by Lee Padrick, November 14, 2013
Boardwalk Empire S4E10
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
The endgame of Season 4 is in sight, and all of the various storylines are coalescing. There is going to be a war in Atlantic City (as there is this time every year).
Narcisse and Chalky want each other dead. Chalky tries to take out Narcisse at the Universal Negro Improvement Association office, but Narcisse escapes. Mainly because Chalky did not see the job through, and he gets a shot in the shoulder for his failure. And Narcisse wants Nucky to trade Chalky for a third of the proceeds of the heroin that Masseria is shipping alongside Nucky's Florida booze. Nucky plays along with Masseria and Narcisse in an effort to give Chalky some time to get out of town. But Mayor Bader is no longer on Team Nucky, and sends two police officers to "help Chalky get out of town," which turns into an attempt on Chalky's life. An attempt that goes badly for the police officers, as Chalky takes them both out, while Daughter gets the car stopped.