Boardwalk empire when is season 2 premiere

He does show some heart however, reaching out to Margaret's son Teddy with fatherly love, and it doesn't hurt that he's wearing a truly gorgeous clay-pink shirt with a loden plaid tie while doing so. Jimmy Michael Pitt is still in his costume of blues, but there is a fresh hint of luxury about him — silk ties and fine cufflinks suggest this.

We see him plotting against Nucky with his cantankerous father, and there is a coldness about him that belies his new marriage. There are still hints of his former boyishness though and he, too, is torn — between his respect for Nucky and his desire for power and success. Finally, more perverse ambivalence is shown in the evil Agent Van Alden.

His costume has changed little — he sports subtle tones, good cuts, and a truly admirable wide-brimmed fedora. But a visit with his timid wife, who appears eternally hamstrung with fear and loneliness, ends with the appearance of the perpetually nude Lucy Danziger Paz De La Huerta , like a twisted mirror of Van Alden's wife.

Danziger still appears to be surviving as Van Nelson's live-in whore, and somehow thriving off of a diet of sexual abuse and disgust. Dark clouds are everywhere. And, as the episode closes, Nucky is arrested for political fraud and hauled off to jail. Emily Tyra as Dancer 5. The second season premiere was watched by 2. IGN gave the episode a score of 9 out of 10, saying that " Season 1's finale promised a series ready to raise the bar.

Judging by this episode, Season 2 looks primed to succeed at satisfying that promise. Boardwalk Empire Wiki Explore. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 3.

Chalky tells him he is done with all this. Nucky tells him he is the only thing keeping him from a lynch mob. Chalky asks if they are going to arrest him. Nucky tells him he can handle it. He tells Nucky that Chalky is one uppity shine. Margaret stops by the convent she wants to know why her son came home with bruises.

The nun tells Margaret that her son was playing with matches in a closet with a school full of children. Margaret does not know what to say. Margaret asks if her son is to be expelled. The nun replies NO. Jimmy is pissed because his people killed a woman at the warehouse Chalkys and says 10, blacks are up in arms.

Eli Thompson the snake is there to and so is the Commodore. The commodore says that Eli thinks he has power just because he has a badge and a gun. The Commodore tells Jimmy now that Chalky is gone the warehouse is there for the picking. The commodore goes on to brag to Jimmy about all the stuffed animals in his warehouse and how he killer them ughh what a blowhard!! Someone walks in and tells them another Klan member died and Nucky tells his brother Eli to go and arrest Chalky to protect him.

Over with Agent Van Alden they are having dinner and the waiter asks them what they want to drink and implies he can get them alcohol. His wife is upset and asks if he is going to arrest the waiter. They are at the funeral and Nucky is there, Jimmy walks in and he asks what he is doing there, Jimmy says he was his teacher. There are many Klans men in their sheets at the funeral.

Jimmy says it is an awful use of a lot of good tablecloths. Jimmy asks how Chalky is and Nucky replies alive which is the main thing is. But most other successful HBO series have figured out a consistent theme, a basic foundation.

Boardwalk Empire is set at such a fascinating time in American history. Last night, we saw Nelson showing Lady Van Alden around Sodom-by-the-Sea to celebrate their thirteenth wedding anniversary. She was horrified by everything: The alcohol, the gambling, the faux-Christian pamphlet with a list of whorehouses.

Boardwalk Empire is an undeniably fun show — flapper parties and period crooning and champagne, woohoo! So it was particularly thrilling to see how the Lady Van Alden got all hot and bothered when Nelson staged a raid on an alcohol-serving restaurant. By making something as socially fundamental as drinking illegal, it magically turned everywhere into the Wild West.

There was a lot more in this season premiere — including a first look at Dominic Chianese Uncle Junior!