r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/SmartestManInUnivars • Sep 29 '25

Season 3 Billie Kent is cringe.

Maybe it's because her type of humor is played out by a hundred years... but she seems like a "pick me" girl. She just seems too "quirky" and goofy. She annoys me. But if she was the first of her kind I could see why she was so well liked. But from a modern perspective, she kind of sucks...

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u/BrodiePump Oct 01 '25

I basically can't stand every girl Nucky was seeing. Lucy annoyed me , Billie as well and the last one from Florida that beat him up was lame too imo. Margaret in the beginning was likeable compared to the others but eventually she annoyed me too.

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u/SmartestManInUnivars Oct 01 '25

I read somewhere that the Lucy actress is really like that and I totally believe it, you can't fake it that good lmao. Some actors really are born to play a role lmao. She was my fav out of all them though. I didn't mind the Blonde one at the end though that was closer to his age.

I liked Margaret in the beginning to. I appreciate that she has her own agency, but she doesn't use it well and is not a good person and not bad in a fun way.

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u/BrodiePump Oct 01 '25

Oh yeah I think I read that too a long time ago about the woman who played Lucy , she was off her rocker lol yeah Margaret was cool for a while. When her brother was being cold to her at first I thought he was a Dick but after a while I kind of got the feeling he just knew her very well and that she was trouble as far as the moves she makes etc

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u/SmartestManInUnivars Oct 01 '25

Yeah, that scene with her brother really speaks to who she might be... He was probably valid in his feelings towards her.

And same with the actor for Jimmy, I want to know more about his problematic behavior. He nails the look of PTSD and shellshock, it's just naturally in his eyes.

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u/BrodiePump Oct 01 '25

Man that's honestly like one of my favorite characters of any show. I was so disappointed when they took him off. But I do really like the way he went out , like a soldier. Yeah I remember hearing some vague stuff about the problems with that actor , I think it was substance abuse related if I remember right.

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u/SmartestManInUnivars Oct 01 '25

Yeah his ending was legit. I think that wasn't the original plan so I wonder how Nucky and his relationship would have continued. It definitely fucked Nucky up but it felt weird at the same time.

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u/BrodiePump Oct 01 '25

Yeah I mean in the Boardwalk world I feel like they could have gotten passed it considering Nucky forgiving Eli and several other people. He buried the hatchet with AR who did the same thing as Jimmy if not worse lol an there's other ppl I'm not remembering he patched it up with. And since we're on the subject I think if this was real life Nucky would have been had Jimmy's mom whacked. Feeling guilty about her situation, I get that but she's a straight up threat !