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Boardwalk Empire (2002) series

Discussed in 14 episodes · 10 film takes
PKA Score 6.3/10
Kyle
6.4/10
9 takes
Taylor
4.5🦉/7
1 take
IMDb 8.6
PKA rates this 2.3 lower than critics

Sentiment over time — how their takes changed across episodes

LovedNeutralHatedPKA 362PKA 459PKA 556PKA 653PKA 750PKA 362: +0.78 (2 takes)PKA 447: +0.70 (1 take)PKA 497: -0.70 (1 take)PKA 584: -0.17 (2 takes)PKA 586: +0.12 (1 take)PKA 632: +0.75 (1 take)PKA 635: -0.60 (1 take)PKA 750: +0.75 (1 take)
Each dot is one episode’s average take (bigger = more takes that episode). Toggle a host to isolate their arc. Voice-verified film/show opinions only.

Every time it came up

▶ PKN 516 @ 56:46 — PKN 516
Reference to the show's depiction of brokered political conventions during Prohibition era.
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I know in the boardwalk empire uh tv show like they they show that that's happening at the convention and they're like voting over and over”
▶ PKA 497 @ 1:07:00 — Painkiller Already #497
HBO shows ranked; discussion of Jimmy Darmody death impact
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Boardwalk Empire falls off a lot after, spoiler alert, for Boardwalk Empire, Jimmy Darmody dies. After that happens, I don't really care so much.”
▶ PKN 447 @ 35:00 — PKN 447
Discussion of Richard Harrow infiltration scene, compared favorably to Last of Us hospital scene
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“it feels like he's coming in there with the righteous judgment of the Lord. He's just like, die! Die!”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“reminded him of a scene from boardwalk empire where the exact same thing is happening but it's so much better”
▶ PKA 340 @ 14:50 — Painkiller Already #340
Discussion of Atlantic City's history and its connection to the show
Woody ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“My knowledge of it extends from Boardwalk Empire, but based on that show, it seems like it was a real big to-do”
▶ PKA 456 @ 3:05:50 — Painkiller Already #456
Reference to Nucky Thompson character and cigarette cases used in the show
Taylor ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“You can get one of those cases, like Nucky Thompson, and everybody used in Boardwalk Empire, where they got their cigs in that metal case and they flip it open all cool.”
▶ PKA 485 @ 1:16:56 — Painkiller Already #485
Discussion of political convention manipulation as seen in the show
Kyle · unverified▲ positive · passing mention, not scored
“So now the question is, are ants able to recognize humans observing them? and I don't think so. But there was a key plot point in that in Boardwalk Empire where like I think it was Harden, like Nucky Thompson backroom di”
▶ PKA 310 @ 13:11 — Painkiller Already #310
Brief reference to the show's depiction of Lysol douches used as birth control in the early 20th century
Kyle ✓ voice-verified● neutral · passing mention, not scored
“I'm getting my information from Boardwalk Empire right now because that's what Nucky's Catholic squeeze was doing. She had those Lysol douches.”
▶ PKA 362 @ 4:03:42 — Painkiller Already #362
Discussion of HBO series featuring Steve Buscemi set in Atlantic City
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I like Boardwalk Empire a lot it as much about Steve Buscemi is sort of the star of the show”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I really like Boardwalk Empire”
Taylor · unverified◆ mixed
“First two seasons of Boardwalk are excellent. It goes downhill from there.”
▶ PKA 750 @ 3:37:26 — PKA 750 W/ Drift0r: Health Class Jacking Story
Extensive discussion of the HBO series, particularly the character Chalky White and various scenes
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“That's a great show, especially the first season. I still don't like to spoil it because people watch it for the first time.”
Taylor · unverified▲ positive
“That is a good show. I liked Chalky much much more than him. There's a scene where the clan kills a bunch of black people and Chalky gets the clan leader and he tells him the story about his daddy's tools.”
▶ PKA 635 @ 1:56:53 — PKA 635 w/ Rekieta Law: America's Chernobyl, Rittenhouse’s Milli
Discussion of casting choices in Boardwalk Empire, particularly Steve Buscemi's believability as a tough guy crime boss
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“Steve Buscemi is just like this wimp of a lily flower kind of guy like he's just a wisp of a man”
Kyle · unverified▲ positive
“I disagree on this one I think that big man is a real problem”
▶ PKA 632 @ 2:58:08 — PKA 632 w/Drift0r: WW3 Predictions, Kyle Falls Downstairs, Drift
Comparison to Succession as better show, discussion of Richard Harrow character
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▲ positive
“I think season one aboard walk is its best season that but the the Richard Harrow character is one of my favorite characters from all of everything”
Woody · unverified▲ positive
“Boardwalk Empire that show's way better than that that show's cool yeah yeah Boardwalk is amazing”
▶ PKA 586 @ 2:31:24 — PKA 586 W/ Matt Farrah: Jussie Smollett Sentence, Florida Man St
Discussion of rewatching the series, particular fondness for season one with mention of character death reducing interest
Taylor ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“i just watched season one earlier on then he should have died i lost all i kept watching but i lost interest”
▶ PKA 584 @ 2:09:56 — PKA 584 W SlushPuppy: Elden Ring, Woody Made A Power Move, COD D
Discussion of HBO period crime drama set during Prohibition, comparison to better shows like Sopranos and The Wire
Kyle ✓ voice-verified▼ negative
“they kill off a main character and it's it's a different show after that that's not as good”
Kyle ✓ voice-verified◆ mixed
“sopranos and the wire and stuff like that are just so much better but that's good company to be in like the first season of boardwalk empire is excellent”
▶ PKA 483 @ 3:41:17 — PKA 483 w/ Steve Hofstetter - Mexican Border Towns, Joke Theft,
Discussion of the show's characters and the death of main character Darmody
Steve · unverified◆ mixed
“I really like the the semi-automatic pistol from Boardwalk Empire that Darmody always carried around I think it was such a fun show yeah for the first season it was great second season it's like alright I'm still with yo”
Kyle · unverified▼ negative
“I did not like the way that that ended and I don't either because weird he was just as big a part of the show as Buscemi”