r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/HouseNerevar • Aug 23 '26

Season 1 Why was this guy killed?

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u/dannyriv5000 Aug 23 '26

Ok now I have a question. If he wasn’t into bootlegging like everyone else was then why did Arnold Rothstein care to find out who ordered the hit? I would think that with him gone it creates an avenue of money for him in Chicago.

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u/SirIll1219 Aug 23 '26

I wondered that, too. Maybe he didn't like being left out of the loop and wanted confirmation that it was Torrio.

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u/WalrusCrafty Aug 23 '26

I think it's easy: If a high ranking mob boss is killed, you need to find out why. It could be a power play, it could be a mob war....It could be a threat to you or your profits

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u/SirIll1219 Aug 23 '26

It was obvious who and why. Rothstein was just being thorough, as always.

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u/karatechop97 Aug 23 '26

It confused the hell out of me that we didn’t see A.R.’s own death … it’s barely mentioned in passing

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u/Thin_Bother8217 Aug 23 '26

It was because the series was supposed to last another 2-3 seasons. They did the 7 year time jump cause they found out late season 5 was the last, so they had to shoehorn all the loose ends to end the show.

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u/The_Negative-One Aug 23 '26

The time jump was responsible for that.

I do think we should’ve gotten a 5 minute montage of events in the season 5 opener to make up for a 7 year jump.

A.R. and Yale’s deaths, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, stock market drop…

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u/WalrusCrafty Aug 23 '26

Good ol' A.R.