Boardwalk Empire
Summary
HBO has create some of the best shows on television over the last few decade , andBoardwalk Empireis an former example of this . Based on the real - life figure of Enoch L. Johnson , Boardwalk Empiretells the Prohibition - era taradiddle of Nucky Thompson ( Steve Buscemi ) , a man who was both a politician and a crime top banana in Atlantic City . Throughout the series , Nucky meets and pot with several fictional and historical characters in this crime dramatic event , let in mobsters , government agents , politician , and more .
At its heart , Boardwalk Empireis a period crime dramabased in the world of unionized crime , andBoardwalk Empirecovers twelve of plot threads and characters from all over the spectrum . As a show about the felonious subway in America , it was safe to expect that many of the grapheme in the series would diein their pursuits . This ends up as a fact , with many characters coming and go throughout the series . By the time the show ended after five award - winning season , no one was dependable , not even the lead characters in the series .
Boardwalk Empire ’s Van Alden histrion , Michael Shannon , reveals dashing hopes with his role ’s arc and shares what he would have wanted to see .
Mickey Doyle
Shot by Lucky Luciano in 1931
In the underground globe of Prohibition - era gangsters , it ’s to be expected that most of them are n’t go to pull through in the game . And given how untrustworthy Mickey Doyle seemed to be , it ’s surprising he managed to survive for as long as he did . Doyle ’s sense of humor , dream , and his lack of loyalty to others often cause problems for him . While he is a shrewd manipulator , Mickey is also someone who made plenty of enemies , but somehow find a way out of problems sentence and sentence again .
His goal came after Nucky charge Mickey to force a meeting with Luciano by kidnapping his comrade , Benjamin Siegel . However , Luciano want everything Nucky has — include the club Nucky just gave to Mickey . Mickey tries to reason with him , soLuciano shoots Mickey in the throat , belt down him . InBoardwalk Empire , Mickey was one of the few comic relief characters in the serial publication , and lose him was a sad and tangible loss . He declare oneself something toBoardwalk Empirethat no other part did , and it was tough to lose that .
Pearl
Death By Suicide (Gunshot)
Like many of the minor characters onBoardwalk Empire , Pearl really had nothing to do with the crime line but was just unlucky enough to get caught in the crossfire of the never - ending war between actual criminals . Pearl was a prostitute who caught Jimmy Darmody ’s eye , and the fact that Jimmy liked her so much is precisely why she ultimately wound up deadened .
Pearl ’s death was sad because it was something she did n’t deserve , and she only died because of her connectedness with Jimmy . Liam , an Irish mobster who works forcrime party boss Charlie Sheridan , attack Pearl and mutilates her faceto get off a substance to Jimmy . While Jimmy gets retaliation and kills Liam , a heartsick Pearl see that her aspiration of becoming an actress have ended because of this . Pearl dies by self-destruction during an opium - induce daze instead of continuing to live this way .
Billie Kent
Dies In The Explosion Of Babette’s.
The fair sex onBoardwalk Empirewho are ill-fated enough to become the object of affection to one of the major actor in the crime world often become the collateral price in the inevitable warfare . Billie Kent is a prime deterrent example of this sad truth . Billie Kent became Nucky ’s schoolma’am in Season 3 , and although she plume herself on her independence , she had no job letting Nucky sweep her off her feet .
One night , after the dyad have gone to Babette ’s Supper Club , the club on the spur of the moment explodes . Nucky live on , but Billie does n’t . Ironically , the explosion was specifically meant to vote down Nucky ( via a bomb made by Gyp Rossetti ) . However , it was Billie who go instead , and her only law-breaking was falling in love with Nucky . It was also very sad because Billie had just won a purpose in her first movie before her last , and once again , someone died before reaching their ultimate dreams thanks to Nucky and his cohorts .
Eddie Kessler
Death By Suicide (Jumps From Window)
There are very few people in the world whom Nucky Thompson could rely on , but his longtime valet , Eddie Kessler , seemed to be one of them . After being in Nucky ’s employment for years , Eddie decides that he want to take a bigger role in Nucky ’s constitution , and he begin partaking in actual criminal action instead of just taking care of Nucky . But that conclusion seems to be a mistake , asEddie ’s quickly taken in by the authorities , and he ultimately confesses to his crimesafter they put the squeeze on him .
Once he ’s release , the agent force him into becoming an source with the threat of deportation . This would induce the ignominy of returning to face his empty family . While this would be terrible for Kessler , he was more gutted by turning on Nucky . acknowledge that he ca n’t survive with this new life that the agent have forced him into , he pass away by suicide . Eddie leap from a window at the Albatross Hotel , a sad death for a dear character .
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Owen Sleater
Killed By Masseria’s Men At A Turkish Bath House
Owen Sleater is an Irish immigrant and body of work for Nucky Thompson as a number one wood and bodyguard . However , he was also regard in an liaison with Nucky ’s wife Margaret Rowan , in good order under his boss ’s nozzle . By the time that Nucky and Margaret actually wind up getting splice , their relationship seems to be almost entirely loveless . Neither one of them seems to be peculiarly bothered by this arrangement though , at least until Margaret meets Owen . Owen and Margaret diminish in love reasonably speedily , and they contain on an matter , which would prove to be fatal to Owen .
