Boardwalk Empire - A Beautiful Scene

This is a beautiful scene from season 1 episode 7 of the HBO Series Boardwalk Empire.

[@hitmanhart670]

Jimmy had so many of the most memorable scenes in the show. Him and richard are the best characters

[@queenmother123]

Oh how I miss this show.. To me Jimmy was the most interesting character. I was sad when he left the show. Richard Harrow was a bad ass too!

[@BigBlackGlock]

Fun fact: Michael Pitt was supposed to have a much larger story but due to his troubles getting along with his co-stars and director it was decided to write him out instead of continue his plot. Shame.

[@monotech20.14]

@@BigBlackGlock They should have just recast the part.

[@sebastianm8369]

@@monotech20.14 It wouldn't be the same. Rarely recasting appears as good decision.

[@Plantlady70]

Richard was my favorite character. Loved him.

[@cbo9090]

@@BigBlackGlock I always wondered why they killed off the best character. He and Steve Buscemi did a movie together though before this. I wonder if they got along during Boardwalk Empire.

[@matthewhall9692]

If you look back at the scene when Jimmy and Richard first met while waiting at the VA clinic, Richard shows Jimmy the German sniper's mask he carries with him and tells the story how he waited 3 days for the sniper to remove it to scratch his nose and that is when Richard shot him just below his right eye. That is exactly where his shot was aimed in this clip and I think that is an amazing detail. It shows how these soldiers mind's are still in the war as they are constantly reliving it.

[@michaelwood368]

The shot below the eye shows up all throughout the series in other ways too

[@BotyMcBotFace420]

Its nuts that this guy served three years in France. Even crazier when America actually was only involved for the last year. Crazy

[@legioix4538]

Yeah because the army totally offers one year contracts, they totally don't make you serve three minimum, crazy

[@mitchellwright5478]

There’s a good portion of Americans that joined both the Canadian and British, and French Foreign legion in both world wars for reference, obviously the majority didn’t go until they had to, but some understood what was happening

[@BovineIntervention]

"He said 3 years, France mostly" not "I served three years in France". Not sure how comments like these that are just factually wrong can get likes.

[@BotyMcBotFace420]

@@BovineIntervention where was he serving the other two years then? Basic training? Or another theatre of war that the Americans still weren't involved in but would like to take credit for

[@tristankeightley8214]

American troops arrived in mid 1917 and hundreds of thousands stayed well into 1919. Jimmy easily could have served the majority of his 3 years in France

[@manuelfederici.composer]

I hate that old woman screaming

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

She's just standing there XD

[@exhumorr]

I had flashbacks to cats and dogs of the evil cat ‘saying someone please shut her up’ 😂😂

[@copacetic9018]

In boardwalk empire people kept getting shot in the cheek.

[@sheenydonut]

It was common until newer high power scope became an option. Most people would go for the grape shot in the forehead, but windage and gravity drew the bullet off target slightly.

[@novikovPrinciple]

Besides, why risk the one-in-a-million chance of the bullet glancing off of the forehead plate, when you can count on it getting through softer areas?

[@Diablofeb4]

Good answers but it's symbolic. The windage and gravity within 5 feet in a store or resturant won't matter at all, even the long distance shots were not affected at this time due to windage and gravity from a trained marksman. For an example cutting the dick off and putting it in the mouth or cutting the tongue off and putting in a shoe. It sends a message to who found them.

[@TheMarkob89]

The song that plays while Richard exits the room is perfect for this scene. Reminds me of Frankenstein and just how much of a doctor Richard is at his craft.

[@roderickreilly9666]

It's the Phantom of the Opera intro. Get it?

[@chriscranston7189]

Phantom of the opera it's what they were going for but I like your sentiment.

[@roderickreilly9666]

@@MyOpinionMattersYoursDoesNot : thanks! That organ intro is in the musical.

[@okgood8529]

Similar to the music in the 5 Families Hit scene in Godfather 1.

[@Accelerate55]

None of the above. That’s Bach, you brutes.

[@leonthesleepy]

Jimmy only had 2 seasons but he has so many memorable scenes

[@sentientmeat8975]

When Jimmy says “three years” it was almost a question as well as the beginning of his statement. Almost as though Jimmy is pointing out how long the war was and that the guy couldn’t of possibly been sick for three whole fucking years.

[@Step_In_Range]

2:40 Jimmy has taught me that if you get patted on your shoulders like that, you know you fucked up. Lol.

[@המוסד-כ4ב]

Brandon McNeely lol true...same with the cheeks )

[@eviola11]

He was talking about Pearl when he was using the metaphor of the the german soldier.

