Nucky kills Jimmy - Boardwalk Empire HD

The final end between Nucky and Jimmy, as Jimmy is put to sleep.
"TO THE FALLEN..." :(

[@giants2k8]

“I died in a trench. Years back. I thought you knew that.” What an impactful quote. It speaks for an entire generation.

[@e.l.norton]

How would you know?

[@giants2k8]

@@e.l.norton Because a large part of that generation was sacrificed during the horrors of trench warfare in WW1. Even the ones who survived it where never the same after. All you have to do is go and read some books on the topic and watch documentaries on the subject, with old veterans talking about their experiences.

[@jasonsantiago6308]

​@@giants2k8None of what either of you are talking about is relevant It was a vastly more personal line "You should have known I was fucked, because you fucked me years ago, directly, indirectly. Not knowing or acknowledging makes it worse"

[@Rubaduck]

@@jasonsantiago6308 Have a look at his likes more people agree with him than you guys 🙃

[@hindenburg1596]

​@@jasonsantiago6308Dude, what are you talking about xD

[@chiefkeith18]

“I died in the trench, years back.” That line is so damn heavy.

[@blaydeesy2005]

“I died in the trench... years back.... thought you knew that.”

[@bizzleb7524]

I thought you knew that. That's was just so real and cold at same time. Great show. Peace

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

So are his balls

[@semorebuttes9764]

I think he died when he boned his mother

[@lennarthagen3638]

He is a ghost?

[@osborn.illustration]

As Jimmy dies his vision is not of his loved ones, but of the trenches. That was metaphorically his real death, as he said he died in the trenches. He never really came back from the war at all. In contrast, when Richard dies, he does envision his family - even including Jimmy's son. Hot damn this was such a well written show, it's criminally underrated. Michael Pitt as Jimmy is possibly my favorite performance of all time. So slept on! I loved this show.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Definitely the best of Pitt's career and his hair was awesome too LOL

[@jamesphillips5926]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 where is he now

[@Petey0707]

Agreed, I think everybody was hoping for a "Better Call Saul"-esque alternative show post-finale, whether it be during the past, present or future. Perhaps Nicky's rags to riches story? Or his German assistant's origins in detail? Or the trenches of WW1 for Jimmy? Or Lucky Luciano taking over the Mafia. Regardless, it never happened! Ah well..

[@Johnny-rj9on]

Jimmy and Richard's meeting in the hospital will always be one of the best scenes I've ever seen. The acting, the writing, the entire tone---it was just perfect. Best part is you didn't need to know a single thing about the show to appreciate it. You didn't need to know that Jimmy had been raped by his own mother and had lost his soul in the trenches--he showed all of that baggage on his face and in the way he stood. And Richard.... Richard Harrow. My god, what a character! Simply incomparable.

[@osborn.illustration]

@@Johnny-rj9on It is seriously one of the best tv shows of all time. So under appreciated. My favorite show. And I agree, the friendship between Jimmy and Richard was the heart of the show.

[@alexanderrahl482]

He gave his son his dog tags, told Richard to stay behind and came unarmed. He wanted to die.

[@wendylederer367]

😢

[@kvrma8893]

Him and Richard could’ve easily just taken them out

[@keysersoze4309]

@@kvrma8893 Richard would've sniped Eli as soon as he showed that shotgun.

[@kylemaclellan7959]

@@kvrma8893 that’s not the point. Even when jimmy is crowned “prince James” he’s unhappy as ever. Jimmy just wanted it to end at this point. In his mind he’s already dead, and has been that way for years. This scene is jimmy finally getting peace.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Jimmy felt horrible about the hit on Nucky and was actually relieved that it was botched. He tried to make things right by helping Chalky and making amends with Nucky but Richard was right when he said "no matter what you do, he will never forgive you." Jimmy was ready to die because Angela was gone and he was stuck with his sick twisted mother (who ironically is also a victim to Nucky and the Commodore).

[@yamabushi170]

Shortly after this incident, one of them went on to invent the raincoat

[@ADogNamedElmo]

@Joseph Cavanagh what a stupidly racist comment

[@ADogNamedElmo]

@Joseph Cavanagh you live inside your own deluded little world, and I pity you. Nobody was talking about Buzzfeed, nobody's cared about Buzzfeed in quite some time actually, and then you come along on a Boardwalk Empire video and start trashing and being racist? Are you stupid?

[@ADogNamedElmo]

@Joseph Cavanagh also what is the point of your comment if not to be "funny" by being racist?

[@ADogNamedElmo]

@Joseph Cavanagh fuck off

[@ADogNamedElmo]

@Joseph Cavanagh ok charcoal briquette

[@MolemanITA]

"All you have to worry about is when you run out of booze, you run out of company" Exactly the end of Nucky.

[@gobira26]

Not really, he ended with plenty cash from the market play they pull last minute

[@lebarotnak]

@@gobira26 Well... in the last episode he ordered Tommy, to get rid of all the booze, and didn't have much company. So I guess after all Jimmy was right.

[@cgavin1]

You forgot the important part.. "And all you have left... is yourself."

[@Reprodestruxion]

Rich but alone with just Tommy

[@gothxm]

@@cgavin1 not really, it's implied already. That's why he gets shot while saying it. We know what he's going to say. Show, don't tell

[@ulfricstormcloak4230]

Michael Pitt's acting in his role as a damaged and sad Jimmy Darmody is legendary and so under-appreciated. The way he captured the dread and fear while he was in the trenches in that scene is truly masterful.

