Boardwalk Empire Recap: Season 2 Episode 5 – Gimcrack And Bunkum

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I would consider myself to be somewhat desensitized to what Alex from A Clockwork Orange would call ultra-violence. I’ve watched some pretty messed up horror and torture-porn movies without grimacing, though there have been a few times where what has played on the screen before has been just too gross and I’ve looked away. Scenes [...]

Boardwalk Empire Recap: Season 2 Episode 4 – What Does The Bee Do?

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To market, to market to recap Boardwalk Empire we go! Things are booming for Jimmy’s import business and they’re quickly running out of space. Jimmy instructs Doyle to find them a bigger garage for their operations, one that they can grow into. Doyle takes a second to gloat and shows Jimmy a portion of the [...]

Boardwalk Empire Recap: Season 2 Episode 3 – A Dangerous Maid

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Lots of interesting identity/double-life stuff in this episode of Boardwalk Empire. Van Alden is shacking up with Lucy in a dingy apartment under the assumed name of Mueller. Lucy is essentially on lockdown until the baby is born and the two discuss her confinement in business arrangement terms. I have a feeling that perhaps Lucy [...]

Boardwalk Empire Recap: Season 2 Episode 2 – Ourselves Alone

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If the writers for Boardwalk Empire were from Friends, the title for this episode would be, “The One Where Everybody Insults Margaret.” I don’t know why I was particularly sensitive to how people were treating her this episode. It’s not like she’s usually regarded in a respectful manner. But it seemed kind of ridiculous this [...]

Boardwalk Empire Recap(ish): Season 2 Episode 1 – 21

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This is a recap(ish) because I had the busiest Sunday yesterday. The kind where God looked down and said, “Girl, this is why I said, ‘Oh, hell naw,’ and took a nap way back in the day.” I ran a 5k, my son had a soccer game, and my husband had a birthday. At the [...]

kdiddy’s Best of 2010: Pop Culture Nuggets Made with Real Breast Meat

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These were some of the things that made me less homicidal in 2010.

Boardwalk Empire Recap: A Return to Normalcy

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To everything, there is a season. A time for buying elections, a time for poisoning your boss. A time for shots to the head, a time for throat-slashing. A time for drinks…I swear it’s not too late.