Boardwalk Empire | Season 5 Review - Rushed & Anticlimatic?
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I know they needed to do the time jump but I would have loved a Rosthein downfall episode.
I don't know why they didn't spend episode 1 of Season 5 cataloguing the events of the 6 years they couldn't cover by extending the series. They rushed the season anyway so at least give us a rushed episode where we get to see Rothstein's downfall and murder
Or in a series of flashbacks. Maybe all at once for maybe ten minutes.
He was shot by a guy Arnold stiffed on a gambling debt. He died two days later. Like a deadbeat
Or the Valentines Day Massacre, Stock Market Crash and Atlantic City Conference.
Even as the series was airing I knew the initial plan to make each Season cover a year (Season 1 = 1920, Season 2 = 1921 and Season 3 = 1922) was a mistake. Prohibition last for 13 years and the series was always going to end at the end of it; but was was unlikely to make 13 seasons. Had they made each Season cover 2 years of events they could have got away with 6 seasons (one would have to cover 3) and we could have seen Rothstein's demise, the St Valentines Day Massacre etc
Would been great
Gillian Darmody isn't even mentioned in these reviews. Ultimately, she's a heartbreaking character and Gretchen Mol gives a great performance. I love the ending of this show. It's very close to a perfect ending. Thanks for the reviews. The first two seasons are much better than they're given credit for here.
Disagree. Whilst I don't mind them subverting history and killing Nucky off (he died of old age in reality), I felt they his killer (Jimmy's son) was done to shut up the people who moaned about Jimmy being killed off in Season 2. The show did the right thing by killing off a character (Jimmy) that was wrongly getting too much attention and his son getting the last laugh sent the statement (that they'd corrected previously I felt) that ultimately the show was about Darmody
I'm fresh off my third viewing of the series and the ending makes so little sense to me. It is implied that Gillian was imprisoned and Tommy spent most of his time with the Sagorskys and Richards sister. The ending of season four shows her in a jail cell and the next we see of her she is in a mental ward. Where/when/how would Tommy have any positive interaction with Gillian since the trauma he suffered at her hands as a child? Are we meant to believe that a series of letters from a mental institution spawned this hatred within him? My first viewing I thought it was a good twist and a great parallel, but the more I watch the series, the less I understand the ending. This is also the first time I've noticed that Nucky's child does not die in the flashbacks the way he described it to Margaret; maybe that's intentional to paint him as a liar, maybe not.
I hated this shows ending. Last couple seasons sucked arse.
@@MrCamara47 just finished this series again and you make a very good point. I like the ending because it was totally unexpected, however after you think about it, and review the points you mentioned, you are correct, the ending could have been better.
@@nikdrown Seasons 1 and 2 are the best by far, Season 3 was still good, Season 4 was the weakest IMO. And Season 5 is just extremely depressing to those who were paying attention.
I think its more an emotional season. Its like everything's dying. Everyone's dying. The boardwalk is over. Nucky finally caught his bullet. See the way I look at it nucky was waiting for that bullet almost. When you see how he treated Gillian its sad. When you see how nucky was brought up its sad. To me its a good ending sad but good. People get what they deserve at the end....
The real Enoch Johnson lived a very long happy life. He did some prison time but not that much.
@@flightofthebumblebee9529 yeah I know. I'm just talking about the show. It's still a sad show. The real Enoch Johnson I heard was a powerful man. I understand he died of old age. Still I loved the show.
Please someone help me understand why Tommy Darmody came back after all this time to murder Nucky? Did I miss something? The little boy should had been so detached from His father’s situation, I thought. The Woman that raised him wouldn’t had even known his back story. Anyways, it just didn’t make sense to me.
My exact thoughts. It didn't hit me until my 3rd watching of the series, but it makes no sense that Tommy would feel anything worse than indifference, given the situation we last see him in during season 4.
Thanks John! Lol. The ending still doesn’t make any sense…..Tommy was being raised by Richard Harrows love interest…..it would be out of character for him to say things to Tommy Darmody that he couldn’t understand.
No,just assume he eventually found out who killed his father. Plus as you noticed, Tommy is very street smart. I'm sure he asked around or some one told him.
