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"**Home**"
"Home"
Boardwalk Empire episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 7
Directed by	Allen Coulter
Written by	Tim Van Patten; Paul Simms;
Original air date	October 31, 2010
Running time	53 minutes
Guest appearances
	Tom Aldredge as Ethan Thompson; Michael Badalucco as Harry Prince; Edoardo Ballerini as Ignacious D'Alessio; Max Casella as Lucien D'Alessio; Jack Huston as Richard Harrow; Lisa Joyce as Mary Dittrich; Erik Weiner as Agent Sebso; Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky;
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"Home" is the seventh episode of the first season of HBO's crime drama Boardwalk Empire. The episode aired on October 31, 2010.^[1] The episode was written by executive producer Tim Van Patten and Paul Simms and directed by Allen Coulter.

The episode focuses on Nucky as he deals with unpleasant memories of his abusive father. Jimmy brings a fellow veteran into his crime family, while Luciano and a friend cut a deal with the D'Alessio brothers as they move to expand into Atlantic City.

Plot

In Chicago, Jimmy learns from Capone that Liam, the Irish mobster who disfigured Pearl, regularly eats breakfast at the same restaurant. Later that day, he consults a doctor about recurring pain in his leg caused by his war wounds and agrees to take a psychological test designed to study the trauma of veterans. While waiting for the test, he meets Richard Harrow, a severely wounded sharpshooter who wears a tin mask over his disfigured face. After picking up that Richard is uncomfortable and nervous, Jimmy lies to the nurses and gets them both out of the test. He then takes Richard over to the Four Deuces, providing him with free drinks and the services of a prostitute.

Back in Atlantic City, Jimmy's estranged fiancé, Angela, is revealed to be in a lesbian affair with photographer Robert Dittrich's wife, Mary, who has arranged for an art dealer to assess her paintings. A man calling himself "Michael Lewis" offers Chalky a deal to sell alcohol directly to him without paying Nucky first; Chalky believes Nucky is testing his loyalty and declines. Luciano and "Lewis"–his associate Meyer Lansky–meet with the D'Alessio brothers to discuss their burgeoning bootlegging operation. Luciano suggests financing the venture by robbing one of Nucky's casinos and assures the brothers that he can persuade Rothstein to back them against Nucky.

Nucky and Eli's elderly father has an accident at the old Thompson family home, and Eli takes him in. Nucky agrees to give the decrepit property to an associate, Damien Flemming, who is eager to start a family. A jealous Lucy confronts Nucky over his relationship with Margaret. When Margaret convinces him that he shouldn't feel afraid to confide in her, Nucky reveals how his father loathed and abused him, and how he's carried the memories of that abuse ever since. Van Alden learns of Jimmy's involvement from a petty criminal who assisted him and Capone during their truck heist and convinces the man to testify in court as an informant.

Jimmy confronts Liam and makes it clear he never wants to see his face again. Shortly after he leaves, a sniper's bullet, fired by Richard from the apartment across the street from the restaurant, strikes Liam beneath his eye and kills him. Lucy watches the film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde alone after Nucky breaks his promise to attend the showing with her. Nucky and his father have an unpleasant encounter as they look over the now-remodeled home. Nucky calmly lights a match and sets fire to the house; when the startled Damien arrives, he gives him all the cash in his pocket so he can "find a better place to live."

Reception

Critical reception

IGN gave the episode 8 out of 10. Calling the episode "Impressive." They said "The scene in the diner where Pearl's attacker is taken out is near-perfect, blemished only by a directorial choice that draws too much attention to itself. Michael Pitt's delivery of the story about Jimmy shooting a German soldier, while the German tried to make it over barbed-wire fencing, applies the right amount of tension to the scene—moments before the man on the receiving end of the conversation gets a sniper's bullet to the face. A shot Panic Room-ing through the window's bullet hole to reveal Harrow as the shooter clashes with the show's 'less is more' shooting style, (It's the most stylistic flourish since the pilot)."^[2]

Ratings

The episode dropped a bit in total viewers but was steady with adults 18–49. 2.670 million viewers watched the episode.^[3]

References

^ "Shows A-Z - boardwalk empire on hbo". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
^ "Boardwalk Empire: "Home" Review - TV Review at IGN". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
^ "Private Site". Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2010-11-02.

External links

"Home" Archived 2017-10-01 at the Wayback Machine at HBO
"Home" at IMDb

[1] "Shows A-Z - boardwalk empire on hbo". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.

[2] "Boardwalk Empire: "Home" Review - TV Review at IGN". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-11-02.

