While Season 3 of Boardwalk Empire ended with a monumental bloodbath and a mostly-satisfying payoff, the journey getting there was sometimes a bit of a trudge; as is usually the case for this great, yet sometimes plodding, series. After the craziness that more

Oh, Richard Harrow. America's sweetheart. Killer of 63. And now...74? 75? Full disclosure: I re-watched Harrow's monster-epic cleaning out of The Artemis Club three times before I continued on to the rest of the episode. I just kept rewinding it; even try more

We open on a portrait of Rosetti’s men, standing outdoors on some anonymous night with hands raised in surrender. They are seen from behind, and lit with chiaroscuro effect by the car headlights beyond. As a formidable chorus of muzzle-blasts announces a more

The third season of  Boardwalk Empire  came to a bloody end in which the writers gave many fans what they’ve wanted all season – Gyp dead, Nucky finally understanding what it takes to fully be a gangster, Chalky living to see his Cotton Club dre more

As Season 3 of Boardwalk Empire got underway we were introduced to Gyp Rosetti and his brutal ways. The finale finished much like the premiere started as Gyp met his demise not far from where we first saw him spill blood. " Margate Sands " broug more

The season finale of “Boardwalk Empire” opens with a half-dozen men gunned down, execution style, in the dead of night by Al Capone and his Chicago gangsters. It’s a nod foreshadowing Capone’s real-life 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and Nucky’s bloody more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Margate Sands," the December 2 episode of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire," in which Nucky makes his move against Gyp, while Richard gets his guns. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/season-finale-review-boardwa more

Boardwalk Empire has to be the most uneven “good” show on television. While many successful dramas have playbooks and stick to them more or less week to week, you’d be a fool to guess how this show gets from narrative points A to B. You could defend this more