Boardwalk Empire - Gaston Means Visits Jess Smith

Gaston Means expresses concern regarding the well-being of Jess Smith on behalf of the Attorney General who is detained by the burdens of State. Or something. Smith lets it gets to his head. Season 3, Episode 10.
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[@blaze4metal]

Listening to this man charismatically try and talk himself out of this situation is so entertaining

[@Melquisedec91]

Lol he's faces

[@nickmontalbano9573]

“You can’t fire me, I quit.”

[@jomocheatham]

😆😆😂😁👏

[@michaelkeaton5394]

"You can't quit you're fired!!"

[@NoellaScott]

"...at an unsettled hour" kills me every time

[@ignaciogodoy7095]

I remember Howard mom

[@tylertheberge5309]

Kills him too..

[@ricardotolbert1797]

"and raise my hands, i guess." lmao

[@glotorious_3119]

Ricardo Tolbert 🤣

[@austinwinston684]

You can clearly see this side of the law is not his forte.

[@AmericasComic]

it's funny that Steven Root stumbles into the show and suddenly everything turns all Coen Brothers-y.

[@vb8428]

Coen! That mistake is what made Bill Murray sign up for a shite film

[@bostontowny4life744]

I always wanted to see them direct an episode or 2 back in the day.

[@Hitman_Hearns]

It seems like exactly the kind of situation that Fuchs would get himself into and talk himself out of

[@DizBukHaPeter]

"I never actually have...brought down the curtain. That is a hanging offense after all"

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging

[@alperenborklu4005]

still trying to manipulate him LMAO

[@williamkirby1940]

the very subtle smirk at the end is why this guy is a great actor

[@thesunris]

"He did my job, for free!"

[@ji1298]

Easiest 5 million dollars ever

[@mrevilniceguy1]

Stephen Root always does a great job of being having been caught in some act of treachery and not knowing what to do.

[@hybridtechowns]

Just like in real life

[@bificommander7472]

"I'm putting this one on my resume and hope no one asks too much."

[@Colin_After_Dark]

The real Gaston Means lead an absolutely crazy life and having Stephen Root play him is just grand.

[@CornholioPuppetMaster]

I just looked him up and they look very similar, great casting

[@michaelfaber9198]

The surprising thing is these two dudes and this very incident is actual history.

[@2serveand2protect]

Really?? ...ha!...

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

@KAV SOLO I also am dumb enough to be manipulated by GRU disinformation campaigns.

[@Capodecamper]

@@BigMikeMcBastard what lol

[@fusion772]

@@BigMikeMcBastard ...or... maybe the guy was just making a silly joke

[@doublep1980]

Nucky Thomson is also based on a real-life person. Enoch "Nucky" Johnson,a corrupt potilician,bootleger from Atlantic City. Only the real Nucky wasn´t a proper gangster who killed people like in the show .He was more of a "middleman" who offered his "services" to the gangsters. Let´s say,you wanted to "import" some booze for your speakeasy. He would get you in touch with a bootleger from Canada,made sure that the coast guard and law enforcement don´t harrase your shipment and even organise some transportation. All for a hefty fee. He was eventually convicted for tax evasion to 10 years but served less than 4,do to his good contacts and retired.

[@bmillerdrums]

These are the fever dreams of a restless imagination lol

[@bunyonfirewood]

I’m going to say that when I get caught cheating

[@RedForeman]

@@bunyonfirewood I’m going to say that when the judge accuses me of selling cocaine 😂

[@stalinsghost1090]

Only it really happened

[@jimdoe3288]

Something Joe Biden would say

[@deepwooddenizen]

well that was a freebie

[@Plank_Hill]

"Let me show you how easy it is." I mean he wasn't lying; Gaston killed him without even having to hold the gun. Can't imagine it being any easier than that.

[@amaurydesouza9768]

Let me show how easy it’s is! He shit in his pants for nothing! Jajajajaja

[@TimnParks]

Easiest $40k he's ever made.

[@jackdaone6469]

@@TimnParks Probably what he was thinking with that smirk at the end.

