For those who don't know, this scenario is based on multiple poems and scenarios described by people in the trenches. One of the most famous being how a German soldier wanted to shoot a horse dead, because it was stuck in barbed wire in a crater-ditch. For days it screemed as its intestines were stuck in the barbed wire and the horse desperately tried to fight loose. The wild, fearful eyes of the horse was all that ever raised above the crater and never far enough for anyone to risk camoflague to shoot it. So they waited, in silence, on both sides, for the screaming horse to scream and scream and scream. For almost a week, before it finally silenced.
Honestly the guy was lucky. He didn’t see it coming nor did he feel it. Unaware, Quick and painless. On top of it his last feeling was that of euphoric relief thinking he got away. After what he did to Pearl he got off light.
When Jimmy and Richard first met in the hospital, I remember Richard saying that he shot a guy right below the eye. That is exactly what he did to this man. EXACT same area of the face. Richard was a hell of a sniper.
i've seen this scene many times, but i still get goosebumps when the music starts. absolutely brilliant scene. the actors in this show are just incredible.
For me the music spoils this scene. Richard should have just packed up his shit and left in total silence. Almost underpinning the finitely of death. That's it, done, silence, no more, lights out and goodbye.
@@yak9989 Both you are wrong all both dont get art nor music and setting the song is literally forshadowing that that man is death and more death will follow him its ok shows like this are great for all but only few with decent understanding of Art will get it most Trogs like you just watch a show half assed and miss out on all the great lil tid bits lol its ok to enjoy things at surface level if thats all you can do but some of us got that Deep D
it's sad that since he was (apparently according to various sources) a real prick on the set: constantly being late, having trouble remember his lines, picking fights with other actors, and among other things... He is not supposed to be killed off in S2, but the producer got tired of him.
@@DeadManSinging1 he's been in several movies since then and he played Kurt Cobain in Gus Van Sants "Last Days". He's also the lead singer of a band named Pagoda. Dudes very talented but apparently hard to work with, at times.
Random thing I notice rewatching season 1: The war story of jimmy's about the german stuck in the barb wire. Is actually hinted in episode 3 where jimmy is sleeping on the train to chicago, he had a flashback to the war with the noise of artillery and machine gun fire you can actually hear a german yelled mother mother in german in the mist of it.
Jamal Labarge if he joined up in ‘17, saw action in ‘18 and stayed as an Occupational force on the Rhein just like French and British soldiers, returning to the states in 1920 would make it three years of service, he didn’t mean he was in the trenches for three years.
I would go to a WOMAN'S salon; they have more skill.Show them a picture of the haircut. They can shape and adjust the haircut to fit your face, a skill only women's salons are trained for. A man's barber shop is just gonna buzz ya, not understanding the nuances of the cut. Michael Pitt's cut may seem seem simple, but it's not. It's a cut by a professional hairstylist, not a barber. It's designed to flatter his face to best advantage by a professional stylist. A barber is not necessarily trained to do do the detailed work that cut actually has. Go to a hairstylist, not a barber, and you'!! look fucking BOMB.💗💗😍😍😍
Did such a good job of showing how good of a shot Richard was, not just because he made that shot from the window but because it was in the exact same spot he said he shot that German sniper when first talking to Jimmy.
This scene plays with your expectations and still manages to catch you by surprise. You're expecting him to get shot, and you're waiting for some guy to get up from another table or storm in through the door after Jimmy. Then you're jolted up by the sound of the glass smashing, and you instantly know precisely what's happened.
Thats because steel helmets were first used en-masse during WW1 so they offered some protection so snipers would go under the eye....at that point it was just probably habit for Richard
Always shoot below the nose . The bottom of the brain 🧠 holds all the motor functions. If you miss well they won't eat a steak for a while and if by some miracle they live they will not be able to walk over and eat your steak.
@@brettdeadrick524 Helmets didn’t protect against rifle caliber bullets.They were introduced by the nations because of the number one killer in WW1-Artillery.Steel Helmets were protection against shrapnels and loose rubble during artillery bombardment.The french were the first to introduce one,called the Adrian helmet,and it significantly reduced the amount of head injuries and deaths from artillery barrages.
This was the point at which Jimmy really came into his own IMO. Liam looks like a psycho while Jimmy was ice cold. Liam knew that compared to his gangster life, this war vet had experienced a world of violence most civilians would never believe, and Liam is pissing in his pants as Jimmy tells that story. Great scene.
Such an incredible scene and introduction to Harrow's capabilities. That's actually a very difficult shot to make given the optics of the time and him shooting through a large pane of rather dirty glass. Glass is actually very hard to shoot through accurately as it can alter the bullet's trajectory depending on it's thickness and the angle of the strike.
