![]() He never wanted a life of crime for his family - remember how protective he was when Will was growing close to Nucky - or, maybe, even for himself. Most Memorable DialogueĮli is back on the coast after slithering away from Capone, and his scene with his oldest son revealed a lot about him. Life on the boardwalk is a gilded one I suppose - the golden cover of resort beaches and entertainment over the rotten core of immoral crime and prostitution. ![]() More disturbingly, it is implied that this girl’s mother knows where her daughter is and what she will be getting paid for. While we knew that Nucky and the Commodore had done so with Gillian when she was a child, at this moment we learned that it was not a one-time thing, that the Commodore had a specific taste and that his men were willing to help feed it. Forget about the law aiding in supply of children for prostitution is about as low as it gets. Essentially, Nucky’s job that night, and the job that drove Lindsay to leave his post as sheriff, is to escort home young girls whom the Commodore has been educating in regards to useful domestic skills in private and pay their families. Commodore,” he quips instinctively when addressed, but even he was not prepared for what he was about to learn. ![]() Nucky, in the 1897 chronology, arrives at the Commodore’s house willing to help. Doubtless, Terence Winter had him shot in the voice box to finally shut him up. Mickey got it in “Friendless Child” - a bullet through the neck from the gun of Lucky Luciano. In Season 1, it would have been impossible to think that this guy would last longer than Jimmy, or Halloran, or especially Eddie. This section serves as remembrance for Mickey Kuzik, whose voice was first drilled into our brains when correcting people about his name, “It’s Doyle now.” Mickey was Nucky’s longest existing professional relationship, and though it seems like everyone who got too close to Nucky could not possibly last that long, especially Mickey (who stared down the barrel of many guns in his day) he was still around. READ MORE: “Boardwalk Empire” Season 5 Episode 5 Is a Declaration of War In “Friendless Child,” Lindsay leaves that post to Nucky, who has now risen from diving for coins to being the Commodore’s right-hand man. But at what cost? Six weeks before her 13th birthday, Gillian has said, she had her first kiss under the boardwalk before being taken away by the sheriff. But, over the next two decades, between these scenes and the events of the pilot of “Boardwalk Empire,” Nucky would become the most wealthy man in Atlantic City and the most powerful politician in New Jersey. “We don’t have the money and we don’t have the right,” he told Mabel when she begged to keep Gillian in their home. He knew he couldn’t just leave her on the streets, but had no idea how to handle her. He even tells us why: “You look like you need help.” That’s almost as blunt as when Margaret asked why he was being so nice and he said, “Anything less would be rude.” For lack of potential material gain from doing the right thing with a lost girl, this goes to show he has some sort of moral compass. What We Learn About Nucky this Weekįor what it’s worth, Nucky tried to help Gillian when he found her under the boardwalk. ![]() His legitimate agreements with Bacardi are still his, and he and Margaret are playing the market to make a move on Joe Kennedy and company. ![]() Everything he has had, right down to his friends, for these seasons is gone, but he may still have something to live for. First of all, Nucky is still alive - there were moments this week in which I was sincerely expecting the show to break convention once again by killing its protagonist before the end - so we still have to see how that unfolds. Even though Nucky’s empire has fallen apart, and the impact of his relationship with Gillian on him is extremely clear, “Boardwalk Empire” managed to leave enough for next week’s series finale. ![]()
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