Blue Bell Boy 

After tracking down a liquor thief, Nucky and Owen end up spending a long night hiding out from the Feds with the precocious perp. Mickey makes a routing call that will have far-reaching consequences. Capone's feud with O'Banion heats up.

Director:

Kari Skogland

Writers:

Terence Winter (created by), David Stenn

Stars:

Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Buscemi	...	Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
Kelly Macdonald	...	Margaret Thompson
Michael Shannon	...	Nelson Van Alden (credit only)
Shea Whigham	...	Elias 'Eli' Thompson
Michael Stuhlbarg	...	Arnold Rothstein
Stephen Graham	...	Al Capone
Vincent Piazza	...	Lucky Luciano
Michael Kenneth Williams	...	Chalky White (credit only)
Anthony Laciura	...	Eddie Kessler
Paul Sparks	...	Mickey Doyle
Jack Huston	...	Richard Harrow (credit only)
Charlie Cox	...	Owen Sleater
Bobby Cannavale	...	Gyp Rosetti
Gretchen Mol	...	Gillian Darmody (credit only)
Anatol Yusef	...	Meyer Lansky

Storyline

Owen and Nuck uncover a petty whiskey thief who steals from everyone including Masseria, but are forced to hide out in his cellar to save their lives. Capone, who works for Torrio on Chicago's South Side, intensifies his feud with florist/gangster Dean O'Banion. Because the sideroads are almost impassable because of the severe winter conditions and makes a fateful decision to challenge to try to bring his convoy of liquor to Rothstein by challenging Gyp's Tabor Heights roadblock.

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Plot Keywords:

pubic hair | male pubic hair | shot to death | shot in the chest | murder | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | History

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rowland Smith tells Nucky Thompson that he changes license plates on cars as a way of evading police. In Fargo (1996), Steve Buscemi's character changes the license plate on his car in order to evade the police.

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Quotes

Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: [giving Federal Agent Sawicki a cash bribe] Go buy a personality.

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Soundtracks

Louisville Lou
(uncredited)
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Performed by Billy Arnold's Novelty Jazz Band

User Reviews

Fantastic episode for a fantastic series

That probably will the only episode that I will comment on this TV show, because it has been commented yet. This episode is really terrific, especially the Al Capone's character performance. I now the actor, a British one, whose character reminds us Joe Pesci's ones in the Marty Scorcese's features such as GOOD FELLAS and CASINO. A rough, brutal, most violent guy who is so sensitive, so touching with his fragile son and also friend, badly beaten by the Irish gangster in the bar. Watch put this scene when Capone destroys the Irish Hood, look out for this outstanding sequence, where Capone uses this brutal behaviour to get revenge over his son himself beaten by his school comrades... But besides this, I guess that in this kind of TV show, you watch thousand of things that you would never see in movies. The way, for instance, the characters have to come and die so rapidly. You find this only in series. And I love that.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

7 October 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Closest to the Hole Productions, Cold Front Productions, Home Box Office (HBO)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

57 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16 : 9