@@koutroubasathanasios7322 same, I watched about 8 more episodes after but it got boring. Happy to see tho nucky got what he deserved from tommy himself with the Richard shot
I've watched the series probably 5 or 6 times but this is the first time I've realised the way Michael Pitt (Jimmy) delivers that monologue has a very Christopher Walken vibe to it, as soon as he lights up the ciggarette, just the pauses and off rhythm timing to it. Incredible piece of acting all round
This story has little to do with Liam. The point is that Jimmy feels like the doomed German soldier, whose struggle to cling to life only causes him needless pain. Jimmy just needs to talk about his feelings with someone, and Liam is the perfect choice because he will soon be dead.
These comments make me sick from the lack of culture these days. The phantom of the opera, the dracula theme? That's like saying its interesting that the President lives in the same house that the aliens blew up in Independence day.
The soldier didn't want death; Jimmy did, which is why he walked into the ambush alone unarmed. Remember, Richard wanted to go with him the night he died, but Jimmy refused. He wanted death.
This scene predicts Jimmys death. He always saw himself as the man trapped in the wire. The man refused to let Jimmy end his pain, but Jimmy never understood and had no problem letting Nucky who he saw as a father end his pain. For Jimmy there was no other way out, plus he helped Nucky become a "real gangster"
There's just something about that placement. It's the same way Jimmy died, as well as Nucky. It's also the same way Steve Buschemi's character from The Sopranos died.
The 2 inch area around the nose is referred to in combat circles as "the box". A shot there is pretty much a sure shot into the lower brain and the brain stem, and is 100% lethal, since those are the areas of you brain that pretty much control everything that happens automatically that keeps you alive, like breathing and making sure your organs function. Snipers will target that area to ensure a kill as well as drop the target on the spot.
This scene right here, along with the "I'm what time and circumstance have made me" quote has grown on me like flowers in a German garden. This truly is.. a fucking piece of art. These guys are already beyond gangsters. Gangsters are two-timers compared to Jimmy. Jimmy's practically a monster. He can't escape what he's become because of the war, he embraces it and uses his skill to climb up the ladder, that's all he's been taught.. and he does it well.
Both of them were put down by gangsters. And the fact that they overcame gangsters on their way was only because of patronage by other gangsters in the first place. They're just damaged goods who no longer know what to do with themselves other than continue doing what they were doing in the war. That's all.
@@tiffles3890 THIS. Someone said that Jimmy wasn’t smart enough to lead, etc etc. I think the war killed him on the inside man, he had a permanent death wish.
@@brutallyhonest123 Yes, I know the association that people believe it has, however, Johan Sebastian Bach did not write this piece for Phantom of the Opera; or Boardwalk Empire for that matter. And yes, I get it, Richard Harrow had a mask and the Phantom did too...However, Toccata and Fugue in D minor is a musical piece which had its roots long before it was used anywhere commercially. It's a nice callback, I suppose, but this is wonderful piece of music is just a masterpiece which has been used by theatre, films and TV shows.
It's the only time when Jimmy confessed details about war time to anyone (other than Harrow, who was also a vet). And he could do that only by knowing that this man is going to die in a minute. So he used that opportunity.
This story right here is why Jimmy was the way he was....never rattled...never felt "threatened" when others tried getting tough with him...you go back...Jimmy hardly raised his voice... Once you've seen REAL hell....(WAR) ...everything else seems petty and trivial I honestly believe...had this guy been a soldier too....Jimmy very well might not have let Harrow kill him...
@@jhondahl3111 nope. Men could join specialized units, like the flying units under the French or the French Foreign Legion. However, I have read stories where US citizens went to the U.K., managed to enlist in the British Army, and were then honorably discharged under direct orders from the King & US State Department. In 1914 and 1915 the USA was *neutral.* Biggest mistake the USA ever did was get into that war. Why? WWII is just WWI with the crazies who survived the Great War in charge. Neutrality works. The USA is winless in war since 1945 because we are never neutral.
I hate how in season one anytime there was a kill there was some hysterical woman screaming her ass off in the background. Totally kills the mood for a lot of otherwise well filmed scenes. Check Pearls suicide for another example.
@@asokahanderson122 i expect them to not scream up and down like a 🎢 rollercoaster for a minute straight,maybe a "oh my god" or "insert expletives here" but anything but what she did.
Harrow and that Frankenstein theme was bad ass, he was my favorite character on that show and top 5 in T.V history behind Raylan from "Justified" and Cole from True Detective Season 1.
I think he had just gotten home on New Year's Eve 1919-1920. So almost 3 years, if he went early. I think he said he volunteered soon after the US declared war but I can't swear to it.
Jimmy volunteered right after the Lusitania was sunk. He mentions it in one episode where he's at Princeton, and he goes to the recruiting station after sleeping with his Mom.