[@Snicky391]

Eric Viola I can’t believe I never put that together lol. I just thought it was some heartless shit to say before he got shot. Good catch.

[@ulysses1320]

The metaphor applies but the story is implied to be true. In the scenes preceding this, Jimmy was sleeping on a train and heard the German crying in his dreams.

[@SqueebPlays]

No shit.

[@57palmtree]

You only have to see this scene once, and you remember it forever. Mind blowing.

[@BudsCartoon]

I watched it once and it seems very basic, bad acting.

[@Rosegoldshawwty]

Dude replied to a 5 year old comment

[@chrism9493]

​@@BudsCartoon Michael Pitt could act circles around you, boy.

[@babyray5643]

​@@BudsCartoondude not even close

[@BudsCartoon]

@@babyray5643 Wow, great point. You definitely turned me around on this one.

[@gabos7892]

Imagine Harrow watching this whole scene through the lenses of his scope, patiently waiting for Jimmy to get up to tap the shoulder..

[@Hankiedoodle]

This scene really shows how fantastic this show was. Great everything.

[@dansomething7742]

Seeing as the first US troops were deployed in combat in spring 1918, Jimmy did really well to be fighting for 3 years. Either that or he got lost and just randomly started killing his way across the French countryside

[@danorthsidemang3834]

He's including occupation duty in Germany.

[@BronzeBullBalls]

In all fairness, Jimmy (the character) was a Harvard student before going off to war. He wasn't your typical blue-collar gangster with only some grade school to pass off as an education. It makes sense that he would have a way with words, moreso than the dumb goon sitting there listening to him. I think it's believable just from that fact.

[@jasong6789]

BronzeBullBalls Princeton

[@bradenhall6292]

Awesome how it cuts to Richard Harrow and the organ starts playing the same type of music that's in Phantom of the Opera.

[@mbrum3230]

Jimmy was no diff than german soldier. "I died a long time ago in a ditch in france"

[@diegofreire537]

This series got the more obscure character (Jimmy) and the most effective assasin (Mr. Harrow) of the entire gangster genre

[@citrusforce]

Looking back now (after the second season's finale) it's interesting to see Jimmy talking about how people should accept their fate when it's their time to go.

[@lucychiang8822]

I absolutely LOVE this scene.

[@VinnyCarwash-js8op]

no you don't.

[@didimean]

Imagine if Jimmy just went to New York and formed his own crew with Lansky, Luciano, and Richard. Would have been a dominating force. Or if he had just stayed with Capone in Chicago... He was easily my favorite characters of the series.... really wish they did more with him.

[@dominicp9296]

Problem with Jimmy is he didn't learn to relax you know and he let his dad manipulate him that was the start of his downfall. And sadly was killed by his real dad

[@tomasmccarthy3060]

I always wished Jimmy worked it out with Nucky. If Nucky had jimmy and Richard by his side he would have been unstoppable . Plus imagine throwing in the Irish guy with Jimmy and Richard as well ? Nucky would have dominated .

[@Ciipher5113]

​@@tomasmccarthy3060I always thought Owen was more expendable than Richard; Richard was loyal to Nucky and Jimmy. Owen had his faults. Aka Margaret.

[@tomasmccarthy3060]

@@Ciipher5113 agreed as Richard would never even consider doing what Owen did .

[@lisaplatt3697]

Richard was my favorite character of the whole show🖤

[@h011yw00d]

One of my favorite scenes. Love the character James Darmody. Such a smart badass.

[@TheMalf1978]

Not smart enough to escape Nucky's bullet.

[@chrisbell9321]

​@@TheMalf1978 Same could be said about Nucky

[@meandmypfft]

He's channeling his inner Christopher Walken to deliver the lines in this scene.

[@chrisdonald2615]

For Pearl RIP

[@TheRadical459]

Richard Harrow , Jimmy Darmody and Chalky White would've made an awesome team. They all were interesting personalities. 💯💪🏾💪☠

[@joehopper7373]

I like to think that the shoulder pat was the signal to Harrow. Like, if the guy had actually served or been less of a weasel, Jimmy might've given him a pass.

[@chrisfahey4221]

I think he's more so telling him, "I could've done you a lot worse" but indirectly.

[@NephewE]

the window at 3:09...it's the subtle details that make this show so awesome

[@mastod0n1]

How is that a subtle detail? It's a necessary detail, unless Richard was shooting magic bullets

[@VinnyCarwash-js8op]

You don't know what subtle means.

[@Officialkingz1]

Richard gimme that gun, this women is getting on my last nerves!