[@KingofAmerica97]

Thing is though, direct American involvement in the WWI was very limited. Their soldiers were only at the front during the last 6 months of the war and as such, would not have experienced the same horrors that the British, French and German soldiers experienced after being at the front for over 4 years.

[@tonysoprano5580]

@@KingofAmerica97 And that means what exactly? You're gonna discredit what these boys went through because "they only were on the front lines for 6 months"??

[@KingofAmerica97]

@@tonysoprano5580 Not at all, contrary to popular opinion, I think the US involvement was a lot more decisive than people give credit for especially if you consider the situation at the time they finally did intervene with Russia, a major ally, having just withdrawn from the conflict. However my point is, I think Michael Pitt's WWI character in Boardwalk Empire is heavily exaggerated and not very convincing.

[@tonysoprano5580]

@@KingofAmerica97 Sorry that I took that the wrong way. I just really hope the men that went through those unimaginable horrors find peace in the next life.

[@markusk1015]

@@KingofAmerica97 Americans still went through hell though. Don’t discount them

[@elofkjellson3906]

Did anyone else notice that after this moment, Nucky becomes much more brutal and merciless? He no longer cares about getting his hands dirty. This changed him forever.

[@TrellAliii]

It’s like what Jimmy told him in the first season “You can’t be half a gangster”

[@matthewriley7826]

Yep this is when he went full gangster.

[@codyallen43]

No half measures.

[@Arakox]

nope hes still a bug-eyed little twerp, any woman on the show could kick his ass with 1 hand

[@tonym994]

as Jimmy confirmed, after the first kill, it's easy to do it again. and again.

[@tylergordon1452]

The sad reality is that jimmy is right. A lot of WW1 veterans died back in the trenches even if they survived the war and went back home, they never truly went home.

[@jrayner21679]

Tyler Gordon maybe that’s why there’s so many films about war?? I’m using sarcasm. Why do you think there’s so many movies about wars? Not just WW1. Every war has casualties that live. Wars are never ending scripts for writers to mooch off. I’d be interested to know just how many cinematic productions are about a war or has a character battling emotions from being in a war.

[@yamaotostrike]

Cue mike old fields “nuclear”.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

@@jrayner21679 there isn't much to make a movie about. It'd be sad without action or many emotions, mainly apathy anger, fear and confusion. After you die there isn't any happy or sad only blank and or reptile-like physical reactions for atleast seven years until every cell in your body is replaced. Jimmy isn't a real life PTSD victim.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

@@jrayner21679 you were so pissy with him for no reason or atleast it really comes off like that.

[@-Hesco]

PTSD isn’t just a WW1 thing tho.

[@robpagliuca4516]

Sad part is Jimmy never wanted Nucky dead. All he wanted was a father....

[@BeholdenYeti]

He literally tried to have him assassinated lmao what???

[@robpagliuca4516]

BeholdenYeti kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmKxnnSqo95sjbc

[@BerserkerArmor000]

BeholdenYeti If you can remember he really didn't want Nucky dead. He was pressured to do it by the other guys in the group and it was tearing Jimmy apart, you could see it in his face in that scene.

[@dam11232]

@@BerserkerArmor000 He was pressured onto murdering his mentor. Somehow that's not betrayal

[@BerserkerArmor000]

@@dam11232 it is betrayl though sadly. he tried going through with it. it was a mistake on his part and it costed Nuckys trust in him in the end. thats just how the cookie crumbles

[@cubefarmerhkc9105]

The guy that played Jimmy is an outstanding actor.

[@SimplyLimbo]

Michael Pitt. Other good movies: Funny Games, Murder by Numbers, and there are two indi movies i like, the one where ge has to kidnap a black guy, by the order of a mob boss played by John travolta, and there is one where he played that guy who robbed mob places after Gotti got caught. Forget the last two names. There is also a movie with him and Buscemi, but you have to look the names up for the last 3 at IMDB. He has his own b and too. 'Pagoda' ( grunge)

[@Left_coast_bullies]

Heard he was hard to work with though

[@ktothec24]

SimplyLimbo rob the mob. Underrated movie ! Michael Pitt is a tremendous actor

[@enigma19833]

Michael Pitt's a great actor, but he was also a temperamental, unstable junkie who constantly caused problems and delays on set. Dude was a nightmare to work with. Aside from the usual chronic lateness/not showing up at all, he apparently nodded out in the middle of a scene on a couple of occasions. They had no intention of killing Jimmy this early in the series, but the showrunners felt they had no choice. He just wasn't worth the hassle. Same thing happened a few years later on Hannibal, where, despite him being really really good in S2, Bryan Fuller recast the character for S3.

[@vinniecousinofvito6401]

yeah theykilled him off because he was always late to set and hard to work with but that's Hollywood

[@jensenmac.8416]

jimmy greeted death like an old friend.

[@Floral_Green]

You referencing Harry Potter there?

[@stevencoffin328]

I thought it was an Oz reference

[@JR-vt7rb]

@@Floral_Green LOL you are a savage 😂😂😂

[@lucyhurst2534]

Oh god Harry Potter geeks find a way of getting in everywhere 🙄

[@JR-vt7rb]

@Zetta dotta you dont know because you are a harry fanboy 😂

[@celticjay2306]

I died in a trench years ago.... Brilliantly so sadly true...

[@ravenkahne8484]

@Snaggle Toothed How many WW1 trenches did you serve in?

[@ravenkahne8484]

@Snaggle Toothed oh look, little Johnny has his cute sister comeback. Sad. Run along junior, adults are talking.

