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Two Boats and a Lifeguard

  • Episode aired Nov 13, 2011
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William Forsythe, Kathryn Avery, Michael Pitt, and Shea Whigham in Boardwalk Empire (2010)
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When the Feds serve Eli with a subpoena, the trauma causes his father to have a heart attack, and Nucky announces to his rivals that he's retiring.When the Feds serve Eli with a subpoena, the trauma causes his father to have a heart attack, and Nucky announces to his rivals that he's retiring.When the Feds serve Eli with a subpoena, the trauma causes his father to have a heart attack, and Nucky announces to his rivals that he's retiring.

  • Director
    • Timothy Van Patten
  • Writers
    • Terence Winter
    • Nelson Johnson
    • Bathsheba Doran
  • Stars
    • Steve Buscemi
    • Michael Pitt
    • Kelly Macdonald
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    • Director
      • Timothy Van Patten
    • Writers
      • Terence Winter
      • Nelson Johnson
      • Bathsheba Doran
    • Stars
      • Steve Buscemi
      • Michael Pitt
      • Kelly Macdonald
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    Steve Buscemi
    Steve Buscemi
    • Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
    Michael Pitt
    Michael Pitt
    • James 'Jimmy' Darmody
    Kelly Macdonald
    Kelly Macdonald
    • Margaret Schroeder
    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Nelson Van Alden
    Shea Whigham
    Shea Whigham
    • Elias 'Eli' Thompson
    Aleksa Palladino
    Aleksa Palladino
    • Angela Darmody
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    Michael Stuhlbarg
    • Arnold Rothstein
    Stephen Graham
    Stephen Graham
    • Al Capone
    Vincent Piazza
    Vincent Piazza
    • Lucky Luciano
    Paz de la Huerta
    Paz de la Huerta
    • Lucy Danziger
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    Michael Kenneth Williams
    Michael Kenneth Williams
    • Chalky White
    Anthony Laciura
    Anthony Laciura
    • Eddie Kessler
    Paul Sparks
    Paul Sparks
    • Mickey Doyle
    Jack Huston
    Jack Huston
    • Richard Harrow
    Gretchen Mol
    Gretchen Mol
    • Gillian Darmody
    Dabney Coleman
    Dabney Coleman
    • Commodore Louis Kaestner
    Dominic Chianese
    Dominic Chianese
    • Leander Cephas Whitlock
    Charlie Cox
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    • Owen Sleater
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      • Nelson Johnson
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    • Trivia
      The Nanny that Nelson hires speaks an accent somewhat resembling Swedish, and the song she sings to the baby is a common Swedish lullaby about a troll and her children.
    • Goofs
      Lucky Luciano is seen smoking in the stables. With so many prized horses and so much dry straw around, smoking in the stables has been banned for centuries.
    • Quotes

      Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: [at their father's wake] I didn't think you'd be here this early. Why I came.

      Elias 'Eli' Thompson: I'm surprised you'd come at all.

      Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: I'm here for Mother. And for Susan.

      Elias 'Eli' Thompson: They're all together now.

      Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: [scoffs] Heaven? Even if it existed, do you actually think that son of a bitch would be there?

      Elias 'Eli' Thompson: [starts to cry] Was he that bad, Nucky? I mean, really?

      Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: You've obviously forgotten key events from our childhood.

      Elias 'Eli' Thompson: I turned out okay. So did you. Whatever he did, he made us the men we are today, didn't he?

      Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: And what's that?

      Elias 'Eli' Thompson: We run this fucking town, Nucky.

      Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: *We* don't run anything, brother. And he can rot in Hell.

      Elias 'Eli' Thompson: That's you, boy, in spades. No capacity for forgiveness.

      Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson: Grow up, brother, please. And take some responsibility at long fucking last.

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      Straight Up and Down
      Written by The Brian Jonestown Massacre

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    • Release date
      • November 13, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Closest to the Hole Productions
      • Cold Front Productions
      • Home Box Office (HBO)
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      • 1h(60 min)
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16 : 9

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