Joe Masseria ’s men down him at a Turkish bathhousein Manhattan ( off - screen ) when he attempted an character assassination of Masseria . To show they know why Owen was there to kill him , Masseria sends Nucky a package late one nighttime , and when he opens it , he sees that Owen ’s idle body is privileged . Margaret is devastated and shortly after , and in the saddest part of hisBoardwalk Empiredeath , it ’s also revealed that she was meaning with Owen ’s child .
Angela Darmody
Shot By Manny Horvitz In July 1921
When Jimmy decided that he wanted to be the top Canis familiaris in Atlantic City , it was only a issue of fourth dimension before the people that he sleep together got caught in the crossfire , primarily his married woman Angela — who utterly did not deserve the fate that was doled out to her . Crime Bos Manny Horvitz obviously did n’t trouble doing his research when he decided to come up to Atlantic City and eliminate Jimmy because when he make it at the Darmody household , Manny finds Angela alternatively , in bed with her lover .
Angela pray for her life
Jimmy was on the road to Princeton when this occur , so Manny took it out on Jimmy ’s wife . Angela begs for her spirit , but Manny still kills her for revenge , evidence her that her death was Jimmy ’s shift before shooting her in the header . Angela ’s death drove Jimmy into a drug and alcoholic drink binge as he was depressed and distraught over her senseless end . This sadBoardwalk Empiredeath led to Jimmy ’s downfall , as well .
Based on Atlantic City in the 1920s and 1930s, Boardwalk Empire follows political heavyweight “Nucky” Thompson as he battles mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look to take him on. Now, with the federal government cracking down on bootlegging and other illegal activities, and everyone looking to take over control of the city, Nucky’s lavish lifestyle is in danger of collapsing.
Chalky White
Executed By Firing Squad In 1931
When it comes toBoardwalk Empirecharacters that in reality merit to die , Chalky White arguably merit it more than most . He at least know the variety of line he was in , and he had been responsible for for countless deaths before his own . However , he was undeniably one of the good and most interesting characters in the entire series , and it was tough seeing him bested by the insufferable villain Valentin Narcisse .
Chalky was willing to put his spirit on the line to save the woman that he loved from Dr. Narcisse , but his attempts to rescue her from his clutches flunk , and he weave up on the wrong end of a hummer . Narcisse take Chalky outside his house of ill repute and finds several armed men standing there , waiting for him . He then orders the armed men to gun down Chalky . It was a sad dying , as he close down his optic and thought of his daughter sing in his final moments active .
Nucky Thompson
Shot By Tommy Darmody In 1931
It only made good sense that the final stage ofBoardwalk Empirewould also mean the end of Nucky Thompson . While it was pretty withering to see the independent fictional character of the series die , Boardwalk Empireitself showed its audience all the reasons that Nucky rightfully did merit to go . Much like Tony Soprano in another HBO series , Nucky did plenty to merit his fate . However , whileThe Sopranoschose not to go through with indicate Tony die(or even get arrested),Boardwalk Empiremade Nucky make up for his crimes .
Tommy accuses Nucky of betraying Gillian and shoots him three times
It was moderately poetic justness that the result of Nucky ’s original sin , Tommy Darmody , was the one to occur back and kill Nuckyin the end . It was interesting to see that no matter how successful someone is or how much they get forth with , everyone has to pay for their misdeed eventually . What is really sad is that Nucky think he was help Tommy by bailing him out of jail and giving him money . Tommy accuses Nucky of deceive Gillian and shoot him three time .
Jimmy Darmody
Shot By Nucky Thompson In August 1921
Boardwalk Empireis a series full of character mired by tragedy , but there are few character who are truly more tragical than Jimmy Darmody . As a minor who was the result of Gillian Darmody ’s colza when she was only a child herself , Nucky Thompson seemed to feel shamed for his existence and therefore cared for him almost like his own son . But when Jimmy decides to puzzle out against Nucky and branch out for himself , Nucky feels that he has no choice but to eliminate Jimmyfor good .
Jimmy had almost given up on life by this time , anyway . Manny show up at his theater while he was on a trip and murder Jimmy ’s married woman Angela in cold profligate . Her destruction was as much Nucky ’s fault as Jimmy ’s , and this make Jimmy to turn against Gillian and kill the CCommodore . Knowing that Nucky would never forgive him , he comforted Nucky by explaining that he had truly died during the war , in a trench years ago anyway . Jimmy allow him love it was okay and Nucky shot Jimmy double in the top dog .
Richard Harrow
Shot In The Chest By Narcisse’s Men
Anyone who expects a character inBoardwalk Empireto get a felicitous end does n’t understand the show that they ’re watching — but if there was ever a character who in truth deserved a happy ending , it ’s Richard Harrow . Yes , he ’s a serial killer , but after the physical and mental trauma of WWI , it seemed like Richard was never going to care if he live or die , and he would be permanently stuck living this half - life history forever .
But after year of growth and healing , it seemed like Richard was endure to finally get his glad ending . He gibe to one more job for Nucky , though , and when he circumstantially shoots an barren person and gets shot in the gut himself , Richard Harrow decides to just let himself phlebotomize outbeneath the boardwalk , dreaming of the life he almost had . meet him die , by his own choice , rather than get assistance , was a sadBoardwalk Empiremomentand shows that no one here really arrest a happy end at all .
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found on Atlantic City in the 1920s and 1930s , Boardwalk Empire follows political behemoth " Nucky " Thompson as he combat gangster , politicians , government agents , and the common folk who look to take him on . Now , with the federal authorities collapse down on bootlegging and other illegal activities , and everyone looking to take over control of the city , Nucky ’s unsparing life style is in risk of collapse .