[@j.t.thomas1859]

@Snaggle Toothed Your an idiot just like the dumbfuck who liked your comment. Your punk ass couldn't survive out there dipshit.

[@chrishouston3566]

Celtic Jay shut up

[@dam11232]

No he died right there. Where he was shot

[@iMasturb8ed]

"You don't know me James. You never did" Those lines stuck with me a long time after this episode! Nucky was a gangster all along but Jimmy couldn't see it because Nucky was cautious and presented this calm businessman exterior.

[@evancahoon2937]

That’s not how I read the situation is showing all lucky wasn’t a gangster until Jimmy forced him to become one

[@dazdoukas]

Exactly right. A lot of people have misinterpreted it, Nucky had already done horrible things to get to his power but had learned along the way how to be the wise and cautious businessman bad guy rather than the gangster. When he was saying that he was telling Jimmy he had done shit in his past that Jimmy and no one except (Eli and jimmy's mother) knew about to get to where he was. They reinforce in the last seasons where we see what nucky had to go through as a kid and the decisions he had to make to begin that life turning a blind eye to jimmy's mother being handed off as a child prostitute for the man that would give him power.

[@New_genre_entertainment]

I don't think that's true. The proof is that in the very next season, he was haunted by James Ghost. Also, the final season shows that Jimmy wad right all along. Nucky was haunted by death and regret. He couldn't live with himself anymore.

[@wickeywaanzla3015]

Never thought about it like that. I guess Jimmy did force Nuck's transition into a full gangster.

[@sammygunnsOfficial]

Honestly one of the best pistol sound effects I’ve heard in a show.

[@SherLock55]

They really did have some awesome sound effects in this show.

[@jaycruz8160]

It was probably the real sound from the gun.

[@hanzen5174]

best means accurate. this is not close to accurate, sounds like a rifle

[@sammygunnsOfficial]

@@hanzen5174 I bet you are really fun at parties

[@hanzen5174]

@@sammygunnsOfficial tedious but nevertheless on point

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

This is probably the best Buscemi scene. The anger and pain in his voice when he says, "You're so fucking stupid" perfectly sums up their relationship, and his delivery of it actually chills me

[@joefeeney5497]

Probably some real life emotion in there too…

[@cwdoby]

its actually very meta if you understand why he was written off the show.

[@MrRjh63]

@@cwdoby Why was he? was Jimmy supposed to be in later season originally?

[@cwdoby]

@@MrRjh63 He was a problem actor on the set and so they fired him. So if you listen to that speech it's like he's talking to the actor himself about screwing up his chances as an actor.

[@MrRjh63]

@cwdoby ty its a shame that had to happen I liked his character. It makes me wonder if he was originally gonna be the one nucky sent against Luciano instead of the Irish guy.

[@daveatwoodsr2044]

The best part of this scene is actually just prior to this scene when he gives tommy his dog tags knowing where and what is about to happen.

[@victorbaeza2882]

Richard knew too

[@bigbrian340]

The best part at the end of the series when Tommy Killed Nucky

[@seamushawks2190]

Skull Lord Beezy spoiler bro!!! Guess I shouldn’t come on KZbin yet, I was just mourning Jimmy...

[@19RaxR91]

@@seamushawks2190 Well, at least he did say that it was "at the end of the series" first. Besides, season 5 imo sucked really hard when compared to the first 4. Had it been as great as the rest, it definitely could have been considered one of Mount Rushmore series.

[@dewanmdurnto3592]

​@@seamushawks2190 yeah it's ruined for me to now 😂

[@bjrnb9042]

Jimmy took it like a man

[@dd.4910]

Yes, the actor did what he was told and read his make believe lines well.

[@bjrnb9042]

The actor played the hell out of this scene, like a professional, about this character who too his execution like a man

[@dins5066]

Bjørn Brynemo good comeback..you showed him lol

[@bjrnb9042]

D D Your comment was implying that I was stupid enough to think this scene was real. My comment demonstrated how I would need to communicate if I had to point out that it's not real, whenever I talked about a scene from a show. That's what I believe he meant by me “showing” you. I would read up on the term sub-communication, if I was you.

[@satchmothekid3891]

Relax, you guys are both assholes.

[@wickeywaanzla3015]

The last scene, with him back in France, really brought the curtains down for Jimmy. One of the greatest tragedy characters ever made.

[@BAGGStheAugmented]

Nucky didn't realize that when he pulled the trigger on Jimmy, he also pulled the trigger on himself in the future.

[@silversnail1413]

He still lived longer and better than most of his enemies. You can't dodge the bullet forever but I'd say Nucky made a pretty good go of it.

[@blazeup5519]

Yeah this scene to me, is possibly one of the darkest scene in any tv series history. The raining at night makes it even more darker He was my favorite character.

[@jessmontgomery3454]

Love the seed of doom this lay for Nucky at the end of the show. The real life Nucky lived a full life, no karmic justice bar poverty near the end, the show nailed it.

[@Jaleel88]

Truth!

[@erickg5967]

Well he fucked himself 🔥😈💯💯💯💯💯period

[@vincenttommy5046]

When you run out of booze, run out of company the only person to judge you, is you

[@13Gangland]

And God.

[@chrisbeddows7099]

Deep that

[@ChessJourneyman]

@@13Gangland And brainwashed sheep

[@mrmanlet7385]

Billy William Like you know if your god is really real

[@mrmanlet7385]

Billy William prove it. I am more moral than the god of the Bible.

[@myalaskalife5837]

to survive the hells of ww1 just to die like that what a shame

[@garcalej]

Who says he really survived?

