Paris Green (Boardwalk Empire)
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Richard tells Nucky that Margaret has disappeared, along with her children
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 11 |
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| Directed by | Allen Coulter | ||
| Written by | Howard Korder | ||
| Original air date | November 28, 2010 | ||
| Running time | 56 minutes | ||
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"Paris Green" is the 11th episode of the first season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, which premiered November 28, 2010. The episode was written by supervising producer Howard Korder and directed by Allen Coulter.
Agent Van Alden continues to question Agent Sebso's lies about the witness death, prompting Sebso to call Nucky asking for some leads to regain his boss's trust. Nucky tells Sebso about an illegal still in the woods on the outskirts of town, and suggests Sebso tell Van Alden about it. As they look for the still, the two agents come upon a black church's river baptism. Van Alden sheds tears, perhaps remorseful for his slip into drink and adultery in the previous episode. When Sebso, who is Jewish, puts in for a transfer to Detroit, he confronts a still-suspicious Van Alden about his hostility and anti-semitism. Exasperated in spite of his actual guilt, Sebso demands to know how he might earn his trust before leaving. In response, Van Alden brings him to the river and bullies the smaller man into being baptized. Driven into a religious frenzy by Sebso's confusion and refusal to "repent," Van Alden dunks him underwater repeatedly, and ends up drowning Sebso. Van Alden declares to the crowd that divine justice has been done, leaving his intentions ambiguous.
Commodore Kaestner, Nucky's predecessor and Jimmy's biological father, is dying. Gillian asks Jimmy to visit, which he does reluctantly. Jimmy notes that Gillian was 13 years old when he was born and the Commodore over 50, making it rape. The Commodore tries to mollify Jimmy, even telling him that "the wrong man is running this town," implying that Jimmy should supplant Nucky, whom Gillian reveals was the one to bring her to the Commodore decades ago. Jimmy decides to stay with his father as he passes away. The decision proves crucial, as he is first to find out when the doctor detects significant amounts of arsenic (Paris Green) in the Commodore's hair sample. The Commodore begins to recover, and Jimmy confronts Gillian with an empty canister of arsenic that he found in the trash. He reassures her of his support, whatever her intentions, but she remains silent.
Rothstein is called to Chicago to defend against charges that he rigged the 1919 World Series. The D'Alessio brothers have gone into hiding outside of Atlantic City. Richard Harrow, Jimmy's fellow war veteran, has found one of them staying with family members. The mild-mannered Harrow somewhat ruthlessly suggests killing the family. He suggests this may get the brothers to "stick their heads up," a tactic hearkening back to his past as a sniper in the trenches. Jimmy is undecided.
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