Boardwalk Empire is one of the most important shows of the first half of the 2010s, unfairly forgotten by both critics and viewers by the end of the decade.
It would be hard to call Boardwalk Empire underrated; it was once adored and appreciated. Big studios just don't do shows like this anymore: historical dramas are now relegated to the miniseries format.
In an era of fantasy and endless nostalgia for the eighties and nineties, the multi-season historical drama looks like both a unique achievement and an echo of the past.
Boardwalk Empire Had the Perfect Cast And Crew
Boardwalk Empire in the early 2010s could only be released on HBO. Only the network that changed everyone's attitude toward television in the 2000s could invite the most important director of our time and so many talented actors for its new project.
The executive producer of Boardwalk Empire was Martin Scorsese himself.
It would be hard to call Boardwalk Empire underrated; it was once adored and appreciated. Big studios just don't do shows like this anymore: historical dramas are now relegated to the miniseries format.
In an era of fantasy and endless nostalgia for the eighties and nineties, the multi-season historical drama looks like both a unique achievement and an echo of the past.
Boardwalk Empire Had the Perfect Cast And Crew
Boardwalk Empire in the early 2010s could only be released on HBO. Only the network that changed everyone's attitude toward television in the 2000s could invite the most important director of our time and so many talented actors for its new project.
The executive producer of Boardwalk Empire was Martin Scorsese himself.
- 4/25/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
A drug dealer linked to actor Michael K. Williams’ 2021 overdose death has been found guilty, with a sentence that will put him in prison for less than three years.
On Tuesday, a judge determined that a 71-year-old man “not only cost Mr. Williams his life, but it’s costing your freedom,” pointing to the dealer continuing to sell drugs even after news of Michael K. Williams’ overdose broke. However, the Associated Press noted that the man, Carlos Macci, was “not charged directly in the actor’s death.” Macci had nearly two dozen prior convictions.
Prior to the decision, David Simon – who created The Wire, in which Michael K. Williams starred as Omar Little and knew the late actor well – urged the judge to consider leniency in the sentencing related to the actor’s overdose death. “What happened to Mike is a grievous tragedy…But I know that Michael would look...
On Tuesday, a judge determined that a 71-year-old man “not only cost Mr. Williams his life, but it’s costing your freedom,” pointing to the dealer continuing to sell drugs even after news of Michael K. Williams’ overdose broke. However, the Associated Press noted that the man, Carlos Macci, was “not charged directly in the actor’s death.” Macci had nearly two dozen prior convictions.
Prior to the decision, David Simon – who created The Wire, in which Michael K. Williams starred as Omar Little and knew the late actor well – urged the judge to consider leniency in the sentencing related to the actor’s overdose death. “What happened to Mike is a grievous tragedy…But I know that Michael would look...
- 7/26/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
A drug dealer directly linked to the 2021 overdose death of actor Michael K. Williams has pleaded guilty, potentially facing up to four decades behind bars.
As per the Department of Justice press release, quoting U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, “Irvin Cartagena sold fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy. In doing so, he dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K. Williams.” The attorney elaborated on the effects, citing not just the tragic death of Williams, but the too-common instances of overdoses across the country. “This Office and our law enforcement partners will continue to hold accountable the dealers who push this poison, exploit addiction, and cause senseless death in our community.” According to the National Safety Council, fentanyl-related deaths saw an increase of more than 25% in 2021 from 2020.
Also quoting from the DOJ’s statement, “Members of the [drug trafficking organization] sold Michael K. Williams heroin,...
As per the Department of Justice press release, quoting U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, “Irvin Cartagena sold fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy. In doing so, he dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K. Williams.” The attorney elaborated on the effects, citing not just the tragic death of Williams, but the too-common instances of overdoses across the country. “This Office and our law enforcement partners will continue to hold accountable the dealers who push this poison, exploit addiction, and cause senseless death in our community.” According to the National Safety Council, fentanyl-related deaths saw an increase of more than 25% in 2021 from 2020.
Also quoting from the DOJ’s statement, “Members of the [drug trafficking organization] sold Michael K. Williams heroin,...
- 4/8/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
A Brooklyn drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death.
Irvin Cartagena’s plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute drugs was entered in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams for Aug. 18, when Cartagena will face a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and the possibility of as many as 40 years.
The famed actor, who also starred in films and other TV series including “Boardwalk Empire”, overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. Authorities said he died hours after buying the heroin from Cartagena on a Brooklyn sidewalk in a deal that was recorded by a security camera.
Cartagena, 39, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors stipulating that the mix of heroin and fentanyl he sold Williams resulted in his death. His lawyer, Sean Maher, declined comment.
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Irvin Cartagena’s plea to a charge of conspiring to distribute drugs was entered in Manhattan federal court. Sentencing was set by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams for Aug. 18, when Cartagena will face a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and the possibility of as many as 40 years.
The famed actor, who also starred in films and other TV series including “Boardwalk Empire”, overdosed in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment in September 2021. Authorities said he died hours after buying the heroin from Cartagena on a Brooklyn sidewalk in a deal that was recorded by a security camera.
Cartagena, 39, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors stipulating that the mix of heroin and fentanyl he sold Williams resulted in his death. His lawyer, Sean Maher, declined comment.
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- 4/6/2023
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
A year and a half after Michael K. Williams’ death, the man who sold The Wire star the drugs that killed him has pleaded guilty.
“Irvin Cartagena sold fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said Wednesday, regarding the the September 5, 2021 transaction in Brooklyn’s South Williamsburg neighborhood. “In doing so, he dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K. Williams.”
In front U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams earlier in the day, Cartagena pleaded guilty to “one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl analogue, fentanyl, and heroin.” That plea specifically cited the death of Williams as a consequence of Cartagena’s drug slinging. Set to be sentenced later this year, Cartagena, aka “Green Eyes,” faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 40 years on the charges.
“Irvin Cartagena sold fentanyl-laced heroin in broad daylight in New York City, feeding addiction and causing tragedy,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said Wednesday, regarding the the September 5, 2021 transaction in Brooklyn’s South Williamsburg neighborhood. “In doing so, he dealt the fatal dose that killed Michael K. Williams.”