[3] "Private Site". Archived from the original on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2010-11-02.

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+* [[Edoardo Ballerini]] as Ignacious D'Alessio
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+* [[Max Casella]] as Lucien D'Alessio
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+* [[Anatol Yusef]] as Meyer Lansky
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-"'''Home'''" is the seventh episode of the first season of [[HBO]]'s [[Gangster film|crime drama]] ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''. The episode aired on October 31, 2010.<ref>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/boardwalk-empire/listings</ref> The episode was written by executive producer [[Tim Van Patten]] and [[Paul Simms]] and directed by [[Allen Coulter]]. Nucky purges some bad childhood memories. Jimmy forges a new alliance with a fellow veteran named Richard Harrow, while Luciano and a friend cut a deal with the D'Alessio brothers.
+"'''Home'''" is the seventh episode of the first season of [[HBO]]'s [[Gangster film|crime drama]] ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''. The episode aired on October 31, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/boardwalk-empire/listings |title=Shows A-Z - boardwalk empire on hbo |publisher=TheFutonCritic.com |date= |accessdate=2022-05-06}}</ref> The episode was written by executive producer [[Tim Van Patten]] and [[Paul Simms]] and directed by [[Allen Coulter]].
+The episode focuses on Nucky as he deals with unpleasant memories of his abusive father. Jimmy brings a fellow veteran into his crime family, while Luciano and a friend cut a deal with the D'Alessio brothers as they move to expand into Atlantic City.
 == Plot ==
-In [[Chicago]], [[Jimmy Darmody|Jimmy]] consults a doctor about a pain in his leg, and agrees to a psychological test administered to veterans. While waiting for the test, Jimmy meets [[Richard Harrow]], a severely wounded veteran [[sharpshooter]] who wears a tin mask over his disfigured face. Richard, a former [[sniper]], is convinced by Jimmy not to submit to the test. Jimmy brings Richard back to the [[brothel]] and gets him a [[prostitute]]. In [[Atlantic City]], Jimmy's estranged fiancé, Angela, has a [[lesbian]] affair with photographer Robert Dittrich's wife, Mary.
+In [[Chicago]], [[Jimmy Darmody|Jimmy]] learns from [[Al Capone|Capone]] that Liam, the [[Irish mob]]ster who disfigured Pearl, regularly eats breakfast at the same restaurant. Later that day, he consults a doctor about recurring pain in his leg caused by his war wounds and agrees to take a psychological test designed to study the [[post traumatic stress disorder|trauma of veterans]]. While waiting for the test, he meets [[Richard Harrow]], a severely wounded [[sharpshooter]] who wears a [[tin]] mask over his disfigured face. After picking up that Richard is uncomfortable and nervous, Jimmy lies to the nurses and gets them both out of the test. He then takes Richard over to the Four Deuces, providing him with free drinks and the services of a [[prostitute]].
-[[Meyer Lansky]] offers Chalky a deal to start a new [[Rum-running|bootlegging]] business; Chalky believes [[Nucky Thompson|Nucky]] is testing his loyalty and sends Lansky away. Lansky and [[Lucky Luciano|Luciano]] then ally with the D'Alessio brothers to set up their new bootlegging operation. Luciano suggests financing the venture by robbing Nucky's [[casino]], with his assistance in return for a one-half share of the money for his boss, [[Arnold Rothstein|Rothstein]].
+Back in [[Atlantic City]], Jimmy's estranged fiancé, Angela, is revealed to be in a [[lesbian]] affair with photographer Robert Dittrich's wife, Mary, who has arranged for an art dealer to assess her paintings. A man calling himself "Michael Lewis" offers Chalky a deal to sell alcohol directly to him without paying [[Nucky Thompson|Nucky]] first; Chalky believes Nucky is testing his loyalty and declines. [[Lucky Luciano|Luciano]] and "Lewis"{{ndash}}his associate [[Meyer Lansky]]{{ndash}}meet with the D'Alessio brothers to discuss their burgeoning [[rum-running|bootlegging]] operation. Luciano suggests financing the venture by robbing one of Nucky's [[casino]]s and assures the brothers that he can persuade [[Arnold Rothstein|Rothstein]] to back them against Nucky.
-Nucky and Eli's father has an accident at his home, and Eli takes him in. Nucky agrees to give his father's home to an associate, Damien Flemming, who has an infant child. Lucy confronts Nucky over his relationship with Margaret. Later, at his father's house, Nucky tells Margaret about his childhood abuse by his father. Van Alden bargains with a potential [[informant]], Billy, who assisted Jimmy in the [[Boardwalk Empire (episode)|truck heist]].
+Nucky and Eli's elderly father has an accident at the old Thompson family home, and Eli takes him in. Nucky agrees to give the decrepit property to an associate, Damien Flemming, who is eager to start a family. A jealous Lucy confronts Nucky over his relationship with Margaret. When Margaret convinces him that he shouldn't feel afraid to confide in her, Nucky reveals how his father loathed and abused him, and how he's carried the memories of that abuse ever since. Van Alden learns of Jimmy's involvement from a petty criminal who assisted him and Capone during their [[Boardwalk Empire (episode)|truck heist]] and convinces the man to testify in court as an [[informant]].