I actually think Nucky was a great and complex character, who offered more than a connecting point for the various mafiasos. He's a businessman and a crook, outside of Rothstein, very few characters in this show reflected that complexity and duality.
The lack of context to Tommy knowing or even giving AF about Gillian’s situation involving Nucky is a big mistake IMO. The last image seen between Tommy and her he did not even appear to trust her.
That was still his grandma
It should have been revenge for Jimmy
@@paulcarpenter7844 to little to remember
Rushed!? You can tell, as a viewer, they skipped a whole season!
You see them set Lucky up to kill Rothstein, Chalky brought low, J. Edgar is on the rise! Sure the season before was mediocre at best, but the show didn't deserve this end.
I agree although I was okay with how some characters ended like Eli and Margaret. I do also like the season adding development to Nucky as a character but I’ve seen much worse final seasons.
@@michaelnally2841 Game of Thrones being one
Season 5 feels like season 6 to me, and we're missing season 5.
Should have done what sopranos did. A season 6 that's the length of two seasons. Part A and B
I feel like this show is overly hated on but shows like Dexter and Six Feet Under get more praise for worse material 🤔😂 such is life.
Man six feet under is a good drama show and so is boardwalk Empire
Agreed. BOARDWALK gets way too much hate.
Six Feet Under just got better and better and ended with the best finale of all time
@@KMacMerlin Epic finale that shows your their main intro theme of people's death to everyone else. Sends chills.
That's very true
i just finished the series, maybe a bit late but yeah, that ending was perfect for me. I personally don't really mind that the season got shortened becouse it's all more packed and thematically tied up, the whole thing interlaced with the flashbacks and how it all connects, drawing all sorts of parallels is just a writer's wet dream imo
one of the best things this guy touches on is the fact the Nucky has never been the most interesting character on the show but a connection to all the other interesting characters and their stories
Agreed, I've watched documentaries about Nucky Johnson and whilst he is interesting he was never the most interesting person of the era. I realise it was based on the book of the same name but it could have been so much better if it was just called "Prohibition" or something and had Nucky as just another Character in a vast world. I reckon had it been made after Game of Thrones where the notion of a show where there is no "main" character and that the world it was set it is the prime focus was popularised, BE could have been so much better
Completely disagree. Nucky is the main character. The other characters are just set dressing.
I could've done without Sally Wheet and nephew Will. And why was Leander so hell bent on setting up Gillian, when he was complicit in the cover up of the Commodore's demise?
When Arnold loses at poker in season 4, that’s when you knew he was done for. I didn’t think you had to see his death
Don't really agree with you dude this series did feel rushed but you got endings befitting the characters and I really liked the nucky back history
Rothstein died offscreen during a time skip. A main antagonist, that's rushed.
@@lol2693 Sure was and sad a quality series had to be rushed. Another 1-2 seasons were needed.
We already knew the Nucky back history. Nothing happened this season, a season of flashbacks = nothing happening. All the 'assasination attempts' and the logistics of the crime war were hilariously terrible. They spent a lot of money on this show for nothing to happen. A lot of money spent on top actors and settings for nothing to happen. The best part of this show was the 1920's backdrop scenery.
@@3toadbroth You weren't paying attention to why those scenes were important.
The last season was all about trauma and learning how to live with it...Look at all the characters. Tommy killing Nucky makes the plot come full circle, Nucky's flashbacks paints the picture of how a man ruined three generations of a family lives. Which he himself has PTSD over. Nucky has regrets, but one of the biggest is not doing better by Jimmy and Gillian.
I don’t understand Tommy’s personal motivation. Mima was out of his life for years - 7 to be exact and he had a new Mom supposedly. I understand the entire circular poetic justice motivation for the end but it just doesn’t ring as authentic. IMO if the ending had been more satisfying then this show would have had much more of an impact overall.
Seeing the early days was fascinating ,there should have been another season
Yes, from a plot standpoint, it seems they expected a couple more seasons.
After recently rewatching this series, I have made some adjustments regarding my view point on certain characters. All in all personally, I really did like this Show. I feel you belittled it more then necessary and because it wasn’t your favorite, you kinda provide a weaker then normal review of the series. Overall it can be in HBO’s Top 5 best TV Shows at worst it’ll get an honorable mention maybe at #6.
