better with friends." Nucky tells him, "No one's going to argue with that." Rosetti leaves and Gillian welcomes him at the door. She looks back toward the car he came out of and exchanges glares with Nucky.
The delivery kid arrives at Gillian's place with the whiskey and gives the bottles to Richard Harrow. We see Rosetti being greeted in the background. The kids asks Harrow if he ever gets with the girls, and Harrow just grunts. The kids asks Harrow if he can keep a secret. The kid mentions Manny Horvitz and Harrow says, "I heard his luck ran out." The kid tells Harrow that Manny's luck ran out "and Mickey Doyle's ran in." Harrow asks what he means, and the kid tells Harrow that Mickey shot Manny he heard it from Mickey himself. Harrow says nothing after the kid says that Mickey is not to be messed with.
Nucky sits alone trying to make a phone call and there's no answer. Margaret comes in and asks if he'll be staying at the house tonight. He says they should go to the church the next day together. He tells her he's been having trouble sleeping. "Some warm milk, perhaps," she says, before leaving the room.
Nucky again sits alone.
Rosetti sits somewhat impatiently listening to a girl at Gillian's place reciting poetry. She gets applause afterward, but Rosetti says he didn't understand a word of it, but it was beautiful. Rosetti asks Gillian if they can talk alone. Rosetti soon brings up Gillian's business partner, knowing it's Lucky. He also mentions that Nucky is "worried." Gillian says she wouldn't know about that. She says that she tends to her affairs and Nucky to his, but Rosetti mentions that she has to pay Nucky to operate. "Every business has its costs," she says. Rosetti starts to get upset about it, and he asks, "What do I do? What is my choice?" Gillian cooly responds, "You take care of yourself."
Rosetti tells Gillian she's beautiful and he didn't like the way Nucky treated her when he was dropped off. She says she's "not the only one." She goes on to say she's "heard things." Among them, that Nucky's own brother tried to have him killed. Rosetti says, "Well, lose your own flesh and blood, what do you have?" Gillian seems a little shaken by this and responds, "You don't have anything."
Nucky is uncomfortable in his suit at the church. He and Margaret whisper to each other about it. He can't remember the last time he was in a church and she reminds him it was their wedding day. He tells her he didn't sleep again the night before and she says, "Well, what do they say on Broadway? The show must go on." They walk toward the altar. Nucky sits down and sees the boy from his dream singing in the choir, looking at him, with a bullet hole under his eye and blood slowly dripping from it.
Nucky is called up by the bishop and while he's given the title of "Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory," he looks over and still sees the boy with bullet hole on his cheekbone.
Van Alden is at work and the guys invite him out to a speakeasy after work. He says his wife is expecting him. They explain they were just razzing him with the ink gag. One of the guys tells a story of the hazing on his first day the others painted pink polka dots on his car. Van Alden takes a deep breath and says, "Nothing wrong with letting your hair down, I suppose."
Back at the reception following Nucky's award ceremony, Nucky is focused on the boy from the choir. He's distracted when Margaret and Cornelia talk to him. He leaves to use the restroom, but instead makes a call to the operator, again trying to reach Billie Kent.
Margaret introduces the Bishop to Dr. Landau. She put the doctor on the spot by telling the Bishop that Dr. Landau is trying to convince Nucky and Margaret to help start a women's health clinic at the hospital. The Bishop asks Dr. Landau what he has in mind and the doctor stammers through the fact that it's come to his attention that many women who come to the hospital could benefit from specialized pre-natal care. Margaret fills in the blanks, talking about seminars, nutrition, hygiene, and general pre-natal care. The Bishop notes that there are some sensitive topics that would need to be avoided. Margaret says they'll be mindful of such concerns, which they share. The Bishop gives them his blessing and after he leaves Margaret turns to Dr. Landau and says, "I'm afraid you've finally trapped me. We'll sponsor the clinic as you wish." Dr. Landau is speechless.
At the warehouse, Rosetti shows up asking for Nucky. Slater tells him Nucky isn't there. Eli shows up and tells Rosetti he's all loaded up. Rosetti recognizes Eli as the little brother, and says he's heard a lot about him. Eli doesn't respond to this. When Rosetti prepares to leave, Slater tells him Nucky had a message for him. Slater reads off his notes, which we see say, "Bone for tuna," a pronunciation guide for "buona fortuna," or "good luck' in Italian). Rosetti seems a bit shaken, says nothing, and leaves.