In front U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams earlier in the day, Cartagena pleaded guilty to “one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl analogue, fentanyl, and heroin.” That plea specifically cited the death of Williams as a consequence of Cartagena’s drug slinging. Set to be sentenced later this year, Cartagena, aka “Green Eyes,” faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 40 years on the charges.
- 4/6/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
By the time the second season of HBO's Prohibition crime series "Boardwalk Empire" rolled around, its hero was on the outs, deeply in need of muscle as his various criminal enterprises caught up with him.
In a show already teeming with some of the finest character actors around, anybody who arrived to lend support to protagonist Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) would need to make an immediate impression on the audience. The actor would need to compete with known greats like Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael K. Williams, besides being a meaningful foil for Buscemi. Luckily for the show, this actor did.
He might not have had the name recognition of the rest of the show's cast, but Charlie Cox proved a potent screen presence on a show that was drowning in it. As the Irish mercenary Owen Sleater, he gave the show a light sense of charm that could distract from...
In a show already teeming with some of the finest character actors around, anybody who arrived to lend support to protagonist Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) would need to make an immediate impression on the audience. The actor would need to compete with known greats like Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael K. Williams, besides being a meaningful foil for Buscemi. Luckily for the show, this actor did.
He might not have had the name recognition of the rest of the show's cast, but Charlie Cox proved a potent screen presence on a show that was drowning in it. As the Irish mercenary Owen Sleater, he gave the show a light sense of charm that could distract from...
- 12/12/2022
- by Anthony Crislip
- Slash Film
Contrary to what some detractors may claim, art has always been political. It's often that the best way to learn about the political culture of a society is to look at how it is reflected in creative media. Film and television are instructive tools that allow the audience to examine the politics of the past, present, and future. It's incredible to see how television has evolved, and how this era of "peak TV" has become such a vibrant part of the cultural conversation. Television offers escapism, but it also allows us to understand today's issues by seeing empathetic stories and characters.
Even the most popular science fiction and fantasy shows right now have created their own political systems. The Disney+ "Star Wars" series "Andor" has found a way to address things like prison labor, social discrimination, and the rise of fascism within the galaxy far, far away. "House of the Dragon...
Even the most popular science fiction and fantasy shows right now have created their own political systems. The Disney+ "Star Wars" series "Andor" has found a way to address things like prison labor, social discrimination, and the rise of fascism within the galaxy far, far away. "House of the Dragon...
- 12/4/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
For two seasons on HBO’s Rome, James Purefoy melted hearts and solidified his English hunk status as the fated Mark Antony in white-hot scenes opposite another fierce English actor, Polly Walker. American audiences became hooked on Purefoy and the people who watched the series lived for the fiery and compelling scenes between these two actors. After Rome was wrapped, Purefoy went contemporary in his American television character roles, first playing billionaire Teddy Rist in NBC’s The Philanthropist where he struck up a fortuitous friendship with co-star Michael Kenneth Williams. Williams later grabbed the memorable role of crime kingpin Chalky White...read more...
- 3/15/2017
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
I used to keep a tally of what I referred to as "doughnut shows," which were empty in the middle, thanks to a boring main character, but delicious on the outside. But in a recent conversation with my pal Maureen Ryan, as I listed some examples of that phenomenon — your Once and Agains, your Huffs — she pointed out that I had the food metaphor all wrong. These were not doughnut shows, she pointed out, because while the main characters were less exciting than the second bananas, they also weren't completely without value in their own right. These were, she explained, tofu shows: "Like, put tofu in a good sauce with other stuff and I will forgive it for being tofu? It doesn't have much taste on its own, but it's all about everything around it pulling focus from it and actually supplying the flavor." Perhaps the greatest tofu show of all time was Boardwalk Empire,...
- 9/8/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
No one in Luke Scott’s “Morgan” acts like a human, which is fine enough for some of his characters — after all, this is a film about a genetically engineered being run totally amok — but becomes slightly more problematic once the film attempts to dig deeply into themes relating to human emotion, human behavior, human fallibility…the list goes on and on. “Morgan,” for all its ambitious sci-fi trappings, is really a film about how being human is hard and messy and weird, a message that’s difficult to deliver by way of wooden lines, worse delivery and a series of cheap, gotcha! “twists” that do its audience no favors.
Lee Weathers (Kate Mara) is something of a fixer — a “risk management consultant” for a shady corporation who seems to only be dispatched when things have already gone way past risky (mention is made throughout the film of some sort...
Lee Weathers (Kate Mara) is something of a fixer — a “risk management consultant” for a shady corporation who seems to only be dispatched when things have already gone way past risky (mention is made throughout the film of some sort...
- 8/30/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A review of tonight's The Night Of coming up just as soon as I can't think of any last-minute advice... "There's a whole separate judicial system in here, and you just been judged and juried." -Freddy At this stage of the story, The Night Of has essentially become two separate, but equally important, shows: a legal drama about the cops and lawyers working on opposite sides of Naz's prosecution, and a prison drama about Naz adjusting to his new life in jail at Rikers Island. But even as John Turturro and Riz Ahmed are playing the lead in their own mini-drama, the two halves are linked by the fact that Stone — like so many other characters this week — is fighting to protect Naz. Naz is wildly unprepared for incarceration, but he appears to have a guardian angel in Freddy, a disgraced former boxing champ played by the show's latest Ghost...
- 7/25/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
"Having played Chalky White definitely was instrumental in me getting into the mindset of Jack Gee," says Michael Kenneth Williams about his respective roles in HBO's series "Boardwalk Empire" and telefilm "Bessie." "Their struggles were very similar: black men trying to make it in America. One was a bootlegger, and one decided that he was going to marry the woman of his dreams and use her as a vehicle to getting him a better way of life. In the same time-frame, it was do or die for both men." (Watch our complete video chat below.) -Break- Watch More Exclusive 'Bessie' Chats: Queen Latifah and Dee Rees But "[blues singer Bessie Smith's] story is a little closer to the vest for me because she was an artist," he adds. "Her pain, her struggle are definitely part of the reason that I stand here today. She opened doors for me." Queen Latifah plays Bessie in the biopic,...