I feel this is a key scene that predicts Jimmy's death. Jimmy always saw himself as the soldier trapped in the wire, no matter what he did the pain got worst. The soldier never wanted death but Jimmy was willing to accept his fate and saw no way out of his past. He lookd to Nucky to "pull the trigger"
Having legit sniper trade craft skills, in a time before prints, DNA, and all modern detection tech..........is basically having a super power among mere mortals...........prove me wrong lol
Fingerprinting was routine by then. I don't think they could match bullets to the gun they fired, though, and certainly no DNA. So just wear gloves at the crime scene and you're good. (Nowadays, of course, you'd better be dressed in a hermetically sealed suit or you're going to leave DNA traces from hairs and skin cells all over the place.)
Jimmy was living in Chicago with Capone, and a prostitute in their "house" was savagely knifed across the fact as some kind of demented "lesson." Jimmy felt close to her in his own fashion, and felt the need to avenge this thoughtless cruelty. And I'm glad other people have written about Jimmy's relationship with his own experiences in the war and his relationship with his own death. I don't think I would have seen it this way without their takes on it, and it deepened my appreciation.
Jimmy was sleeping with Pearl - not for money - and while he wasn’t in love with he did think she was a sweet girl, plus Jimmy generally hated women getting hurt
This was shot at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn, it's still very old-timey but the windows aren't frosted glass like that, they added it for the show so you couldn't see what's really out the windows. It's total hipsterville.
This was the very scene that made me realize that this show was going to get really good ❤ a show about real life gangsters but also with two ex soldiers/thugs/assassins is why i fell in love with this show even more Jimmy & Richard the real badasses that nobody ever tried to talk shit to or fist fight , even Lucky & Capone feared these two
If he joined at 18, in early 1916, he would have 3 years (rounded up) in the Army by the end of WW1 although combat time would be unlikely to be any more than six months.
He likely was over there until late 1919. Americans didn't all come home in November 1918. Recall that Jimmy just came home just before prohibition started in 1920 so it's possible he did serve 3 years.
Not to excuse his actions, but this was right after he saw the risqué photo of his wife in the Scrapbook so he thought she was unfaithful. That’s why when he gets back, he says that they both did things for “whatever reason”
He's a good marksmen, but with his prosthetic face piece he is much to noticable and would be easily remembered. Not a good thing for an assassin unless you want to be know publicly as one.
Jimmy fought in France for 3 years? The US declared war on Germany in April of 1917 and US troops didn't arrive on the Western Front until the summer of 1918. The war ended in November of 1918, so Jimmy's math doesn't add up, unless he was serving with the French or English armies.
+foresight87 was in the army for 3 years doesn't mean he fought all 3 years. When he did fight it was mostly in france. You can be in the army for 4 years ( i think thats the standard term) and not see any action depends if theres any fighting going on if not you just do regular duties
There were many Americans who volunteered as part of a fighting force with other allied nations, though I'm not exactly sure how that worked back then, as the rules were quite different then.
think as an american you'd have to travel to the UK or Canada to join up, im sure they didnt care what your nationality was (unless you were from an opposing nation), they needed bodies
If he hadn’t gotten hit with the bullet , just that woman’s screams alone would have killed him
Im gonna go now. I dont wanna ever see you again.
Richard "ayyy you got it boss"
They always do find a way to make things about themselves.
Worse than Rosalie Aprile's scream ?
Don't think so...
@@JacquesMesrine94 Obviously one of her ancestors.
I know, right? What a drama queen. I bet the barbed wire guy didn't scream so much
Richard Harrow, hands down one of my favourite characters...a man of unwavering principles!
He was a true ride or die friend.
Yes, he was the best.
For those who don't know, this scenario is based on multiple poems and scenarios described by people in the trenches. One of the most famous being how a German soldier wanted to shoot a horse dead, because it was stuck in barbed wire in a crater-ditch. For days it screemed as its intestines were stuck in the barbed wire and the horse desperately tried to fight loose. The wild, fearful eyes of the horse was all that ever raised above the crater and never far enough for anyone to risk camoflague to shoot it.
So they waited, in silence, on both sides, for the screaming horse to scream and scream and scream. For almost a week, before it finally silenced.
Dr.fauchi would just remove the horses vocal cords to avoid the screaming.
@@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488 This has to be the most russia-bot stupid shit I've ever heard
@@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488 In you, I see a portrait of a terribly lonely soul.
@@missbelled6700He’s talking about what Fauci did to puppies he was doing studies on.
We're all aware of what he's talking about, it's just that what he's talking about is a bunch of nonsense peddled by morons on the internet
Richard Harrow ( Jack Huston ) should have won an Emmy for his role in the series , easily my favorite character.
Pitt too both incredible
You misspelled Oscar
@@Based_Remy TV shows don't get nominated for Oscars, its only for movies. Emmys are for TV shows.
