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So Lucky

I’m a 42 year old female and watched The Sopranos since it originally aired in 1998. This show will always be a classic to me. At the risk of sounding hokey, does anybody else feel so grateful they got to watch this amazing show in real time??! You had to wait a week on HBO to see the next episode and you lived and died by the upcoming scenes they would play at the very end of every episode. Just wonder if anybody else feels the same as me. Thank you for listening 😊.

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u/MagicianKindly2177 — 9 days ago
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I feel so goddamn bad for Jimmy Darmody

Obviously he was a criminal that made his choices but it truly felt like he had no other way to develop

I mean his mother sexually abused him, his biological father who raped his mother disowned him, his mentor in Nucky manipulated him, he decides to leave for the army because of the shame about who happened with his mother

He fights in WW1 while his beloved Angela cheats on him with the photographer couple

He comes back and has severe PTSD, which nobody gives 2 shits about, including his betrothed and Nucky

Angela tries to lie to him about cheating with the Photographers as well as guilt tripping him about leaving for the War, which tbf is a valid point but considering why he did it and that he was already emotionally scarred before joining the war it's understandable

He loses Pearl, someone he genuinely cared for

He then loses Angela too and then gets shot in the head by the man he looked up to

What really hits deep is how nobody really gave a shot about Jimmy except Richard Harrow

I mean sure he and Angela were always estranged but I argued he cared way more about her then she did about him, I mean her cutting off her hair just to spite him is such a sadistic move for even mentioning cheating on him continuously

I get her predicament but gods she just feels so vindictive

u/Gero-23 — 10 days ago
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Actor of Young Nucky

I don't see this in any notes, he's an actor with a great resume and he's doing a gentle yet very accurate rendering of Nucky's speech pattern, gestures, facial expressions. Has there ever been anything published about his preparation? Looks like he might even have some prosthetics.

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u/lmb10010 — 8 days ago
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Season Finale Spoiler

I've just rewatched the series and really felt let down by that ending in season 5. The show needed those 4 extra episodes to wrap up everything rather than rush into everything on the final 8th episode unlike the other seasons getting 12 episodes. Did Jimmy Darmody always have it in his head predetermined he was gonna kill Nucky? Would've liked to see some of the hardship the depression caused everyone, and just a line saying terrible tragedy about ARs death?? We needed to see what happened. HBO really pulled the carpet beneath Boardwalk Empire in the final season.

u/balfe420 — 9 days ago
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The way I gasped when I realized…

I don’t know who among the youngin crew knows who this is, but Louis Gossett Jr. is a LEGEND!
I was literally like, “GASP… NO WAY!” It may just be for an episode, but this was a nice Easter Egg. RIP Lieutenant Colonel Chappy Sinclair 🫡

u/PuzzleheadedCold6804 — 11 days ago