![]() ![]() ![]() The fear is unfounded when Coughlin finally confronts Van Alden at his home to complain about a defective iron the former agent sold him but a panicked Sigrid does what she can to protect her family and bludgeons the FBI agent much to the chagrin of a shocked Van Alden. Cantor wisely agrees but leaves Billie with the biting sobriquet, “You ever hear of (Nucky’s former mistress) Lucy Danziger?”Īlso on the home front, disgraced Fed and now struggling working class stiff Van Alden is being followed by Agent Coughlin and confesses to his wife Sigrid of his checkered past and how he thinks Coughlin may be trying to arrest him. Nucky devotes more time to the acting career of Billie and – acting out of a perceived combination of jealousy and affection – has Chalky White pay Eddie Cantor a semi humorous and wholly intimidating visit to convince “man of his word” Cantor to renege on another acting contract and replace Billie’s attractive yet less than talented co-star in a show. Nucky’s personal life is no less discordant as his affair with showgirl Billie Kent is discovered by Margaret and it clear that this is just a marriage of appearance at this point, even if there are brief flickers and intimation of the passion and love the two felt for each other at one time. ![]() Albeit, this is partially obscured from the auditory perspective of their respective henchmen in an adjoining room, a key detail that hides the final betrayal from the viewer after it subsequently appears Rothstein cuts a side deal with Gyp leaving Nucky out of the picture, that is until the final scene…more on that later… It’s in line with the psyche of the character and once again proves why this is one of the better written series on TV and the episode doesn’t disappoint.Īfter last week’s ambush resulted in a number of Nucky’s men being killed, and Rothstein not getting his agreed upon shipment of booze, the two men have an intense disagreement over the Gyp Rosetti problem – Nucky: “What do you expect one would do with a mad dog?” – and the two men’s personal disregard for the other boils over into a full blown shouting match, the most public display of vitriol between the two crime bosses yet. In keeping with the promise of the title, viewers actually will be quite a bit surprised by some of the developments in this week’s episode not the least of which is another opening scene for the mob series that takes full advantage of the pay cable home, here hair trigger psycho Gyp Rosetti’s penchant for auto erotic asphyxiation, an act that almost kills him (in more ways than one) and is indeed shocking but somehow doesn’t feel gratuitous. ![]()
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