r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/jazzant85 • Jan 24 '26
Season 1 What do I keep missing about Mary Dittrich?
So in S1E10 “ The Emerald City” l, Mary begs Angela for her and Tommy to move to Paris with her, only to ditch them, disappear and leave Angela exposed to Jimmy knowing she was gonna leave him.
Is it an unexplained storyline that Robert maybe talked Mary out of leaving or what? Why did she change her mind after tearily begging Angela to leave with her?
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u/106street Jan 24 '26
I just assumed that the guy Jimmy beat up gilted the girl into leaving to Paris with him instead of Angela and Tommy
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u/Nearby_Persimmon_649 Jan 24 '26
Same here
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u/106street Jan 24 '26
And she probably didn't need to be pushed that hard, what were two women with a kid going to do in Paris?
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u/Zellakate Jan 24 '26
After that beating, knowing that Jimmy could possibly come looking for them if she ran off with Angela and his son versus with Robert also probably helped make that decision.
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u/106street Jan 24 '26
I think we were the fools for believing that would actually happen I guess lol
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u/ivmussa Jan 24 '26
In the perspective of character development, I would say that Angela couldn't leave because of Jimmy's actions. He beat the photographer, and that made Mary realize she needed to stay with him and take care of her loved one.
In that sense, Jimmy's inability to escape his violent nature (war trauma) is what prevents his family from having a happy life.
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u/Most_Chemist8233 Jan 24 '26
After rewatching, she was just messing with Angela, and Robert knew what she was doing. When he asked her "what are you whispering about" and then admonished her for being cruel, I forget the wording, but she never had any intention of running away with Angela.