You're probably right. My question is whether or not Richard will think Jimmy did in Angela, which, if he's not told the truth, would lead me to believe Jimmy doesn't make it out of next week alive. I think both men will survive, but there's going to be a break in that relationship.

Pardon the phrase, but Richard is probably so shell-shocked by Angela's death that he wasn't aware of what was happening.

I was about to comment on the Kinsey scale, but, yes, sexuality is fluid for a decent percentage of the population (i.e. there are some who are unquestionably hetero or homosexual in their inclinations, while most have some vague or open bisexual feelings). Angela seems to be a woman who largely preferred her own sex,…

I'm arguing below that he'll become Nucky's man, although he could wind up with that other gangster (Mickey is it?). No chance he could ever be out in the open until the murder charge is dropped, as well as his shooting a federal agent.

They've done some weird things with the writing, but I won't ever deny that this show is concious of it's history now.

I think there's a good chance (65 percent) that Gillian doesn't make it out of next week's episode alive, although that's compared to a 90 percent shot that Eli breathes his last.

Oddly enough, they showed the shooting scene in the preview for this week's episode. You couldn't tell it was van Alden, but deduction would have made him a suspect.

Still, this is New Jersey, not Mississippi. I mean, sure, black people weren't exactly equal citizens north of the Mason-Dixon line, but an entire congregation coming forward would be considered strong enough to at least get the DA involved. Perhaps their pastor advised them not to speak, but, yeah, it's a bit of a…

I don't like it either, but I get where they're going. They clearly wanted more dramatic tension at home for Nucky. Sadly, it's resulted in the retarding of a character's development. I can understand her freaking out over her daughter's illness, but objecting to the murder of the husband that beat a miscarriage out…

He would prefer not to. How sad is it that I thought of Archer before Melville? Well, thinking of Archer can never truly be sad, except that it's still a month or so before new episodes.

I think you're absolutely right on that. This was a definite homage, right down to the weaponry.

I haven't seen that, but I suspect there was a definite attempt to replicate the Jacobean theatre in the way those characters interacted, fought and died.

What I wonder is when he got his neck brace off? Manny roughhoused him pretty hard last week. I'm assuming it's just been a few days since that occured.

I didn't, but it looked like he was fingering actual (well, fake in real life) brain matter. That tremble that Jack Huston did as he's rubbing his fingers over it was such a wonderful touch from the actor, grieving for a woman he'd grown to love. I know I write about Harrow every episode he's in (largely because I…

This was an A episode (I was originally going to give it an A-, but on re-watching it, I liked it even more). Not only does it set up a wild finale, but I think it finally gave us a real reason for Jimmy's utterly fucked up character. He's the product of a rape, raised by an emotionally damaged mother and a somewhat…

Here's my theory: without van Alden the murder case against Eli and Nucky loses its legs (as well as most of van Alden's testimony). Still, even as a conflicted witness, he's dangerous to Nucky. I figure that Thompson will get the black congregation, through Chalky, to drop the charges and make van Alden his. A shot…

In fairness they had shown the Commodore returning to health in recent episodes. I do agree with one of the comments above though, that the character was wasted this season. No idea if it has any relation to Dabney Coleman's health or not (he is in his late 70s), but sidelining him half way thorugh the season just…

I definitely got a Greek vibe from the whole mess. I mean, for crying out loud, I thought he had a trident at first (probably a pike of some kind). Still, if we're going with the John Webster theme, why not have a crazy fuck it all set piece.

Oh shit, someone had a different opinion about a musical genre. They must be a racist!

The best thing about Cain dropping out, besides no one having to pretend to take him seriously, is that Thompson won't be inflicting his lifeless one joke impression on audiences anymore.