[@vinnieg6161]

some people just have to nod and others die

[@marioacevedo4885]

"These are the fever dreams of a restless imagination"

[@TheFiresloth]

"Oh well in that case... Wait a minute..."

[@dmitrydagaev2750]

now that's some gaslighting

[@PublicEnemyStudios]

For those of you who don't know Stephen Root (Gaston Means in Boardwalk Empire) is also the voice of Bill dauterive in King of the Hill, the guy is very talented

[@mckenzie.latham91]

He also does Buck Strickland as well.

[@mdhsyracuse]

He's awesome on Newsradio, too.

[@dnbheaduk]

And he's the blind man in Get Out

[@hallmonitor98]

And his ex wife gets all the money from his talents

[@gumptown7414]

PublicEnemyStudios milton from office space

[@peacefulharmonysound]

Free $80,000 for him I guess. From both Nucky and Harry, 40 grand a piece.

[@Supperdude9]

He didn't even have to waste a bullet. And he'll probably get a bonus for "making it look like a suicide".

[@shapiroshekelberg604]

easiest $80,000 made by Means $40k from Shooter McGavin and $40k from Nucky. didn't even have to pull the trigger.

[@quarantineclips488]

Red lobster, my treat!

[@jaco5187]

It's hard to believe that's the same guy who played Milton in Office Space.

[@mastod0n1]

He's a fairly versatile character actor

[@themonopolyguy8126]

The perfect assassin...never fires his own weapon

[@TheAlmightyBassist]

Milton's getting revenge for his stolen stapler

[@TheSeanoops]

L.J Fitzpatrick Do you like kung fu?

[@shamshirhussain8198]

Oh shit thats milton!

[@michaellepore105]

He went from a clerk demanding his stapler back, in the office, to a wise guy!😂😂

[@charlescox290]

That wasn't a red swing line, was it?

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@charlescox290 It was!

[@charlescox290]

@@SergeantExtreme well, he did burn the place down. Hard to get more gangster than that.

[@Maw0]

@@charlescox290 He told Lumbergh it was the last straw, he should have heeded his warning considering he died in the fire.

[@donaldbonawitz7894]

I never actually have brought down the curtain! It is a hanging offense after all!

[@briansmith5239]

Stephen Root is a phenomenal actor.

[@noahsherwood2445]

Mr. Means was one of my favorite characters. Stephen Root is such a great actor.

[@Michelle-ju6vs]

I thought his character was hilarious too. Root's acting was brilliant. Have you read about the real Gaston Means? If you think his character in Boardwalk Empire is shady, just look at his biography. He was a conman, a swindler, a murder suspect, and Hoover considered him the most dangerous criminal in the country.

[@princeharming8963]

Stephen Root- One of THEE great character actors of all time.

[@Sunburn2007]

When the lights came on, I was expecting him to say "LENORE!!!!"

[@Jasonlords]

Why do you keep calling me BILL?

[@yidy1]

"Smith lets it gets to his head." I see what you did there!

[@tommyoshady]

Root is so underrated. Boardwalk Empire. King of The Hill. Barry. No Country For Old Men. News Radio. Office Space (red stapler guy). Get Out. Could go on and on. Arguably the best character actor around.

[@grantwilliams2650]

Finn’s dad in Adventure Time, that’s a deep cut

[@ilovemanunited6179]

Gaston Means is a great character. Love his southern accent.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

Stephen root (Gaston Means) is an underrated actor.

[@bradleybrown8399]

Mckenzie .Latham yeah, that's why he turns up in just about everything

[@jqzIII]

He is awesome.

[@williamkirby1940]

@@bradleybrown8399 yes but tell me the last time he was nominated for anything?

[@bradleybrown8399]

William Kirby 2018. "Get out". 2019. "Barry". After that, I suggest you discover what Google is

[@williamkirby1940]

@@bradleybrown8399 Why should I ? When you proved my point

[@yellowfolder]

It gets a little complicated, though as were the actual events (of which this is based). Gaston Means, the "assassin", is a confidence trickster/conman/murderer who was influential during the "Ohio Gang". Check out his wikipedia for some fun reading. Jess Smith, the suicide, was a member of the Ohio Gang, and Harry Daugherty's key man. He becomes increasingly paranoid as his/Daughertey's corruption is investigated and thus a dangerous loose end that Daugherty needs to "tie up".