[@RobertS122]

He died in the trench, years back. Jimmy was only a shell.

[@RobertS122]

He went to the meeting unarmed knowing he would die. He lost his humanity in the war. He was nothing and he knew he was nothing.

[@fuckchocouch]

Nelson Williams nah he died in the trench, years back. Thought you knew that?

[@karkoskirachel5438]

Nelson Williams I think he had it in his heart somewhere to die like that, back at home wen all else was lost

[@ronrobertson59]

Boardwalk Empire is one of the best acted and well done series HBO ever did. Sets were excellent I've watched the entire serie 4 times.

[@lildude2386]

I love how his afterlife scene is him terrified in the trenches, like he never left; while richard’s trip to the afterlife is what he always wanted. Jimmy could never move on and he knew that, that’s why he told Richard to “try and come back home” for him. Because Jimmy never left the war

[@hgbugalou]

If you look at the way Jimmy died and what flashes before him and how Richard died and what flashed before him you can really see which one of them got over the war and which one didn't and considering Richard's disfigurement, you would think he would be less likely to get over it but the opposite happened.

[@ulysses1320]

Michael O I think Richard was more obsessed with Pre-War life and was nostalgic whereas jimmy was consumed by the war and was the catalyst for his inability to forget trauma. Jimmys life before the war was fucked, whereas Richard Harrow was s normal man. Just my thoughts

[@mikenaugz88]

Michael O once your a soldier dude... ur always a soldier.

[@mikenaugz88]

Apollo Spade did you serve?

[@ironblitz6054]

Apollo Spade tough talk from a guy who likely never served.

[@mikenaugz88]

@@ironblitz6054 yep!

[@markrenealvarado1043]

man Jimmy was a cool dude

[@MDUmairKh]

He was foolish

[@nicholasroberts7891]

He never had the makings of a varsity athelete

[@invisiblesurge44]

@@nicholasroberts7891 small hands.

[@danieldevito6380]

Comment of the year

[@myoffenceismydefence2051]

You guys are all trashing him lol

[@TheJking85]

When Jimmy and Richard Harrow died, TV died too.

[@ericcrabtree6245]

I always found it interesting Richard returned to his family farm, in his last moment. Jimmy, on the other hand, was in the trenches and went over the top. Seems like a clear heaven and hell analogy.

[@kentvesser9484]

I think part of that was Richard saw a future for himself with his girlfriend and raising Tommy. Jimmy never saw a future for himself really. He just kind of lived moment to moment as if he was on borrowed time and figuring it was only a matter of time until his time ran out.

[@art_of_comedy3241]

Cuz Jimmy lost his wife right before he died ,Richard was the opposite, he just got married

[@4evagrace789]

2019 and I’m still mad he got killed off😢😢😢

[@taxpayer9972]

Beverly Palomino they make meds for that.

[@3DCommando]

Bronx Speaks we’re you big happy when you finished the show? I know I was. The Darmody family did not die in vain.

[@Larry]

He was supposed to be in the entire series, but they wanted rid of him after he became a massive douche on set apparantly.

[@mr.flitch4287]

Larry Bundy Jr yep, he would screw up scenes requiring complete reshoots & was a dick to others on set.

[@oliversmith1780]

The show was never the same without Jimmy

[@solinvictus7292]

I died in a shinebox years ago, you knew that

[@donovanweeks5050]

He even left it at home

[@MarvinT0606]

that animal Blundetto- shit, wrong show

[@videogames]

"Hey, let me buy you a pack of gum - I'll show you how to chew it"

[@jason47hitmanforhire]

That's right cocksucka, go back to Atlantic City.

[@nateborie6329]

The way Jimmy just accepts the fact that he's already dead and was egging Nucky on and literally daring and asking him to kill him was just so epic and sad at the same time. I also have to point out the irony in the way Jimmy was shot the first time through the cheek. It's exactly the same way Tommy shot Nucky in the final season. It feels strangely ironic and cathartic that the same way Jimmy died was the same way Nucky died, and it brings the show full circle with one of Nucky's first mistakes coming back to haunt him.

[@spearstrike211]

There’s nothing ironic about it, Nucky’s face wound was a callback to Jimmy’s. Absolutely intentional storytelling from the writers. You’re “pointing out” something that wasn’t subtle at all lol

[@nateborie6329]

@@spearstrike211 Effective writing or not, I just admire how the writers were able to bring the story full circle by having Enoch’s biggest mistake come back to haunt him in the form of James Darmody’s son.

[@shamshirhussain8198]

Richard harrow shoots his victims in the same place. Its a recurrent theme in this show

[@nateborie6329]

@@shamshirhussain8198 Huh. I have to watch the show again in order to see that. That was a quality I never saw before.

[@shamshirhussain8198]

@@nateborie6329 He mentions it in his first meeting with Jimmy, he explains how he outsmarted a sniper and shot him in the cheek, below the eye. I believe he also does it in his first on screen kill

[@alsenar2]

“...He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. Turning him over one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come.” - Erich Maria Remarque

[@jackgrimaldi8685]

Such a great book! R.I.P. Paul Baumer and all the boys who fell in the Great War, no matter their allegiance.

[@TheUpwardbound1]

Jimmy was a true Gangster. One of my favorite characters! Hate he died but was a true boss to the end

[@juancopete4437]

TheUpwardbound1 maybe a manager and not a good one at that. Never a boss, the boss killed him!

[@ucnguyenviet5514]

I actually love his death... in a way that it makes Broadwalk Empire real and depict the ruthlessness of gang world.

