21 (25 Sep. 2011)

Nucky is rocked by an insurrection among his inner circle; Chalky's life and livelihood are threatened by a vicious KKK attack; Margaret copes with her son's disciplinary problems; Angela ... See full summary »

Director:

Timothy Van Patten

Writers:

Terence Winter (creator), Terence Winter,

Stars:

Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Buscemi	...	Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
Michael Pitt	...	James 'Jimmy' Darmody
Kelly Macdonald	...	Margaret Schroeder
Michael Shannon	...	Agent Nelson Van Alden
Shea Whigham	...	Elias 'Eli' Thompson
Aleksa Palladino	...	Angela Darmody
Michael Stuhlbarg	...	Arnold Rothstein (credit only)
Stephen Graham	...	Al Capone
Vincent Piazza	...	Lucky Luciano (credit only)
Paz de la Huerta	...	Lucy Danziger
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Chalky White
Anthony Laciura	...	Eddie Kessler
Paul Sparks	...	Mickey Doyle (credit only)
Jack Huston	...	Richard Harrow
Gretchen Mol	...	Gillian Darmody

Storyline

Nucky is rocked by an insurrection among his inner circle; Chalky's life and livelihood are threatened by a vicious KKK attack; Margaret copes with her son's disciplinary problems; Angela vies with Gillian for Jimmy's affections at home; Van Alden shows his wife Rose around town as an anniversary present.

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Plot Keywords:

bottle of rum | shot in the chest | racial tension | movie theater | gatling gun | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

53 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

The floating bottles in the opening credits are modern plastic bottles with plastic twist off caps. Probably intentional to avoid adding broken glass to the beach other than the one broken one against the pier. Bottles in the show are glass with smooth necks and corks.

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Quotes

Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: [Talking to Jimmy about the Commodore] Your father is a very duplicitous man. You've been told.

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Connections

Features The Kid (1921)

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Soundtracks

"Down Where the Swanee River Flows"
Composed by Albert von Tilzer
Lyrics by Charles McCarron and Charles S. Alberte
Performed by Al Jolson

User Reviews

Nucky is Back in the Swing ***/2

Nucky is back in full swing. The episode, a good one, has a problem of trying to relate too many intricate details woven into one fabric.

The KKK in N.J. shooting at blacks working in the illegal alcohol business? It's a little too hard to fathom, though believable.

Mrs. Schroeder's child never apparently forgot the fire that Nucky made in the house. Sister Bernice disciplines him when he is caught playing with matches in a school closet. Nothing like old fashioned discipline as the good Sister leads the way, and shows that she is aware of the mother's infidelity with Mr. Johnson.

Jimmy as a family man is a little hard to take and the Buscemi character has to wonder what's going on when he is locked up for election fraud. Election fraud? We can certainly do better than this. Although, they eventually got Capone for tax evasion.