I think I read / heard somewhere that Michael Pitt (the actor that plays Jimmy) is rumored to have a drug problem / is difficult to work with.

Based on that and the storyline this season, I figured Jimmy may not survive.

I gotta admit, I was annoyed with Margaret signing the deed over to the church. Tired of that wishy washy, she's with him / she's against him story line. Enough already.

I'm really into WWI. It was one of the nastiest wars for the US. Trench Warfare was brutal. Basically it was running headlong into machine gun fire.

You can see why James is so screwed up.

If you've never seen the movie "The Lost Battalion" you can watch it in 10-minute intervals on You Tube. Very graphic, but very accurate WWI movie:

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I felt Jimmy was the only one I could actually root for. Wasn't ready for that ending.

Setting up the story line for next year? He's going to have to fight for the graft? Kill the priest etc.

I love shows that will kill off major charectors without a build up, out of the blue ala 24. :clap:

What an episode. Van Patten absolutely killed it. KILLED IT.

that's what I was thinking exactly...

Oh yeah. He's going to exert pressure on the priest or kill him altogether.

Either way, Nucky will get his money.

That is how I felt. I liked Jimmy and was not happy Nucky killed him instead of Manny.

I just hated how Jimmy did Nucky's dirty work again with the KKK and Chalky and then Nucky turns around and believe Eli. Blood is thicker than water I guess....

The Internet comes through again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Iwio2YH1I

I haven't followed the show, but my buddy had a true "They killed my ****a Ned" moment. Seriously pissed.

Really? They were foreshadowing it the entire episode.

I meant before the episode started. No one was predicting that Jimmy would die in the season finale.

- I really hope Richard Harrow continues to be a character in the show. I have to imagine he likely will be since they spent so much time last season on getting to know him better. I hope he partners up with Capone's crew to try to get revenge on Nucky.

- I don't think Nucky will have to kill the priest or anything crazy like that. I bet he has connections high up the Catholic food chain that Margaret doesn't even know about. His belief that money talks and everything else walks will be proven correct yet again.