[@saritasharma7603]

Yeah I felt the same way. Underrated comment.

[@dfkappy]

I think that, in the context of the character, the speech makes sense. Jimmy, the character giving the speech, was going to an ivy league school before he took off to fight against the Kaiser. In the last episode or two, you see him quoting from Christopher Marlowe (if I recall correctly). The writers of this show are quite good, in my opinion, especially for television.

[@allenjackson6269]

Fucking greatest show ever. So pisses it was only 5 seasons. Fucking 20s man what a time to be alive

[@datadude295]

They love their cheek shots

[@redsol3629]

Legend has it she's still screaming.

[@Fab-tx9hz]

Great scene! I always wondered why in boardwalk the bullet under the eye was a reoccurring thing (Jimmy and nuckys death also). I always thought it was a tribute to moe greene in the godfather but I could be wrong

[@smann7236]

Why was he killed I forgot??

[@RapidAscension1989]

Jimmy's talking about himself here, at the end (not the dying German obviously)

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

At this point, Liam is well aware that Jimmy and Torrio's men already slaughtered Sheridan and his men. So of course he was afraid of Jimmy.

[@John7per]

Whispers, the other whispers.

[@Hilly2826]

I hate that this guy could be killed for killing Pearl but Jimmy was unable to avenge Angela's death. I found that unfair. I loved Angela in Boardwalk. I thought she was one of the better characters. Her and Jimmy's love was strained because of the choices he made but they both loved each other unconditionally even if sometimes it didn't seem like that. Jimmy's mother had a lot to do with the issues in the marriage as well. Best character on this show besides Steve.

[@Tyrfingr]

@cassavelli In case you didn't follow the whole thing. He wasen't raised or survived on the streets to become the typical mafia or gangster type. He's sucked into that world rather reluctantly. He's struggling to get back to a normal life after a world war with a wife and kid to provide for. Meanwhile he finds the killing and crime rather easy after what he's went through. It's actually quite a compelling character since it could be anyone under the same circumstances.

[@ChoppinDatMeat]

"Tocatta and Fugue" I think. A classical number.

[@penguinsscareme]

Back then people dressed more formally. Women wore dresses all the time, even around the house, and men wore ties, vests and jackets out to take in a ballgame. It wasn't just the mafia.

[@zeusuk100]

Richard Harrow was the best character in this show ( and thats really saying something), the actor did an amazing job. He should have become a big star after this show, baffling that he didn't

[@deltahomicide9300]

Have you seen his wife? I'd never leave the house either

[@ElliottQuest]

This speech inspired me to write a song based on the scenario he describes

[@kaiyahsmum08]

I miss Jimmy. I love Richard Harrow. He sort of reminds me of Gomez Addams. It's probably the music in the scene and the fact that Jack Huston's Aunty is Mortisha. I'm just starting to watch season 3 now. Looking forward to seeing Richard's story unfold. He's a gentleman but also a lethal weapon. Never trust the quiet ones lol :)

[@southbeachtalent]

I feel a little sheepish responding to a ten year old post but as an introvert I hate the notion that you can't trust the soft spoken. Richard Harrows character was a world class sniper and as professional and trained as they come. Wouldn't make a difference if he was as brash and loud as Al Capone was. To me, the loudmouths have a huge chip on their shoulder and way too much to prove. They freak me out, personally. People are just people

[@APPEALtoFEAR]

Im surprised that no one has mentioned this , but the (obvious) reason why Jimmy put his hand on his shoulder was as a signal for Richard.

[@GenerationX1967]

That bar looks like Teddy's, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn....

[@Brzbrngr]

"Relax I'm not gonna kill you" hahah, Jimmy wasn't lying. Richard killed him. BEST FUCKING SHOW EVER

[@prbblye]

Damn i miss jimmy

[@Inframidi]

Jimmy wasn't lying when he said "Im not gonna kill ya." Richard had his back. Fucking love that duo.

[@DeuceMP2]

One of the greatest scenes in TV history.

[@yann449]

Thanks for the upload i was looking for this one for a week

[@TheRealForgetfulElephant]

Nobody: Woman: *incoherent yelling

[@joeyrivaldo5239]

In the Episode when Jimmy is on the Train to Chicago he awakes from a nightmare & you hear the German Soldier yell "Mutti, Mutti" right before he wakes up!

[@torontoBluejays87]

@cassavelli Sopranos and Boardwalk are apples and oranges my friend. Completely different scenario in each show. To then suggest that one is better than the other is a matter of personal taste. To me both shows are incredible, and to be fair the Sopranos has 6 seasons on this new show. I love both religiously.