[@hiimthomi]

2:14 : "well, that was a freebie"

[@yellowfolder]

Jess Smith? According to Wikipedia, he was an aide to the Attorney General (Daugherty). "He had a desk at the Department of Justice, but no official title. He nevertheless wielded considerable influence."

[@icon200]

That there is a gun toting flowery worded southern gentleman

[@GSParasite]

fuckin love Gaston Means in this show.

[@Baddy187]

The Man in the High Castle has a busy life. Thought he could not travel, but he picked a damn good timeline.

[@239Exotic_Cars]

He's like "well you just made my job a hell of a lot easier! Well i should get going now take care! I guess!" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@queeffairy]

This scene always gets me he just blew his own head in. I really didn't see it coming.

[@vinesauceobscurities]

"Or something. Smith lets it gets to his head." That goddamned pun.

[@justinisorange]

FUUUUUUCHEESSS!!!! -Barry

[@alexkrycek21]

Means is a brilliant character.

[@Rockstopmotion]

Sounds like the guy Milton from the office 😂😂

[@lilmane1070]

…it is him lol

[@slappytheclown4]

My man got paid TWICE for a murder he didn't even have to do himself in the end.

[@LordTalax]

Gaston had a way with words

[@chucklesfarley]

Stephen Root is, and has always been, a master actor.

[@micberisha693]

What an amazing scene this is. He knows he's fucked still trying to bullshit his way out of it. Great acting

[@YKing-zr3di]

love his accent

[@michaelquinn8584]

"How much is Harry paying you?" "On a weekly basis?" This show is so good at finding humor in situations that are not funny.

[@andystegall7407]

Why, Jess, it appears your coiffure is in a state of dishabille.

[@spencerkindra8822]

Did anyone else die laughing at 1:28 when even though Jess is crying, he raises the gun back up to keep Means at a distance? I don't know why but I find it so damn funny. That aside I remember watching the scenes involving Harry Daugherty and his cronies and thinking "Where the fuck are Nucky, Eli, Margaret, Charlie, Meyer, Arnold, Chalky, Al, Richard, Owen, Johnny, Gyp or indeed any of the core characters or the show? Which by the way there are roughly 100,000 thousand of them. Now I have to care about these assholes? Come on."

[@FranklinSninsky]

I couldnt watch that show after Gyp Rossetti died, and I am the biggest Al Capone fan ever, but that 1 character wasn't enough to keep me watching past when the killed gyp they needed gyp for at least 5 seasons come on he was like the Karl Tanner of Game of thrones way super too Underated...

[@stephanbarten9052]

Franklin Sninsky You may want to go back to Boardwalk; season 3+ basicly becomes a Al Capone show with some Nucky filler 😂

[@mistermonologue2442]

​@@FranklinSninsky Wha? Gyp was an idiot. His only success was from being a brash idiot with Masaria's numbers backing him. Even when he had it all going for him (in a small way and forced living in a small shithole town) he got arrogant and told Rothstein which hotel (and room number) he was staying in....then promptly got massacred by a single man. Gyp was borderline crying with fear too...then suffered a mental breakdown because his weak willpower couldn't take the hit to his ego. Gyp was pathetic.

[@tomace4898]

"That was a freebie." -Gaston Means

[@malikjohnston3883]

boardwalk empire, true blood, o brother where art thou, office space, king of hill, etc. Stephen Root no doubt is one of my favorites.

[@davidmalik9821]

Wow! I really didn't see that one coming.

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

How bout some recognition for the way the video description is written? Nice job, Yellowfolder! :)

[@MVegas]

John Goodman would’ve been so great for that role

[@wikipediaintellectual7088]

But then he’d literally be the cyclops from O Brother Where Art Thou

[@poncho899]

Damn staplers.

[@FloridaManMatty]

One red Swingline right to the head. He just wanted to listen to his radio at a reasonable volume...now he’s going to burn the place down.