- 5/24/2015
- Gold Derby
The path to stardom was a tough road for Michael Kenneth Williams. We fell in love with his character Chalky White in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and his work in the excellent historically based short film about Wild West black outlaws, “They Die By Dawn” which was conceived and directed by Jeymes Samuel of The Bullitts (a collaborative group of artists – both music and film – headed by Samuel), Monsters and Critics was at SXSW for the all-star screening. His humble beginnings continue to define him as a man and influence the great characters he brings to life. Watch him […]...
- 5/5/2015
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
HBO has released the trailer for its upcoming Bessie Smith biopic Bessie, starring Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams (back in his Chalky White finery) and Mo’Nique in her first major role since she won an Oscar for Precious. As we all saw in Chicago, Latifah knows how to crush ’20s jazz. But Bessie will also bring the drama. Smith had a tumultuous relationship with her, husband Jack (Williams), and lived her life on her terms. According to the film’s director Dee Rees, director of the critically acclaimed film Pariah, about a young black teenage lesbian, the movie won’t shy away from Smith’s bisexuality, as evidenced in the trailer. Because shy was hardly a word to describe Bessie Smith. “Bessie never walks around things, Rees said. “She just walks right through it.”
Bessie premieres on HBO May 16 at 8 pm.
Bessie premieres on HBO May 16 at 8 pm.
- 4/3/2015
- by Courtney Enlow
- TheFabLife - Movies
HBO has released the trailer for its upcoming Bessie Smith biopic Bessie, starring Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams (back in his Chalky White finery) and Mo’Nique in her first major role since she won an Oscar for Precious. As we all saw in Chicago, Latifah knows how to crush ’20s jazz. But Bessie will also bring the drama. Smith had a tumultuous relationship with her, husband Jack (Williams), and lived her life on her terms. According to the film’s director Dee Rees, director of the critically acclaimed film Pariah, about a young black teenage lesbian, the movie won’t shy away from Smith’s bisexuality, as evidenced in the trailer. Because shy was hardly a word to describe Bessie Smith. “Bessie never walks around things, Rees said. “She just walks right through it.”
Bessie premieres on HBO May 16 at 8 pm.
Bessie premieres on HBO May 16 at 8 pm.
- 4/3/2015
- by Courtney Enlow
- VH1.com
Chalky White and Omar Little took themselves very seriously — clearly, actor Michael Kenneth Williams does not. The “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Wire” star has been cast in the lead role for IFC’s “The Spoils Before Dying,” which is the sequel of sorts to last year’s “The Spoils of Babylon.” Will Ferrell is reprising his role as booze-hound author and director Eric Jonrosh on the second installment of the purposefully ridiculous miniseries. Also Read: Will Ferrell to Star in ‘The House’ From ‘Neighbors’ Writing Duo This time around, a pulp-noir murder mystery is set in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles’ jazz scene.
- 3/9/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
When a season is proclaimed as the final of a series there are certain freedoms it is given, and high expectations from its audience. With Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Fifth Season we see the conclusion to the story of Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson (Steve Buscemi) in some episodes that are easily the best the show has offered over the years.
Season five of Boardwalk Empire starts six years after the events of the fourth and it’s now 1931. To close the stories and look to the future of the mob we see the fates of not only Nucky, but also Al Capone (Stephen Graham), Nucky’s brother Eli (Shea Whigham), Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams) and a few of the other characters that have made it to the end of the show, or at least into this season.
With the skipping of years this season it is easy for the...
Season five of Boardwalk Empire starts six years after the events of the fourth and it’s now 1931. To close the stories and look to the future of the mob we see the fates of not only Nucky, but also Al Capone (Stephen Graham), Nucky’s brother Eli (Shea Whigham), Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams) and a few of the other characters that have made it to the end of the show, or at least into this season.
With the skipping of years this season it is easy for the...
- 1/10/2015
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Boardwalk Empire, “Devil You Know”
Written by Howard Korder
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Aired October 12, 2014
After four seasons of deliberately paced, character-based storytelling, Boardwalk Empire wasn’t going to change its approach in its final truncated season. Instead of introducing new intrigues or foes, the series used much of its time to reflect on the paths that brought Nucky and the other main characters to this point and to say an extended goodbye to the people and world of the show. With Nucky facing off against well known historical figures, an air of doom pervades much of the final episodes before they reach their poetic, but inevitable conclusion. More intriguing is the antepenultimate episode, “Devil You Know”, which says goodbye to two of the series’ most colorful characters and powerful actors, Michael Shannon’s George Mueller/Nelson Van Alden and Michael K. Williams’ Chalky White. Shannon’s intense and frequently...
Written by Howard Korder
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Aired October 12, 2014
After four seasons of deliberately paced, character-based storytelling, Boardwalk Empire wasn’t going to change its approach in its final truncated season. Instead of introducing new intrigues or foes, the series used much of its time to reflect on the paths that brought Nucky and the other main characters to this point and to say an extended goodbye to the people and world of the show. With Nucky facing off against well known historical figures, an air of doom pervades much of the final episodes before they reach their poetic, but inevitable conclusion. More intriguing is the antepenultimate episode, “Devil You Know”, which says goodbye to two of the series’ most colorful characters and powerful actors, Michael Shannon’s George Mueller/Nelson Van Alden and Michael K. Williams’ Chalky White. Shannon’s intense and frequently...
- 12/26/2014
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
Holiday Travel Alert: 4 Misconceptions That Won’t Help When You Hit the Slopes This SeasonAs the season gets underway and skiers of all levels journey to the snow capped mountains, chances are that a great many of them will do some things that won’t help their cause, says world-class ski instructor Chalky White.For many years, Chalky White has been a professional ski instructor who is highly regarded for being able to help develop the skill of balance for skiers of all levels, including experts. Through his business, Seven Secrets International Ski Services LLC, he has taught students in the Alps, […]...
- 12/18/2014
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
2014 was a strong year for television, both at home and abroad, but now is the time to narrow down our favourites to only the choicest cuts.
These are Digital Spy's best TV shows for 2014 - continuing today with 20-16. Check back tomorrow for 15-11.