I use to be a huge fan of Chalkey, however again after this rewatch, I must say, I truly hate that he gave up everything that was important to him, cause of Daughter. He had family, money, respect, resources, he built his life up very lovely, and threw it all away, in the most reckless manor.
Harold had become my new favorite character, I really wished things had turned out differently for him.
Gillian, I previously had a lot of sympathy for. I do feel that it was a cruel way in which to get her to confess her crime and I’m sure it broke the last bit of hope she had for a decent life, nonetheless I also feel it was just for her un-alive-ing that innocent boy.
Oh and lastly, I almost forgot. I could not stand Margaret. She by far stood out to me as a terrible person… She was truly very selfish and only did what her feeling’s suggested her to do at the time.
I agree with you by enlarge. I will say though, Tommy being the assassin at the end was so well done! It was such a surprise, and I loved how that singular moment kind of connected things in a sort of way. Also, I probably forgot, but what actually ended up happening Tim Mae? The younger Thompson’s wife when they took in Jillian
Yes s5 easily the worse season , there were moment's but totally Rushed and confusing. But my man's Nelson went out like a g tho.😂
It piss me off is that they show all the freaking significant others having an affairs the part pissed me off with his wife hoein out for what
A spinoff going into more detail on Capone and the ny mob would’ve been awesome. AR suddenly dying off screen was like how palpatine somehow came back to life!
Damn. You articulated all that perfectly. I love this show!!! Thank you. Planning on a fifth rewatch now.
Amazing show👍Thankyou for your work and your insights because I always learn something new👌
I felt dissatisfied with the ending where Tommy kills Nucky, not so much that he was the killer but the whole Memaw thing. Tommy didn't really seem to like his grandmother, at parts he seemed afraid of her. There was no indication that he had any contact with her after she was locked away. He struggled to remember his own mother, Gillian constantly makes the point that she doesn't want to be forgotten. I doubt that Richard was telling him as a kid that Nucky killed Jimmy, Richard had no major quarell with how Jimmy died because of the line of work he was in, he was a soldier who was killed in battle in his eyes. Tommy specifically says that it's because of his grandmother. It just seemed like a quick fix to me, dunno, felt it could have been handled better.
Also I doubt that Julia would bring up Tommy so he wanted to throw his life away at 16, even if he was hell bent on killing Nucky, there was plenty of times prior to when he actually did it.
i agree....i didnt like it.......tommy was a rightfully forgotten character.....and if he was burning with anger, he had many chances to let his bitterness slip, or to have killed nucky weeks prior.......instead, he kills nucky after nucky tries to help him out a few times... so that just doesnt add up...
HBO is usually afflicted by said issue... they take on complex character material very enthusiastically and intriguingly in the beginning, only to get to the end and fail to satisfactorily reconcile these complexities that have played out successfully for seasons in what's supposed to be the climax or third act if you like of these shows.
I enjoyed Nuckys look back, but you are right, the end was rushed bad
Chalky said it himself, none of it ever really mattered anyway
I enjoyed the Nucky flashbacks, but other than that, I agree with your assessment. I treat season 5 like Godfather 3.
It was rushed but it was still awesome.
what killed Boardwalk Empire was two things that happened in season 2 and 3; killing Jimmy Darmoty and the Gyp Rosetti storyline.
Producers and writers really didn't want to kill Jimmy; he was a fan favorite with tons of potential plot lines, but Michael Pitt was a very difficult actor to work with and they were very close to firing him on season 1.
Gyp Rosetti storyline in season 3 is where they really started to lose viewers; viewers wanted to see more Lucky and Capone, but they wasted so much screen time on a brand new character that they ended killing anyways at the end of the season.
They tried to get back on track on season 4 and showing us more of what we wanted to see, but by then most of the viewers were already gone.
Bobby cannavale's acting was some of the best I've ever seen.
@@XanderShiller one of the best in the show the rossetti storyline was excellent
I didnt need more luciano LOL! He was featured enough IMO. Same for jimmy...
