Boardwalk Empire: Season 2, Episode 10 “Georgia Peaches” (B+)
The directions of events are really changing in this hour. Nucky’s lawyer’s prognostications are rather grim and unhelpful, and therefore seeking out Arnold Rothstein’s lawyer for more productive counsel is a smart idea. It’s refreshing to see Nucky serve as a positive parent, stepping in to explain to Teddy that he too had a sick sister rather than smacking him for pretending that he couldn’t move his legs, something which sent Margaret to church with a hefty donation in her purse. Teddy telling Nucky that he knows he burned his father’s house down is an interesting development, perhaps designed to keep Nucky in check while the heat of the investigation is off him for the moment. Using the guise of the white men coming to attack the protesting black workers outside the Ritz Carlton to give Halloran a good beating was clever, and Eli put it rather explicitly to the broken man later: “It ain’t like you got anything else to say, is it?” Nelson testifying to Esther about Hans Schroeder means that she’s very close to making an arrest, though it seems that Eli is now her target rather than Nucky, at least for now, since presumably she’s hoping that he’ll flip on her. Jimmy’s having enough trouble keeping the peace, and Manny’s revenge is going to push him over the edge. Angela’s plea for mercy before her execution almost seemed like it was going to work, but Manny has it out for Jimmy, and now that he’s killed his wife, I think that Manny’s going to be next to die.
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