Van Alden is out with his co-workers and looks mighty uncomfortable. One of the guys comes back from the bar and tells Van Alden, "They're all out of sarsaparilla. They had a Boy Scout troop in here earlier and they cleaned 'em out." Van Alden asks for a near beer and even one of the women mocks him. She drunkenly walks toward him and spills her drink on him. He's upset, saying, "This was just cleaned and pressed!" He starts to walk out and a raid conducted by the U.S. Treasury and announces that everyone there is under arrest.
Mickey Doyle gets home with a woman and they're laughing it up and having a good time until the lights come on. The woman screams and leaves. Mickey is standing in his boxers and his pants are at his ankles when he sees Harrow sitting in a chair and pointing a gun at him. Harrow tells Mickey to get his hat and pull his pants up. He ushers him out the door.
The Treasury agent asks Van Alden for his name and ID. Van Alden presents himself as George Mueller. When asked, he tells the agent it's his first time at the place. The agent looks at Van Alden and says, "Why do I know you?" Van Alden says he gets that a lot and just has "one of those faces." The agent tells Van Alden that if he pays the fine directly to him, they'll leave it at that. Van Alden hands his wallet over and the guy takes the cash, saying he must be a pitiful salesman if that's all he's got on him. "Don't let me see you here again," the agent says, sending Van Alden on his way.
Rosetti is being driven out of town and tells his driver that Nucky's "real cute" for wishing him good luck in Italian. He thinks Nucky is trying to push him off a cliff while wishing him good luck. Rosetti gets more and more upset as he thinks about it, repeating Nucky's earlier words, "'Nothing's personal'? What the (expletive) is life if it's not personal?" he shouts.
Nucky sits with his ear on the phone. There's still no answer. Eddie reads him congratulatory letters from Mayor Frank Hague and Senator Walter Edge, but Nucky's not interested. He tells Eddie to pull the car around, and Eddie is surprised to learn they're going out. Eddie leaves, and in comes Harrow holding his gun to Mickey Doyle's back while marching into Nucky's office.
Mickey is crying, "I didn't mean nothing by it. It was just a rib, a joke." Harrow holds the gun to Mickey's head while Mickey pleas for forgiveness, crying, "I didn't do it. I didn't do it." Nucky has no idea what's going on. "I didn't kill Manny Horvitz!" Mickey cries. Nucky asks who said he did, and Harrow chimes in, "He did." Mickey says he was just joking, claiming he never went near Manny. Harrow says, "He's telling the truth."
Nucky asks Harrow, "How do you know?"
"How do you think?" Harrow replies.
Mickey asks Nucky to ask Harrow to put the gun away. Nucky does. Harrow does.
Mickey stands up and excuses himself, asking both men if they're "good on this."
Mickey leaves and Harrow stays. Harrow explains, "I waited outside his house. I used a shotgun very close."
"May I ask why?" Nucky says.
"Angela Darmody," Harrow says.
Nucky is surprised, asking, "Not her husband?"
Harrow says, "Jimmy was a soldier. He fought. He lost."
Nucky asks Harrow if he and his family are safe. Harrow assures Nucky that he and Margaret were good to him and "have nothing to fear."
Nucky asks Harrow how many people he's killed, and Harrow replies, "63." Nucky asks if he thinks about any of them and Harrow says, "You know the answer to that yourself." Harrow leaves.
At the hospital, Margaret reports back to Dr. Mason that he would've loved to have seen Dr. Landau's face when she duped him into the women's clinic idea. Dr. Mason says he's amazed she pulled it off, and she decides to take that as a compliment. She opens the door to a cluttered room that's the future home of the women's clinic.
Rosetti stands at his gas station when the Tabor Heights sheriff shows up. The sheriff tells Rosetti he heard from Slater that he'd be headed back to New York. The sheriff starts to walk away and says, "Good luck to you." This rubs Rosetti very wrong. Rosetti calls to the sheriff, picks up a gas pump and says he's going to stick around a while. He sprays the sheriff with gas, flips open his lighter and tosses it, immediately engulfing the sheriff in flames.
Nucky shows up at Billie's apartment, finds the spare key and enters. It is dark. He takes off his jacket, sits on the couch and waits. He immediately falls asleep.
The next morning, he wakes to the sound of cooking. He gets up and walks to the kitchen to find Billie frying bacon. She tells Nucky she got home a little while ago and didn't want to wake him.
"I thought I was having a nightmare," he says.
"About what?" she asks.
"I was alone," Nucky replies.
He walks toward her and she tells him, "Well, you're not alone anymore, are you?"
Nucky rests his head on her back.....
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