Michael Shannon as Agent Nelson Van Alden.Steve Buscemi as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson.Jerry - Collateral victim of The Commodore's arsenic poisoning by Louanne Pratt.Eric Sebso - Drowned by Nelson Van Alden in an unsuccessful attempt to make him confess Winslow's murder.Theodore Hardeen, magician and escapist, brother of Harry Houdini.Lemuel Cuffy, Deacon of the Atlantic City's Shiloh Baptist Church.Nucky arrives at the house only to find that Margaret has left, whereabouts unknown.Ī detailed recap of the episode scene by scene.

After a heated argument between the brothers Nucky drops Eli from the Republican ticket in favor of Deputy Halloran.

Eli is furious at Nucky for not outright denying his role in the murder. She strongly insinuates that he was responsible for the death of her husband, Hans, while he accuses her of not caring. Margaret comes upon them talking and then accuses Nucky of desiring to cheat on her. Desperate, she offers to resume her former relationship with Nucky. Margaret's neighbor Annabelle's patron loses all his money in the original Ponzi scheme. Nucky continues to deal with the twin pressures of winning the election and the gang war with the D'Alessio brothers. Angela returns home to find Jimmy has read the note and knows of her plans. There she finds the shop empty, as the Dittrichs' have absconded (in another scene we are shown that Robert Dietrich knows his wife is about to leave for France). Meanwhile, Angela carries out her plan to leave town with her son and Mary Dittrich, leaving a note for Jimmy and going to the photography shop. She does not admit responsibility.Īrnold Rothstein is called to Chicago to defend against charges that he rigged the 1919 World Series. Jimmy confronts Gillian with an empty canister of arsenic which he found in the trash while the Commodore recovers. The decision is a crucial one, for Jimmy holds the Commodore down while the doctor gathers samples for a hair test which later reveals significant amounts of arsenic (Paris Green) in the Commodore's blood. Gillian asks Jimmy to visit, and although their relationship is frosty, Jimmy decides to stay with his father as he passes away. The Commodore, now revealed to be Jimmy's father, is dying. Whether Van Alden planned the murder is left unclear. However, Van Alden holds Sebso under the water too long, drowning him. When Sebso, who is Jewish, puts in for a transfer to Michigan, Van Alden brings him to the river to be baptized. Looking for a still, the two encounter a black church's river baptism. 'The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.Agent Van Alden continues to probe deeper into the killing of Billy Winslow, prompting Agent Sebso to make a call to Nucky asking for some leads to regain his boss's trust. 'Your shoelace is in a state of deshabille.' Jess Smith: Department of Justice colleague (deceased).Harry Daugherty: Attorney General, boss.Means lets Nucky watch as George Remus drops his money off and then asks him to leave surreptitiously. Means says that he admires Nucky as someone who makes opportunities out of trouble and believes that he has the same quality. Nucky presses him for information about Daugherty's troubles but he refuses to be bought so soon after meeting Nucky. Means lets him into his room and reluctantly introduces himself. Means calls through the door to put the money in the bowl but Nucky refuses. He heads to the Hotel Astor but is perturbed when he finds himself in an empty room with a goldfish bowl of money. Nucky is in New York to make his payoff to Daugherty.

As an afterthought he retrieves the fish and puts it in a glass of water. Means drills a peep hole in the door to his adjoining room and empties the goldfish bowl he has brought with him into the sink. He is there to act as the collections man for Attorney General Harry Daugherty's protection racket. Means books into the Hotel Astor in New York City.

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