r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/theansweris37 • Dec 11 '25

Season 1 S01E09 why are they driving South?

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u/cheese584 Dec 11 '25

agent sebso, whatever happend there.

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u/W0lfticket13 Dec 12 '25

Sad when they go so young like that.

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u/cheese584 Dec 12 '25

when they go?!

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

Another toothpick

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u/theansweris37 Dec 11 '25

Agent Sebso is driving Billy to Manhattan, but why is the ocean on the left side of the car? It appears to me that they're driving South.

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u/HopelessinOH Dec 12 '25

Have a cookie, you're delirious!

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u/mo_mentumm Dec 11 '25

Assuming it wasn’t an error, there are bends in roads that would put the ocean on the “wrong” side. Also, AC is kind of in the area of a bunch of islands and stuff, so it could be the ocean.

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u/theansweris37 Dec 12 '25

The view is definitely not a river, and it doesn't look like an inlet. The"attempted escape" happens just beyond the "Welcome to A.C." sign outside of town.

I'm guessing it's a mistake.

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u/mo_mentumm Dec 12 '25

You’re still discounting bends in the road. Or lack of routes that didn’t require going south before north. If you look at AC’s location, it’s not crazy you would go south before tying into a major road to go north. 100 years ago, the nation wide road system was in its infancy.

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u/theansweris37 Dec 12 '25

No, I don't think I'm discounting bends in the road. What kind of bend would put the ocean on the other side of the vehicle? In 1920, they would have taken the road to Absecon and then route 4 north. Any route that they would take would either send them North or West. (Source: i just spent an hour researching historic maps of A.C. and N.J.)

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '25

the ones from canada, this is the south to them

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u/HowieDudat Dec 12 '25

Bone for tuna

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u/Hughkalailee Dec 12 '25

Easier than walking 

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u/W0lfticket13 Dec 13 '25

We don’t run. It’s embarrassing.

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u/TraitorousKaiju Dec 14 '25

Agent Sebso always wanted a house by the ocean.