Machiavelli said the same thing, 500 years ago. Any state that employs mercenaries, will inevitably be destroyed. Defeated mercenaries desert their masters, while victorious ones overthrow them.
I mean, if you look at how close the door is to the wall at 2:57, there is no way a human could physically occupy that space, especially not a middle-aged man. I don't blame the guy for not checking.
Out of everyone on the show, Eddie was the only truly loyal person. He defined loyalty - sticking by someone no matter the situation, whether they are right or wrong.
Nucky doesn't look like a typical tough guy, which often worked in his favor. His enemies underestimated him and assumed that he was soft, but he could be harder and more vicious than anyone when the situation called for it. Steve Buscemi was the perfect choice to play the role.
@@silversnail1413 Remembering him in films like Armageddon or Reservior dogs, I wouldnt agree with you xD But this tv series definitely proved me wrong! Joking aside, this more "aged" version of Steve Buschemi definitely fits this whole style, by a lot!
@@Hriskataaa He was the only one who managed to live in Reservoir Dogs - he also shot himself out of the robbery and had the presence of mind to take the diamonds and to stash them before going to the warehouse. And then when he saw the idiotic Mexican standoff starting he had the sense to take the diamonds and get the f*** out of town (even if he didn't get far before the cops got him, but that wasn't his fault). Really he was the only one who kept a clear head at all.
Just to let you know, a Model T ford in the 1920s cost around 400 bucks brand new. Nucky was paying the man the price of a new car when he took it. Pity he didn't realize the offer was real and Nucky wasn't going to shoot him.
This is a similar scene in Sopranos where the doctor refuse to take the money of this and the actor "Tony" he realised they were in mafia. Sorry bad english
This scene actually makes me respect Thompson more. Instead of allowing that last guy, an unlucky common Joe in the wrong place and wrong time, to be simply killed and robbed, he allows him the choice of living by giving over his car and is prepared to even pay recompense.
@Libertatem Veritas you are a really Smartass aren't you? You think you are impressive? Well guess what, you are more of a dumbfuck than you were previous to trying this bullshit
WHy in the world would the assassin grab Nuky's shotty when all he had to do was shoot through the door? But I guess that would have been the end of the series huh?
@@leelanlusero5173 except it's not at all. Some Italians were Mafioso but the whole fucking country of Germany backed Hitler. Question your leaders or bear the shame of your choices.
I remember feeling so truly sad and upset when it was revealed that Eddie got shot during this part. Nucky was livid because he never wanted Eddie involved and felt horrible that he took a bullet.
This show is criminally under-rated. I love how it spliced real life mob figures with enough creative license to fill in the blanks, it's easily up there with The Sopranos and The Wire.
It's nowhere near. I watched that clip where Capone beats up the goon in the bar and he's throwing him around like nothing. The guy had 60lb's on him at least. That fight stretched credulity too far.
After that sorry performance, Nucky should have gotten a full refund from their recruiter. When the principal has to extract himself, he didn't get his money's worth.
Truthfully, wasn’t till this scene that i ever felt convinced Nucky could have been sheriff of Atlantic City back in the day. Man can handle himself in a gun fight
I believe it was too expensive for the audience it had. Just like Rome, just like Deadwood. Game of Thrones is the only 'period' show they made money on. At least this show was mostly done by the time they took an axe to it though
@@hughmungus1424 I agree I just wish it could've at least had a full final season and give AR a better end, had the Atlantic City convention and the St. valentine's day massacre and stuff. I loved the final season though and the opening of the series finale was so incredible (no theme music but instead Nucky's shoes and clothes on the edge of the beach.
@@hughmungus1424 It felt rushed for people because they jumped far into the future, didn't give Rothstein a proper ending, and only delivered 8 episodes instead of 12.
The M97 Winchester. Timeless, functional, and never skips a beat. PS, I didn't realize Deputy Barney Fife, was such an "Experten" with firearms while under stress😊👍💯%
Something that kept suprising me was how strong Nucky is, despite how skinny he seems. In the few fights he engaged in he somehow had the upper hand, the part where he was wrestling for control of that shotgun reminded me of that.
@@BigHorseFilm his gun only existedd because another maufacturer was too stubborn to get rid of the enormous bulge at the back end of the gun, after being asked by the military to do so. the military went to luger who perfected the design, removed the overhang over your hand when holding it, and the other guy must have been kicking himself to the grave, seeing as how popular the luger is.
