That's why you don't yell.

How do you figure?  Though it went unspoken, Richard surely understood the full extent of Jimmy's departure.  He's got no reason to be pissed off.  Jimmy wanted to die; Richard accepted it.

Bork. . errr. . . . Mrs. Mueller. . . . um. . . . . .  I mean, Sigrid.

Precisely.  Up until tonight, Nucky was a lovable asshole.  He tips well, supports civil rights and women's suffrage (though, to be fair, for his own selfish purposes).  He was responsible for the death of a man who beat his wife and children, and for the deaths of known criminals (D'Alessios).  So his jokes were…

Agreed.  Where do they go from here?  I've lost interest in Margaret and now Nucky's evil.  He was more of a charming douche bag in season one.  How does he off Jimmy and let Eli live?  Doesn't the murder charge also go away if Eli simply disappears?

A man whose reach exceeded his grasp?  Really?  Jimmy was a dude manipulated at every turn.  His father didn't care about him until he saw him as a means to wrestle control of AC from Nucky.  His mother is totally fucked up.  He went to war to ESCAPE the bullshit in his life at home.  When he finally came back, he had…

LOL.  You've summed it up better than just about everyone here.

Zing!

I agree 100% that he longs for a family, but I also see him as feeling undeserving of that domesticity.  Like when Jimmy said "I'm going to hell.  I'm sure of it.* for the shit he did in the war.  The only difference is that Richard's outward scars match his inward ones.  People can SEE he got fucked up by the war. …

But what evidence have we got that says Richard is capable of a "rampage"?  The dude has yet to even get angry on this show.

"Mr. Harrow was closer to Angela than he is to Jimmy.*  Really?!  I disagree.  Richard surely harbors feelings of envy for Jimmy's life, perhaps because Jimmy's scars are less visible.  But Jimmy and Richard connected over the horrors they committed and witnessed in the war.  Jimmy flat-out said in a previous episode…

But the whole "who am I?" arc that Margaret's been on has been a good one.  I especially liked how she called out her brother for never questioning authority.  (As a side note, I found it interesting that the only thing Eamon did feel fit to question was where she'd gotten the money.)  She's clearly an independent and…

I'm thinking the same thing, which paves the way for a convenient, non-death exit for Jimmy.  He loses his position, but saves a little face and sticks around for season 3.

Again, I don't think so.  It was after their conversation that Richard went to the woods to kill himself.  If he was warming to human connection, why would he do that?  I think Richard is still really, really detached from the world and will show very little reaction.  What's one more body after spending three years…

Meh.  I see Jimmy doing something to save face in front of the boys, yet getting his ass arrested, thereby relinquishing position and not getting killed by Manny.  And Michael Pitt sticks around for season 3.

I'm skeptical.  Harrow's flat out said he doesn't feel a connection with other people.  After causing and witnessing all that death in the war, you really think he's gonna be anything other than creepily detached (in other words, the same as usual) in response to Angela's death?

Agreed.  A number of episodes this season finish with a kick, but it's such a slow crawl to get there.  And I think that's reflected in Noel's grade.  Slow, slow, slow . . . they took a shot at Nucky!  slow, slow, slow. . . Doyle's thrown from the balcony!  slow, slow, slow. . . The Irish turn on McGarrigle!

Yeah, if Jimmy survives this season, I see Richard pulling his ass out of the fire.  Then again, I've been a doubter on Jimmy's demise, because it seemed like so many characters had no connection to the show without him.  (What would they do with Angela?  What would they do with Richard?)

Rothstein is the man.   That is, Stuhlbarg playing Rothstein ("I'm a serious man!").

@avclub-b7ee6f5f9aa5cd17ca1aea43ce848496:disqus  agreed.  The priest didn't agree "we have to start somewhere" until he thumbed the cash in that envelope.