He was amazing
A fair few great characters in this show.
The horrified look on Liam's face when Jimmy gets done telling his story is amazing.
Amazing acting. HBO was a powerhouse for years
Did not watch the series. Did Jimmy fight for the British or the French in the war? U.S. was only in the war for a year and a half not three.
Imagine they actually had to audition people for that screaming lady part.
They actually do have auditions for screams especially for horror movies 🎥🍿🎥
They showed women pictures of Harvey Weinstein naked. She earned that role.
Props to the lady, makes me laugh every time I see this scene
@@justincredible9556 Hell, I have five sisters. Three of them could do this without breaking a sweat.
I was hoping Richard would pop her, just to shut her the fuck up.
Turn the volume down, I need to hear the atoms shift in my room.
😂😂
Lol that was good 😂😂😂
Try a headset!!!
Huh?
try listening to that woman scream even louder.. THANKS FOR KEEPING THE VOLUME DOWN
Poetic Justice!
That guy disfigured Pearl and gets killed by a disfigured man :)
Everything that goes around comes around.
Honestly the guy was lucky. He didn’t see it coming nor did he feel it. Unaware, Quick and painless. On top of it his last feeling was that of euphoric relief thinking he got away. After what he did to Pearl he got off light.
When Jimmy and Richard first met in the hospital, I remember Richard saying that he shot a guy right below the eye. That is exactly what he did to this man. EXACT same area of the face. Richard was a hell of a sniper.
That's what you call irony.
Rhyme is, or used to be, the cornerstone of poetry, and my boy Jimmy knows how to add a bit of poetic flair to everyday situations like this!
i've seen this scene many times, but i still get goosebumps when the music starts. absolutely brilliant scene. the actors in this show are just incredible.
Perfect show - season 1 and 2 od boardwalk - cannot be beaten
Pretty much all the main actors were incredible. Not just this scene the whole series
For me the music spoils this scene. Richard should have just packed up his shit and left in total silence. Almost underpinning the finitely of death. That's it, done, silence, no more, lights out and goodbye.
@@Dickiemiller179 I personally wouldn't say that the music "spoils" the scene, but I do agree that no music at all would have been the better choice.
@@yak9989 Both you are wrong all both dont get art nor music and setting the song is literally forshadowing that that man is death and more death will follow him its ok shows like this are great for all but only few with decent understanding of Art will get it most Trogs like you just watch a show half assed and miss out on all the great lil tid bits lol its ok to enjoy things at surface level if thats all you can do but some of us got that Deep D
That dude has a young DiCaprio vibe.
it's sad that since he was (apparently according to various sources) a real prick on the set: constantly being late, having trouble remember his lines, picking fights with other actors, and among other things... He is not supposed to be killed off in S2, but the producer got tired of him.
@@Vipe12358 Ego gets in the way every time
@@Vipe12358 This is probably why he didnt have a career after this series. Nobody wanted to work with him
@@DeadManSinging1 it’s exactly why
@@DeadManSinging1 he's been in several movies since then and he played Kurt Cobain in Gus Van Sants "Last Days". He's also the lead singer of a band named Pagoda. Dudes very talented but apparently hard to work with, at times.
Random thing I notice rewatching season 1: The war story of jimmy's about the german stuck in the barb wire. Is actually hinted in episode 3 where jimmy is sleeping on the train to chicago, he had a flashback to the war with the noise of artillery and machine gun fire you can actually hear a german yelled mother mother in german in the mist of it.
Formal US involvement in World War One started in 1917. The war lasted just four years.
Was this guy serving with the French or British?
@@jamallabarge2665 U.S. He was military for three years, mostly in France. The rest, not France.
Midst.
Jamal Labarge if he joined up in ‘17, saw action in ‘18 and stayed as an Occupational force on the Rhein just like French and British soldiers, returning to the states in 1920 would make it three years of service, he didn’t mean he was in the trenches for three years.
Eric Mercer sadly. It’s a loss that’s felt throughout the show, sorry friend
The lady's scream makes my blood crawl.
its annoying and unrealistic.
It was a bit much lol, Like she kept looking and kept screaming lmao...when did she stop? when the police showed up?
Blood boil, Skin crawl. You mixed the two up.
I know right. Wish shed shut the fuck up.
Women have always been hysterical.
If I could pull off Jimmys' hair style without looking like a complete idiot I would....Maybe I will anyways.
I tried it once i have my 68 year old dads hairline its not for everyone
Peaky blinders or fury cut.
ain't thats bro from t2
It's all about confidence. You can wear anything if you have confidence!
