Previouslies: Everybody hates Nucky! Chalky hates him because he keeps stalling real power to the black community, putting Mr. White in a delicate position; Nucky’s father hates him because he’s not Eli (and vice versa); Van Alden hates him provisionally so he can impress Agent Esther LadyBlazer and distract her from his totally illicit and illegal conduct; Jimmy hates him (loves him?) but still hires one of Capone’s goons in a failed assassination attempt; also: Margaret got a taste of Owen Sleater’s lucky charms.

Boardwalk Empire, 2x08 “Two Boats and a Lifeguard” (wri. Terrence Winter, dir. Tim Van Patten)

• freaky dream sequence! cool way to open the episode
• Michael Pitt in a towel appreciation post
• “Why you been duckin’ me?” faaaaaaanfic
• “Romulus couldn’t make it.” / “Dat his pa’tner?”
• Torrio…you’re probably gonna die soon :/
• Ugh, Buscemi!!!! Perfect reaction to hearing someone has died. Spot-on. Good job at being good at your job, Steve.
• THE ADVENTURES OF NELSON VAN ALDEN, SINGLE DAD
• Max Hirsch
• “Pillow talk, Charlie?” YOU. NEED. TO. STOP.
• Michael Stuhlbarg is working the hell out of this straw boater.
• “I prefer to think of myself as an artichoke.” 
• Old timey bathing suits <3
• I love how much of the beach we’re seeing this season.
• “They’re called knees, fellas!” Molly Fletcher, lady hero.
• I sense lesbian hijinks in the works!
• Louise the Lesbian Novelist, lady hero.
• “Success has many fathers, dear.” And so do you, Jimmy!
• Mickey Doyle is Jimmy’s right hand now? Oy vey.
• This is probably the first time I’ve really cared about Jimmy and Angela’s relationship. What a great scene! I don’t think Pitt has ever been better than this on the show.
• Eddie Kessler, you are a gem.
• And, thus, the Thompson machine gun.
• “The pups have grown fangs.” I love this pow-pow scene among the “old timers” after the similar scene of young Turks last week. Generation gaps!
• Arnold Rothstein is such a baller.
• Yay, Angela!
• “Your move, Dad.” !!!!!!!
• My body is ready for this sweet, sweet revenge.
• DADDY ISSUES
• That scene was so complex—and expertly handled by Van Patten. So many angles, so many characters and their intersecting storylines. Well played.
• We’re going to Belfast! 
• lol throwing Mickey Doyle off the balcony is kind of perfect. Nobody likes that guy.