The show actually started off when Darmody was killed
Couldn't disagree more. The show was supposed to be about the life and times of Nucky Johnson (Thompson in the show). Jimmy, a fictional character, was getting was too much air time and character development. The only reason he was regarded as a "fan favourite" was because he was eye candy for the female fans. The Thompson bodyguard role was done much better by Owen Slater, who had his own side-stories (bedding Margaret and being disloyal to Nucky that way) but it never felt like he was a main character like it did with Jimmy. Season 3 with Gyp is a bit movie-style cliche, in the sense Gyp was the typical "baddie" that arrives at the start of the season and is killed in the last episode but his acting and portrayal of the character was brilliant.
this show deserved a better final season
it's interesting to look at the way cars and style was going back then and compare it to today. Like look at the drapes in the car Capone is in.
Who believes, btw, that Sally would think that wrestling a pistol away from a Cuban soldier while surrounded by his compadres that had their guns trained on her was a good idea? If ever there was an ill thought out death scene, Sally’s is it
I can tell youre from a "1st world" country 🤣. Here, in our southamerican 5th world countries that type of shit happens everyday. People die, cops die, everybody dies. Ffs, youll get shot for a cellphone. Or even if you have nothing(because of spite)
She didn't wrestle, she was shot while backing away from them
@@MrCamara47 A distinction without a difference
Just finished this first 3 seasons were amazing honestly thinking back I might’ve enjoyed season 1 the best but I would probably rank them
1.Season 3
2.Season 1
3.Season 2
4.Season 4
5.Season 5
It was definitely rushed the deaths just seemed to happen quickly to wrap it up definetly should’ve been six seasons and 13 episodes again
Agreed
S3 was their pinnacle from their series.
I agree, that the final season seemed rushed. I think that they ran out of story-line's. The Nucky flashbacks were pretty much unnecessary. We knew Nucky. The Commodore, Jimmy, & Gillian's life stories, as the characters went over their histories pretty throughly, in the past 4 seasons. Gillian, survives the 1930's,,,,,,????,,,,,,Atleast, being in a sanatorium she'd get 3 squares a day. ( unlike most Americans in the 1930's. ) Chalky should have lived, & ( fictiously) sponsored, Bumpy Johnson, & bumped heads with a young Sam Giacanna.Why no Machine Gun Jack , no Frank Nitty,,,,,???? No, Clara Bow, No, St. Valentine's Day massacre,,,,,????? So, much the series could have fed off of. I felt kinda gyped in the end.
Agreed, 100%
I think your analysis shows both your knowledge of the time period and that you were paying attention to the storytelling from the start. I completely agree.
I agree, season 5 was very rushed for some reason, yet episodes were wasted on things like Nucky getting drunk with two prostitutes and getting conked on the head. His relationship with the Patricia Arquette character which felt more like filler. The waste of the Chalky White character, who the writers just gave up on. The confusing conclusion of Richard Harrow, which was one of the more compelling characters on the show. It just seems like everyone died in a few weeks span. I agree with the narrator that it seemed like the showeunners and writers wanted to quickly wrap everything up and move on to other projects. Such a shame because the acting was terrific and this could’ve been one of the all time best series, up there with The Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Had to laugh when the narrator says they were in a hurry to start the new series, Vinyl. Lol, that show stunk and was gone so fast.
yeah, chalky kind of went out like an old romantic-fool........giving up his life for his sweetheart's possible singing career, and we dont even know if dr.narcisse would honor their agreement.... But it was also pathetic the way nucky lost his atlantic city domains....
Hbo is known to rush shows . boardwalk empire wasn't the all show rushed .GOt .Oz .the sopranos they have incredible start off stories but they are love to ruin shows and give them crappy endings
Sopranos has the best ending ever. 15 yrs later and people still talking about that ending ffs
@@Reb3nga that is true but GOT has the shittiest ending ever.
They had tried every permutation through out the series and had no where else to go with Nukky Thompson the even completed his back story in a type of godfather 2 style which gave us the link between him the commodore and Gillian which at its climax was indeed the final piece in the puzzle .
Good series made me move on from the Sopranos.
Finally finished Boardwalk Empire today. Re-started my watch through about a month ago. Gotta say the first two seasons were top notch, three and four were okay, but the final season and eventual ending of the series was entirely too “perfect” of a twist. Like to the point it’s almost a parody of itself. Overall I’d give the series a 4 out of 5. Sopranos had a better ending and I consider the series overall pretty perfect.
