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wdz123
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Boardwalk Empire Recap: Outsider Artists
One typically interesting character who doesn’t have all that much to do in this episode is Margaret, who mostly just worries about the maids being too comfortable, and reflecting on her own past miseries. (boardwalk empire dvd) It feels a little bit strange for her to be so out of the action, and self-concerned, especially after her ingenious play-acting on behalf of Nucky’s ledger and cash-stash the other week. But maybe she’s just still reeling from the effects of hearing that she’s dead to her family in Brooklyn.
Jimmy isn’t a huge factor in this episode, either. At the outset, we see him as he tours Mickey’s stuffed-to-bursting warehouse. Sellers are outnumbering buyers at this particular moment in the illegal liquor trade, but Jimmy doesn’t seem worried about this, yet. He will be, soon, though, since his Officially Very Strange mother, Gillian, is seducing the Commodore with what looks like an adapted section of her upscale striptease act. Draped over a lounge chair, the Commodore looks on, half entranced by her semi-nakedness and half making excuses for not having been part of her life over the last couple of decades. In this sense, her striptease is truly a tease, as she gives him a little bit of trouble for being out of the picture while she raised Jimmy. “We’re all here now, aren’t we?” the Commodore says, in between his protesting the music of Vivaldi (which he derides as “cats in a rain barrel”). Yes, you’re all there, sir: but for how long? Soon, Gillian’s act (mimicking the mythical Diana) boosts the Commodore’s blood pressure (or something) to unsustainable levels: his hands (and glass) shake, he can’t quip, or even respond to the simplest of commands. This is bad news for his plans to retake grasp of Atlantic City.
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