The end of the greatness that is Boardwalk Empire starts Sunday

[Homerboy]

Young Nucky's teeth will be my main memory of this show.

LOL no doubt. They were ridiculous -- comical even. I thought the actor that played younger Nucky was pretty good at his mannerisms and general demeanor though. I REALLY thought the girl that played young Gillian did a great job.

 

[Kev]

They never did explain in the last episode (or any other previous season/episode) what happened to Nucky's wife, Maybelle did they? Obviously she had a miscarriage, but then what happened to her?

I don't know if they explained it in the show but in real life their baby died of pneumonia and she committed suicide.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

I don't know if they explained it in the show but in real life their baby died of pneumonia and she committed suicide.

They did in the first or second season.

 

[Platypus]

just got back into the country and watched the ending, thought it was pretty fitting. Overall this was the weakest season but it ended pretty well I thought.

 

[Insomniator]

Season 5 as a whole was a disappointment, terrible writing, but this is what happens when you squeeze a normally 13 episode season into just 8. The time lapse between some episodes is actually disgusting. It leaves plot holes that take a whole episode just to fill. This is suppose to be about the rise of Lucky Luciano? Man hes barely there, and when he is there's nothing interesting. The flash backs are a joke, honestly, its just a filler to take up time. That 30 minutes spent on flashbacks could have been used to build up Lucky Luciano's organization. And don't get me started on the ending, they decide to go off the course of realism to allow that to happen?

The season is not at all about Lucky's rise. The show is and has always been about Nucky. That was the whole point of the flashbacks, to show more of his character and origins. While the final season was clearly rushed (no way around it when you get screwed into only having 8 episodes to cover a decade) I thought they did a good job with it. The flashbacks were a valuable addition to the story, unless you just watch to see gangsters shoot each other over and over.

I would love more of every other story (capone, lucky, cuba etc) but they were stuck with time, and decided to focus on Nucky which was probably the best thing to do from an overall show perspective.