And it doesn't get good later.

He was also in several scenes of the premiere. He's one of the Grim Bastard's (the black motorcycle club).

She offered to talk the dad out of pressing charges, then concluded their earlier meeting by saying: "I'm sure we can all work together to keep Charming safe and profitable. For everyone. Understood?"

Most people agree with you. You don't have to dig very deep to find write-ups saying that Nucky is one of the least interesting characters on his own show.

Not to keep hassling you about this, but with the final season going on the same night these reviews are going up, it seems a good a time as any to bring it up again — you gotten any closer to digging into Sons of Anarchy? (Or is it still behind Zero Hour on your to-do list?) I really am eager to read your take on it.

This is all pretty hypothetical because right now it's just a theory, but to answer your questions: Gillian would want to get revenge now and not years ago because now she has nothing to lose.

Though to be fair, that's a pretty low bar to clear.

Personally, I didn't know he was British at first, but then there was a moment in the first season where he yelled, and it tipped me off. Angry yelling seems to be the kryptonite of fake American accents. See also: Dominic West as McNulty.

I would watch more Hand of God. I hope it gets picked up.

This is the kind of thing that most people rightfully don't care about, and will understandably dismiss, but Film Crit Hulk said this on twitter:

I believe it's a union technicality. A two hour episode would require
different pay or something like that, but they're safe as long as it's
under two hours. That was the reason they had to split the season five finale into two episodes.

"Then again, if Diggle wanted Lawton dead when he though the guy accidentally killed his brother, it’s hard to see why he would forgive the guy now that he knows Lawton killed him intentionally."