I would go to a WOMAN'S salon; they have more skill.Show them a picture of the haircut. They can shape and adjust the haircut to fit your face, a skill only women's salons are trained for. A man's barber shop is just gonna buzz ya, not understanding the nuances of the cut. Michael Pitt's cut may seem seem simple, but it's not. It's a cut by a professional hairstylist, not a barber. It's designed to flatter his face to best advantage by a professional stylist. A barber is not necessarily trained to do do the detailed work that cut actually has. Go to a hairstylist, not a barber, and you'!! look fucking BOMB.💗💗😍😍😍
Did such a good job of showing how good of a shot Richard was, not just because he made that shot from the window but because it was in the exact same spot he said he shot that German sniper when first talking to Jimmy.
And Jimmy eventually gets shot under the eye and also Nucky
The Butler was a sniper!?!? How many Czechoslovakians did he get?
@@RW77777777He was an interior decorator you say?
his house looked like shit though@@tacotacotington3638
eh his house looked like shit @@tacotacotington3638
This scene plays with your expectations and still manages to catch you by surprise. You're expecting him to get shot, and you're waiting for some guy to get up from another table or storm in through the door after Jimmy. Then you're jolted up by the sound of the glass smashing, and you instantly know precisely what's happened.
Love how at 3:12 you can see Richard retreating from the window.
Never noticed that. Good eye 👍
I watched this scene at least 12 times but until you pointed it out I didn't even realise!
Yooooooo soldier's eyes lol
Its sort of a mistake since it happens against at 3:34. Unless you know Richard wanted a second glance
Awesome catch!!
Some great cinematography. The shoulder pat was the go ahead signal, too. Well done, fantastic series.
Room service from Richard Harrow, bitches!
Your too cute
Richard shot him exactly where he described he shot that German soldier in war when he and jimmy first met. One inch below his eye.
It's also where he was shot by Nucky.
and also where jimmy’s own son shot nucky
Thats because steel helmets were first used en-masse during WW1 so they offered some protection so snipers would go under the eye....at that point it was just probably habit for Richard
Always shoot below the nose . The bottom of the brain 🧠 holds all the motor functions. If you miss well they won't eat a steak for a while and if by some miracle they live they will not be able to walk over and eat your steak.
@@brettdeadrick524 Helmets didn’t protect against rifle caliber bullets.They were introduced by the nations because of the number one killer in WW1-Artillery.Steel Helmets were protection against shrapnels and loose rubble during artillery bombardment.The french were the first to introduce one,called the Adrian helmet,and it significantly reduced the amount of head injuries and deaths from artillery barrages.
" Relax, I am not going to kill you " < My friend , who is in the building next us, is >
"I ain't gonna kill you. Manolo, shoot that piece of shit"
Next to us....
His exact words.... :D
@@mosesmosestv
It's actually "choot that pizza chip!"
I got better shit to do
Harrow was the best character on the whole show! Hands down.
This was the point at which Jimmy really came into his own IMO. Liam looks like a psycho while Jimmy was ice cold. Liam knew that compared to his gangster life, this war vet had experienced a world of violence most civilians would never believe, and Liam is pissing in his pants as Jimmy tells that story. Great scene.
Such an incredible scene and introduction to Harrow's capabilities. That's actually a very difficult shot to make given the optics of the time and him shooting through a large pane of rather dirty glass. Glass is actually very hard to shoot through accurately as it can alter the bullet's trajectory depending on it's thickness and the angle of the strike.
You know its not real life right 😅
@@xxbroadleyxx Just some things I learned in Designated Marksmanship training.
@@johnmcdonald587 not to mention he’s missing half his face
@Jester J No shit it's not real. But it does establish Harrow's outstanding marksmanship.
Which is why this is make believe rather than real life.
This show was never the same once Jimmy got killed
Season 3 was the best I thought
@@3jzak I instantly stopped watching afer Jimmy died.Same thing happened to me with Vikings recently. The only 2 shows i never gave a second chance.
@@koutroubasathanasios7322 same, I watched about 8 more episodes after but it got boring. Happy to see tho nucky got what he deserved from tommy himself with the Richard shot
The look on his face while jimmy told that story was of pure horror. He knew he had pissed off the wrong one.
I've watched the series probably 5 or 6 times but this is the first time I've realised the way Michael Pitt (Jimmy) delivers that monologue has a very Christopher Walken vibe to it, as soon as he lights up the ciggarette, just the pauses and off rhythm timing to it. Incredible piece of acting all round
You can almost hear him say.. "Yaknow. The war. Took a Long. Time. to get Ooover, but. I. Think. I'm enjoying this. Life now, better!!"
I wish my best friend was a murderous sniper. That could come in handy lol
Perhaps he is? It's not something you make known, even to your closest friends.
This scene and Al Capone with his son are the two greatest scenes of this entire series, two of the greatest scenes on television.
When Richard goes on the killing spree, I had chills
Superb television!