They should have had Eddie have his own shoulder holstered ivory gripped gold inlaid engraved German Luger . That would have been a nice touch , plus it would have added a little more mystery as to who and what he was before he started working for Nucky. He was obviously a man of great loyalty, work ethic, and efficiency.
A Luger is no more German than a 1911 is American! Would a 1911 manufactured under license in Brazil be a Brazilian gun? How about a Luger made in Angola? When I hear about a 'German Luger' I am reminded of people who say 'Rio Grande River'...'Rio Grande' means Big River.
The man who didn't take the money for the car was smart. If you see something like that, don't let any part of those people's world into your life. As the show constantly shows, there's no such thing as a 'simple', 'innocent' or 'honest' transaction with them, no matter how innocuous. Think I'm overreacting? Imagine a lunatic like Gyp finds out this man's car was used by Nucky to get away. You think it's beyond the mercurial Mr. Rosetti to take this man's life simply to illustrate a warning not to help his prey escape? It's best the man appears unwilling or uninvolved.
They were trying to kill him. The guy with the car hadn't done anything and Nucky had no reason to hurt him. Nucky wasn't really a bad guy, just very corrupt.And a businessman before everything else. Buying the car made business sense.
Yeah, but it got canned, so they rushed season 5. Really sad because I wish there was 1-2 more seasons and we could see stuff that happened in 1925-30 like Arnold Rothstein's death or Remus killing his wife and getting acquitted for it. So many missed opportunities.
I'm clueless on this show since I've not watched most of it. But dang talk about a loyal servant / butler / caretaker or whatever the heck Eddie is. Nucky seems almost shocked that he's that loyal...
When Nucky told Jimmy he wasn't seeking forgiveness he was full of shit. The fact he did the right thing this entire clip, protected his assistant whom he respected sincerely and almost valued as family, and even offered the passerby a fair amount of money for his car (for the day) instead of just robbing him speaks volumes as to how big his heart truly was
I think that line was more for Nucky than Jimmy. He felt terrible about Jimmy. Not just having to kill him, but for what he did to his mom. He bore responsibility for the whole nature of Jimmy’s wretched existence. He lived with that on his shoulders. I’m sure that every time he performed an act of decency, he wondered how far it went to balancing out his sins.
Eddie: I tend only to you. That is my life. Me: Well then, you need to get a different life. You seriously want to serve a guy who mistreats you every time he's angry? 😑🙄
There were a few references made to a life debt owed. If I remember right it had some to do with helping Mr Kessler flee germany and make a new life for himself. He had a family or something and I think Nucky supports them financially. I could be wrong, it has been a while.
Surely, even by the 1920's, it would have been compulsory for any member of a hit squad, to make some sort of effort to check behind the door that they'd just tentatively walked through.
"They are only men you pay, how can you trust them?" Has a truer line ever been said?
Machiavelli said the same thing, 500 years ago. Any state that employs mercenaries, will inevitably be destroyed. Defeated mercenaries desert their masters, while victorious ones overthrow them.
State of the Union
@@Timrath heard
@@Timrath trust man. Unless you got someone like Chris Partlow or Richard Harrow by your side in position of power, you’re fucked
@@Timrath Keen observation, I remember reading that in The Prince!
"Always check your corners"
-Every SWAT Instructor
"Always leave elevators unguarded so the guys inside have plenty of time to exit and then kill you."
-Nucky's dead henchman
I mean, if you look at how close the door is to the wall at 2:57, there is no way a human could physically occupy that space, especially not a middle-aged man. I don't blame the guy for not checking.
xDeadMedic true, not even a skinny guy like Nucky fits in there
SWAT? Nah, man...
@@LOLLYPOPPE Who the breadstick with a bow tie?
Out of everyone on the show, Eddie was the only truly loyal person. He defined loyalty - sticking by someone no matter the situation, whether they are right or wrong.
Michael O ..So was Richard Harrow
What you’re describing isn’t loyalty so much as blind fellowship
What about chalky
Yes but he was suicidal and didn't have anyone else. Nucky was his life. When it all ended he decided to kill himself.
He was ride or die for real.
He was thinking "I'm not getting killed with a shotgun again."
