Boardwalk Empire - Page 4

I caught the second half later on. I enjoyed it, looking forward to the next.

lol I had the same thought.


Overall, the first episode seemed a little slow to me, although there were a couple moments with some good action and I think they did a good job of setting up things for at least the next few episodes.

This is generally how the majority of HBO shows work. They are ensemble pieces, so it makes sense to establish a firm beginning for all the characters in order to have a clear comparative arc throughout.

I agree with this. I think it shows enough potential(actors, writing etc..). Hate the opening music. Who is that?

decent episode is buscemi's girlfriend gretchen mol

Nucky's assistant is fuckin hilarious...I hope he sticks around. "I heard screaming (Italian Accent)"

While I understand the need for it, the episode was very slow. I was very excited for the show, but after the first episode my excitement has been moderated a bit.

I thought they got overly enamoured with set details and costuming to the point where it all seemed a bit overproduced and underwritten. I'm not writing the show off yet at all. I still think it has enormous potential. However, there was very little in the first episode to give me hope that this was going to be the next Sopranos.

Will be very interested to see how things develop over the next few episodes.

Name change=artistic license freedom.

I'm guessing what prompted Jimmy to do something so ridiculous was Nucky telling him that this is America, go find an opportunity. He was unaware Nucky had his hands in the deal, if I'm not mistaken. I'm also guessing Jimmy found out about the contraband from Capone. Is this what you were confused about?

The music in general (while I understand it being necessary) kept annoying the hell out of me.

like it overall but buscemi's acting is like an SNL gangster skit

I like Buschemi in it.

Great first episode and really set things up for some long term interest.