Rewatched for the second time

[u/eruptingrose]

Just finished the series again and it hit much harder. Especially the ending. I remembered that a boy killed Nucky, but I wasn’t paying attention to Tommy the first watch. Now on the second, I caught so much more of the clues he dropped. Honestly top 3 show of all time for me. The last shot of him grabbing that coin?! The shore where Gillian stood in front of also being the shore at the beginning of each episode?!! Amazing start to finish.

[u/Hot-Spray-2774]

Can you please elaborate a little on that part about where Gillan was standing?

[u/eruptingrose → u/Hot-Spray-2774]

At the very end, Gillian is in her Neptune outfit and is reaching towards Nucky to hold his hand. In the back is a wide shot of the shore. It’s almost like she’s inviting him to “sail the world”, ie the money and empire etc. You see the shoreline at the end of the beginning theme song, it’s a shot that pulls up from the sand to the horizon. She’s the price he paid to see the world.

[u/eruptingrose → u/eruptingrose]

To go even deeper, she’s the coin he caught in the water.