I fucking hate bullshit.
I fucking hate bullshit.
Boardwalk Empire is a horror program.
Since last year talk of Boardwalk Empire has centered on the show’s twist in its second season finale. Namely, Nucky killing Jimmy Darmody, his surrogate son, who is the second main character of the show. Both fans and critics have been debating over whether or not Boardwalk Empire will be worse off without the character of Jimmy Darmody. Very few disagreed with the decision to kill him and most called it a gutsy, edgy move but Jimmy was such an arresting character that offing him threatened to lessen the show. The big question coming into this season of Boardwalk Empire was could the show maintain the quality it was at during the second half of its last season.
I might be able to forgive Walter White, but it will be even harder to forgive AMC. When I first learned of this “split-season” nonsense, I was gut shot. Completely devastated. Either the show will attempt to tell two stories in a rushed way, completely antithetical to how the show usually works in its deliberately paced manner, or we will get a half season of set up with a mind blowing cliffhanger and have to wait 10 months for its conclusion, which is completely antithetical to how stories are typically told.