Capone was all skied up during the massacre in the woods when he thought the deers were people out to kill them 😂
Would have loved to see them play out Luchiano's and Capone's stories. Spinoff for the Catamalatesse (sp?) War
One thing to keep in mind is that HBO is notorious for this with shows spanning all the way back to OZ , The Sopranos and the one they completely left you hanging which was a phenomenal show was Carnival with only 2 seasons and no ending. And there are probably others that i didn't get a chance to watch , i had only watched a few seasons of another incredible show DeadWood but not sure how that ended , So as far as HBO it is what it is and th at is what to expect .
Deadwood was cancelled halfway through season 3, and eventually got a "movie" length 2 hour episode back in 2018 that wrapped up most of the main characters storylines.
This was the worst ending in any show. Made no fucking sense. Look how that kid was left with Richard sister a lady and father who loved him. He never had any chance to talk to his grandma she was off to the loony house when and where did they talk? And him coming back to avenge his father made no sense. It’s some bad writing like if you put physics into account, this ending had no landing
Excellent point! I had to think about it for a minute, but it doesn’t add up. So disappointing.
9:55 yes there is, they show it at the montage in the beginning of season 5. The men lined up and shot down in the dark shown from behind.
HBO is just plain and simple notorious for doing this to their programs . Go back to OZ , every single character was killed at once in an explosion, Sopranos a disappointed ending , and the one fantastic show that left you hanging without an ending and only 2 sesons , Carnival, so yes they do this with so many and I'm sure there were ones i didnt get to watch .
Steve Bucsemi said he was tired of playing Nucly, he wanted to move on.
Like that series and I was very surprised when it abruptly ended.
Another series that ended abruptly and it didn't have to because it was there was a plethora of information many of the characters had actually lived and they could follow it right down to the end. That series was Deadwood the Marshall, "Seth Bullock," played by Timothy Olyphant, actually fought with future United States President, Teddy Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War. Al Swearington, played by Ian McShane, was one of the central and real life characters, who owned the Gem, a Bar/Brothel and was the hub of the town. In short I swear again was a gangster pimp in the gaming, dope booze and broads. That's how he made his money and very successfully I might add.
Before he became Mayor of Deadwood, Sol Star was a business partner with Seth Bullock, they owned and operated the town's General Store.. Other real life Deadwood characters were, Empresario, E.B.Farnum, A.W. Merrick, Charlie Utter, & George Hearst, father of newspaper magnet,, Randolph Hearst.
Some of the characters were fictitional as The thin, blonde prostitute, "Trixie Star," played by Joanie Stubbs. Her character represented the bleakness of life for women who came out West and found there was nothing for them but prostitution.
There was a plethora of plots characters that could be pulled from real life for the Deadwood Series, it could have gone on for years and years like The Sopranos. Deadwood was a gold mine I think it came out around the same time as a Sopranos I don't know if it was before or after, I think it was slightly after, in any case, I don't know why they pulled the plug on it. Maybe you could do some research and fill us in on that I for one would love to know the backstory on all this.
Check out the movie "Wannabe" starring the Luciano actor. Very underrated and entertaining.
The guy who played Lucky is on that new stallone oklahoma mob show, they disnt utilize him very well
Such a shame that such a great show was cut short, imagine a juggernaut of a show like sopranos being done the same injustice, having all the characters be killed early just to tie things up. Would’ve been awesome seeing Lucky Luciano be ambushed and given his lazy eye and Arnold Rothstein being killed
Definitely a rushed season to put a premature end to the show.
I think Vinyl was probably the single biggest factor that distracted the show's creators.
Vinyl?
@@plaidchuck Yes, the HBO flop.
Producers were excited about the vinyl concept, which expedited the demise of Boardwalk empire. And then vinyl sucked.
Vinyl was so bad
Daughter had chalky white Daughter that was the little girl in the scene at Narcisse brothel and the main reason chalky sacrificed himself so they could live
Enjoy your channel and analysis. Boardwalk Empire is right behind Sopranos for me for all-time best TV show.
Those two mobsters winning in the end is so enraging. 😅 I guess nucky regret that he didn’t end them when he could. 😂
it was weird and pathetic how he gave his empire away and got down on his knees...