You obviously haven't watched a whole lot of tv jr
Favorite show
This story has little to do with Liam. The point is that Jimmy feels like the doomed German soldier, whose struggle to cling to life only causes him needless pain. Jimmy just needs to talk about his feelings with someone, and Liam is the perfect choice because he will soon be dead.
The fact that they played the phantom of the opera theme for the guy with the mask...😂
Jordan Utley it’s the Dracula theme actually
It's neither. It's the theme for the original Rollerball. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
@@tashmahal2872 swan lake is the dracula theme
These comments make me sick from the lack of culture these days. The phantom of the opera, the dracula theme? That's like saying its interesting that the President lives in the same house that the aliens blew up in Independence day.
Jesus Christ, people are stupid these days.
The soldier didn't want death; Jimmy did, which is why he walked into the ambush alone unarmed. Remember, Richard wanted to go with him the night he died, but Jimmy refused. He wanted death.
This scene predicts Jimmys death. He always saw himself as the man trapped in the wire. The man refused to let Jimmy end his pain, but Jimmy never understood and had no problem letting Nucky who he saw as a father end his pain. For Jimmy there was no other way out, plus he helped Nucky become a "real gangster"
Also they both got shot right below the eye
I love Michael Pitt as Jimmy...he is very intimidating in this role...👊
T B he looks like a pill head.
T B yea but to be fair a lot of actors are like this
never had the makings of a varsity athlete
The odds of that shot being made through the window and jug and not deflecting randomly are about zero
God I love Richard so much and every episode he's in becomes an instant banger
Sounds erotic.
In the scene where he shows the german sniper mask to jimmy, he says he shot the sniper an inch under the eye.
There's just something about that placement. It's the same way Jimmy died, as well as Nucky. It's also the same way Steve Buschemi's character from The Sopranos died.
fucking ruining other shows fuck off
MKRocker94 probably one of the easiest places to make a fake bullet impact wound.
The 2 inch area around the nose is referred to in combat circles as "the box". A shot there is pretty much a sure shot into the lower brain and the brain stem, and is 100% lethal, since those are the areas of you brain that pretty much control everything that happens automatically that keeps you alive, like breathing and making sure your organs function.
Snipers will target that area to ensure a kill as well as drop the target on the spot.
ooooh check out mr army man ova heeyer
The pat on the shoulder was a nice touch
Before killing a man always tell him a story about a dying german solider in a hopeless situation
every fucking clip of this show i watch, someone is giving some "i'm badass" corny monologue. its really grating on me lmao
Jack Huston blew my mind. What an incredible actor.
He marked him to Harrow by patting his back at the end. Smooth
Jimmy was one of my favorites
good actor but the show was shitty- stuoid dialogue, unbelievable characters and unrealistic dialogues
the show was shitty? wtf?
"When you hold on so desperately to life. Some people feel, certainly in that soldier situation that being alive is.. is much much worse."
This brings back memories...my FAVORITE SCENE from Boardwalk Empire. So badass.
This scene right here, along with the "I'm what time and circumstance have made me" quote has grown on me like flowers in a German garden. This truly is.. a fucking piece of art. These guys are already beyond gangsters. Gangsters are two-timers compared to Jimmy. Jimmy's practically a monster. He can't escape what he's become because of the war, he embraces it and uses his skill to climb up the ladder, that's all he's been taught.. and he does it well.
Both of them were put down by gangsters. And the fact that they overcame gangsters on their way was only because of patronage by other gangsters in the first place.
They're just damaged goods who no longer know what to do with themselves other than continue doing what they were doing in the war. That's all.
@@tiffles3890 THIS. Someone said that Jimmy wasn’t smart enough to lead, etc etc. I think the war killed him on the inside man, he had a permanent death wish.
@@CronoXpono He literally said it himself that he died in the trenches.
Jimmy was good at killing from his time in the war. He wasn't that good at leading.
Blame it all on his mom. He didn’t wanna kill Nucky. Eli and jimmy mother did. She literally put him in every bad situation.
This is one of the greatest scenes I've ever seen! It's perfect.
The triple pat on the shoulder at the end is Fuckin Brilliant!
This scene is unforgettable.
Got the prototype Karen screaming in every scene !
It seems to happen a lot in this show. It's super irritating.
Yeah, its only a person shot in the eye.
The Screaming Actress is in every movie with tragedy lol she should get a Oscar
Oscar? I wish Harrow would’ve put a slug in her lol
I love the pat on the shoulder to signal to Richard.
Jimmy and Richard, best two characters of the show.
That is one fucked up aspect ratio!
"Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" Excellent music placement and quite appropriate for the act Richard Harrow just committed.
Why?
And why is that?
@@RargonSE it adds to the atmosphere... lol tf you mean why?
Trying to be a smartass?