....Sopranos reference? Yeah. Sounds about right
20 fuckin' years
that animal Blundetto
He didn’t even have time to take his massage table
He never had the makings of a varsity Soprano.
For a "breadstick with a bowtie",Nucky was handling himself pretty well in a gunfight.
He’s a former sheriff, after all.
Nucky doesn't look like a typical tough guy, which often worked in his favor. His enemies underestimated him and assumed that he was soft, but he could be harder and more vicious than anyone when the situation called for it. Steve Buscemi was the perfect choice to play the role.
@@silversnail1413 Remembering him in films like Armageddon or Reservior dogs, I wouldnt agree with you xD
But this tv series definitely proved me wrong!
Joking aside, this more "aged" version of Steve Buschemi definitely fits this whole style, by a lot!
@@Hriskataaa He was the only one who managed to live in Reservoir Dogs - he also shot himself out of the robbery and had the presence of mind to take the diamonds and to stash them before going to the warehouse. And then when he saw the idiotic Mexican standoff starting he had the sense to take the diamonds and get the f*** out of town (even if he didn't get far before the cops got him, but that wasn't his fault). Really he was the only one who kept a clear head at all.
Remember, the character was a law officer in his younger days. Back then it meant lots of head bashing. Nucky was no stranger to knocking heads.
Just to let you know, a Model T ford in the 1920s cost around 400 bucks brand new. Nucky was paying the man the price of a new car when he took it. Pity he didn't realize the offer was real and Nucky wasn't going to shoot him.
Probably scared the shit out of him seeing guns and a dead body
Hotshotter3000
Probably the smartest minor character in Boardwalk Empire. Saw all the violence and got right the hell out of there lol.
This is a similar scene in Sopranos where the doctor refuse to take the money of this and the actor "Tony" he realised they were in mafia. Sorry bad english
He knew it was real. He was trying to get ahead of whoever "those guys" were running from.
Street smart.
This scene actually makes me respect Thompson more.
Instead of allowing that last guy, an unlucky common Joe in the wrong place and wrong time, to be simply killed and robbed, he allows him the choice of living by giving over his car and is prepared to even pay recompense.
But it was that attitude that sealed his fate with Tommy.
$500 in 1920 is worth $7,450.30 today
Not sure if overlook by creators or he was ready to give him everything he had at that time.
@@4Core100 that was probably the price for the car, if it was an upscale model. i think fords were $300
Yes but the problem is that that guy later became Long John Silver, the famous hitman who killed Joey Peeps. And guess who got framed for that...
@@albertgaspar627 car and silence
Eddie was truly a loyal friend to Nucky. Even Nucky realizes this later on and definitely feels guilty about treating him poorly at times.
The part when Eddie says "The line is dead" and the camera zooms in on Nucky's face is legendary!
@Libertatem Veritas you are a really Smartass aren't you? You think you are impressive? Well guess what, you are more of a dumbfuck than you were previous to trying this bullshit
@@kaylalezabeth7175 nope bitchboy you?
@@jaroncreed Why are you upset?
@@jaroncreed angry little man 🤦🏻♂️
@@jaroncreed And you're not the smartest tool in the shed you Fucktard of a Greaseball. 🖕
We're up all night to get Nucky.
AlchemistASMR That would make an awesome remix if the track was laid over this video
Get lucky song reference?
Harharhar I laughed out loud at that!
@@Sevan_UP if you have to ask then wow.
This series deserve far more credit than what they got
Eddie, loyal to the end...true German efficiency
+MAnnaconduit1 Loyal to a fault as we're aware of with Nazi Party history...
Rust Cohle yeah the nazi/German thing is kinda like how everyone associates every Italian with the Mafia
He did it all for the Nucky, Come on, the Nucky, so you can take that cookie....
WHy in the world would the assassin grab Nuky's shotty when all he had to do was shoot through the door? But I guess that would have been the end of the series huh?
@@leelanlusero5173 except it's not at all. Some Italians were Mafioso but the whole fucking country of Germany backed Hitler. Question your leaders or bear the shame of your choices.
"They are only men you pay; how can you trust them?" A line that defines almost every hit in this series.
The bad guys seem to forget Nucky was in law enforcement for a while.
probably more like a Cole Phelps
They clearly remembered; did you see any of them bring their dogs?
