Boardwalk Empire Final Season Recap – Episode 1 “Golden Days of Boys & Girls”

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Antonio Mazzaro (@acmazzaro) and Jeremiah Panhorst (@jpanhorst) recap episode 1 of the final season of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, “Golden Days of Boys & Girls”.

Show Notes:

The Flashbacks

• What did we think of the actors playing the younger versions?
• Did John Ellison Conlee sounding like Dabney Coleman?
• Did Nucky learn to love Horatio Alger, Jr. (Ragged Dick) work after reading Golden Boys for Boys and Girls?
• Is this a good start for helping us care about Nucky?

Havana Cuba

• Nucky and Sally are making plans for the future with the Bacardi family
• Sally and Nucky still together after all this time, surprised?
• Was Lansky involved in the attack against Nucky?

 Chalky in a chain gang

• We loved the grey look they gave Chalkys world
• Chalky escapes with another inmate who needs someone to answer phone calls?

Brooklyn

• Lucky Luciano kills Joe “The Boss” Masseria to end the Castellammarese War Salvatore Maranzano (April 15 1931).
• Arnold Rothstein is dead.
• What’s next for Margaret?

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