Additional material by Tom Eames and Alex Fletcher
Digital Spy's best TV shows of the year 2014: 25-21
20. House of Cards
It may not have quite hit the highs of the first season - perhaps lacking a little of the heart provided by Corey Stoll's tragic Peter Russo last year - but House of Cards was still a captivating watch in 2014. Much has been made of the Netflix 'binge-watch' culture, but not every show could hold the viewer's attention across 13 straight episodes - this is one.
Its chief selling point remains Kevin Spacey's turn as the malevolent, magnificent Francis 'Frank' Underwood - by turns...
These are Digital Spy's best TV shows for 2014 - continuing today with 20-16. Check back tomorrow for 15-11.
Additional material by Tom Eames and Alex Fletcher
Digital Spy's best TV shows of the year 2014: 25-21
20. House of Cards
It may not have quite hit the highs of the first season - perhaps lacking a little of the heart provided by Corey Stoll's tragic Peter Russo last year - but House of Cards was still a captivating watch in 2014. Much has been made of the Netflix 'binge-watch' culture, but not every show could hold the viewer's attention across 13 straight episodes - this is one.
Its chief selling point remains Kevin Spacey's turn as the malevolent, magnificent Francis 'Frank' Underwood - by turns...
- 12/16/2014
- Digital Spy
I was a bit hesitant to start watching the series finale for Boardwalk Empire. I didn’t even have it in me to watch it until a few days after it aired. Why was I so hesitant? Probably for a number of reasons. A part of me wasn’t ready to say goodbye to a series I held dear despite the disappointment of its last two seasons. A part of me waited out of fear of watching the show deflate right before my eyes in its final hour. A part of me just didn’t feel it was “must-watch” television anymore; there wasn’t any urgency to watch it. Let’s just say this, I came ready to be underwhelmed. Warning: There are spoilers ahead for those who haven’t finished the show.
I didn’t always have this feeling towards Boardwalk Empire. When the show first premiered, it was...
I didn’t always have this feeling towards Boardwalk Empire. When the show first premiered, it was...
- 11/1/2014
- by Dylan Griffin
- SoundOnSight
Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 6: “Devil You Know”
Written by Howard Korder
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
Two of Boardwalk Empire‘s most longstanding veterans waved the long goodbye tonight in one of the hardest, heaviest, and most integral episodes the series has ever delivered.
First up was Van Alden, who went out in a way that perfectly belied the arc which his character has been building toward since S3. That he should go down screaming the law in the face of a man he’s hated for almost a decade is a natural bookend for him, and even if it’s telegraphed a few seconds before it happens, it only makes the the brutal hit more effective when it comes.
Van Alden was one of the most enduring characters in Boardwalk‘s 5 year history, and was arguably the strongest remaining cast member. Michael Shannon...
Written by Howard Korder
Directed by Jeremy Podeswa
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
Two of Boardwalk Empire‘s most longstanding veterans waved the long goodbye tonight in one of the hardest, heaviest, and most integral episodes the series has ever delivered.
First up was Van Alden, who went out in a way that perfectly belied the arc which his character has been building toward since S3. That he should go down screaming the law in the face of a man he’s hated for almost a decade is a natural bookend for him, and even if it’s telegraphed a few seconds before it happens, it only makes the the brutal hit more effective when it comes.
Van Alden was one of the most enduring characters in Boardwalk‘s 5 year history, and was arguably the strongest remaining cast member. Michael Shannon...
- 10/13/2014
- by Mike Worby
- SoundOnSight
A review of tonight's "Boardwalk Empire" coming up just as soon as the room is as occupied as a room can get... "What sense that make? We headed to different places." -Chalky There's always been this pattern with each season of "Boardwalk Empire." You get midway through any year of this show, and you start wondering exactly where these stories are going, why the writers are spending so much time on characters who seem like dead ends, when Richard Harrow's going to take out his gun collection, etc. In those previous years, all the seeming randomness and narrative throat-clearing inevitably led to a riveting final three or four episodes that inevitably made you realize that almost all of what seemed like a waste of time was actually really important to the great conclusion. With its shorter length, large amount of story ground to cover, plus the decision to spend time on Nucky's origin story,...
- 10/13/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
(Cbr) Omar’s comin’, and he has his eye on Marvel’s Black Panther. Michael K. Williams, best known for his portrayals of Omar Little on "The Wire" and Chalky White on "Boardwalk Empire," reveals that while he hasn’t been approached yet about a starring role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he definitely has those ambitions. “And I’m saying ‘yet’ with a lot of emphasis,” the actor tells Cinema Blend. “But hopefully I’m looking forward to being a part of the franchise.” Asked which character he’d like to play, Williams, who grew up reading comics, smiled and said “Black Panther.” “Yeah, definitely.” The actor actually had a cameo as a Harlem bystander in 2008′s "The Incredible Hulk," a part written for him by Edward Norton, a fan of "The Wire." But what would he bring to the role of Black Panther? “It would depend on the script,...
- 9/24/2014
- by Kevin Melrose, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
“There's forgiveness for everyone. That's what Jesus said," an innocent girl held at gunpoint says to on-the-run convict Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams) trying to appeal to his sense of goodness. “Baby girl," Chalky solemnly purrs, "Jesus was wrong.” It's come to this for Chalky, the former Atlantic City club owner, family man and gangster: in trying to seek refuge he’s been forced to hold a family hostage while he and Milton, his jailbird partner, are on the lam. But as much as Chalky is beyond redemption—he's responsible for the death of his daughter Maybelle and he'll never forgive himself—and as much as he's a former shadow of himself, the former gangster's got a code and a humanity within himself. Perhaps some kind of absolution will be Chalky's salvation in this final season of "Boardwalk Empire." It becomes clear early on that Chalky's young buck partner Milton is angry,...
- 9/22/2014
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
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We’ve been waiting for the fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire with equal parts anticipation and dread. Anticipation, because it’s one of our favorite shows. Dread, because it’s one of our favorite shows. This fifth season, unfortunately, marks an ending for the shady dealings of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and the gangster underworld of a Prohibition-era Atlantic City. But it’s not all doom and gloom — we’re glad that Boardwalk Empire will bow out on a high note, leaving the party while it’s still fun. And what better way to preserve such a beautifully cinematic, narrative rich legacy?
