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    Boardwalk Empire

    **********SPOILER ALERT IN THIS THREAD***********
    CONTINUE READING AT YOUR OWN RISK



    So I am OBSESSED with this show. I had never watched it until I went to Boston. I had a long bus ride to and from so I snapped off HBO GO on the bus and began watching.

    IT IS AWESOME> New season is coming in September.

    I just have a question and I'd like to discuss as well:

    How much of this show is based on truth? Is Enoche Thompson a real person? How about Jimmy D?
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    Quote Originally Posted by JUSTIFIEDhomicide View Post
    So I am OBSESSED with this show. I had never watched it until I went to Boston. I had a long bus ride to and from so I snapped off HBO GO on the bus and began watching.

    IT IS AWESOME> New season is coming in September.

    I just have a question and I'd like to discuss as well:

    How much of this show is based on truth? Is Enoche Thompson a real person? How about Jimmy D?
    Loosely based on this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_L._Johnson

    Jimmy is a fictional character.

    Series is great. Looking forward to season 3. Took balls to do what they did in season 2.
    "You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole; you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."

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    Quote Originally Posted by JUSTIFIEDhomicide View Post
    So I am OBSESSED with this show. I had never watched it until I went to Boston. I had a long bus ride to and from so I snapped off HBO GO on the bus and began watching.

    IT IS AWESOME> New season is coming in September.

    I just have a question and I'd like to discuss as well:

    How much of this show is based on truth? Is Enoche Thompson a real person? How about Jimmy D?
    Loosely based on this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_L._Johnson

    Jimmy is a fictional character.

    Series is great. Looking forward to season 3. Took balls to do what they did in season 2.

     
    i can't believe they killed Jimmy. He was by far my favorite character. I feel like in the last two episodes they must've killed like five people...



    Thanks for the Wiki, I can't wait to read it!

    WHo are your favorite characters?

    I love Mr White too

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    Quote Originally Posted by JUSTIFIEDhomicide View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by LLL View Post

    Loosely based on this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_L._Johnson

    Jimmy is a fictional character.

    Series is great. Looking forward to season 3. Took balls to do what they did in season 2.

     
    i can't believe they killed Jimmy. He was by far my favorite character. I feel like in the last two episodes they must've killed like five people...



    Thanks for the Wiki, I can't wait to read it!

    WHo are your favorite characters?

    I love Mr White too
    Jimmy was great. Lots of great characters. I hope Richard Harrow is explored more this season.
    "You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole; you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."

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    Quote Originally Posted by LLL View Post
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    i can't believe they killed Jimmy. He was by far my favorite character. I feel like in the last two episodes they must've killed like five people...



    Thanks for the Wiki, I can't wait to read it!

    WHo are your favorite characters?

    I love Mr White too
    Jimmy was great. Lots of great characters. I hope Richard Harrow is explored more this season.


    Same here. Not sure who's going to take him in though, since the people he was with were gone(both)

    I'd like to see him get into business with the young Irish killer guy that came over and fucked Mrs. Schroeder

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    Quote Originally Posted by LLL View Post
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    i can't believe they killed Jimmy. He was by far my favorite character. I feel like in the last two episodes they must've killed like five people...



    Thanks for the Wiki, I can't wait to read it!

    WHo are your favorite characters?

    I love Mr White too
    Jimmy was great. Lots of great characters. I hope Richard Harrow is explored more this season.
    Was???? What happened to Jimmy????


    J/K I couldn't believe that scene. Almost deja vu of that time Tony almost offed Christopher.
    I didn't see it coming, but all my friends did somehow. I knew when the kid had his dog tags and Richard wasn't there to protect him.

    They must have something good planned to off someone so big to the show.

    You guys already mentioned them, but I'd like to see more of both Richard and the Irish Kid. Both are hidden bad ass'.

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    jimmy was god, so pissed they killed off that dynamic

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    Quote Originally Posted by WillieMcFML View Post
    jimmy was god, so pissed they killed off that dynamic

    Jimmy was god. I was starting to grow disenchanted with the Nucky character but now im right back on board with him since he did the deed himself. Dropping Jimmy in the rain was seemingly such an obvious scene that no one saw it coming for that very reason.
    It's hilarious that we as a society think everyone can be a dr, a lawyer, an engineer. Some people are just fucking stupid. Why can't we just accept that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyG_415 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by LLL View Post

    Jimmy was great. Lots of great characters. I hope Richard Harrow is explored more this season.
    Was???? What happened to Jimmy????