[@skota7416]

Shocking they killed him in season 1. Love the balls of this show

[@el34glo59]

He was a moron

[@orionpavlos4479]

@@skota7416 It was actually season 2

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

You don't see much rain in TV shows I noticed. This is the best use of rain I've seen on TV.

[@sbakernyc5761]

Fabisch Factor never rained once in the Wire? Never really noticed it but I'm fairly certain you're incorrect

[@ottoborr4819]

Fabisch Factor must of never watched the wire then

[@johnmckay397]

stringer bell and prop joe meet in the rain, police don't get wet

[@mysticx0]

rain during a dramatic scene is such an overused trope in all of hollywood...........google it. the amount of times its used is pathetic. when i saw it raining in this scene i rolled my eyes like "aw here we go again...." fun fact: John Cusak is known as the most rained on star due to his drama scenes.

[@HollandDamien]

As mysticx0 said rain in movies (or TV shows, if you will) is overused to the point of being cheap. Filmmakers need to use their imaginations better to come up with different ways to evoke emotion and not keep pushing the same devices again and again. That's artistic laziness.

[@DomozoveoGZ]

By the look on Nucky's face at 1:50 you can tell that part of him doesn't want to kill Jimmy, which makes this scene even more sad

[@xcalabur18]

I know the rumors surrounding Michael Pitt's difficulty on set, etc. but he really was a phenomenal actor. The subtleties in his performance are amazing. For example, when he says 'Eli' and then gives the look of disgust, like he is saying how patethic he thinks Eli is and if he were the one to kill him....purely brilliant.

[@MatthewTait237]

Exactly. Pitt does really well with the “little things” in acting. Like he has interesting movements in front of the camera. He’s fun to watch. I love the way he falls after being shot. Kind of glides down with his hands sprawling out just a little. There are many scenes but one I like that’s all shot from behind & is basically all movements is at the beginning of this episode when they’re riding up to the kkk people. Just his movements etc are very cool & fun to watch. From the quick tap on the driver, to the way he holds the gun etc.. He’s one of those actors that uses his whole body to act. Even from behind a mask he’s interesting to watch.

[@timobscene1485]

Jimmy was the best. "To the lost"

[@Hatchbackin]

I toast that to this day.

[@bakedhomer]

To the lost

[@elenashark2609]

Great actor

[@bizzleb7524]

Too the lost. Freind.

[@natenate2280]

lo

[@garcel1251]

He knew it was a setup he still went … he could have had Harold set up and squat on them but he didn’t … he was ready to go

[@MM-qi5mk]

“ Jimmy was a soldier. He fought , he lost “

[@jamesdexter7165]

I love this scene, it is so painfully reckless and breaks usual cinema tropes. Usually one would expect, that Nucky changes his mind at the last second, kills the butcher instead and releases Jimmy with some kind of snarky comment and then they slowly but steadily rebuilt their relationship. A mentally wounded soldier, who is willingly walking into his own death by his stepfather, who not only raised him, but is in an abstract way responsible for his mere existence, this whole ordeal and it's painful ruthlessness, the inevitable fate of Jimmy has something of a greek tragedy.

[@2serveand2protect]

...yeah, I guess Jimmy never had the makings of a varsity athlete, either...

[@nicholasroberts7891]

golden comment

[@daniematos693]

Haha gold

[@Oallright]

He was injured in JV

[@OGtalks]

Best comment ever !!

[@treefingers1183]

God dammit, it follows me everywhere

[@JohnDoe-uu6jl]

The WWI scene...so haunting but beautiful

[@tactlessbeast6737]

Jimmy was awesome. Show wasn’t the same after the the first two seasons.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Michael Pitt CRUSHED this role. For a series to kill off a MAJOR character only 2 seasons in, was unheard of. I was seriously worried about season 3 until I met Gyp Rossetti. There was no doubt Gyp was the bad guy but he was sooo much fun.

[@vka337]

Imagine Jimmy locking horns with Gyp Rossetti in the next season. What a shame.

[@Warszawski_Modernizm]

he probably wouldnt screw up the Kinnaret Lodge hit the way Sigel did it in s3

[@totheedge25]

This was one of the finest acting performances that I have ever seen on TV. Michael Pitt should have been nominated and won an Emmy for Jimmy Darmody. It's a shame he didn't. It's also a shame that he continues to be so underrated.

[@Venom-zi4ht]

Yes I was thinking the same this is one of the most underrated performances I’ve ever seen in a movie/television!!

[@el34glo59]

Probably because he's a prick real life

[@Chris-2]

Apparently it’s because he HORRIBLE to work with, that’s why they killed him off so early in this show

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

@@Chris-2 that was a rumor.

[@Chris-2]

@@flightofthebumblebee9529 how was it a rumor? Multiple sources confirmed it lmao…. That’s also why he went a long time without another big role

[@shaunbang]

Love how the sound of the thunder melds with the gunshots

[@ucnguyenviet5514]

I have rarely seen a cast as great as that of Boardwalk Empire. Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Nucky and Jimmy are all superb

[@Blaklyon0]

As morbid as this sounds... In a story perspective, that was a great ending for a character like him...

[@Supperdude9]

"I am not seeking forgiveness." But Jimmy just did forgive you, Nucky.

[@interstellar618]

I never watched another episode after this one. They fired the best actor on the show. This kid was f-n great

[@awzthemusicalreviews]

"Fired" is a bit harsh. Kind of implies that Pitt did some stupid shit that caused Jimmy to die, as opposed to just being a pawn in a story that was far less interesting without him

[@mariothomas102]

You should truly watch the rest of it I never watched it back then I just recently finished it trust me you want to finish this.