Its associated with The Phantom of the Opera
@@brutallyhonest123 Yes, I know the association that people believe it has, however, Johan Sebastian Bach did not write this piece for Phantom of the Opera; or Boardwalk Empire for that matter. And yes, I get it, Richard Harrow had a mask and the Phantom did too...However, Toccata and Fugue in D minor is a musical piece which had its roots long before it was used anywhere commercially. It's a nice callback, I suppose, but this is wonderful piece of music is just a masterpiece which has been used by theatre, films and TV shows.
It's the only time when Jimmy confessed details about war time to anyone (other than Harrow, who was also a vet). And he could do that only by knowing that this man is going to die in a minute. So he used that opportunity.
Liam's expression the whole time is the best part of this scene change my mind
Well at least he didn’t lie when he said I am not going to kill you,but someone else will that was perfect. Right through the cheek bone.
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Favorite scene. Jimmy and Richard are badasses.
Three years? How? The US joined WWI on April 2, 1917, and the war ended on November 11, 1918.
Obviously his entire enlistment wich lasted trough occupation into 1920 or he could have been redeployed to the russian intervention.
@@Ulyssestnt He spent a lot of that time in the hospital for his shattered leg bone.
It’s Liam’s terror that makes Jimmy seem so scary and gives this scene its tension. Props to that actor.
I think the shot under the eye should officially be called “the Richard Harrow-special”
Mad Meddling Maddow Yeah Lot Of People Die From A Under The Eye Shot In This Show
It's a Death Cum Blast
THis was one of the coolest scenes in T.V. history. THat marksman shot was classic.
Jimmy and Richard were two of my favorite characters.
"You won't"
Damn right
This story right here is why Jimmy was the way he was....never rattled...never felt "threatened" when others tried getting tough with him...you go back...Jimmy hardly raised his voice...
Once you've seen REAL hell....(WAR) ...everything else seems petty and trivial
I honestly believe...had this guy been a soldier too....Jimmy very well might not have let Harrow kill him...
Good point.Jimmy said he died in the trenches.
I never understood how Jimmy served 3 years in the war when the US only joined in 1917.
he volunteered, the states knew about the war from the beginning just did not officially join it.
@@jhondahl3111 nope. Men could join specialized units, like the flying units under the French or the French Foreign Legion. However, I have read stories where US citizens went to the U.K., managed to enlist in the British Army, and were then honorably discharged under direct orders from the King & US State Department. In 1914 and 1915 the USA was *neutral.* Biggest mistake the USA ever did was get into that war. Why? WWII is just WWI with the crazies who survived the Great War in charge. Neutrality works. The USA is winless in war since 1945 because we are never neutral.
@@Easy-Eight Don't be silly.
@@jhondahl3111 That sounds like bullshit to me.
"1 inch below the eye"
Damn!! that music at the end, just gave me the chills.🥶🥶
I hate how in season one anytime there was a kill there was some hysterical woman screaming her ass off in the background. Totally kills the mood for a lot of otherwise well filmed scenes. Check Pearls suicide for another example.
+Tobey VanWeston Its like the dogs barking in The Wire
Or a trumpet player freaking out in OZ.
that was little richard...
Well do you expect them to walk by the body and not give a shit?
@@asokahanderson122 i expect them to not scream up and down like a 🎢 rollercoaster for a minute straight,maybe a "oh my god" or "insert expletives here" but anything but what she did.
Awesome little detail: After he gets shot, you can see the curtains in the window behind the waiter shift as the sniper disappears.
Richard shoots him in the exact spot he describes shooting the German sniper the first time he meets Jimmy. One inch below the right eye.
Best gangster series I've seen it is very underrated. I've watched it four time and will again.
definitely the coolest, brick-shtting moment of the show so far
Richard Harrow is such an amazing character. I know this is really weird, but does he remind anybody else of the 'Ghouls' in the Fallout franchise?
“I’m gonna go now, I don’t wanna ever you ever again” that was the most polite way to threaten someone
Harrow and that Frankenstein theme was bad ass, he was my favorite character on that show and top 5 in T.V history behind Raylan from "Justified" and Cole from True Detective Season 1.
Revenge is Best Served COLD!!
He was drafted in 1917, the usual hitch was three years, and he was discharged in 1920.
I think he had just gotten home on New Year's Eve 1919-1920. So almost 3 years, if he went early. I think he said he volunteered soon after the US declared war but I can't swear to it.
He was drafter in 1917?
Jimmy volunteered right after the Lusitania was sunk. He mentions it in one episode where he's at Princeton, and he goes to the recruiting station after sleeping with his Mom.