I remember feeling so truly sad and upset when it was revealed that Eddie got shot during this part. Nucky was livid because he never wanted Eddie involved and felt horrible that he took a bullet.
This show is criminally under-rated. I love how it spliced real life mob figures with enough creative license to fill in the blanks, it's easily up there with The Sopranos and The Wire.
WELL SAID
not even close to sopranos
@@OfficialPepe there's a large number of people who would disagree with you. Theyre both great shows in their own right.
I like to think boardwalk, the sopranos and the wire are all set in the same universe (in that order) lol
It's nowhere near. I watched that clip where Capone beats up the goon in the bar and he's throwing him around like nothing. The guy had 60lb's on him at least. That fight stretched credulity too far.
"They are only men you pay. How can you trust them?"
Michael Corleone makes more or less the same point after men try to assassinate him in "Godfather Ii"
After that sorry performance, Nucky should have gotten a full refund from their recruiter. When the principal has to extract himself, he didn't get his money's worth.
Truthfully, wasn’t till this scene that i ever felt convinced Nucky could have been sheriff of Atlantic City back in the day. Man can handle himself in a gun fight
Definitely wasn't the first time he used a shotgun
Season 1: Nucky doesn't kill anyone (not directly)
Season 3: He's f*king hitman
he was a sheriff in his early days, explains the skills
enoch is such a gent, still tries to compensate you in life and death situations. lmao
"we must go NOW"
Starts the car and leaves top speed 30 km/h
Eh. Faster than running.
@Dennis Young ☝️exactly👍
MPH bitch, this is America
Model T, unless modified, has trouble going over 30 mph, with 20 or so being a more realistic top speed in “high” gear.
@@dennisyoung4631 He said kmh not mph lol
This is the most action out of the entire series, other than Richard Harrow's One-Man-Army scene.
The elevator’s ding was the perfect penny-drop for this scene.
Punctuated brilliantly by Steve Buscemi’s “oh no...” face.
500 bucks? Man, that's like 20% above the price of the Model T ford.
Walter Kurtz
There's been shooting. And Eddie had been shot.
Yeah given the situation they were in, they were desperate.
He was calling the kid a damn fool for NOT taking the money
Woah I forgot I even made this comment. I sounded like a retard back then.
He was smart to get the hell out of there ASAP
Eddie was hands down one of the saddest deaths in the series. Him, Richard and Chalky really killed me.
And Owen I must say.
And now poor Chalky id dead for real.
@@taumaserumule1073 nah fuck that mick
@@taumaserumule1073 fk Owen, how is Jimmy Darmondy not the or one of the saddest deaths?
how is Jimmy Darmondy not the or one of the saddest deaths?
This scene was directed so well.
It's a shame the show didn't last longer.
They do this to all the good shows, now they want to cancel Ray Donovan.
I believe it was too expensive for the audience it had. Just like Rome, just like Deadwood. Game of Thrones is the only 'period' show they made money on. At least this show was mostly done by the time they took an axe to it though
I feel like it had a good run. The series ending never felt rushed to me.
@@hughmungus1424 I agree I just wish it could've at least had a full final season and give AR a better end, had the Atlantic City convention and the St. valentine's day massacre and stuff. I loved the final season though and the opening of the series finale was so incredible (no theme music but instead Nucky's shoes and clothes on the edge of the beach.
@@hughmungus1424 It felt rushed for people because they jumped far into the future, didn't give Rothstein a proper ending, and only delivered 8 episodes instead of 12.
Thompson is a freaking terminator
God this whole episode had me on the edge of my seat the whole time and I loved it! So intense!
So much usage of the word whole. The whole picture is: your hole needs to get filled to make you feel whole. It's all very wholesome.
I miss Eddie Kessler :(
:(
RIP Mr Garreth, the unsung hero of Nucky's enforcers.
Nucky....a certified 100% badass, the way a gangster should be.
FACTS
That 1897 is a real beauty, ain't it?
BWE was such a fantastic series - right up there with the Sopranos, Breaking Bad and Downton Abbey. My new favorite is Peaky Blinders.
Downton Abbey?
That reliable old Winchester 1897….
