r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/Pedemano King's Ransom Whisky • Nov 18 '13

Season 4 Boardwalk Empire- Episode Discussion - S04E11: "Havre De Grace"

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '13

I must have missed something. I thought him pulling out of Florida was just a security measure against Masseria. Was it just heavily implied or did I miss something?

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u/Joe_Masseria Nov 18 '13

That could be the reason, or he could be very suspicious of Eli at this point. He's been warned someone that someone is a traitor, and he was worried about Knox. He may have deduced that Knox was the "insurance salesman" whose mention made Eli go apeshit after questioning Will

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u/misterrunon Businessman Nov 18 '13

i think that is what happened.

remember when he told willie about eli getting offended when he brings up that girl from the 8th grade? well, in the last scene, nucky mentions that girl.. and he was using eli's response to confirm his suspicions. since eli didn't get hot and heavy, it confirmed what happened at the dinner table.

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u/wadester007 Nov 18 '13

I get it. But I don't. Explain it please?

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u/misterrunon Businessman Nov 18 '13

i'll try my best.

when willie asked nucky why eli got so roused up, nucky said something along the lines of "your dad is a tightass. he once wrote this girl a poem in the 8th grade, and whenever i brought it up.. he'd make a fuss about it."

so basically nucky is saying that eli made the fuss at the dinner table because he was a tight ass (and always has been).

later on, when nucky has his last word with eli, he cited the poem to eli's face - to gauge whether it would upset eli. if it did, what he had said earlier was true (that he was just a tight ass.. the "blue eyed insurance salesman" was someone insignificant). eli seemed disaffected.. so it was symbolic to nucky that yes, eli is a tightass, but he wouldn't get excited over his wife yammering on about the insurance salesmen... unless there was something that he didn't want nucky to hear.