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TV Review: Boardwalk Empire 1.04 – “Anastasia”

October 21, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Desiree Jackson
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Episode: Boardwalk Empire 1.04 – “Anastasia”
Original Air Date: October 10, 2010

Screencaps from Shadow of Reflection.

Jimmy’s path takes him to Chicago instead of sunny California and Chalky wants revenge for the death of one of his crew.

In Chicago, Al Capone sneaks into Jimmy’s room, pretending to come shoot him, and shoots the gun just to the side of Jimmy’s head. He’s come for the keys to a car as it becomes apparent that Capone and Jimmy are now in business together.

Back in Atlantic City, Nucky is interrupted rehearsing a speech when his valet comes in to go over the guest list to a party he’s throwing. He wants to make sure all the visiting politicians are taken care of so he’ll be sure to get a kickback from a construction project.

Jimmy is shown with his new girlfriend, Pearl, who is taking care of his ear that was hurt in the opening scene. It’s obvious from the way Jimmy looks at her that this woman is starting to mean quite a lot to him — almost, it seems, moreso than Angie back in Atlantic City. Jimmy is noticeably pleased when Pearl says she’ll “let” him come with her to California when she gets the money saved up because she thinks he “needs taking care of.”

Nucky is pressuring Eli to find out who killed Chalky’s worker. Eli claims that he’s “asking around” but he doesn’t really seem to care about solving the murder, even though Nucky is trying to impress upon him the need for Chalky to deliver the “colored vote” come Election Day.

Jimmy’s mom is staying with Angie and Tommy while Angie has to leave when an “acquaintance” of Jimmy’s comes to visit. He wants to know where Jimmy is but Gillian refuses to tell him, instead trying to bait him into hitting her before slamming the door in his face.

Eli and his deputy bust in on a Klu Klux Klan meeting, demanding to know who’s in charge in order to arrest him. When questioned, Eli says that, while being in the Klan isn’t against the law, “stringing up darkies is” and leaves. Eli doesn’t seem to care about the arrest, instead is just obeying Nucky’s orders.

In Chicago, Capone is acting as Johnny Torrio’s enforcer, intimidating a bartender into buying from his boss even though the bartender buys from a Mr. Sheridan. Capone beats him into an agreement before leaving, confident that he’s acquired Torrio a new customer.

Nucky caves under the pressure he’s under, taking it out on his valet, Eddie, while they are going over details for a party Nucky is throwing.

Sheridan comes to see Johnny Torrio in Chicago only to find he’s meeting with Capone and Jimmy instead. Jimmy tries to give Capone some advice on handling Sheridan in attempting to work out a compromise. Capone shoots his mouth off and informs Sheridan that he’s being pushed out of Greektown and they negotiate a settlement to split Greektown 50/50.

Chalky comes in to talk to the Klan leader, telling him a story of how his father was a carpenter back in Texas until he was lynched for taking a job for a rich white man. Chalky unwraps his late father’s tools and, when asked what he plans on doing with them, he tells the Klan leader that he won’t be “building no bookcase.” He tortures the man until he finds out that the Klan wasn’t behind the lynching of his worker.

Nucky walks into what’s supposed to be a surprise party for him where a senator is in attendance and Margaret Schroeder is delivering a package for Lucy Danzinger, Nucky’s girlfriend. Margaret matches wits with Senator Walter Edge, not backing down from his overly male chauvinistic views of women and where he sees them in society. Margaret and Nucky share a special dance that leaves both of them smiling happily at each other. A large cake is rolled out after the song has ended and Lucy emerges from the top of the cake, but Nucky seemingly only has eyes for Margaret despite Lucy’s lack of an outfit.

Senator Edge tells Nucky that he’s not getting a lucrative road construction contract in favor of Jersey City. Nucky is highly annoyed and he demands to know how much the mayor of Jersey City wants for a payout so he can get the contract.

Pearl is attacked by one of her clients, who turns out to be one of Sheridan’s men, and he slashes her face. Jimmy comes to see her but the house madam won’t let him into her room.

Doyle and the D’Alessio brothers are discussing the lynching of one of Chalky’s men and, we find out that they were meant to hang Chalky. Doyle, who owes the D’Alessios thousands of dollars, decides to rob one of Nucky’s ward bosses to get the money he owes.

Gillian confronts the man who’s been following her around for days, the man she met when he came looking for Jimmy, and arranges to meet him after the show.

Margaret stops by her place of employment to drop off her dress and sees Nucky and Lucy out on a date. Jealousy is plain on her face as she steals a silk chemise on her way out of the store for the night.

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About the Author
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who was born in the small town of Anderson, South Carolina named Desiree (but she prefers Desi). She’s the only child to a dedicated science fiction/fantasy dad, a comic book obsessed 2nd dad, and a historically inclined mom.

While most little girls grew up hearing stories like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, Desi was hearing stories of the early days of NASA and could name the original Mercury 7 astronauts easier than she could Snow White’s seven dwarfs. Her idea of fairy tales involved the X-Men, the Chronicles of Narnia, and, of course, the voyages of the (original) starship Enterprise.

Reading and writing have been as integral a part of Desi’s life as television shows and movies. Her favorite activity, be it after school or on the weekends, was going to the library and picking up any, and practically every, book that caught her eye. Her mom contributed to this by encouraging her to take books on their trips and asking Desi for informal book reports on her latest literary adventures.

Science fiction and fantasy provided a further haven from the loneliness that being a latchkey kid entailed when she discovered PBS. Reruns of the original Doctor Who (the 4th Doctor was her first Doctor and Sarah Jane her first companion), Blakes 7, Red Dwarf, and the original Dark Shadows became her afternoon playmates. She would scurry home to escape into the TARDIS for a jaunt ‘round the universe before buckling down and doing her homework.

In college, Desi really found her niche. Majoring in English and minoring in theatre, along with an undeclared minor in history, specifically British history, gave Desi a way to use years and years of geekery. Within her group of friends, it was a common occurrence to hear discussions ranging from how Babylon 5 was more realistic than Star Trek in any incarnation to where Baby Smurf really came from on The Smurfs.

Conventions are what Desi considers a true geek oasis and where she really fits in. Her love of meeting new people and a constant supply of complex and, at times, random conversational topics is fed while she’s also able to help her fellow geeks, fanboys, and fangirls live it up and see/meet/talk to their fandom idols. She also gets to help take one convention in particular, Dragon*Con, to people unable to make the convention as a member of the Daily Dragon staff, reporting on a variety of Dragon*Con activities.

When she grows up, Desi would like to be a writer like either of her writing idols, Sherrilyn Kenyon and Eugie Foster. For the time being, however, she’s quite fond of being a viewer and reviewer of fandom at large while also being a devoted wife and mom to her three 4-legged children.

Desi can be found on Twitter (@lyndasty) primarily but has been known to frequent Facebook and Livejournal as well.
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