-Jimmy confronts Liam, the rival mobster who had disfigured Pearl and triggered her suicide. After he leaves, Richard kills Liam with a rifle shot from the opposite building. Nucky and his father have an unpleasant encounter as they look over the now-remodeled home. Nucky then sets the house ablaze. When the startled Damien arrives, Nucky gives him a large wad of cash to "find a better place to live."
+Jimmy confronts Liam and makes it clear he never wants to see his face again. Shortly after he leaves, a sniper's bullet, fired by Richard from the apartment across the street from the restaurant, strikes Liam beneath his eye and kills him. Lucy watches the film ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Paramount film)|Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' alone after Nucky breaks his promise to attend the showing with her. Nucky and his father have an unpleasant encounter as they look over the now-remodeled home. Nucky calmly lights a match and sets fire to the house; when the startled Damien arrives, he gives him all the cash in his pocket so he can "find a better place to live."
 == Reception ==
 === Critical reception ===
-''IGN'' gave the episode 8 out of 10. Calling the episode "Impressive." They said "The scene in the diner where Pearl's attacker is taken out is near-perfect, blemished only by a directorial choice that draws too much attention to itself. Michael Pitt's delivery of the story about Jimmy shooting a German soldier, while the German tried to make it over barbed-wire fencing, applies the right amount of tension to the scene—moments before the man on the receiving end of the conversation gets a sniper's bullet to the face. A shot [[Panic Room]]-ing through the window's bullet hole to reveal Harrow as the shooter clashes with the show's 'less is more' shooting style, (It's the most stylistic flourish since the pilot)."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ie.tv.ign.com/articles/113/1131438p1.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004814/http://ie.tv.ign.com/articles/113/1131438p1.html |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
+''IGN'' gave the episode 8 out of 10. Calling the episode "Impressive." They said "The scene in the diner where Pearl's attacker is taken out is near-perfect, blemished only by a directorial choice that draws too much attention to itself. Michael Pitt's delivery of the story about Jimmy shooting a German soldier, while the German tried to make it over barbed-wire fencing, applies the right amount of tension to the scene—moments before the man on the receiving end of the conversation gets a sniper's bullet to the face. A shot [[Panic Room]]-ing through the window's bullet hole to reveal Harrow as the shooter clashes with the show's 'less is more' shooting style, (It's the most stylistic flourish since the pilot)."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ie.tv.ign.com/articles/113/1131438p1.html |title=Boardwalk Empire: "Home" Review - TV Review at IGN |accessdate=2010-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004814/http://ie.tv.ign.com/articles/113/1131438p1.html |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}</ref>
 === Ratings ===
-The episode dropped a bit in total viewers but was steady with adults 18–49. 2.670 million viewers watched the episode.<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/02/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-kills-boardwalk-empire-steady-swamp-people-dexter-ghost-hunters-live-much-more/70585</ref>
+The episode dropped a bit in total viewers but was steady with adults 18–49. 2.670 million viewers watched the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/02/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-kills-boardwalk-empire-steady-swamp-people-dexter-ghost-hunters-live-much-more/70585|title=Private Site|access-date=2010-11-02|archive-date=2012-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623170646/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/02/sunday-cable-ratings-the-walking-dead-kills-boardwalk-empire-steady-swamp-people-dexter-ghost-hunters-live-much-more/70585/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 == References ==
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 == External links ==
-* [http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/index.html#/boardwalk-empire/episodes/01/07-home/index.html "Home"] at [[HBO]]
+* [http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/index.html#/boardwalk-empire/episodes/01/07-home/index.html "Home"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001084111/http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/index.html#/boardwalk-empire/episodes/01/07-home/index.html |date=2017-10-01 }} at [[HBO]]
 * {{IMDb episode|1649463|Home}}
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+[[Category:Television episodes directed by Allen Coulter]]
+[[Category:Television episodes written by Paul Simms]]