Friendless Child
- Episode aired Oct 19, 2014
- TV-MA
- 56m
IMDb RATING
9.1/10
2.3K
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In 1897 Nucky's family tries to help the young Gillian and in 1931 his forces try to resist an ambitious Luciano.In 1897 Nucky's family tries to help the young Gillian and in 1931 his forces try to resist an ambitious Luciano.In 1897 Nucky's family tries to help the young Gillian and in 1931 his forces try to resist an ambitious Luciano.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Michael Shannon
- Nelson Van Alden
- (credit only)
Stephen Graham
- Al Capone
- (credit only)
Michael Kenneth Williams
- Chalky White
- (credit only)
Jeffrey Wright
- Valentin Narcisse
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe book that young Gillian Darmody reads from is "Round the World with Nellie Bly", by Elizabeth Jane Cochran (writing under her pseudonym). The book details Bly's solo 72 day journey around the world, having with her only a single dress, overcoat, a change of underwear and some £200. She completed the journey and it brought her world fame and admiration. This is also the only book young Gillian owns, and may help to shine some light on why when we first meet her, she displays a very fierce, independent attitude.
- GoofsThe sound of a train in the background features an air horn. In the 1930s it would have been a shrill steam whistle.
- Quotes
Benny Siegel: Hey, Talia, I think I left my tongue down there.
- SoundtracksStraight Up and Down
Written and performed by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Featured review
Fantastic.
In the Sopranos, flashback were shown, but they were minimal and showed why Tony is the person he is. In Boardwalk Empire, the flashbacks are a part of the story and young Nucky is a main character, He is a struggling man who wants to help, but he knows for a fact that helping others has its limits. Enoch 'nucky' Thompson has always been shown as someone who plays an act, what you see is not who he really is, and this episode tells you who he was and why he isn't that in a brilliant way that couldn't have been done better. To tell one how and why this episode works, would be to spoil it, and in a stupid way, because, to fully embrace the episode, you would need to be someone who has been with nucky since the beginning.
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- malik-on
- Oct 19, 2014
Details
- Runtime56 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 16 : 9
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