It seems like when HBO gets to Season 5 of a show, they want to shitcan it, maybe for the syndication value or it could be around that time costs are skyrocketing and they want to do other things
But 5 seasons seems like the max for HBO for most of their series, of course notable exceptions exist
Apparently they couldn’t afford to keep making the show especially when they had to spend so much money on game of thrones
@@markusk1015 That’s interesting because season 5 is where the downfall of that show starts. The creators decided to jam two books worth of story into one season, leaving the final three seasons to be based off story outlines. GOT seasons 1-4 though? Perfection.
Carnivale didn't even get 3 seasons and it was amazing.
I dont think it was ever meant to make great heights,
I see stuff like this for what they are,
Short stories of a time ago..
I think its intentional to leave you hanging, and to be short.
Like the ballad of buster Scruggs,
Each of the short stories in that could make a movie onto themselves , yet it still makes great watching.
If you haven't seen the ballad of buster Scruggs, I recommend you do.
Yeah I've seen it. Reviewed it on the channel too. Good film.
@@CineRanter I'll have to find your review of it
Funny you should compare it to Star Wars. The Emperor's return (offscreen) was as stupid as Rothstein's offscreen death.
8:00 had the exact same happen to me, with many other characters too
same here
Femme fatale is pronounced 'fahm fatal" btw
I seriously just finished a rewatch of the series and just finished season 5 the other night. I agree with your assessment I think the backflashes with young nucky were my favorite part tho. I thought it was pretty cool especially since the guy playing younger nucky looked and acted so much like him. I also loved the Capone stuff but yeah it is very rushed.
Agreed. I think all the actors in the flashbacks were really well casted and acted well 👌
Josh Harris especially whoever played the commodore he was amazing.
Final season was rushed...and after season 4..season 4 to me was the best season. So, I was hoping for more.
It could've also ended up being a prequel to Sopranos, like better call Saul became a prequel to Breaking Bad.
I felt burned by Richard Harrows exir
I hear you, but it was one of the only exits in the last season they got right. It wasn't Jimmy that "actually died" in the trenches, it was Richard and how they killed him off and his visions were a perfect way of telling that story. Jimmy, standing in the rain after he made a mistake wasn't
When I Google “best TV drama series”, Boardwalk Empire usually does not make the list. However, many far inferior shows make the cut. I’m not sure why Boardwalk is so underrated. In some ways, I enjoy it more than the Sopranos. For one thing, Boardwalk had the guts to kill off the protagonist whereas The Sopranos didn’t give us a real and satisfying ending.
There were a few things I didn’t like about Season 5. I hated the way Chalky’s character was killed off. He went out like a b*tch and I found it very uncharacteristic and just lame overall. I didn’t think the flashbacks were necessary. We didn’t learn anything new. They do, however, make Gillian a more sympathetic character as we get to see things from her point of view.
Nucky also went soft. Harrow also.
@@Dman3827: Not like that! 😂 Chalky’s ending was so whack. 🙁
I thought chalky got arrested for sitting where dr narssie was or like the cops just grabbed him after but L to see rothstien go off screen definitely one of my favorites as a actor and character you could see on his face when he’s thinking ahead of you
I disagree the story always been about nucky, I thought it ended perfectly
As much as I adore the series, I do agree with the title
Good show a lot of historical facts mixed in the writers storyline nice period piece...
I would've loved if they did a spin off and called it Broadway Empire and went into the gangsters of NY of that time.
The timeliness I'd waaaaaay out of wack, elis wife knew the mom....and a bunch of other things I can't remember off hand
Jimmy was like 10 when nuckys wife died
I’m hoping for a Season 6. So damn stupid to cancel Boardwalk Empire, it had so much potential smh
Given that most of the characters got killed off I doubt we’re gonna get a season 6 especially since the 5th season was going towards the end of the prohibition act.
