Mabel killed herself a few years after that flashback. That was discussed in s1 iirc. She eventually brought a baby to full term but it died and she lost her mind shortly after.
Mabel Thompson, née Jeffries was the first wife of Nucky Thompson, who died several yearts prior to the start of the series. [...]
Mabel was diagnosed with melancholia shortly before or after Enoch Jr.'s burial. Doctors assured Nucky that she would recover with time, but Nucky knew better. He later admitted that he knew Mabel needed him, but he was "so very, very busy.” Mabel, left alone once again while her husband worked, slashed her wrists with his shaving razor a few weeks after the baby's burial, on January 19, 1898.
the last scene with capone and his son was some of the most powerful television I've ever seen. if you remember back to the first scene with these two, it makes it even better!
the last scene with capone and his son was some of the most powerful television I've ever seen. if you remember back to the first scene with these two, it makes it even better!
You need to watch the West Wing church scene with the Sheen monologue. I read somewhere that without West Wing's success none of these great dramas would have ever existed.
Thoughts on why the commodore hijacks the sherriff pin, then offers it back to mid 20's Nucky?
Here's my theory or maybe i'm just getting it or missing it... he incessantly throws out "always a good boy, always a good boy". He's waiting for him to cross the line of being corrupt or criminal. He's waiting for Nucky to get as dirty as he is, and until then he can't trust him. He's a pedo and Nucky's squeaky clean. He knows he's judging him for being a pedo, and holding it as some prized piece of info. So, he revokes his badge and then offers it back to him. Saying get as dirty as I am, and then we can do business, then I can trust you. Nucky obv doesn't want to get dirty and has a conscious, but he's reluctantly willing to do whatever it takes to get ahead until he's able to control what's acceptable.
The final two episodes save the stuff with Al Capone and his son (which was amazing) was pretty bad. They dragged it out way too long and the stuff w Spoiler: Joe/Tommy could have been seen a mile away. I am disappoint.
rewatched season 1, 2 and am in 3 now. noticed that tommy shoots nucky in the exact same fashion as nucky shoots jimmy. first bullet to the right cheek, knocking the victim down, and then the second shot to the forehead.
and boy does the show get duller after jimmy dies.