[@fatlittleparasite]

And out steichnyne in the guacomole

[@100milesnrunnin]

He reminds me of tom hanks in ladykillers

[@pacampara123]

Or in green mile

[@vb8428]

Root was in that one too

[@agent_mc]

The hitman is the blind dude from 'Get Out' lol

[@KenHadley1]

He was born in North Carolina. I've met a few people from there who talk like that. It's got rhythm.lol

[@hankkingsley2976]

We don't sound like foghorn leghorn despite Hollywood's best efforts

[@wyattrussell7496]

To this day, Gaston Means still wonders why Jess Smith even got out of bed.

[@kevinkryspton1400]

So strange to set up the bed as if he is sleeping only to catch the guy about to murder him to then murder himself

[@BlakeFerret]

Gaston could've easily been killed here...he did come to murder him in his sleep, but got caught. And Jess spared his life before taking his own. And all Gaston does is smirk before he walks off. What a total piece of shit.

[@sussy_6998]

that description is something else 🤣

[@attackhelicopterjr4481]

Gaston means no harm, he was just looking for his red stapler

[@bugaloo67]

The little smirk at the end, welp even easier lol

[@abcun17]

And that is the power of "Office Space" and Stephen Root!

[@donmichaelcorleone9299]

If you dodged a bullet you can dodge a wrench.

[@suqmahdeeeock]

Mission Failed: Successfully.

[@demam41]

It's a shame he killed himself so soon, he was my favorite character in the whole series

[@chdanish6568]

wtf

[@chdanish6568]

Yeah I figured long ago lol

[@eightysbaby8798]

The gun was my favorite character. Wish they did more with it. Yea those jokes are old and corney

[@demam41]

@JustDeplorable that is exactly correct

[@demam41]

@JustDeplorable and you have succeeded, I am now hard below the waist, and shall use my right hand vigorously

[@davidmcphail5653]

One of the strangest events (portrayals) I have ever seen. As he walked out the door, I could almost smell the crap in his pants!

[@dt4236]

Gaston the geezer.

[@thegamegifter01]

Stephen Root is perfect in everything he does

[@thebudgetgamer]

Stephen Root is always great

[@SpydeyDan]

Well, that was a freebie.

[@tylenol_jones]

"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."

[@ryangibson5462]

2:20 Great, now I have to set the building on fire.

[@starguy2718]

He gets the money for the hit, and he didn't even have to pull the trigger.

[@mikemontemurro8088]

Stephen Root is the greatest most underrated actor of all time.

[@jdlives8992]

If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball

[@ARKHAMASYLUM-qc7bw]

So much for faking a suicide did him a favor of all contract killings

[@lowboy1one1]

“I believe you have my stapler”

[@007TrickShotz]

Well now we see why Fuches has Barry do all the work

[@koolakalle]

Funniest scene in the whole show!

[@youraverageguy5746]

Lol this one and the Remus chase

[@leggsponyhustle1296]

Gaston is my favorite kind of frog. Dosn't croak, just hops.

[@SugarKingObi]

Stephen Root is one of the best actors alive ,better than any leading man.

[@ducknorris233]

Well that bow tied itself.

[@Stimmy_2_raw723]

Bill deautrive be fucking up

[@brandoncastillo7422]

"That Was Easy"

[@MR-qy3ry]

He was just looking for his stapler

[@adamjensen1831]

I Believe You Have My Stapler.

[@vtrmcs]

He had to leave quickly, TPS reports don't file themselves.

[@valaquenta220]

Jess probably took Gaston's stapler...that was the last straw, no doubt.

[@beatonthedonis]

Couldn't believe his luck.

[@tech-bore8839]

"Who's Harry? I was sent by a man named Rusty Shackleford"

[@genesis098123]

if you are aking about means he worked as private detective for Harry Daugherty the Attorney General

[@ChizAfterHours]

Milton came for his stapler.

[@ZeroCostCylinder]

Jesse Smith sniper by sharpshooter Richard Harrow. Nice shot.

[@drew5241]

This the guy from dodgeball who says “L for love!”