@@michaelnally2841 bro the show could have gone for so long
Yeah, well said. I always wondered why Scorsese chose to focus on Nucky Johnson. He's Irish and Scorsese really likes to focus on Irish gangsters but it seemed out of the way, even for him. It's too bad we didn't start with Rothstein, Lucky/Lansky, Joe Masseria, and the forming of the commission and get to the early 50s. Along the way, we could have met Frank Costello, Albert Anastasia, Carlo Gambino, and Vincent the Chin. I would have loved for any show to have featured Tommy Lucchese, the ultra secretive godfather of the family featured in Goodfellas. It almost seems like maybe the crew wanted to build to that but the show didn't do well enough in the first seasons. It seemed like the Republican Party bit got cut real fast after season 1, lol. Also, now I say Jimmy Darmody in place of motherfucker.
Meh.. I thought the ahow was PERFECT the way it is. To be honest, Im kinda tired of shows/movies/media about the mob. As in ITALIAN MAFIA.
Nucky was in Florida I thought
After season 2 it went downhill..never watched it after season 3.
I agree with this. It went downhill after Jimmy died.
Does anyone know what the point of Kelly McDonald’s character?
Good point. Her storyline ended when she was shipped back to Brooklyn after her affair with the bodyguard. Most annoying character in the series.
Who wants a prequel hbo movie that takes place in the late 20s?
Spin off with Luciano and the five families would be fine
@@Reb3nga yeah because the final season was definitely rushed. They took out key moments before the 30s started. (Arnold rothstein's death, the st valentine's day massacre, the Chicago wars and etc.).
I wish they did another year or two of the show, that said I’m OK on our end. It was not anywhere near the levels of Dexter or Game of Thrones! Most shows do have soft endings.
You're right. Boardwalk Empire was a lot better than those shows.
CZcams spoiled the end for me too probably that same video
It was shortened and rush3d but it was still great
Sort of reminds me of the GoT finale season another rush job.
Wasn't keen on this season. It just felt off.
Yeah, looked like they went over budget and had to squeeze out the ending
The childhood stuff…I just didn’t care. Prepare to FF!
So no more episodes after 8 season 5 so sad
The series would have been better had they not done season 5.
The jump was silly and the huge amount of characters being followed made it a mess.
There just wasn't enough time to do all those story lines and yet they added more of them in the last season.
I guess all those actors had a contract and therefor they felt they had to use them.
I didn’t have any issues with the show tbh
Kinda weird you skipped over Eli, Margaret, Sally Tommy….feels like this review was rushed too.
It wasn’t a great season but it wasn’t bad, shit after game of thrones anything is better lol 😂
You didnt have to ruin 200hrs+ of red dead to make your point about board walk... for real a million other comparisons, don’t use generational games... there is never enough time to not spoil it.
Against weather systems? The word is anticlimactic, not anticlimatic.
Just finished watching the show. Incredibly disappointed. First three seasons were phenomenal. Season 4 they dropped the ball. But Season 5? Well, with the exception of Capone, was a downright joke, and completely undermined the entire show. Horrible. Should have ended it at Season 3.
Canceling this series was the dumbest thing the creators ever did in life!!!! This series was perfect for all mob fans up until season 5 that im not a huge fan of either unless its the scenes with Luck & Meyer & Joe The Boss & all the scenes with Nuckys Cubano bodyguard , other than that , we literally only need one single flashback episode of Gillian & Nucky , that could havevall been put in a single episode
Femmy Fatalay
There was too much BS on this final season......such as margaret thompson becoming a major character again, even though she's hella-annoying, and patty arquette was a much more appealing character! and margaret 'outsmarting' joe kennedy, while doing her usual cutesy-feminism, puh-lease!!! I ended up fast forwarding through her scenes because i couldnt take any more of her! The way chucky lost his empire, was a pathetic disgrace........chalky went out like a romantic-sucker.........benny siegel was annoying......al capone was an annoying bastard, but gosh darn it, he sure does love his deaf son, dont forget about that! (sarcasm). With all of that being
said, i didnt Hate how everything wrapped up, but there was a noticable drop in wisdom, and quality....
Jillian !!!
It was bullshit. They killed everyone off. Too much flashbacks.
The 8 year jump was also bullshit.
I didn't enjoy the time jump. The series jumped the shark during the time jump.
on point about the disappointment re AR demise!!!
also on point about nucky being more a link to the characters and not that interesting, it makes the flashbacks to his earlier days less interesting (nice to know how he was foreed and cnx to the commodore) and the flashbacks present as last minute filler.