[@Dasc230]

I think the german soldier is an analogy to himself.. at the end he wants to die and let nucky do his thing...

[@zachbocchino5501]

ww1 was more terrifying than ww2, I mean when I even think about it, You probably had ( in my opinion, this isn't a true statement) a 40% chance of even living.

[@Orpheusstudios]

@jswinder Well, if you look at the scene again, there wasn't really much to notice. The glass suddenly shattering was a jump, yes, but by the time they realized it had been a bullet with a one way ticket into that dude's face, it was all over. And even if they weren't familiar with Mob hits like that, a headshot is a headshot - it wasn't like Richard was going to unload on his target.

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

Why don't gangsters ever learn that you always should leave together? 'Cause if one guy leaves on his own, chances are he's doing so to signal to his hired assassins to take you out.

[@BillySheckler2481]

They don't see it that way because they are gangsters

[@BigMac8000]

Together, alone, in a group... doesn't matter. When it's your time, the grace of civility won't protect you. You piss someone off, you make a mistake, you say something to the wrong people or you simply are wearing the wrong colors... There's no warning. You join the Mafia you become a thug, a grifter, no justice for you, no recourse. You get a lifetime of looking over your shoulder and it won't even matter - if they're shooting you from a window. Your life turns into a game of hide and seek that never ends. Even if you run, get pinched, become boss, take out your enemies... the game never earns. There's no recipe to surviving that. You can be good, you can be great, you can be paranoid or frugal or well trained... you still are constantly playing whack-a-mole except they're popping out with guns, drugs, pimps, and occasionally... You're not holding the hammer. You're the mole, and that's it. You open a door and boom, someone hits you in the face with a hammer because you signed up for that life. You live and die by these games and they don't care how fast, or smart, how good or bad, or how knowledgeable you are. It isn't a meritocracy. You don't get what you deserve, you get what comes to you and that's that. ... it's chaos, but that's the choice. Freedom without security. You figure out your own security and realize that it probably won't matter. You just can't win every fight. You can be the biggest baddest player that ever was. It won't give you an ounce of peace. Whether your death is front page news or not even listed... to you, still dead. Shot in the back, shot over dinner, shot over cards - shot by a random punk looking to make a name. You can't grow eyes in the back of your head. Gotta sleep sometime, gotta eat sometime and the more vigilant you are, the more patient enemies will become. .... there's no secret sauce to this life, there's no perfect rhythm. There's no gaming this system. Eventually a bullet is on its way to you, and that's it. Probably in someone's pocket just waiting a few years until the right one finds you. Fair chance it's in your own armory too. You might be totally the best there is, but that means you'll just get all the more unique death.

[@tcvttcvt4305]

Its weird how much he looks and sounds like Leonardo DiCaprio

[@brancer4898]

Im going to watch the show now, thank you

[@Sunvio]

Phantom of the Opera music. Phantom of the Opera mask.

[@ShadowMidnight82]

Richard was worth ten men. If Jimmy just stayed in line. Nucky would have had no problems. He needed him. After the fact he knew it more.

[@Rachulie]

hhaha "BEAUTIFUL" HAHA shot in the face. but yeah, i like this. the music at the end had me rolling!!

[@bethesda423]

I love Liam's face

[@futurestoryteller]

@CanadianChronic2121 No doubt, he deserved that Oscar nom. I was super excited to see his face in the cast. He's such a nutcase in this! Way crazier than the 'crazy' guy from that movie.

[@adamelam6385]

No glass broken in the windows.

[@jk190]

Great upload.

[@MrSloika]

He served 3 years in France during WWI in the American Army? Not likely since America's involvement in WWI lasted barely 1.5 years.

[@bradnichelson7966]

I'm not sure if that is an instant death shot. But what I am sure of is that clip is brilliant.

[@bradnichelson7966]

That doesn't even make sense.Your death threat is submitted.

[@zachbocchino5501]

I never scene the Series, but i like this scene a lot.

[@MrJonathanainsworth]

The end soundtrack made me think of Enigma - Sadness (Part II)

[@o0xemas0o]

Cue phantom of the opera richard amazingness to climax in my face omG

[@Haunter_Who88]

HELL YEAH- That piece of shit got what he had coming to him!! I felt soo awful for Pearl. Richard Harrow absolutelly definatelly is one of my favorite characters in the series, I hope they keep him around for a while

[@billyboy434]

Well, I guess he really isn't seeing him ever again. Unless if he goes to the guy's funeral!

