"Home"
Season 1, Episode 7
Air date	October 31, 2010
Written by	Tim Van Patten & Paul Simms
Directed by	Allen Coulter
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"Home" is the seventh episode of the first season of Boardwalk Empire, and the seventh episode overall. The episode was written by executive producer Tim Van Patten & freelance writer Paul Simms and directed by Allen Coulter.

Nucky and Eli's father is becoming increasingly frail and losing his independence. Returning to his childhood home causes Nucky to ruminate on his violent, unhappy upbringing. Jimmy attends a veteran's hospital due to increasing pain from his battlefield injury. He meets Richard Harrow, a veteran sniper with a horrific facial injury. Jimmy recruits Richard in a plan to kill the gangster who cut Pearl's face. Lucky Luciano starts a collaboration with the D'Alessio brothers to harm Nucky. Nucky burns his father's house down to finish with the past.

Contents 1 Plot 1.1 Summary 1.2 Recap 2 Appearances 2.1 First Appearances 2.2 Deaths 3 Production 3.1 Cast 3.1.1 Starring 3.1.2 Guest-Starring 3.1.3 Co-Starring 3.2 Music 4 Reception 5 Memorable Quotes 6 References 7 External links

PlotEdit

SummaryEdit

In Chicago, Jimmy consults a doctor about pain in his leg, and agrees to a psychological test administered to many veterans. While waiting for the test, Jimmy meets Richard Harrow, a severely wounded veteran who wears a tin mask over his disfigured face. Harrow, a former sniper, is convinced by Jimmy not to submit to the test. Jimmy brings Harrow back to the brothel and gets him a prostitute. In Atlantic City, Jimmy's estranged fiance, Angela, proves to be having an affair with photographer Robert Dittrich's wife, Mary.

Meyer Lansky offers Chalky White a deal to start a new bootlegging business; Chalky believes Nucky is testing his loyalty and sends Lansky away. Lansky and Luciano then ally with the D'Alessio brothers to set up their new bootlegging operation. Luciano suggests financing the venture by robbing Nucky's casino, with his assistance in return for a one-half share of the money for his boss, Arnold Rothstein.

Nucky and Eli's father has an accident at his home, and Eli takes him in. Nucky agrees to give his father's home to an associate, Damien Flemming, who has an infant child. Lucy confronts Nucky over his relationship with Margaret. Later, at his father's house, Nucky tells Margaret about his childhood abuse by his father.

Van Alden bargains with a potential informant, Billy, who assisted Jimmy in the earlier robbery and murder at one of Rothstein's operations.

Jimmy confronts Liam, the rival mobster who had disfigured his girlfriend Pearl, leading to her suicide. After Jimmy leaves, Harrow kills Liam with a rifle shot from a sniper's perch.

Nucky and his father have an unpleasant encounter as they look over the now-remodeled home. Nucky then sets the house ablaze. When the startled Damien arrives, Nucky gives him a large cash payment to "find a better place to live."

RecapEdit

Main article: Home recap

A detailed recap of the episode scene by scene.

Appearances Edit

First Appearances Edit

1. Richard Harrow, a disfigured sniper that Jimmy befriends at a veterans hospital in Chicago.
2. Meyer Lansky, a young pupil of Arnold Rothstein.
3. Carl Surran, a doctor in Atlantic City.
4. Harry Prince, an AC businessman, friend of Nucky Thompson and boyfriend of Annabelle.
5. Odette, a prostitute at the Four Deuces.

Deaths Edit

1. Liam, sniped by Richard Harrow under orders of Jimmy Darmody.

ProductionEdit

CastEdit

StarringEdit Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson Michael Pitt as James "Jimmy" Darmody Kelly MacDonald as Margaret Schroeder Michael Shannon as Agent Nelson Van Alden Shea Whigham as Sheriff Elias "Eli" Thompson Aleksa Palladino as Angela Darmody Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein (credit only) Stephen Graham as Al Capone Vincent Piazza as Lucky Luciano Paz de la Huerta as Lucille "Lucy" Danziger Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White Anthony Laciura as Edward "Eddie" Kessler Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle and Dabney Coleman as Commodore Louis Kaestner

Guest-StarringEdit Tom Aldredge as Ethan Thompson Michael Badalucco as Harry Prince Edoardo Ballerini as Ignacious D'Alessio Max Casella as Leo D'Alessio Jack Huston as Richard Harrow Lisa Joyce as Mary Dittrich Erik Weiner as Agent Eric Sebso Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky

Co-StarringEdit

Eric Lenox Abrams as Jerome Chase Coleman as Billy Winslow Angela Dirksen as Screaming Woman Chris Fischer as Uniformed Cop Lucy and Josie Gallina as Emily Schroeder Kevin Henderson as Dr Carl Surran Katie Klaus as Nurse Al Linea as Matteo D'Alessio Johnnie Mae as Louanne Nicholas Martino as Pius D'Alessio Declan and Rory McTigue as Teddy Schroeder A'lisa Miles as Mamie Smith Adam Mucci as Deputy Halloran Richard Pruitt as Chief Sweeney Megan Reinking as Annabelle Jodie and Kylie Sanders as Ruby Rob Sheridan as Deputy State's Attorney

Maggie Steele as Odette Dan Truman as Waiter Joel Van Liew as Dr Salt Victor Verhaeghe as Ward Boss Damien Fleming Sean Weil as Liam Brian Harlan Brooks as Jazz Dancer 01 Terrence Clowe as Jazz Dancer 02 Cicily Daniels as Jazz Dancer 03 Queen Esther as Jazz Dancer 04 Francesca Harper as Jazz Dancer 05 Dameka Hayes as Jazz Dancer 06 James Jackson Jr. as Jazz Dancer 07 Max Kumangai as Jazz Dancer 08 Gerry McIntyre as Jazz Dancer 09 Jenelle Lynn Randall as Jazz Dancer 10 Ernest Williams Jr. as Jazz Dancer 11

MusicEdit

Reception Edit

The episode dropped a bit in total viewers but was steady with adults 18–49. 2.670 million viewers watched the episode.^[1]

IGN gave the episode 8 out of 10 calling it "Impressive." They said "The scene in the diner where Pearl's attacker is taken out is near-perfect, blemished only by a directorial choice that draws too much attention to itself. Michael Pitt's delivery of the story about Jimmy shooting a German soldier, while the German tried to make it over barbed-wire fencing, applies the right amount of tension to the scene – moments before the man on the receiving end of the conversation gets a sniper's bullet to the face. A shot Panic Room-ing through the window's bullet hole to reveal Harrow as the shooter clashes with the show's 'less is more' shooting style, (It's the most stylistic flourish since the pilot)."^[2]

Memorable QuotesEdit

• "Well, mmm, you use it to kill people...it's very good for that." — Richard Harrow after asking Jimmy what he does with his Colt 1903 handgun.
• "Find a better place to live" - Nucky upon burning down his childhood home.

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• "Home" at HBO.com
• "Home" on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
• "Home" at TV.com
• "Home" at Wikipedia

Season One

#01 Boardwalk Empire	#07 Home
#02 The Ivory Tower	#08 Hold Me in Paradise
#03 Broadway Limited	#09 Belle Femme
#04 Anastasia	#10The Emerald City
#05 Nights in Ballygran	#11 Paris Green
#06 Family Limitation	#12 A Return to Normalcy