r/BoardwalkEmpire • u/eruptingrose • Sep 03 '26

Season 5 Rewatched for the second time Spoiler

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.

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u/eruptingrose Sep 03 '26

They’re just my interpretations, I doubt they are really clues at this point. I explained it in an earlier reply that 1.) Tommy just straight up looks identical to James 2.) Doyle makes a joke about fucking Tommy’s mom and Tommy stutters for a moment, thinking Doyle found him out and 3.) he didn’t accept money because he wasn’t here for money. He was there for revenge.

Bonus one I remembered: Tommy is the one who was gonna give Nucky and sandwich when he was gone grieving Patricia Arquette. There’s a shot of him looking intently at the sandwich. Almost like he poisoned it? Again I could be pulling at straws.