[@silversnail1413]

I was honestly glad they killed him off. He was a constantly causing problems and couldn't be trusted. It took a lot of balls to kill off a major character like this early on in the show and it was an important step in Nucky's character development.

[@Kiiieeechiii]

@@awzthemusicalreviews apparently he did. They say he got into confrontations with the other actors so they killed jimmy off. He also got into a fist fight with William Forsythe.

[@stevencoffin328]

@@silversnail1413 I could not stand Jimmy's character and at this point the show didn't really need him. Richie was a better soldier and Owen was a better gangster. Jimmy was in my opinion a really bland and boring character. Also everyone seems to forget he straight up raped Angela so I wasn't really that sad when he died tbh.

[@brettwilkinson9529]

The last scene of Jimmy in the trenches during the First World War , makes me angry. All those soldiers that were instructed to leap out and face the machine gun fire seems so rediculous and pointless. Such a waste of human life .

[@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone]

Blame the German aggressors.

[@Maximoose875]

@@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone take a history lesson idiot

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone Nope. The Serbians caused WW1 by assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

[@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone]

@@The_OneManCrowd what happens within Austro Hungary is not an excuse to invade another country.

[@The_OneManCrowd]

@@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone-Assasinating a WORLD LEADER is not an internal situation. They knew what the were doing, and the blood of untold millions is directly on their hands.

[@hustlemoe_]

The show died with jimmy, i never watched another episode.

[@revan6769]

Fuck no The show about nucky

[@mothegrouch909]

Yo Gyp Rosetti was worth it to keep watching.

[@BeholdenYeti]

You just missed out on the best season then. Season 3 is the peak of the show for sure.

[@hustlemoe_]

@@BeholdenYeti i restarted it, im on season 4 now. Lol. Barneyyyy google with the goo goo googly eyes lmao

[@DivingHawker]

Yeah, it was never the same without him, and even worse when Richard was gone.

[@desperadogoingdark2847]

It’s sad when people ask what war jimmy fought in. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@calebjanus2000]

Not everyone knows the story takes place during prohibition.

[@Cybrix]

@@calebjanus2000 It's literally the premise of the show.

[@KarbonKopy]

I would not want to be standing directly behind Jimmy while Steve Buscemi attempts to shoot him in the head during a driving rainstorm.

[@TecToss]

I know they wrote him off because Michael Pitt was impossible to work with and at the time I loved his character. But now, I think this scene was absolutely necessary to bring some "grit" to the show. It shows the blood on Nuckys hands that was there because of his lust for power and greed. But even more importantly (for me), it conveyed that nobody is safe, just because they are a leading character. This really raised the stakes and properly called in to question the sympathy I previously felt for Nuckys character. Everything about how freaking well this scene is executed, set up and acted has already been said I guess ... :)

[@juniorjames7076]

I couldn't stand Jimmy's character for all 2 seasons until this episode. I found him insufferable- ungrateful impetuous spoiled brat, opportunities to attend Ivy league school but preferred to be a hoodlum thug, betrayings mentors like Nucky, etc. Then , in the previous episode to this, we finally get his true origin story. Man, his mother EFFed him up (literally, no pun intended) but good! Jesus, Christ. He is by far the most tragic character in the whole series, and I feel like an asshole.

[@ForTheFood]

"I died in the trench..years back." Shit

[@thiagof9481]

by this time in the story you might still think Nucky was somehow a better person than his peers in crime. this scene made it clear, he was as evil and rutless as one can be.

[@kentvesser9484]

Yeah, and in the final episode of season 5 you start to realize that Nucky may have started out a man with some decency, he shed that pretty quickly and turned a blind eye to the corruption and evil around him to move up in the world.

[@PaddyRoon7]

Jimmy trying to guide Nucky through his first murder was one of the most powerful scenes in television.

[@jamessuarez9833]

Just started watching this series, probably one of the most saddest TV deaths ever. Dude was made for that role.

[@Willysmb44]

At 3:35 is the part I liked the most. He went back to the only place he knew; the trenches in France. Any combat vet would understand this being his last thought.

[@ChessJourneyman]

Play victim all you want - real vets live on and move on.

[@thebullybuffalo]

@@ChessJourneyman eh people are different

[@tear728]

@@ChessJourneyman gay

[@Mikek88]

@@ChessJourneyman it’s complicated

[@Willysmb44]

@@ChessJourneyman I'm assuming you never served in combat? If not, then your opinion in meaningless

[@gitouttamyway7611]

Jimmy's thinking of Nuckys hesitation was incorrect. He wasn't hesitant because of a first kill, which this isn't. He was shaking because he had to kill the closest thing to a son he had ever had.

[@hosvet_animation]

Maybe that's why he spared Eli. He just didn't care about him that much anymore and he was useful as a patsy.

[@bennyp8363]

This scene is so powerful on so many levels.

[@beneraul17]

The brilliant thing is, that shooting Jimmy wasn't even unexpected considering Nucky's motivation and character. But still, you feel during the scene, that if he really pulls the trigger, then this is the very point where he can't turn back from, where he crosses all possible lines. He takes the only life he was ever responsible to, beacuse he stubbornly insists that this is the only way. I think this is the point he refers in the season 5 finale when talking to Eli. It's so well written and played.

