HBO [US] Boardwalk Empire **Spoilers**

P.Walnuts

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

deadwood only got 3 seasons

tells you all you need to know about the relationship between quality and ratings

Still bugs me that they cut that just as it was about to get really good

Christ I miss Al Swarangean

Alfred Borden

P.Walnuts wrote: »

Still bugs me that they cut that just as it was about to get really good

Christ I miss Al Swarangean

I started watching last night, unbelievable stuff

Temaz

7 year time jump

for next season



actor Michael K Williams revealed that the final season of the HBO show will

be set during the Great Depression.

The actor, who plays Chalky White, said: "The storyline has jumped seven years [into the future], which is why I have the beard now.

"The Depression has set in. The days of the shiny shoes and fancy suits are long gone."

Thargor

Good move imo, interesting times, leaner and meaner.

FloatingVoter

Excellent news. I was getting tired of watching future mob royalty being errand boys. By the time of the Depression everybody is set up nicely. Its gonna be bloody.

weiland79

When is it starting again

Thargor

Fall 2014 - 81 days from now.

http://hbowatch.com/hbo-series-premiere-schedule/

NinetyForNone

Thargor wrote: »

Fall 2014 - 81 days from now.

That's an estimate based on previous seasons.
If they're still filming wouldn't that schedule be tight?

Thargor

Never saw the astrix sorry, Id say if it was going to slip to 2015 we'd have heard by now though.

JP Liz V1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSqKwFGCzXY

Thargor

Cannot wait to get back to the good stuff in Autumn and Winter, stupid Summer mush, Under the Dome, Falling Skies, True Blood, The Last Ship etc, like they were written and directed by 17 year olds.

Jimmy Iovine

I have a feeling that this could be an amazing season. So many good characters are involved.

P.Walnuts

Secretly hoping "Mad Dog" Coll will be involved, but given the timeframe it would take some creative storytelling, his character seems like it would be a good fit for the show though

iMuse

Season 5 Premieres on Sept 7th and is only EIGHT episodes long. Really disappointed that they aren't giving it a full season as a send off, far too much to be resolved in 8 episodes

EyeSight

iMuse wrote: »

Season 5 Premieres on Sept 7th and is only EIGHT episodes long. Really disappointed that they aren't giving it a full season as a send off, far too much to be resolved in 8 episodes

True. But hopefully they can just make every episode incredibly intense - like the final breaking bad season. No filler, every single scene was important to the story

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C8kBuOUsqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur9nKMUuEZo

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDRcAWjyUYM

seiphil

Not mad on that trailer. Choice of song was awful too. Nonetheless it's one of my favourite shows and I can't wait for the new season.

Falthyron

Tommy to kill Nucky. Calling it now :P

mafaa

10 most brutal whackings (major spoilers graphic violence)

D-FENS

Eli's quote is one of the best from any drama.

_Kaiser_

D-FENS wrote: »

Eli's quote is one of the best from any drama.

Nah, Gyp's quote above is better! He was fantastic!

weiland79

Feck it might have to go on Boardwalk marathon before the new season starts. What a fantastic show can't believe it's being cancelled. Although I never really liked the guy that played jimmy it was more than made up for with some of the other characters.

Jimmy Iovine

D-FENS wrote: »

Eli's quote is one of the best from any drama.

You seem to be forgetting, "I am relaxed!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbX-VLkHhQ

When should we expect this to be back?

Thargor

September 7th, excellent

http://hbowatch.com/hbo-series-premiere-schedule/

http://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/9-2014

Maybe time to binge on the first couple of seasons again, couldnt remember anything I read on the wikis when I went researching those quotes.

5starpool

Final season being only 8 episodes long is really annoying, but looking forward to seeing how they conclude it as well. Like many others, I could get behind another 3-4 seasons of this show. I'll definitely miss it when it's gone, and along with the coming demise of Mad Men it'll be two of my favourite shows gone, although Mad Men got a longer run of course.

_Kaiser_

5starpool wrote: »

Final season being only 8 episodes long is really annoying, but looking forward to seeing how they conclude it as well. Like many others, I could get behind another 3-4 seasons of this show. I'll definitely miss it when it's gone, and along with the coming demise of Mad Men it'll be two of my favourite shows gone, although Mad Men got a longer run of course.

I think it'll be a challenge for them to wrap-up BE in 8 episodes, but hopefully this means no pointless filler episode(s) as a result.

