As the scene goes on, it seemed clear to me that we were meant to believe a change has come over Jimmy. She says she’s surprised he noticed, since he has shown no interest in her painting before this. While Angela adds finishing touches to a canvas of sea bathers, Jimmy compliments her work. In order to set up this scene, Boardwalk Empire took the liberty of bending Jimmy’s character. When the guy is laid out on the boardwalk’s planks, Jimmy declares to the gathering crowd, “This man had relations with my wife when I was away in the war!” It seemed a little odd to me that he would more or less announce that he had been cuckolded before he went on to deliver a kick-heavy beat-down straight out of Goodfellas. Jimmy goes into the studio, grabs Robert, and heaves him through the glass door. Working on a tip from his son, which he misinterpreted, Jimmy decided Angela had been unfaithful to him with Robert the photographer. I won’t forget the way he crumpled himself at the foot of the bed and let out a ghastly moan once his undoing had reached completion.Įarlier in the episode, Boardwalk Empire treated us to the always entertaining sight of a guy being thrown through plate glass. Shannon has a raw animal presence that makes for a stunning contrast with his rock-like face. In keeping with the usual practice, Michael Shannon did not have to show as much in the way of frontal nudity as did his female colleague in this scene, but he did have to carry the emotional load of playing a tortured man suffering greatly for his sins. Paz de la Huerta deserves special commendation for going all out, even though the writers have asked her to play a one-dimensional she-demon. The scene was no doubt a tough one for the actors to play.
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