The M97 Winchester. Timeless, functional, and never skips a beat. PS, I didn't realize Deputy Barney Fife, was such an "Experten" with firearms while under stress😊👍💯%
Nuck didn't have to mix it up often, but when he did he looked about as formidable as anyone else, except maybe richard the terminator
I love this series so much. Its truly amazing. Real life and very entertaining
Something that kept suprising me was how strong Nucky is, despite how skinny he seems. In the few fights he engaged in he somehow had the upper hand, the part where he was wrestling for control of that shotgun reminded me of that.
Plot armor lmao
He's a fire fighter.
@Jordan Swickley he'd probably wreck you.
Don't eve underestimate the strength of a breadstick in a bow tie
Eddie should have had a Lugar
Gregg Silk Oooh Ja
Was he Austrian? Georg Luger was Austrian and I'm pretty sure. Well I guess the gun was made in the German empire so I'm just being picky.
@@BigHorseFilm his gun only existedd because another maufacturer was too stubborn to get rid of the enormous bulge at the back end of the gun, after being asked by the military to do so.
the military went to luger who perfected the design, removed the overhang over your hand when holding it, and the other guy must have been kicking himself to the grave, seeing as how popular the luger is.
@Shlomo PilpulStein I.e Arminius.
Luger actually.
3:07 "NOOKIE!!"
OMG! I’m glad someone else caught that! It’s my favorite part!!! Had me dying laughing. I rewound it a dozen times to hear him say it!! 🙌🏼👏🏼👊🏼🤣
Loyalty that can't be bought is worth more than gold.
Meine Ehre heißt Treue
They should have had Eddie have his own shoulder holstered ivory gripped gold inlaid engraved German Luger . That would have been a nice touch , plus it would have added a little more mystery as to who and what he was before he started working for Nucky. He was obviously a man of great loyalty, work ethic, and efficiency.
That would have been excellent.
Or a Mauser C96 broomhandle.
mattb574 I’ve shot one. Even one with an attaching shoulder stock.
A Luger is no more German than a 1911 is American!
Would a 1911 manufactured under license in Brazil be a Brazilian gun?
How about a Luger made in Angola?
When I hear about a 'German Luger' I am reminded of people who say 'Rio Grande River'...'Rio Grande' means Big River.
Austrian
this show , the sopranos and breaking bad... the only shows we really need. bravo.
Have you watched "The Wire"?
Peaky blinders
He saw another human in trouble and just donated his car! God bless him.
Ze line is dead!
Anthony Laciura who plays “Eddie” was my friend’s Proffesor in college for theater class lol
Grab your desert eagle Tony B.!
Car probably cost $200
This must be my favorite scene from the series, nucky is so bad ass here!
Eddie was without a doubt the most loyal person Nucky ever had. A true man of class. Who wouldn't love Steve Buscemi though I mean CAM AN
Damn, this is like the forth assassination attempt he's survived.
I know he was scared, but I can't believe that guy passed up the $500. That's about $7,000 in today's world.
That's more than that. My Opa passed up a quarter section of land for 1k back in the day, he said it was too much money. 😄
Life is priceless, aint it?
A horse! My kingdom for a horse!
He was probably thinking. I already got whacked by a shotgun once, I’m not going out like that twice
We must GO...NOooOoow!! Get to da choppa!!
We must GO....NOOOoOoow!! Get to da Model T!!!
the racking in of a shell just before firing is one of the mysteries of shotgun use in the movies.....
The whole time I'm watching I'm just thinking to myself.. damn.. that loyal ass butler tho.
classic scenes, this season was epic and a turning point in eddy and nucky's relation
Loved Eddie.
He and Richard were my favorite characters.
Wow! This clip makes me want to re-watch this series. I Loved when it was on every week! Every cast member just Killed It! 😮😀👌
Makes zero sense why that guy would grab the shotgun through the door instead of using his gun to shoot Nucky.
Best goddamn start to an episode, this show had phenomenal cinematography. 👌
Hotel is called Guest house "Paradiso". Rik Mayall's job.
The man who didn't take the money for the car was smart. If you see something like that, don't let any part of those people's world into your life. As the show constantly shows, there's no such thing as a 'simple', 'innocent' or 'honest' transaction with them, no matter how innocuous. Think I'm overreacting? Imagine a lunatic like Gyp finds out this man's car was used by Nucky to get away. You think it's beyond the mercurial Mr. Rosetti to take this man's life simply to illustrate a warning not to help his prey escape? It's best the man appears unwilling or uninvolved.