VH1 attended the red carpet premiere for season five, and caught up with some of the stars of the show to ask them how they thought Boardwalk Empire was going to end. None of the cast has any clue where the show is going,...
We’ve been waiting for the fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire with equal parts anticipation and dread. Anticipation, because it’s one of our favorite shows. Dread, because it’s one of our favorite shows. This fifth season, unfortunately, marks an ending for the shady dealings of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and the gangster underworld of a Prohibition-era Atlantic City. But it’s not all doom and gloom — we’re glad that Boardwalk Empire will bow out on a high note, leaving the party while it’s still fun. And what better way to preserve such a beautifully cinematic, narrative rich legacy?
VH1 attended the red carpet premiere for season five, and caught up with some of the stars of the show to ask them how they thought Boardwalk Empire was going to end. None of the cast has any clue where the show is going,...
- 9/7/2014
- by Kat George
- VH1.com
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We’ve been waiting for the fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire with equal parts anticipation and dread. Anticipation, because it’s one of our favorite shows. Dread, because it’s one of our favorite shows. This fifth season, unfortunately, marks an ending for the shady dealings of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and the gangster underworld of a Prohibition-era Atlantic City. But it’s not all doom and gloom — we’re glad that Boardwalk Empire will bow out on a high note, leaving the party while it’s still fun. And what better way to preserve such a beautifully cinematic, narrative rich legacy?
VH1 attended the red carpet premiere for season five, and caught up with some of the stars of the show to ask them how they thought Boardwalk Empire was going to end. None of the cast has any clue where the show is going,...
We’ve been waiting for the fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire with equal parts anticipation and dread. Anticipation, because it’s one of our favorite shows. Dread, because it’s one of our favorite shows. This fifth season, unfortunately, marks an ending for the shady dealings of Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) and the gangster underworld of a Prohibition-era Atlantic City. But it’s not all doom and gloom — we’re glad that Boardwalk Empire will bow out on a high note, leaving the party while it’s still fun. And what better way to preserve such a beautifully cinematic, narrative rich legacy?
VH1 attended the red carpet premiere for season five, and caught up with some of the stars of the show to ask them how they thought Boardwalk Empire was going to end. None of the cast has any clue where the show is going,...
- 9/7/2014
- by Kat George
- TheFabLife - Movies
When the new, final season of Boardwalk Empire starts Sunday, the Roaring Twenties will be over. The Depression will will have set in, and the end of Prohibition will be just a couple of years away. That, however, doesn’t mean that the aftermath of the series’ fourth season won’t linger, even as the show settles into 1931.
In its past four seasons, Boardwalk Empire has proved that it is interested in the entirety of the sprawling gangster culture of the 1920s, not just Nucky Thompson’s bootlegging business. By moving the action to 1931, the show will most certainly contend with the changing crime landscape.
In its past four seasons, Boardwalk Empire has proved that it is interested in the entirety of the sprawling gangster culture of the 1920s, not just Nucky Thompson’s bootlegging business. By moving the action to 1931, the show will most certainly contend with the changing crime landscape.
- 9/5/2014
- by Esther Zuckerman
- EW - Inside TV
It doesn’t get more (old-timey) gangster than Boardwalk Empire’s bootlegging, gun-slinging, punch-throwing brawls. So, at Wednesday night’s season premiere and after-party at Cipriani 42nd Street, we asked the cast and other partygoers about the most gangster things they’ve ever done in real life. Michael K. Williams (Chalky White) The most gangster thing I’ve ever done was walk up to Eve the rapper and ask her out. I said, "What’s up? Will you go out with me?" She said no. But I thought that was pretty gangster. Anyway, she’s married now, so that ship has sailed. Kelly Macdonald (Margaret Thompson)Having babies. That’s pretty gangster. You can’t get tougher than that. Vincent Piazza (Lucky Luciano)Ooooh. I don’t know, probably playing Lucky Luciano — that’s the most gangster thing I’ve ever done. Pulling fake guns on people and threatening them...
- 9/5/2014
- by Samantha Guff
- Vulture
Michael takes a look ahead at the forthcoming final season of Boardwalk Empire, which starts on HBO this weekend...
Warning: contains spoilers for Boardwalk Empire up to season 4.
We ended last season of Boardwalk Empire with a mixture of continuation and change. The things that remained intact, among them Nucky’s slippery survival instincts, Chalky White’s igneous anger, Gillian’s appalling luck, were matched by the sense that things were changing, embodied by Richard Harrow’s lonely passing and Al Capone’s escalation to a position that we all know he’ll manage to commute to legendary infamy. That blend left the series with wide possibilities for the follow-up, or at least as wide as they can be when they need to cleave to historical events.
As we all know by now, this forthcoming fifth season will be Boardwalk Empire’s last. Truncated to a running time two thirds of its standard twelve episodes,...
Warning: contains spoilers for Boardwalk Empire up to season 4.
We ended last season of Boardwalk Empire with a mixture of continuation and change. The things that remained intact, among them Nucky’s slippery survival instincts, Chalky White’s igneous anger, Gillian’s appalling luck, were matched by the sense that things were changing, embodied by Richard Harrow’s lonely passing and Al Capone’s escalation to a position that we all know he’ll manage to commute to legendary infamy. That blend left the series with wide possibilities for the follow-up, or at least as wide as they can be when they need to cleave to historical events.
As we all know by now, this forthcoming fifth season will be Boardwalk Empire’s last. Truncated to a running time two thirds of its standard twelve episodes,...
- 9/4/2014
- by michaeln
- Den of Geek
Looking at Boardwalk Empire, especially before I started to watch it I thought it was Sopranos in the probation era, but in truth it’s much more. Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Fourth Season reaches a time when organised crime was growing and the government was slowly taking notice. The rise of Al Capone was taking form, and although we do see his rise to power, for the most part this is still the tale of Enoch ‘Nucky’ Thompson and his Boardwalk Empire.