[@Filmfiend27]

The Greek is the soldier in the story..... twirling in the barbwire of jimmys words... guessing from the fear in his eyes he wanted to live; like the soldier... giving him HOPE he'd live, due to jim leaving at the table.... but like the story No matter how much you grasp for life in a Horrible situation ... death will more likely be the outcome then survival........ plus like pulp fiction Its just some cold blooded shit to say to a mothafucka before he dies

[@zebra3durango95]

My favorite scene of season 1.

[@australian2]

Message job, through the eye. Moe Green special.

[@sirierieott5882]

Richard has arrived (as he leaves)...

[@one7decimal2eight]

Spent 3 years in the war. America didn't really get involved until towards the end. If he did 3 years he must have been there in 1915 and snuck over.

[@barrie231084]

just watched this episode tonight im lovin the programme :-)

[@leolldankology]

Same place he shot the German who donated the snipers mask.

[@CheezersDeluxe]

You know when the lady started screaming at the end that was the second time she was shown i forget when but she screamed somewhere else too.

[@jswinder]

@victorspell1 It's kind of like making a new movie about the mob, and casting your Don as Robert De Niro. Go back to the 1st episode. Do you remember Thompson's speech in front of the suffragettes? Do you remember Jimmy's response on the stairs? "In the trenches we once ate dogs, but rats?" You'll notice a huge change in Pitt's acting comparing these early episodes to the later. I don't know if this is the director's influence or his character's development.

[@Mirza247]

That Woman screaming needs to seriously put a sock in it

[@kiko1935]

I never understood this trope of making your enemy feel like they got away with death only to then turn around and quickly kill them. Sure, he's dead, but he didn't know he was going to die so what's the point?

[@howey935]

How could jimmy of served 3 years in the war when America weren’t in WWl for 3 years as they didn’t enter the war until 1917 and it ended in 1918.

[@Toe_Merchant]

The US Army existed before 1917...

[@on2wheels378]

The unites states army was founded in 1775...

[@youngPC]

Best show on TV since The Wire, not to mention the best two characters in the show too.

[@hoodoo2001]

Error here. Jimmy would not have served 3 years in France unless he had volunteered with the French. US troop involvement was less than 19 months far, far less for most Doughboys but bad enough.

[@zzvanyazz]

great delivery, great scene....

[@res0290]

Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

Yeah but a bullet from that rifle probably blew the entirety of his brains out the back. I’m guessing it was either a Springfield, Enfield, or Mauser. All 3 use a large caliber bullet

[@patrickasplund]

Just what every situation needs- a screaming woman. Really puts everyone at ease...

[@kendrat199]

I dont think beautiful is the right adjective to use, but this scene was gut-wrenching and enthralling. The unease of jimmy's sit down was all the more unsettling and, his talk of the german soldier made me uncomfortable and scared. that's damn fine acting. I do love the tin man though...his name's richard right?

[@adamanteros1566]

I really think that this was a foreshadowing of the final season if jimmy hadnt died

[@macfan128]

I was referring to the part where Richard disassembles his weapon and leaves...that happens at the end of Godfather.

[@rydenson9134]

discount peaky blinders

[@dinkules]

i always expect Back on the Rocks to play after Toccata

[@russellmichelson1398]

Jimmy said he spent 3 years in the war, but America wasn't in the war for more than a year.

[@akatosh2795]

+Russell Michelson Here's some Bondo for that plot hole: The war had him so rattled that he lost track of time.

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

I'd guess 3 years in the army, eg training, 1918 in the war then 1919 in post-war occupation/recuperation before going back to the US. Either that or this is some alternate history where America didn't sit on their hands for 3 years before actually bothering to do something and help their allies.

[@zachbocchino5501]

Well there was a Volunteer corps, although America its self didn't enter the war, its people did, because they had Yankee divisions in the French Army and maybe the British, but not for sure. And thats all the more reasons for the US joining the war.

[@InfiniteDroidArmies]

1917, 1918, 1919. He said he spent three years in the army, not in the war. He joined when the U.S. entered the war and got out after recovering from his leg wound in 1919. The first episode of the series is in early 1920, and it's mentioned he only recently got home, i.e. was discharged. "Three years" doesn't mean three full years in France.

[@joeciaccio2172]

Russell Michelson Jimmy says "three years, France mostly" so your wrong

[@QCX84]

@TuxIsCool ***Daps & Pound*** You are that Dude.....

[@jackedkerouac4414]

Was the screaming lady Minn Matrone? These parker house rolls? They're for my ma!

[@schizm01473]

Anyone else pick up on the fact that Richard shot Liam in the same place Nucky shoots Jimmy?