She’s making a pragmatic decision that will help her take care of her kids. As far as being a comcubine goes, she could do worse. Nucky is not cruel or abusive, and he’s kind to her and her children. He’s not going to marry her, but he treats her with some basic decency and respect. It’s a deal she’s willing to accept him that she wouldn’t necessarily be willing to accept from anybody else.
So, he was just showing her around?
Yes, probably just to show his generous spirit.
I’m betting that Michael Pitt’s bohemian wife’s right turn ino that photographer’s studio on the boardwalk is going to reveal she’s having an affair with the photog wife not the photog husband.
And you’re waiting for more evidence to confirm this? More than the two of them in bed together, naked and kissing?
You must not have seen last night’s episode yet because, um…yeah…I’ll be in my bunk.
I did miss it, forgot that it aired last night as I usually get to it a few days after it airs.
I found the half faced Sniper is an interesting addition. The guy has some serious mental issues from both what he did in the war and what it physically did to him.
I like the authentic historical touches of the show. I have seen that type of prosthetic in a book about the 1st world war. It is such an odd looking thing in that it doesn’t help the poor wounded man blend in to society but instead, protects society from seeing the wound.
It's good to see a program actually acknowledge the other hideous wounds of war aside from the missing limbs. It makes it feel more real.
I like how smart Margret was to realize she had taken shitty advice regarding letting Nucky open up to her.
As I watched that part of the episode, I was wondering what would happen to him today, with our medicine. I supposed they might be able to rebuild the bone structure in his face and then use some sort of graft to recreate the skin. And he’d probably get a glass eye. But even today, it would be an awful, gruesome wound. I was also watching the prostitute Jimmy was hiring for him. She managed not to grimace too much when she saw him.
The have a similar but much better looking prosthesis. Instead of being suspended from eyeglasses, they install snapping rivets into your face so that the prosthesis is literally snapped on and off. I’ve seen whole noses done in this fashion that look amazingly convincing.
I thought that was interesting character too, and actually thought the mask wasn’t a bad idea. I think it does offer some benefit to the victim in that he can walk around without freaking people out. It at least gives him an ability to function without having people scream and pass out everywhere he goes.
At first I thought Jimmy was showing a touching sympathy and compassion to a wounded fellow veteran. Should have known all he cared about was the sniper skills (well, possibly not all, but mainly).
She asked about his life growing up. She wanted to get to know more about him. So he took her to his old home to see how humble his beginnings were. He is slowly opening up to her.
I think it was genuine sympathy. His discovery of the sniper skills were after he spent some time talking with him. Jimmy may be smart and think strategically but he doesn’t come across as a manipulator.
His use of the hooker was more likely in response to figuring out that the man was a virgin (When he warned Jimmy they might question him on whether he’d been with a woman) because he knew the man would likely never be able to get into a real relationship. Also I think the whole facial damage may have tweaked his feelings about his late girlfriend.
In the end it seems to me that he shares an affinity to other soldiers who served in France especially to the wounded. At first when Capone claimed to be a soldier Jimmy seemed to warm up to him more, until Al tipped off he was a liar with that lost battalion BS. Jimmy showed a bit of disgust at that and later called him out on it in front of others to embarrass him.
This reminds me of a quote from Chuck Palahniuk’s Invisible Monsters:
In real life Al Capone would tell people the scars on his face were war wounds rather than being cut up by a jelous boyfriend.
Does anyone know whether the real Meyer Lansky employed that stilted manner of speaking?
Well here is a youtube video of an interview he did in 1971 and he certainly does have a very deliberate affected way of speaking.
I said to** Shocker Khan** that Lansky sounded like he came straight out of Guys and Dolls.
Last Sunday’s episode was my favorite.
It made me realize that Nucky isn’t a gangster. Not yet. However, he’s a survivor, and he can adapt quickly. I love the 180 turn around about Jimmy as soon as he realized how much he needed a real killer.
Jimmy is also showing signs of growth. I like that the show is showing his transformation from a misguided lackey, to a cold blooded killer.
The show is setting up the pre-prohibition tension pretty well. You can sense that Nucky knows things are going to get real violent soon.
I like that the representations of the real historical personages (Capone, Luciano, Rothstein. Lansky, even Harding) have all been fairly historically accurate in terms of look and personality.