Nice shootin’, Tex. 😎
Nucky seems like a nice guy to those who are faithful.
Kinda liked the Irish guy - Owen. He was playing a very dangerous game, though...
I hated him so much
The elevator bell made me think of Uncharted 2.
Imagine if Mafia 4 was set in this time period....
Yeah! The rise of Salieri and Morello being capos under Don Peppone. I'd like that very much.
Interestingly, the real Enoch Thompson never carried a gun.
Killed them all he did. Then offers money for a car !! Nucky the " Original Gangster"
They were trying to kill him. The guy with the car hadn't done anything and Nucky had no reason to hurt him. Nucky wasn't really a bad guy, just very corrupt.And a businessman before everything else. Buying the car made business sense.
That was a totally gangster move by Nucky!
This show should've gone 7-9 seasons truthfully.... jesus it is as good as sopranos
Yeah, but it got canned, so they rushed season 5. Really sad because I wish there was 1-2 more seasons and we could see stuff that happened in 1925-30 like Arnold Rothstein's death or Remus killing his wife and getting acquitted for it. So many missed opportunities.
That kid ran away from over $8,000 in todays money
Nucky's game face when he walks out from behind the door...
Nucky never had the makings of a varsity athlete
I can't even say his name.
Nothin' like a shotgun to announce one's presence.
Wha-varehouse
I love how he adds "the" and "warehouse" into one sound
Damn, Buscemi plays a total badass here.
"You know who i am right...." "yeah.." *looks up sees dead people...#GONE
That is a smart man, just throwing the keys and not touching the money.
Back then you could still get away with the ol' hide behind the door trick.
Eddie did it all for the Noocky.
That $500 today is... a lot.
I'm clueless on this show since I've not watched most of it. But dang talk about a loyal servant / butler / caretaker or whatever the heck Eddie is. Nucky seems almost shocked that he's that loyal...
dude go watch the show, its fucking great.
When Nucky told Jimmy he wasn't seeking forgiveness he was full of shit. The fact he did the right thing this entire clip, protected his assistant whom he respected sincerely and almost valued as family, and even offered the passerby a fair amount of money for his car (for the day) instead of just robbing him speaks volumes as to how big his heart truly was
You can’t be serious
@@acsone3546 psychology is no laughing matter, my friend
I think that line was more for Nucky than Jimmy. He felt terrible about Jimmy. Not just having to kill him, but for what he did to his mom. He bore responsibility for the whole nature of Jimmy’s wretched existence. He lived with that on his shoulders. I’m sure that every time he performed an act of decency, he wondered how far it went to balancing out his sins.
That 3rd hitman was an idiot..he had the opportunity to just clip nucky and instead chose to wrestle with the shotgun lol
They’re up all night to get Nucky. 😂😂😂
Eddie: I tend only to you. That is my life.
Me: Well then, you need to get a different life. You seriously want to serve a guy who mistreats you every time he's angry? 😑🙄
Alas, the life of a butler
Who hurt u? Lol
There were a few references made to a life debt owed. If I remember right it had some to do with helping Mr Kessler flee germany and make a new life for himself. He had a family or something and I think Nucky supports them financially. I could be wrong, it has been a while.
@@garcel1251 No one hurt me. Can you say the same?
@@kaylalezabeth7175 damn that was a year ago lol…it was joke didn’t mean to offend … as far as your question 🤔🤷🏾♂️
He could have been a varsity athlete.
Small hands.
Poor Eddie. Nucky never deserved such loyalty.
You would think the guy outside the door would have been standing there with a pointed shotgun.
doors and corners, that's where they get you
"Zhere is nothing. Zee line is dead." = zhe shit has already hit zhe fan
$500 is over $9000 now, but a car back then was a little over $500, so I guess it’s a fair market price for his car
3:07 "Nooky!" lol
Yeeeees! My favorite part!
this show and Peaky Blinders are my top 2, can't decide which one is better
I appreciate the guy who noped out and handed over his car keys. No material possession is worth your life
Nothing like a shotgun for close work. Hits like a freight train.
opens a man’s gut wide
The whole cast was awesome
Surely, even by the 1920's, it would have been compulsory for any member of a hit squad, to make some sort of effort to check behind the door that they'd just tentatively walked through.