Saoirse Ronan good.  Stephanie Meyer bad.

Saoirse Ronan good.  Stephanie Meyer bad.

There was a while there, back last season, when I felt that Boardwalk Empire had the potential to be one of the greatest television shows of all time, due to its extensive range of subjects — religion, race, immigration, crime, family, moralism, feminism, government, war, corrupted innocence — and sophisticated…

There was a while there, back last season, when I felt that Boardwalk Empire had the potential to be one of the greatest television shows of all time, due to its extensive range of subjects — religion, race, immigration, crime, family, moralism, feminism, government, war, corrupted innocence — and sophisticated…

Where's Wallace?  Where's Wallace, String?!  Where the Fuck is Wallace!?!

It's not just a chess metaphor.  They're using a chess board to play checkers.  It's an expression of wasted potential, of underused resources, and of a cycle of ignorance being broken.  D'Angelo teaches them to play chess.  He teaches them to use their minds.

"Your guilty consciences may force you to vote democratic, but deep down you all long for a cold-hearted republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king!  That's why I did this, to save you from yourselves."

"Your guilty consciences may force you to vote democratic, but deep down you all long for a cold-hearted republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king!  That's why I did this, to save you from yourselves."

What show are these critics watching?  This episode was terrrible!  Dakota Johnson acting like a socially inept retard was insufferable.  Ben and Tommy on canni-candy, or whatever, was probably even dumber.  Deus-ex-Man-next-door comes out of nowhere and happens to be the ying to Kate's yang.  Phooey!  

What show are these critics watching?  This episode was terrrible!  Dakota Johnson acting like a socially inept retard was insufferable.  Ben and Tommy on canni-candy, or whatever, was probably even dumber.  Deus-ex-Man-next-door comes out of nowhere and happens to be the ying to Kate's yang.  Phooey!  

I'd like to let Victoria Justice enjoy my King Sized chocolate bar.

I'd like to let Victoria Justice enjoy my King Sized chocolate bar.

Are you sure it's not Kevin Connolly?  Ya know, E from Entourage?

Are you sure it's not Kevin Connolly?  Ya know, E from Entourage?

They're neutered gays, more like the odd couple than actual lovers.  This show is not as boundary-pushing as it thinks it is.

They're neutered gays, more like the odd couple than actual lovers.  This show is not as boundary-pushing as it thinks it is.

And Luke is the one in the devil costume with Manny.

And Luke is the one in the devil costume with Manny.

I didn't read the article.  Did it have something to do with banging Urtha Kitt in an airplane bathroom?  I bet it did.

I didn't read the article.  Did it have something to do with banging Urtha Kitt in an airplane bathroom?  I bet it did.