DJariya

Synopsis:



Episode 10 of 12

andicus

...a canal, Panama.

adamblast

I marathoned S1 when that season first ended, and my parents happened to be visiting. To this day, my mom (she's got ALZ) has the opening sequence stuck in her head. She's got no idea where the image comes from, but she'll go on and on about the bottles in the ocean. So I guess it officially qualifies as iconic.

MrX

Expected Owen to last a few more episodes but it became clear right away that he wasn't going to be alive at the end of the ep. Figured Margaret was pregnant when the doc told her she looked pale.

Buttmunker

Can anyone explain who killed Owen, how, and why? I forgot the reason why he was assigned to the Bath house...and wasn't someone else along with him - Doyle?

kantonburg

Doyle was in Pennsylvania at the distillery. The FBI guy went with Owen.

MrX

He was going to kill Joe Masseria. The FBI agent was going to distract Masseria's bodyguard while Owen killed him. Luciano and Lansky gave up the info when Masseria said he'd bankroll their heroin deal.

Dave99

So owen doesn't get away (but did get a nice send off, with the flashback at the end), I wonder if richard will. Obviously they are leading to that (just like they did with owen), I'm just wondering if they will let him go in peace to a regular life, or if he gets drawn back in.

andicus

Likewise.

I'll still be surprised if Richard doesn't get involved with Nucky.

Bill Needle

As if things could get even more tense around the ol' Thompson family dinner table.

dalbowski

You just knew Owen was going bye-bye when he was assigned to Masseria. And Nucky goes on to piss off Chalky. How big of a hole is he digging?

With Eli going to Chicago, I guess Van Alden's identity is going to be revealed.

"You owe me" He is just so overly brutal.

I hope the driver makes it out of this. They're running out of supplementary characters.

nickdawgy

I didn't think Owen would get killed til they sent him to Masseria as well.

But when you heard "there's a delivery" I knew it'd either be heads, or body parts in the crate.

In the preview for the next episode it looked like Richard was going for a gun I think. Or I could have been tired and seeing things. I'd love for him to go and fill Owen's role.

CaptainMarvel

How did Luciano and Lansky know about the specific bath house hit? I was dozing off during the episode, but they weren't around for the planning, and they were part of the group that turned Nucky down last week?

I figured the tip came from somebody inside Nucky's crew.

Thrush

The only thing I can figure is the initial info may have come from one of Rothstein's people. Either that or Rothstein knew about it by the simple fact that little happens in NY that he doesn't know about.

islandclaws

When Lansky & Luciano told Masseria about Nucky's plan, I assumed he beefed up his entourage enough so that when Owen and FBI Guy arrived they already had no chance.

Buttmunker

this is starting to smell like a Soap Opera. Sadly.

Red Dog

Thank you. I was completely lost there.

RagingBull80

I think this episode was pretty good. I know that a lot of people have lost faith in the show but I think it's still going fairly strong.

I'm sad to see Owen go but everyone knew it was coming and I liked the way it was handled. This definitely opens up more screen time for Richard which is a fantastic thing.

Buttmunker

Is it just me, or does Richard look better without the mask on?

to me, the mask just draws more attention to his face. And about that mask - when we first saw Richard, the mask was colored to match his face. Over time, the mask's color either faded or whatever, and Richard never bothered to make improvements. Why not? I thought he was shy and self-conscious, so why not fix the mask?

Does it seem possible that Al Capone would really be bothered over Van Alden's petty whiskey sales? You're talkin' chump-change, compared to the regular bootleg operation Capone is overseeing. What the hell was that confrontation all about?! Was Capone that petty?

Regarding Val Alden - man! Talk about a character-arc! I never, ever would have imagined his fate from viewing him from Season 1. Likewise, I don't think Val Alden would have imagined his own fate, either. Between fathering a baby from a one-night stand, and losing his wife over it, and manufacturing and selling liquor - Van Alden's head must have spun around way too many times to count. However, he was a murderer fairly early on, and he seemed to accept that in stride..

Gilgamesh1082

When it comes to the business, sure. But he was also a pretty nice dude to people not in it. My great aunt told me a story about her mom when they lived in Chicago. Her mom would walk her dog every afternoon around the neighborhood. One day, a rather handsome young fellow approached her and told her that it wasn't a safe neighborhood for a woman to be out in by herself. When she said that she had to walk the dog regardless, he told her he'd meet her in that spot everyday after that. So for 6 months, they never exchanged names, but would walk a couple miles together in the evening. They'd talk about whatever. At one point, a guy tried to mug them. The gent took his hat off and asked the would be robber if he knew who he was. The guy split.

One day, this fellow didn't show up for the walk. The next morning, her mom saw the gentleman in the paper. It was Capone. So far all the petty and murderous stuff he did, that's the only thing I can think of when watching this show.

Buttmunker

That's the reason why I know your story is baloney. LOL. You can call Capone many things, but "handsome" ain't one of those things.

barelypure

He was no Rock Hudson but he wasn't that bad looking.

Buttmunker

Sure - not bad looking for a psychopath. HAHA!! You gotta be kidding!

Neil M.

I don't think they knew about the specific hit. They just prepared him for the possible attack. Masseria planned accordingly.


Yes, I do think he would be bothered. O' Bannion's man is selling booze in his territory. Plus, the information that he gets from Van Alden will probably be useful.

Bill Needle

Plus isn't he just starting to move into more of the leadership role of his organization? He's also probably trying to establish his reputation that his authority will be unchallenged, that no slight will be too small to go unpunished.