    J/K I couldn't believe that scene. Almost deja vu of that time Tony almost offed Christopher.
    I didn't see it coming, but all my friends did somehow. I knew when the kid had his dog tags and Richard wasn't there to protect him.

    They must have something good planned to off someone so big to the show.

    You guys already mentioned them, but I'd like to see more of both Richard and the Irish Kid. Both are hidden bad ass'.


    Thanks, guys. Currently about halfway through season two but got sidetracked by Game of Thrones

    I like Boardwalk Empire but I think it's a notch below Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. Everything aout Boardwalk is good but I feel it lacks originality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyG_415 View Post

    Was???? What happened to Jimmy????


    J/K I couldn't believe that scene. Almost deja vu of that time Tony almost offed Christopher.
    I didn't see it coming, but all my friends did somehow. I knew when the kid had his dog tags and Richard wasn't there to protect him.

    They must have something good planned to off someone so big to the show.

    You guys already mentioned them, but I'd like to see more of both Richard and the Irish Kid. Both are hidden bad ass'.






    Thanks, guys. Currently about halfway through season two but got sidetracked by Game of Thrones

    I like Boardwalk Empire but I think it's a notch below Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. Everything aout Boardwalk is good but I feel it lacks originality.

    Op states spoiler alert. I tried :-/

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    love the show and can't wait for the next season. I found the 4 Michael's (Pitt, Shannon, Stahlberg, Kenneth Williams) to be the most compelling actors/characters on the show (playing Jimmy, Van Alden, Rothstein, and Chalky).

    I'd love to see a show or movie on Rothstein's life. Such an interesting, weird dude.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gut View Post
    love the show and can't wait for the next season. I found the 4 Michael's (Pitt, Shannon, Stahlberg, Kenneth Williams) to be the most compelling actors/characters on the show (playing Jimmy, Van Alden, Rothstein, and Chalky).

    I'd love to see a show or movie on Rothstein's life. Such an interesting, weird dude.

    He is a non-fiction based character?

    Did he actually rig the world series?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JUSTIFIEDhomicide View Post
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    love the show and can't wait for the next season. I found the 4 Michael's (Pitt, Shannon, Stahlberg, Kenneth Williams) to be the most compelling actors/characters on the show (playing Jimmy, Van Alden, Rothstein, and Chalky).

    I'd love to see a show or movie on Rothstein's life. Such an interesting, weird dude.

    He is a non-fiction based character?

    Did he actually rig the world series?

    blacksocks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tommyt View Post
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    He is a non-fiction based character?

    Did he actually rig the world series?

    blacksocks?

    Yeah, 1918. I know it was rigged, but was he actually the one to do it, or did they just add that for theatrics in the show?

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    yeah he rigged it. you have never seen 8 men out(joe jackson got screwed but i digress) movie all about the sox throwing the series....back to topic nucky is god, jimmy got what he deserved..chalky is a pimp in every sense of the word

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    Quote Originally Posted by badbilly32 View Post
    yeah he rigged it. you have never seen 8 men out(joe jackson got screwed but i digress) movie all about the sox throwing the series....back to topic nucky is god, jimmy got what he deserved..chalky is a pimp in every sense of the word

    Need to see this movie ASAP. Heard good things.

    John Cusask, no?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JUSTIFIEDhomicide View Post
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    blacksocks?

    Yeah, 1918. I know it was rigged, but was he actually the one to do it, or did they just add that for theatrics in the show?
    They never proved it while he was alive, but yeah he was.

    http://books.google.com/books?id=6nS...ratoga&f=false

    that has some excerpts to a biography of him.

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    Just started season two, despite the spoiler I had to endure.

    I think it's really good but lacks...something. I like every character except for Nelson and Chalky. Maybe Chalky gets better but I can't yet separate Michael K. Williams from Omar. The Chalky character seems like Omar in a play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sloppy Joe View Post
    Just started season two, despite the spoiler I had to endure.

    I think it's really good but lacks...something. I like every character except for Nelson and Chalky. Maybe Chalky gets better but I can't yet separate Michael K. Williams from Omar. The Chalky character seems like Omar in a play.
    Ur way behind but enjoy.

    I like Chalky White.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sloppy Joe View Post
    Just started season two, despite the spoiler I had to endure.

    I think it's really good but lacks...something. I like every character except for Nelson and Chalky. Maybe Chalky gets better but I can't yet separate Michael K. Williams from Omar. The Chalky character seems like Omar in a play.
    Omar might be one of the best characters ever played IMO. I can see why it would be hard to separate him from that role. Chalky is a great character though, keep watching and he will work his way into your good graces. Just gotta forget about Omar.

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