Having started to watch the show in the third season luckily I knew where the story was up to so far, or at least could place enough of the pieces together. Nucky played by Steve Buscemi is fixing a lot of the problems created by going on the offensive in the previous season and his deal with Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) is in place in the...
Having started to watch the show in the third season luckily I knew where the story was up to so far, or at least could place enough of the pieces together. Nucky played by Steve Buscemi is fixing a lot of the problems created by going on the offensive in the previous season and his deal with Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) is in place in the...
- 8/19/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Boardwalk Empire's fifth and final season promises a reckoning. Here's the latest season five teaser...
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"Baby girl, Jesus was wrong"
So says a distinctly crumpled-looking Chalky White in this latest Boardwalk Empire season five teaser. It's goodbye to crisp suits, shiny shoes and custom wet shaves in this new Depression-era season, and hello to shaggy beards and regret.
A shortened eight-episode run of Boardwalk Empire will bring Terence Winter's bootlegging drama to a close this autumn. Seven years have passed since the end of season four and the beginning of season five, taking the action all the way to 1931, when an awful lot of water has passed under the bridge for Nucky Thompson and co.
Boardwalk Empire season five starts on HBO in the Us on Sunday the 7th of September.
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"Baby girl, Jesus was wrong"
So says a distinctly crumpled-looking Chalky White in this latest Boardwalk Empire season five teaser. It's goodbye to crisp suits, shiny shoes and custom wet shaves in this new Depression-era season, and hello to shaggy beards and regret.
A shortened eight-episode run of Boardwalk Empire will bring Terence Winter's bootlegging drama to a close this autumn. Seven years have passed since the end of season four and the beginning of season five, taking the action all the way to 1931, when an awful lot of water has passed under the bridge for Nucky Thompson and co.
Boardwalk Empire season five starts on HBO in the Us on Sunday the 7th of September.
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- 7/22/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
"Boardwalk Empire" will be taking its final journey along the coast of New Jersey this fall, and it's going to bring some big changes with it. The last season of the period drama will apparently jump the timeline forward to the early '30s, just as prohibition is about to end. They're also going to have a lot less time to wrap up their final season. Instead of the regular twelve episodes, HBO is only giving them a shortened eight ep season. But it looks as if it'll be an intense one. HBO has dropped a brand new teaser for the final season, and from Chalky White intoning that "Jesus was wrong" about forgiveness to the closing tagline announcing "No One Goes Quietly," big things are on horizon. The faces you'll want to see are here with Steve Buscemi, Michael K. Williams, Michael Shannon, Kelly Macdonald and more all glimpsed,...
- 7/21/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Chalky White is definitely still pissed off about what happened at the end of last season of Boardwalk Empire, he’s got a beard to prove it! Jumping ahead to 1931 (the depression) the final season looks to be going out with a bang and I can’t wait. This under-appreciated gem of a TV show had a short life, but it was full I assure you. Check it out if you can on HBO (go to a friend’s house if you have to) or get the DVDs on sale – you won’t regret it.
The final season premieres on September 7th 2014 on HBO.
Watch the trailer below:
See the first final season trailer here.
The final season premieres on September 7th 2014 on HBO.
Watch the trailer below:
See the first final season trailer here.
- 7/21/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
HBO has taken a page out of Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner’s playbook, releasing another promo for Boardwalk Empire’s final season that manages to make every brief clip feel super important while at the same time revealing almost nothing about the season’s plot.
The 52-second spot opens with Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) sitting in a boardroom, staring out into the distance as a woman whispers, “There’s forgiveness for everyone. That’s what Jesus said.” The promo then cuts to Chalky While (Michael Kenneth Williams) correcting her: “Baby girl, Jesus was wrong.” That’s when a cover of “St.
The 52-second spot opens with Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) sitting in a boardroom, staring out into the distance as a woman whispers, “There’s forgiveness for everyone. That’s what Jesus said.” The promo then cuts to Chalky While (Michael Kenneth Williams) correcting her: “Baby girl, Jesus was wrong.” That’s when a cover of “St.
- 7/21/2014
- by Chancellor Agard
- EW - Inside TV
The final season of HBO's superlative Boardwalk Empire begins on September the 7th in the Us...
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Nucky Thompson will be back on the boardwalk as of September the 7th, HBO has confirmed at the ongoing Television Critics Association tour.
The fifth and final season of Terence Winter's prohibition-era drama will start on Sunday the 7th of September, taking the finale - if the eight-episode series airs without interruption - to late October 2014.
Our Us chums learned earlier this year from Chalky White actor Michael K. Williams that season five will take place during the great depression in 1931, seven years after the end of season four. "The days of shiny suits and fancy shoes are long gone", Williams announced.
See for yourself in this recently released season five teaser.
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Nucky Thompson will be back on the boardwalk as of September the 7th, HBO has confirmed at the ongoing Television Critics Association tour.
The fifth and final season of Terence Winter's prohibition-era drama will start on Sunday the 7th of September, taking the finale - if the eight-episode series airs without interruption - to late October 2014.
Our Us chums learned earlier this year from Chalky White actor Michael K. Williams that season five will take place during the great depression in 1931, seven years after the end of season four. "The days of shiny suits and fancy shoes are long gone", Williams announced.
See for yourself in this recently released season five teaser.
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- 7/11/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Even though Ethan Hawke has moved on to lighter fare with this month’s Boyhood, The Purge: Anarchy still has plans to invade theatres on July 18 without its former star. The sequel captures another year of the annual “Purge,” a holiday (if you can call it that) in a dystopian United States where crime is legal for twelve hours. It’s a move by the government to keep the peace year-round, but as we know from the first Purge movie, not everyone’s behind America's newest holiday.
Replacing Hawke as participants of the annual “Purge” are Frank Grillo (Captain America), Michael K. Williams(“Boardwalk Empire,” “The Wire”), and Zach Gilford (“Friday Night Lights”).
Check out five brand new posters for The Purge: Anarchy below, and don’t forget to catch the sequel on July 18 – even if it’s just to see Michael K. Williams/Omar Little/Chalky White continue being a badass.
Replacing Hawke as participants of the annual “Purge” are Frank Grillo (Captain America), Michael K. Williams(“Boardwalk Empire,” “The Wire”), and Zach Gilford (“Friday Night Lights”).
