And despite her brazen disobedience, Nucky’s relationship with Margaret is key to his purported new leaf, and they keep up appearances by throwing a grand New Year’s Eve party. Behind the scenes, however, he continues to act as puppeteer, paying off attorney general Harry Daugherty to keep investigators at bay. Now a private citizen and self-proclaimed philanthropist, Nucky has moved far away, publicly, from the politics and back-room dealings that caused him so much trouble in season 2. Having fallen far down the rabbit hole, Nelson’s penchant for murder and unflinching abhorrence of rule-breaking will make him an asset to any gangster trying to keep associates in line.īack in AC, Margaret and Nucky now sit on the board of St Theresa’s hospital, in which an eponymous new wing has recently been built in honor of its benefactors: the seemingly happy couple, Mr and Mrs Enoch Thompson. In a stroke of luck, Nelson’s dark visage helps Chicago importer and flower-shop owner Dean O’Banion out of a sticky situation with rival Al Capone, opening up a slew of new possibilities between O’Banion and the erstwhile agent van Alden. In Illinois, we catch up with former Prohibition agent Nelson van Alden (now living as George Mueller), on the run with his mail-order baby mama and working as a door-to-door salesman (a perfect fit for his sparkling personality). An unlucky eventuality for Manny, who was poised to move up the ranks in Nucky’s organization as nervous-giggler Mickey Doyle proves himself less than dependable. When not tending to one Darmody or another, Richard has his own agenda to carry out, and plots to avenge Angela by killing her murderer, Manny Horvitz. Gillian has all but erased the existence of his real mother, Angela, from Tommy’s life and installed herself as his mama, an act that harkens back to her disturbingly inappropriate relationship with Jimmy. Richard Harrow has gone from enforcer to babysitter, serving not only as protector to Madame Gillian and her cadre of ladies, but also as de-facto caretaker of Jimmy’s orphaned son, Tommy. He convinced Eli to take the fall for her first husband’s death, further tethering them together.įast forwarding 16 months, Jimmy’s mom has turned the Commodore’s house into a high-class brothel.

Nucky suspects, at least, her affair with Owen, but married her to prevent her from testifying against him. Meanwhile, Margaret signed over the deed to the land earmarked for a highway to her church. After Nucky stepped away from his public role as Atlantic City treasurer, his dance with Jimmy Darmody ended with a bang (two, actually). A lot’s gone on since last we saw Nucky et al – a year-plus has passed since we were left hanging on pins and needles.

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