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Angela receives nothing from Jimmy |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 8 |
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| Directed by | Brian Kirk | ||
| Written by | Meg Jackson (screenwriter) | ||
| Production code | 108 | ||
| Original air date | November 7, 2010 | ||
| Running time | 50 minutes | ||
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"Hold Me in Paradise" is the eighth episode of the first season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, which premiered 7 November 2010. It was written by staff writer Meg Jackson (screenwriter)[[1]] and directed by Brian Kirk. Nucky attends the Republican National Convention in Chicago, while Eli fills in for him in Atlantic City.
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Nucky visits Chicago for the Republican National Convention, where he finds himself intrigued by the candidacy of Warren G. Harding over more established candidates.
Eli watches over his brother's affairs. While collecting at a casino, Eli walks into an armed robbery (done by the D'Alessio gang) and is shot and wounded.
Margaret finds herself entangled in Nucky's business affairs.
Nucky asks Jimmy to return to Atlantic City to reinforce his position; reminding him that, being Irish among Italians, he will always be an outsider.
Agent Van Alden's home life is brought to light in this episode as we discover the problems he faces at home, during a scene in which we are introduced to the depressed atmosphere around his house. He is struggling with his wife's desire for a child, though she is infertile. She pressures him to provide money for an operation. Van Alden also sends Angela Darmody the money he was intercepting from Jimmy, but no money is sent to Van Alden's wife as his strong religious beliefs stand in the way of his approval for his wife having an operation.
Rothstein prepares for legal trouble over his role in fixing the 1919 World Series.
IGN gave the episode a score of 7.5 describing it as "a calm before the storm episode, [it] also succeeds at settling Nucky's political ties by establishing new ones, this time tethered to Warren Harding's Presidential campaign. The sky may be the limit on Nucky's political capital, but all he wants are his roads to Atlantic City. And he'll need them, as the war threatens to bring both allies and enemies to Nucky's town."[1]
The A.V. Club gave it a B rating.[2]
"Hold Me in Paradise" boosted its adults 18–49 rating 0.3 points to a 1.5 rating. The episode had a total of 3.213 million viewers.[3]
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