9/1/12
Michael K. Williams’s Disappearing Act
The Boardwalk Empire star's post-Omar Williamsburg life.
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Whatever happens between now and next season, the writers are going to have to set up someone new to lose.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: We All Take Care of Each Other, Son
Boardwalk Empire has to be the most uneven “good” show on television.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Rogue Waves
Boardwalk Empire finally brought just about all of its narrative threads under the roof of a single episode.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Not Really Doin’ Questions and Answers Right Now
Dream Nucky is such a frustrating main character to have around for a full hour.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: We’ve Said Our Good-byes Already
If you were on the fence about whether to continue on with Boardwalk Empire, this episode might have convinced you to stay with it.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: It’s Hard to Know What to Say to You
The Thompson Family Easter.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Know How to Keep a Secret
There’s lots of great misdirection in this episode.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Wish for Greater Knowledge
So now we know what Gyp Rosetti likes.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Any More Second-Guessing?
Mr. Poofles. That is all.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Make the World Smooth for Me
Sentences that mean the opposite of what they mean.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Am I Interesting Now?
This episode is all about Chalky and Eli, and it's all the more interesting as a result.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: You Can’t Be Half a Gangster
A large-canvas show like this one also can’t get by with half a protagonist, which was too often what it felt like last year.
Boardwalk Empire Finale Recap: War Memorial
Nucky Thompson finally breaks all the way bad.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Losing Their Religions
Oh, hello, payoff episode. Glad you made it!
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Take the Bath Yourself
Manny the Butcher shows the Darmody-Capone axis how killing-on-purpose is done.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Let the Real Battle Begin
“I’m your boss, Clifford."
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Thank You for Talking
Heading into the homestretch.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Just Bookkeeping
Would you believe that Nucky is not successfully murdered?
Boardwalk Empire Recap: I’m Confessin’
The Highly Effective Confessional Habits of the Guilt-Ridden.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Get in Line
Or, how to scalp a man.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Outsider Artists
Jimmy's finding new buyers, Nucky's finding a way out, and Chalky just stews.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Hired Help
Discipline and punishment and lobster.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Standing Still
"A year ago you were a brigand in the woods. Who are you?"
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Dirty Laundry
Welcome to season two!
Boardwalk Empire Recap: The Sins We Can Live With
Heart attack, people! Nothing to see here!
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Dental Insurance
"The wrong man is running this town."
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Suffrage
Yes! Lucy! Naked! Again!
Boardwalk Empire Recap: A Power You Do Not Suspect
Last week, we saw Margaret's eyes finally opened to Nucky's world; this week, she's on her way to becoming Nucky or, at least, a very capable Nuckyette.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: God’s Plan
This week the series takes a moment to pause, reset, and reload.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Mr. Hyde
If there was a rough consensus that last week's episode was the best one of the season, let's raise the ante right now.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Enter the Whipping Boy
Everybody is talking about the final scene, thanks to Michael Shannon.
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Forbidden Fruit
"Everyone wants what they're not allowed to have."
Boardwalk Empire: The Interrogation
"I ain't going to build no bookshelf."
Boardwalk Empire Recap: The Dumber They Come
Omar returns!
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Housekeeping
"The world turns."
Boardwalk Empire Recap: Final Countdown
"I seen things. I done things."
Step 1: Start with an anti-hero.
My auteurist theory of television.
She'll play a speakeasy owner.
He runs Harlem.
He's an HBO veteran.
"David sort of liked me for the movie ... and then he didn't like me at all for the movie."
Now it's time to get serious.
Grab the tissues!
The Boardwalk Empire star's post-Omar Williamsburg life.
Breaking down Nucky and Margaret's blowout.