Resignation - BE

Boardwalk Empire Episode 4-02 "Resignation"

Written by Howard Korder, from last week, and Dennis Lehane, the Massachusetts novelist (Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River) who was drafted into television writing on The Wire.  One of the raesons that show was so good was because they pulled from crime authors like him and George Pellecanos.  Lehane wrote "Dead Soldiers" from Season Three, which included that wake at the bar for Det. Cole (who in real life was played by the recently passed executive producer Robert F. Colesberry.  The scene includes an eloquent eulogy from Landsman.

Directed by Alik Sakharov, oftten director of photography for Game of Thrones and Sopranos

• Kelly McDonald is second billed and still has not appeared in an episode
• Time check!
• The only "resignation" I recall is Harry Daugherty's (the uber corrupt A.G.), announced in the paper, which puts us at April 6, 1924
• Which means some liberties are taken with the Chicago storyline, considering Frank Capone died in real life that week
• No surprise seeing J. Edgar make an appearance
•  After Richard murders the population of the Midwest, he cannot shoot his dog
• This is one of those moments where I'm thinking, Boardwalk is a good but not great show
• This episode follows the current cable formula of introducing the new seasonal villains in the first two episodes, while also introducing existing characters to new surroundings (Eddie, Richard)
• I imagine that will happen for Margaret next week
• At the current pace, this season is going to either last for 30 episodes or have some intense action from episode 8-13, Justified style)
• Clearly responding to my comment last week, Nucky, sitting in with Chalky's meeting, actually says he is just helping out a friend
• Chalky's leadership internship is going relatively well until he loses his find and threatens Narcisse about sixteen times
• Chalky has to already be hot from the head rub earlier in the episode. 
• More on Chalky, the question of him being able to read rises again
• Body count - 3 (9 for the season)
• Mrs. Pastor (the doctor's henchman on the side of the road, with the rope)
• The loan officer (Unknown but probably the guy who contracted Richard to do it, in his office, with the revolver)
• Dog (Richard's sister in the yard with the pistol)

"Take care and God bless!"