Was very into MM when it started but lost interest around season 4 (I think) when the focus seemed to move to the "new generation". Did it get better?

Thargor

Mad Men never dipped imo, always riveting even with boring Mhegan.

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMu1frFnNzU

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoH-3M1NaP0

Shane St.

Can't wait for this!

Charlie19

Shane St. wrote: »

Can't wait for this!

Same as that I'm strung out for some good TV, I've nothing to watch at the moment with Boardwalk Empire and Sons of Anarchy not back till next month and Walking Dead not back till Octobre.

I'm predicting 8 episodes won't be enough to tie it all together

FloatingVoter

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm predicting 8 episodes won't be enough to tie it all together

Its eight hours of solid TV to document the amateur bootlegging adventurers of the 1920s turning into the organised murder machine that was the US Mafia of the 1930s. There will be blood is an understatement. I can think of at least two massacres, one arrest, a murder and probably a conference that will have to feature.
How they use that eight hours is for us to find out.

mafaa

'Boardwalk Empire' creator Terence Winter previews final season, jump forward in time

mafaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbvAd43Ex0g

iMuse

Its a shame that

arnold rothstein

won't be returning at all. His death takes place in the time jump between the seasons so won't be covered. A lame end to a main character, also seems extremely pointless

having the scenes with him and Margaret last season

.

Thargor

Thats mad^, as you said,

why film all the scenes with him last season if they weren't going to do anything with them? They were filmed as pure setups for this season to my eye. Did they not have a plan all along? Why even set him up as a kingpin from day one? There were a million others to choose from...

Tigger

Thargor wrote: »

Thats mad^, as you said,

why film all the scenes with him last season if they weren't going to do anything with them? They were filmed as pure setups for this season to my eye. Did they not have a plan all along? Why even set him up as a kingpin from day one? There were a million others to choose from...

Because it was history

Thargor

I know it happened historically, Im asking why the show chose to focus on it so much if they were just going to skip over it, Boardwalk Empire is a long way from being a documentary at this stage. Its bad screenwriting.

P.Walnuts

Thargor wrote: »

I know it happened historically, Im asking why the show chose to focus on it so much if they were just going to skip over it, Boardwalk Empire is a long way from being a documentary at this stage. Its bad screenwriting.

That's the way TV works unfortunately, I doubt the writers would of chosen to end the series with an 8 episode season, I assume HBO forced their hand and they were forced to make cuts to the original script they had in mind, happens all the time, Deadwood was just plain cancelled for instance.

I haven't read up on this so I may be wrong :pac:

The Maverick

P.Walnuts wrote: »

That's the way TV works unfortunately, I doubt the writers would of chosen to end the series with an 8 episode season, I assume HBO forced their hand and they were forced to make cuts to the original script they had in mind, happens all the time, Deadwood was just plain cancelled for instance.

I haven't read up on this so I may be wrong :pac:

I think it was forced on them too. The ratings for Boardwalk Empire were never amazingly high and it did cost a lot to make. Despite what Terence Winter says in the link a few posts up, I imagine there was an element of HBO saying "you'll get one more series and no more." It is a pity about

Arnold Rothstein

though, he was a great character.

Diabhal Beag

Any chance that history kills off Margaret Schroeder before or fairly early into the final season?

P.Walnuts

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Any chance that history kills off Margaret Schroeder before or fairly early into the final season?

W can all but hope

Has the character mentioned in the above few posts

been confirmed as not taking part or are we just putting 2+2 together? I'd imagine he would be involved in some small way, possibly in a flashback showing his death

TwoShedsJackson

P.Walnuts wrote: »

W can all but hope

Has the character mentioned in the above few posts

been confirmed as not taking part or are we just putting 2+2 together? I'd imagine he would be involved in some small way, possibly in a flashback showing his death

He wasn't in episode 1 anyway, and his death was mentioned.

MagicMarker

Decent enough episode.

larchielads

Whats up wit Luckys right eye?

P.Walnuts

TwoShedsJackson wrote: »

He wasn't in episode 1 anyway, and his death was mentioned.

Disappointing

red dave

larchielads wrote: »

Whats up wit Luckys right eye?

Yeah I noticed that. I thought maybe some added scar effect or something. It was an ok episode. I wasn't too interested in the flashbacks, or the frequency of them after most scenes was a bit jarring.