Check out five brand new posters for The Purge: Anarchy below, and don’t forget to catch the sequel on July 18 – even if it’s just to see Michael K. Williams/Omar Little/Chalky White continue being a badass.
- 7/3/2014
- by Sasha James
- Cineplex
All empires fall.
That's the message in the brief teaser for the fifth and final season of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," which is very concerning for Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi).
There isn't much footage in the video, which is set to an ominous cover of Harry Nilsson's "One" by Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld). We see flashes of Nucky on the boardwalk and in a boardroom, and get glimpses at Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Nelson Van Alden, and Chalky White.
Speaking of Chalky -- his portrayer, Michael K. Williams, recently revealed that "Boardwalk Empire" will have a major time jump.
"The storyline has jumped seven years [into the future], which is why I have the beard now," Williams told Den of Geek. "The Depression has set in. The days of the shiny shoes and fancy suits are long gone."
Nucky without shiny shoes? His empire really has fallen!
"Boardwalk Empire" premieres September 2014.
That's the message in the brief teaser for the fifth and final season of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," which is very concerning for Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi).
There isn't much footage in the video, which is set to an ominous cover of Harry Nilsson's "One" by Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld). We see flashes of Nucky on the boardwalk and in a boardroom, and get glimpses at Lucky Luciano, Al Capone, Nelson Van Alden, and Chalky White.
Speaking of Chalky -- his portrayer, Michael K. Williams, recently revealed that "Boardwalk Empire" will have a major time jump.
"The storyline has jumped seven years [into the future], which is why I have the beard now," Williams told Den of Geek. "The Depression has set in. The days of the shiny shoes and fancy suits are long gone."
Nucky without shiny shoes? His empire really has fallen!
"Boardwalk Empire" premieres September 2014.
- 7/1/2014
- by Kelly Woo
- Moviefone
When Boardwalk Empire returns to HBO for its shortened fifth and final season, it might look a lot different. The glitz and glamor might be turned into a depression as the show is about to jump seven years into the future.
Creator Terence Winter is leaving the show to run HBO’s Scorsese produced Mick Jagger biopic (with Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, and Juno Temple). So with that, the last season left us in 1924 and things were not looking so good for most of the characters. According to Michael K. Williams, who plays Chalky White, there will be a considerable time jump in the final season.
From HBOWatch:
“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.”
Well that’s certainly a change for the show that was...
Creator Terence Winter is leaving the show to run HBO’s Scorsese produced Mick Jagger biopic (with Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde, and Juno Temple). So with that, the last season left us in 1924 and things were not looking so good for most of the characters. According to Michael K. Williams, who plays Chalky White, there will be a considerable time jump in the final season.
From HBOWatch:
“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.”
Well that’s certainly a change for the show that was...
- 6/17/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences released this year's Emmy ballots on Monday. Now that the ballots are out, it's time for our annual two-pronged experiment, in which Dan tries to predict the likeliest nominees in each major category, while I pretend that I'm an actually TV Academy member and pick the six nominees that would make me the happiest. We are, as always, playing by the Emmy rules, which means we can't argue for someone who didn't submit themselves (say, Alan Cumming for "The Good Wife"), can't move someone from lead to supporting or vice versa, and can't declare that "True Detective" is a miniseries and therefore clear more room in the drama categories. I'm also obviously limited by what I watched and what I haven't. I think I saw maybe three episodes of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" this season, for instance, and while I like the show a lot,...
- 6/15/2014
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Exclusive: Wme has signed Michael Kenneth Williams, better known as Chalky White if you have HBO and are as addicted to Terence Winter’s Boardwalk Empire as I am. Williams, who first made his mark on HBO’s The Wire playing Omar, the elusive man who robbed crack dealers, is currently starring opposite Mark Wahlberg in the Rupert Wyatt-directed remake of The Gambler at Paramount Pictures. He appeared in the Robocop remake as well as Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave and most recently wrapped Inherent Vice for Paul Thomas Anderson. Williams returns for the fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire this fall. He had been repped at ICM Partners. Williams continues to be managed by Matt Goldman and Sam Maydew at Silver Lining Entertainment. The other thing to know about Williams is that while Quentin Tarantino chose Jamie Foxx to play the title role in Django Unchained...
- 3/20/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
History has already shown that the nonstop party of the Roaring Twenties couldn't go on forever, so neither could Boardwalk Empire. On Thursday, HBO announced that it was shutting down its homage to the Prohibition-era Atlantic City playground, making this fall's fifth season its last. As someone who has covered Boardwalk for Rolling Stone for the majority of its run, news of this decision was bittersweet. Sure, it's always difficult to say goodbye to a series in which you've invested so much time, energy, love and, let's be honest, aggravation.
- 1/11/2014
- Rollingstone.com
(Cbr) The next time viewers experience "The Purge", it will be alongside some recognizable small-screen stars. Frank Grillo is already set to headline returning writer-director James DeMonaco’s sequel, hitting theaters next summer. Now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, some new names have been added to the cast: Michael K. Williams, Zach Gilford, Kiele Sanchez and Carmen Ejogo. Williams played Omar Little, the Robin Hood of Baltimore, on HBO’s "The Wire" for five acclaimed seasons. He still appears on the network, portraying Chalky White on the Prohibition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire". Gilford, meanwhile, is best known as stammering second-string quarterback Matt Saracen on...
- 12/20/2013
- by Josh Wigler, Comic Book Resources
- Hitfix
A man’s got to have a code. But in The Purge, that code (a.k.a. “the law”) was suspended for 12 hours of lawlessness and terror. Now get ready for a whole new round of “What Would You Do If All Laws Were Suspended For Half A Day?” because The Purge 2 is comin’, and it has added a few new actors to its roster.
In addition to Frank Grillo, who was previously announced for the film, The Purge 2 will star Michael K. Williams, Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Kiele Sanchez, and Carmen Ejogo. Williams is best known for his role as Omar Little in the Dickensian HBO crime series The Wire, but he has most recently been tearing up the small screen in Boardwalk Empire, in which he plays the crime boss Chalky White.
