Boardwalk Empire Season 5 Thread - Series Finale - Eldorado
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^ Was at my parents today in Flatbush and I noticed they had signs up about no parking because of theY'll be filming BE
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Where on Flatbush? I'll definitely show up.
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The fifth and final season will be set in 1931 during the Great Depression.
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[h1]Exclusive: Boardwalk Empire Season 5 Set In The Great Depression[/h1][h2]Boardwalk Empire star Michael K. Williams confirms that there will be a seven-year time jump for the show's final season.[/h2]
News that Season 5 of HBO’s period gangster drama, Boardwalk Empire, would be its last set off a wave of depression in amongst its fans. Well, it looks like the feeling is about to be mutual for the characters on the show, too.
While talking to Michael K. Williams during a press day for The Purge: Anarchy (which we will have a full interview for closer to that movie’s release), the subject of the final season of Boardwalk Empire inevitably came up, and Williams told me something very, very interesting— Boardwalk Empire Season 5 is going to have a seven-year time jump to 1931.
“The storyline has jumped seven years [into the future], which is why I have the beard now,” Williams said when asked about what we can expect from Season 5. “The Depression has set in. The days of the shiny shoes and fancy suits are long gone.”
The news certainly makes sense given the series has been about the utopia for organized crime that Prohibition created in Atlantic City, as well as across the country. And since Season 4 took place in 1924, the seven-year jump takes us into the heart of the Great Depression in the U.S., which is one year away from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election (doom and gloom for a Republican like Steve Buscemi’s Nucky Thompson), and two years away from the eradication of anti-liquor law. It also should be noted that it is two years removed from the beginning of the decade-long fall for Enoch Johnson, the real-life inspiration for Nucky. Albeit, Nucky Johnson did not see the inside of a prison cell until 1941. Of course, Boardwalk Empire can more than easily play fast and loose with its fictional avatar for the historical figure.
Williams also elaborated further about the fate of his character on Boardwalk Empire, the fascinatingly enigmatic Chalky White, the neighborhood godfather for Atlantic City’s 1920s African-American population and the MVP of Season 4. Things have seemed to take an obvious turn for Chalky in those seven years after the death of his daughter in the Season 4 finale.
“It ended very badly for Chalky last year,” Williams said. “His family life is no more, and he is desperately seeking Dr. Narcisse to settle old scores.”
When I urged him on further by asking if he would then have any scenes this season with Jeffrey Wright, who played the antagonistic Narcisse in Season 4, Williams just smiled and said, “I hope so. I’m a huge fan of Jeffrey, and I really enjoy working with him.” As tight-lipped as a bootlegger who can see Repeal on the horizon, Williams simply left it at that.
Boardwalk Empire will return one last time for the Fall 2014 season.
[h1]Exclusive: Boardwalk Empire Season 5 Set In The Great Depression[/h1][h2]Boardwalk Empire star Michael K. Williams confirms that there will be a seven-year time jump for the show's final season.[/h2]
News that Season 5 of HBO’s period gangster drama, Boardwalk Empire, would be its last set off a wave of depression in amongst its fans. Well, it looks like the feeling is about to be mutual for the characters on the show, too.
While talking to Michael K. Williams during a press day for The Purge: Anarchy (which we will have a full interview for closer to that movie’s release), the subject of the final season of Boardwalk Empire inevitably came up, and Williams told me something very, very interesting— Boardwalk Empire Season 5 is going to have a seven-year time jump to 1931.
“The storyline has jumped seven years [into the future], which is why I have the beard now,” Williams said when asked about what we can expect from Season 5. “The Depression has set in. The days of the shiny shoes and fancy suits are long gone.”
The news certainly makes sense given the series has been about the utopia for organized crime that Prohibition created in Atlantic City, as well as across the country. And since Season 4 took place in 1924, the seven-year jump takes us into the heart of the Great Depression in the U.S., which is one year away from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s election (doom and gloom for a Republican like Steve Buscemi’s Nucky Thompson), and two years away from the eradication of anti-liquor law. It also should be noted that it is two years removed from the beginning of the decade-long fall for Enoch Johnson, the real-life inspiration for Nucky. Albeit, Nucky Johnson did not see the inside of a prison cell until 1941. Of course, Boardwalk Empire can more than easily play fast and loose with its fictional avatar for the historical figure.
Williams also elaborated further about the fate of his character on Boardwalk Empire, the fascinatingly enigmatic Chalky White, the neighborhood godfather for Atlantic City’s 1920s African-American population and the MVP of Season 4. Things have seemed to take an obvious turn for Chalky in those seven years after the death of his daughter in the Season 4 finale.
“It ended very badly for Chalky last year,” Williams said. “His family life is no more, and he is desperately seeking Dr. Narcisse to settle old scores.”
When I urged him on further by asking if he would then have any scenes this season with Jeffrey Wright, who played the antagonistic Narcisse in Season 4, Williams just smiled and said, “I hope so. I’m a huge fan of Jeffrey, and I really enjoy working with him.” As tight-lipped as a bootlegger who can see Repeal on the horizon, Williams simply left it at that.
Boardwalk Empire will return one last time for the Fall 2014 season.
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CAN'T WAIT
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Booo so much stuff happens in the mid -late 20s
Any who...still can't wait.
Any who...still can't wait.
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Oh now I really can't wait.
The ultimate struggle era
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haz excite.
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dammit I got a bad feeling about my boy Doyle...
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I'm excited, but I think it's an absolute travesty that this show is ending so quickly. With all the great characters and historical material it could've gone on for years IMO. One of my favorite shows ever.
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Still sad to see this coming to an end already
,pretty excited about the time jump though. Should be a great final season.
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I'm the biggest BE fan I know...but 7 year gap AND only 7 episodes? Sounds disastrous.
Do I really want to hear these guys discussing events from SEVEN years ago like they're relevant at that moment?
I didn't particularly love the time jump this past season but it was only a couple years or whatever so it wasnt too bad..but seven years? plus wrapping everything up in only 7 episodes?
Its really not fair how this show was treated. I dont watch game of thrones or any of the shows people are hype on these days but I can with great certainty say they're not in BE's class.
Do I really want to hear these guys discussing events from SEVEN years ago like they're relevant at that moment?
I didn't particularly love the time jump this past season but it was only a couple years or whatever so it wasnt too bad..but seven years? plus wrapping everything up in only 7 episodes?
Its really not fair how this show was treated. I dont watch game of thrones or any of the shows people are hype on these days but I can with great certainty say they're not in BE's class.
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WOW 7 EPISODES?
Now I'm really tight bruhs. That ain't right.
But GoT is the GOAT lol, BE is definitely in the upper echelon though. So underrated it's a shame.
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Seven? How much did the budget get slashed by?
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Gonna be depressing when the last episode airs, but my body is ready for the season to start
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I know I'm going to enjoy the storyline of the 30s/Depression. However, a 7 episode final season is pretty lame and definitely not enough for a show as detailed as this one 
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7 episodes?
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I didn't even read the 7 episode part and I am appalled after finding that outI know I'm going to enjoy the storyline of the 30s/Depression. However, a 7 episode final season is pretty lame and definitely not enough for a show as detailed as this one.
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Should've made it 14 episodes. The First seven covering a year leading up to the 7 yr time jump then finishing it off w/ a magnum opus episode.
I need that Breaking Bad finale satisfaction
I need that Breaking Bad finale satisfaction
