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A widely acclaimed American drama set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition era, starring Steve Buscemi and created by Terence Winter.

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Does the Gyp Rosetti character typify Season 3 just as the James Darmody character typified 1 and 2?

Across the web, fans were shocked and outraged at the end of Season 2 of Boardwalk Empire when Terence Winter decided to kill off the James Darmody character. After that fateful night, Mr. Winter ...
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Who else did Richard Harrow kill in Season 3, Episode 1?

Near the end of Season 3 Episode 1 of Boardwalk Empire, Richard Harrow kills two men: Manny Horvitz and somebody else. Is that "somebody else" significant? Was it Roland Smith (a.k.a. the thief's ...
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How many people did Nucky kill in Boardwalk Empire?

How many did Nucky kill himself in total over all seasons of Boardwalk Empire? I can recall two cases: Jimmy Darmody in season 2, episode 12 Rowland Smith in season 3, episode 4 Are there any more I'...
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How did Nucky rise to power?

How did Nucky Thompson wrest power over Atlantic City from The Commodore?
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Does Jimmy have an Oedipal complex in Boardwalk Empire?

Spoiler Alert if you haven't seen the end of Season Two. So Jimmy and his mom have sex in a flashback scene. They were consenting adults but it was still incest. First question: who is breaking the ...
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What happened with Richard Harrow in the (season 3) finale?

I watched it several days ago, and only now just caught on: At the end when he goes back to the brothel to rescue the boy from Rosetti's men, he was alone. It wasn't part of some plan of Nucky's. ...
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