Gilford starred in the Friday Night Lights TV series as hunky high school footballer Matt Saracen,...
In addition to Frank Grillo, who was previously announced for the film, The Purge 2 will star Michael K. Williams, Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Kiele Sanchez, and Carmen Ejogo. Williams is best known for his role as Omar Little in the Dickensian HBO crime series The Wire, but he has most recently been tearing up the small screen in Boardwalk Empire, in which he plays the crime boss Chalky White.
Gilford starred in the Friday Night Lights TV series as hunky high school footballer Matt Saracen,...
- 12/19/2013
- by Jeremy Clymer
- We Got This Covered
In 2013, Digital Spy has embraced all that UK and Us television has to offer - from the very best of comedy and drama, to the merely middling, to the absolute stinkers.
But now it's time to celebrate only the finest cuts - it's our top TV shows of the year, continuing now with 20-16.
20. New Girl
Funny and warm, New Girl has always been a show in flux - starting life as a vehicle for Zooey Deschanel, it gradually transformed into an ensemble show to make better use of its supporting cast, including season one's standout - Max Greenfield's scene-stealing Schmidt.
Heading into its second season, the show continued to change and grow and, while Schmidt still provided plenty of laughs, in 2013 New Girl was all about Jake Johnson's slobbish, simple but utterly endearing Nick Miller and - in particular - his on-off romance with Deschanel's Jess. In many ways,...
But now it's time to celebrate only the finest cuts - it's our top TV shows of the year, continuing now with 20-16.
20. New Girl
Funny and warm, New Girl has always been a show in flux - starting life as a vehicle for Zooey Deschanel, it gradually transformed into an ensemble show to make better use of its supporting cast, including season one's standout - Max Greenfield's scene-stealing Schmidt.
Heading into its second season, the show continued to change and grow and, while Schmidt still provided plenty of laughs, in 2013 New Girl was all about Jake Johnson's slobbish, simple but utterly endearing Nick Miller and - in particular - his on-off romance with Deschanel's Jess. In many ways,...
- 12/13/2013
- Digital Spy
Steve Buscemi's role as Nucky Thompson on HBO's Boardwalk Empire is arguably the best of his career and I'm delighted to see him take a headlining spot on one of television's finest dramas. However, I'm also thankful that the showrunners decided to turn the series into an ensemble piece for its fourth season; which gives way more screentime to a fascinating array of supporting characters. It worked for The Wire and it works even better here. This is Chalky White's season. Michael Kenneth Williams' portrayal of the deadly and methodical gangster was on fire throughout the year. Whenever he pops up you can't help but hang on every word he says. When new cast addition Jeffrey Wright shows up as the slick Dr. Narcisse, the rivaly between him an Chalky became the biggest driving force of the...
- 11/30/2013
- by Keven Skinner
- The Daily BLAM!
Boardwalk Empire’s fourth season has ended and while it may not have been nearly as exciting as last year’s finale with Harrow’s one-man massacre, ‘Farewell Daddy Blues’ certainly delivered with its amount of great writing, acting and shocks. It offered a nice, slow burn throughout the episode, building up the intensity until the episode’s climax. The finale efficiently tied many of the loose ends from this season together while closing the book on some hated and loved characters, shaking the status quo up for next season.
Let’s look at six of the awesome moments from Boardwalk’s finale and how they satisfied the fans.
6. The Opening
Nothing spelt trouble for Nucky and the Atlantic City clan like the opening minute to the episode. Audiences watched as Chalky White and his gang silently gathered up Nucky’s security on the beach and laid them on the ground.
Let’s look at six of the awesome moments from Boardwalk’s finale and how they satisfied the fans.
6. The Opening
Nothing spelt trouble for Nucky and the Atlantic City clan like the opening minute to the episode. Audiences watched as Chalky White and his gang silently gathered up Nucky’s security on the beach and laid them on the ground.
- 11/27/2013
- by Richard Church
- Obsessed with Film
Give it to Terrence Winter. Even when he takes a season of Boardwalk Empire to help us truly loathe some of his characters and have us yearning for them to get theirs, he reminds us that even the violence we now expect to solve our TV problems is far from a neat clean thing. Agent Tolliver (Brian Geraghty) found that out in brutal fashion at the hands of inferiority-complex-addled Bureau of Investigation informer Eli Thompson (Shea Whigham) on last night’s Season 4 finale. Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams) came face-to-face with the cold reality of the collateral damage of such … Continue reading →
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- 11/25/2013
- by Matthew Grimm
- ChannelGuideMag
The article below contains spoilers through "Farewell Daddy Blues," the November 24th, 2013 season four finale of "Boardwalk Empire." Another year, another bloody conclusion. But instead of a massacre, last night's season closer of "Boardwalk Empire" served as a kind of mournful echo of "Margate Sands," the episode that ended the previous season in an orgy of mass murder and score settling. Rather than escalating as it goes along, the show has spent a circuit deliberately circling to leave almost everyone worse off than they were before. Nucky (Steve Buscemi) finished last year abandoned by his wife Margaret (Kelly Macdonald) but back on top of Atlantic City, while by "Farewell Daddy Blues," all he wanted to do was leave the town and the gangster life he's established but can't seem to quit. Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams) stood by Nucky's side against Gyp Rosetti (Bobby Cannavale) last year and saved his skin,...
- 11/25/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Spoilers for the Boardwalk Empire season finale ahead! With Nucky winding down his operations, Van Alden reclaiming his identity, and Harrow going from living to not living (sad!), the major players of Boardwalk Empire each found themselves undergoing a transformation during the fourth season finale.
Harlem intellectual and “business” man Dr. Valentin Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright) started off the season as the new king in town, chipping away at Chalky White’s control of the predominantly black North Side community in Atlantic City. By season’s end, he may have survived a botched assassination attempt, but according to Wright, he suffers...
Harlem intellectual and “business” man Dr. Valentin Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright) started off the season as the new king in town, chipping away at Chalky White’s control of the predominantly black North Side community in Atlantic City. By season’s end, he may have survived a botched assassination attempt, but according to Wright, he suffers...
- 11/25/2013
- by Maricela Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
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