[@jaicotterill5226]

The sound of the rain is so nice

[@Herbsandspices100]

This scene was amazingly well done! I feel sorry for his son- an orphan so quickly 😢

[@samuraisergeant8592]

Richards death he saw peace Jimmy death he saw the trenches It’s very deep when you analyse both of them very sad lives all around

[@samuraishinobi]

Jimmy faced death like a warrior. Calm and fearless. Respects.

[@clintgolub1751]

The scene where the whistle blows, and the next batch of terrified young men climb out to their deaths makes me so emotional.

[@homersimpson6585]

"when you run outta booze you run outta company" its true tho at the end of the prohibition nucky lost everything

[@dixondiaz8448]

"Forward!" he cried from the rear, and the front ranks died. Generals sat, and the lines on the map moved from side to side.

[@lukegowest]

Haven't you heard it's a battle of words, the poster bearer cried. Listen son, said the man with the gun, there's room for you inside

[@ulysses1320]

Dixon Diaz Us and Them

[@kencox5192]

Ulysses Love love love that song.

[@finnkdy]

Who's Pink??

[@vampirecount3880]

Its funny how we blame the generals in WWI for the pointless killing when in fact they were just doing their job. We forget that those generals were once soldiers in the frontline, lucky to survive their first battles. Right before WWI, even decades before, ordinary people, the mainstream midia of the time, and agitators of all sorts, from anarchists to comunists, and politicians, were crying out for war. After all, they thought, they had machineguns, they had planes and giant battleships, and most most importantly, they had "history" on their sides. War, everyone was thinking, would be a walk in the park for their respective nations. Even back in 1914, most countrys were already democracies, or at least some major powers were. Lets face it, we the people, are to blame.

[@The_Smoke_Mirrors_Podcast]

guy survived a close range revolver shot to the face what a trooper

[@barky87]

"I - am not - seeking - forgiveness" BANG* Then proceeds to look at all 3 witnesses for validation that he did the right thing. Nucky didnt know himself either. And could Eli have been standing in a worse position? If Nucky missed, he gets shot in the head!

[@harrymackenzie5403]

He must have known Eli wouldn't shoot him. As he's have taken out his brother too from that position.

[@RKsolid5586]

Maybe his goal was to take out both of his betrayers in one shot?

[@sky.the.infinite]

Fuck Eli

[@cesareantonio8833]

That line was suppose to put him over as a gangster but failed as Michael Pitt portrayal of Jimmy Darmody overshadowed him, throughout first two season we wanted to see more Jimmy, Luciano and Capone than Nucky.

[@pablodiablo2423]

Cesare Antonio Jimmy annoyed me in season 1 but quickly became my favourite character in season 2, Nucky definitely came into his own in season 3 he was the best character in that season by far

[@fabiannorth7835]

This death devastated me. Man, Jimmy was fuckin awesome. I didn't see it coming.

[@pasajerodelabrujula8261]

Fabian North I felt it coming, and it made my stomach sick.

[@aidendeangelo1509]

They killed him off because his actor was a dick apparently

[@PinwheelArts]

Jimmy was a piece of shit

[@kathrynorozco5416]

@@aidendeangelo1509 no that wasn’t it. The actor himself and writer/or director said that was false. The plan was to always kill Jimmy

[@zeusa7075]

He's also shagged he's own mother so 🤣 the show got better after he's death anyway

[@guatemalantomcat]

He didn't understand Nucky hesitated not because it was his first time killing but because he genuinely loved Jimmy.

[@davidsevic8317]

I didnt believe Jimmy is gonna die, he seemed like he was going to become the main charecter of the series

[@youraverageguy5746]

Imagine Jimmy, Harrow, Arquimedes, Owen all worked for Nucky at the same time.

[@lonelyhumanbeing99]

Shit They will role all the country

[@BerserkerArmor000]

I straight up yelled at the tv when this happened

[@BerserkerArmor000]

@@florencejones3378 i knew it too i just didnt want to see him go out like that lol

[@BerserkerArmor000]

@@florencejones3378 "to the lost" cheers 😥

[@knivez786]

Holy crap same here when Nucky pulled the gun out, I was like Nah, No way in hell is he gonna shoot him, He'll most likely exile Jimmy from Atlantic city and tell him to take his family and never return When he pulled the trigger, I stood up from my chair in shock while at the same time shouting the words HOLY SHIT HE SHOT HIM!!! My jaw dropped in utter shock

[@Filthy_Larry]

If I were your tv I would just shut myself off during the best parts.

[@kurtiskaskowski5386]

That little clip of WW1 is better than all movies about WW1 combined.

[@3ggh3ad]

now i want HBO to do a drama set during ww1

[@fatyowls]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqCWZJiMlr6XhsU This is well worth watching.

[@myalaskalife5837]

Polish Sausage sad but true

[@orionsbelt9814]

neil armstrong that would be cool, I want more gangster shows like this, magic city (made by Starz) is amazing just like this show, sadly the characters and story aren't as interesting as boardwalk empire.

[@sbakernyc5761]

For real...Im here for those 10 seconds slone

[@skarecrowster]

Out of all the big budget HBO type series, Boardwalk Empire is the best one I've ever seen. Such great storytelling, backed up by an incredible cast.

[@kentvesser9484]

Yeah, just sad that the show was suddenly cancelled and barely enough budget was given to try to finish up the storylines with a final season. The writers and producers had to scramble and it showed in that final season.

[@therandomyoutuber5101]

This show had so many amazing moments. This being one. Still brings me back to the entire series.