He should have fired one more time to save everyone in the shop from the screaming banshee
This show was a masterpiece.
damn straight
This was a damn good series ♥️
One of the best
I feel this is a key scene that predicts Jimmy's death. Jimmy always saw himself as the soldier trapped in the wire, no matter what he did the pain got worst. The soldier never wanted death but Jimmy was willing to accept his fate and saw no way out of his past. He lookd to Nucky to "pull the trigger"
I've never seen the show, but I've seen 5-6 short clips here on YT. Thank God for YT! Now I don't have to waste my time watching the series
3:41-3:46 love how you can just barely make out her still screaming 😂😂😂😂
Man, this scene gives me the goosebumps...
Yeah sure, it doesn't look like you're carrying a rifle.
💀💀💀
Having legit sniper trade craft skills, in a time before prints, DNA, and all modern detection tech..........is basically having a super power among mere mortals...........prove me wrong lol
The 4th season finalè.
Fingerprinting was routine by then. I don't think they could match bullets to the gun they fired, though, and certainly no DNA. So just wear gloves at the crime scene and you're good.
(Nowadays, of course, you'd better be dressed in a hermetically sealed suit or you're going to leave DNA traces from hairs and skin cells all over the place.)
not gonna look obvious coming out of the building with a long rifle case right after somebody got shot or anything . . .
One of the best scenes of TV history.
That’s a stretch
Calm your tits buddy
Jimmy was living in Chicago with Capone, and a prostitute in their "house" was savagely knifed across the fact as some kind of demented "lesson." Jimmy felt close to her in his own fashion, and felt the need to avenge this thoughtless cruelty.
And I'm glad other people have written about Jimmy's relationship with his own experiences in the war and his relationship with his own death. I don't think I would have seen it this way without their takes on it, and it deepened my appreciation.
Thanks for the explanation, I had forgotten what this dude had done.
Jimmy was sleeping with Pearl - not for money - and while he wasn’t in love with he did think she was a sweet girl, plus Jimmy generally hated women getting hurt
This was shot at a restaurant in Williamsburg Brooklyn, it's still very old-timey but the windows aren't frosted glass like that, they added it for the show so you couldn't see what's really out the windows. It's total hipsterville.
They film a lot in my neighborhood Ridgewood, Queens they really do an amazing job getting very very specific spot and changing everything around it.
This was the very scene that made me realize that this show was going to get really good ❤ a show about real life gangsters but also with two ex soldiers/thugs/assassins is why i fell in love with this show even more
Jimmy & Richard the real badasses that nobody ever tried to talk shit to or fist fight , even Lucky & Capone feared these two
"Mutti, mutti..."
That's german for mama
It's actually pronounced "Mutta"
In my language that means "shit" so it was kinda funny hearing Jimmy say it
@@seanhuds229 no, it is not.
@@miroslavklose779 Well it obviously depends where you are from, but I can assure you thats how people pronounce it where I am.
“3 years, France mostly!”.
World War One 1914 - 1918. America involvement 1917 - 1918.
Said he served for three years, he didn’t say he was overseas the entire time.
If he joined at 18, in early 1916, he would have 3 years (rounded up) in the Army by the end of WW1 although combat time would be unlikely to be any more than six months.
He likely was over there until late 1919. Americans didn't all come home in November 1918. Recall that Jimmy just came home just before prohibition started in 1920 so it's possible he did serve 3 years.
This man is an interloper.
Just love the "Phantom of the Opera" intro music at the end.
The music was a bit heavy handed.
I find it funny that Jimmy cheated freely, yet got jealous when his wife did.
Not to excuse his actions, but this was right after he saw the risqué photo of his wife in the
Scrapbook so he thought she was unfaithful. That’s why when he gets back, he says that they both did things for “whatever reason”
He's a good marksmen, but with his prosthetic face piece he is much to noticable and would be easily remembered. Not a good thing for an assassin unless you want to be know publicly as one.
A good few men came home with prosthetics.
@DeltroxTv Right? It was *anarchists*.
Season 1 was by far the best season on Boardwalk Empire. It was down hill all the way after that
Jimmy fought in France for 3 years? The US declared war on Germany in April of 1917 and US troops didn't arrive on the Western Front until the summer of 1918. The war ended in November of 1918, so Jimmy's math doesn't add up, unless he was serving with the French or English armies.
+foresight87 was in the army for 3 years doesn't mean he fought all 3 years. When he did fight it was mostly in france. You can be in the army for 4 years ( i think thats the standard term) and not see any action depends if theres any fighting going on if not you just do regular duties
He was in the Army for three years: 1917, 1918, 1919. He wasn't discharged until 1919 which is why when the show begins in 1920 he's just gotten back.
There were many Americans who volunteered as part of a fighting force with other allied nations, though I'm not exactly sure how that worked back then, as the rules were quite different then.
dont be THAT guy...
think as an american you'd have to travel to the UK or Canada to join up, im sure they didnt care what your nationality was (unless you were from an opposing nation), they needed bodies