[@RedNovaMedia]

The “I died in the trench” part is incredible... but then so was nucky’s “I’m not seeking forgiveness”

[@kentvesser9484]

Yep, you see Nucky's character even more in the end of season five and realize some of the unforgivable things he has done as he rose through the Atlantic City machine.

[@PeterOkeefe54]

cant imagine the nerve it took to climb out of a safe trench and charge into a machine gun...its one thing to return fire when attacked...quite another to step into it

[@overlordtype25]

Im seeing this show for the first time and watched this scene last night I could not believe it! Jimmy was one of my favorites it was so unexpected

[@hosvet_animation]

Just watched this scene too and had to just pace around thinking about Jimmy's arc for a while.

[@ryanriccardi5622]

This scene literally is what hooked me the symbolism of Jimmy telling him he can't be half a gangster all the character development up to Jimmy being nucky first kill this show was written unbelievably well

[@v8Buster87]

DAMN SON HBO ALWAYS DELIVERS

[@rascallyrabbit717]

may 2019 GoT nope

[@patrickgogan3517]

@@rascallyrabbit717 that's all on D&D and their stupidity

[@sahanest]

Not anymore

[@aussievapezaussievapez__3320]

I am not seeking forgiveness.... Incredibly powerful scene

[@andrewpestotnik5495]

He was clearly hesitant tho. The thought of killing him was clearly having its effects

[@iVenge]

...and then he looks his brother right in the eye.

[@tonysoprano5580]

@@andrewpestotnik5495 Nucky seemed more hurt when Jimmy initually betrayed him. He hesitated to say his line.

[@toasteddingus6925]

I know what he means. To have your whole life killed in front of you. To die when no one else knows or cares.... To come back from death only to see that nothing's changed.... Nothing's changed for anyone except you. No one has changed. Except you. And no one cares. Except you. I died on a mountain. Surrounded by my true friends, and with my whole life ahead of me. I died ready to live, I died having barely felt the touch of love but today, alive and breathing, I know it is a lie. I know I am dead, I died on a mountain.

[@dinkules]

holy shit what happened

[@Merry_Adventure]

May I also ask what Happened

[@danielestevao5]

Shut up

[@dmac2899]

This really makes me appreciate what our soldiers went through back in that war. Sad.

[@btwarner2124]

Jimmy was ready. A true warrior.

[@FrankChristopherOutdoors]

Best character death I’ve maybe ever seen in any movie, tv show, etc.

[@JR-vt7rb]

Leonidas from 300, John Marston from red dead redemption, Arthur Morgan from red dead redemption 2, John Cofi (like the coffee but it's spelled different) from the green mile, Rob Stark and Hodor from game of thrones would like a word with you 😜

[@chrisdawson1776]

Gus Fring, Christopher Moltisanti, The Departed

[@clairestark9024]

His entire character arc was an extended ptsd suicide note.

[@Potatoshaneko]

03:12 Jimmu is still breathing xD

[@Leopardipzg]

The ending makes me want a WW1 Band of Brothers

[@jackj9816]

Just not a American one there are so much more stories to be told besides the last two years

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

@@jackj9816 Then call the BBC or CBC to do it.

[@kebabsausen]

Most died within a few weeks. Several Companies with 0% survival rates.

[@brycewalker3726]

@@jackj9816 Well Americans are typically the ones to make those kind of shows/movies so it only makes sense.

[@jackj9816]

Bryce Walker still we know Americans will watch stories about other nations just stupid producers don’t think that. Like master and commander was based on a real story where a english ship was hunting a American ship bu they were worried Americans would not like being the villains

[@spenserdavis788]

I remember watching this series at the same time as we were watching "Breaking Bad." I thought Nucky and Jimmy were this show's Walt and Jesse, so when Jimmy died here, I was SHOCKED. But it was absolutely the right call. A guy like Jimmy had his days numbered from the beginning.

[@silversnail1413]

Agreed. One of the biggest weaknesses of Breaking Bad is that Walt let Jesse live all the way until the end of the show. I know he was fond of the kid but he still tried to protect him even after he became a threat. Boardwalk Empire took a much more bold approach and chose to kill off Jimmy at the end of Season 2 when he became too much of a problem for Nucky to deal with. His death changes Nucky's character profoundly and also casts a long shadow over the next three seasons. Even though Jimmy dies here, his presence still haunts Nucky until the very end of his life. It was a brilliant writing decision even though it pissed off some of the fans.

[@Ashes2Ashes]

thank you recommendations for reminding me of this brilliant show. Absolutely loved it

[@hickonaryjones5990]

man all of you guys that dropped the show after Jimmy died are really missing out, the show carries on very well without him, i was a little wary after this episode but they keep on going and making great episodes for the rest of the show

[@journey95far49]

no its never as good. S3 is at times enjoyable just because of Gyp but the last two are garbage

[@QUHectic212]

@@journey95far49 s5 was trash

[@ryancastner1407]

@@journey95far49 Well Richard Harrow had a great arc and his death was actually much better than this one imo. But yeah other than that 4 and 5 were dump juice comparted to the first few

[@brucetucker4847]

@@journey95far49 I thought S3 was the best, but mostly because of Gyp, it's true. His tirade against Nucky, AR, and all the others was gold.

[@hapablap2088]

Nah it got lame after this.

[@hari-xo2fm]

04:10 Great way of showing that his soul never left the trenches and that he was dead inside all along.

[@Cbart23]

This sequence was excellent.

[@fernandomedrano7386]

Irony is shooting a man after saving one in the sopranos...like Chrissy.

[@zlistcelebrityYT]

"I am not seeking forgivness" Good, Jimmy's son wasn't bringing any