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Gyp Rosetti is Tommy's grandfather. Rosetti had a daughter who grew up to marry a DeVito and had a son named Tommy, who followed in his grandfather's footsteps, both in his intended career and in his vicious temper.

Like Series/GameOfThrones (if not more), BE likes to accentuate the grey by presenting characters in a sympathetic light, then becoming unsympathetic, then sympathetic again, etc and vice versa. This causes constant "wars" among the fandom as for every character the audience is almost evely split between those who love and root for them and those who hate them and can't wait to see them killed. The exception among the main characters is Richard Harrow, who despite not receiving much screentime until the third season is and has always been universally loved. The change wouldn't come out of nowhere of course: Richard is very dark already since he is a hitman with over 60 kills, he is more attached to guns than people (or at least was) and suffers from depression and/or PTSD. Him snapping one day and doing something bad to Tommy or Julia, even if he repents later, could be played as an example of RealityEnsues since sometimes love is not just enought to "cure" someone with deep psychological issues.

Back in the 70s, a young Creator/GeorgeLucas met an old man in a bar. The man began to tell him the story of his life, but he changed anything he didn't like ("...and my mother was a [[SingleMomStripper Single Mom Strip...]] No! ''No!'' She was a SouthernBelle! And my father was a Scottish Medievallist! He looked like Creator/SeanConnery! Really!") and exaggerated notably [[Series/YoungIndianaJones his exploits]] in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI The Great War]] and his brief relation with the [[UsefulNotes/AlCapone Chicago Outfit]]. However, when he was coming to the part when he returned to {{Joisey}}, he realized it could get him in trouble and [[AssPull replaced it all]] with a ridiculously inaccurate career as an AdventurerArchaeologist that fought ThoseWackyNazis. Lucas liked the story so much that he turned it into a movie franchise.
* This is somewhat compromised after [[spoiler: Jimmy is killed]] in "To the Lost", unless the old man was [[spoiler: actually Richard Harrow, taking Jimmy's pass-the-torch moment a little too far. Even the 93 year-old Indy played by George Hall in the [[Series/YoungIndianaJones TV series]] bookends [[FridgeBrilliance is also missing one eye]]!]]
** It probably was made up by Tommy. "[[Series/YoungIndianaJones Cowboys vs Germans]]"? It totally fits.

[[WMG:Richard's mother was a victim of the Spanish Flu]]

* Van Alden is now in Chicago and involved with the O'Banion gang. Bugs Moran was part of O'Banion's gang but hasnot been introduced yet in the show.

* Bugs Moran was called "Bugs" because he was nuts and unpredictable (same for Bugsey Siegel). The same could be said of Van Alden.

Given the show has introduced a crapload of historical gangsters, and the real-life Cohen associated with UsefulNotes/AlCapone, Jake Guzik, Meyer Lansky and Bunny Siegel. So, why not? And maybe get some publicity out of the upcoming [[Film/GangsterSquad Gangster Squad]].

Babette wasn't in her club when it exploded. Given that Nucky and Rothstein were spared by an incredibly lucky coincidence (the annoying friend just happened to catch them and keep them talking at the exact time the bomb went off), it's not too far-fetched that the same kind of miracle might happen to Babette in this universe. She was outside her club, meeting with a friend or business associate, when the club blew. Babette feared the assassination attempt was for her (knowing her social connection to Nucky's organization, one of Nucky's enemies might have been wanting to kill her as a warning or punishment to Nucky). She fled Atlantic City, letting everyone think she was dead, until she learned that the target had in fact been Nucky himself, not her. Now knowing this, Babette might return to Atlantic City and open a new club, or she might take this brush with death as a sign to stay away from the criminal underworld and never return to Atlantic City.

I think a guy like Mickey Doyle wouldn't last as long as he did in real life.....unless he was faking stupidity. It's easier to take action when people underestimate you.

We've seen that Chalky's son is a gifted musician. If and when Chalky takes over Babette's old club, Lester would probably get some nepotistic treatment as far as Chalky's choice of musical performance, maybe join a jazz band. He might get pretty popular, and fall victim to the temptations of a career in entertainment. Lester's death would be quite a blow to the character of Chalky, and his struggle to keep his work and his home life separate. And remember, [[TheWire George Pelecanos]] has joined on to write for Season 4.

That's why he knows it was six men who did it, no more, no less.

This serves as explanation both to why she seeked help in Atlantic City and why no family in her side challenged Gillian for control of Tommy (and his big pile of money inherited from The Commodore) after his parents died.

[[WMG:S3 Rowland Smith is actually Rowland Smith, jr.]]

In the first season Nucky visits Chalky to oversee a shipment of alcohol in a storage area. What's the name in one of the signs? ''Rowland Smith''. Flashforward to S3, and we find a teenage punk named Rowland Smith who claims Nucky gave his family a turkey for Christmas when he was little, even though he lives in Pennsylvania which would (probably) be out of Nucky's reach a decade or more before. This is because S3 Rowland Smith was actually born in Atlantic City. His father, Rowland Smith sr., lost his business and/or died and the family left for Pennsylvania sometime after the first season.

[[WMG: Owen first volunteered during the Easter Rising of 1916]]

[[WMG: Richard's sister will be introduced and become a major character.]]
We've heard passing references to her, and now that Richard is learning to develop human connections again, he may try reconnecting with his sister. She might even play a role in the gangster plotlines, considering she taught him how to shoot.
* As of "New York Sour", there she is. Not "major" yet, but she could in later seasons.

[[WMG: Mickey Cohen will make an appearance]]
Given the show has introduced a crapload of historical gangsters, and the real-life Cohen associated with UsefulNotes/AlCapone, Jake Guzik, Meyer Lansky and Bunny Siegel. So, why not? And maybe get some publicity out of the upcoming [[Film/GangsterSquad Gangster Squad]].

[[WMG: The final scene of the series]]
Will show Jimmy's nearly centenarian son in the modern day being assaulted by crooks in an alley and musing about how the gangsters of old might be a bunch of sonofabitches, but sonofabitches with style.
* No, just ''no''.

[[WMG: Margaret will become a crucial witness in the James Darmody murder case, which will potentially cast suspicion on Nucky]]
Sources have stated that Gillian will be investigated in Season 4, over the death of Roger [=McAllister=]/"James Darmody". If her ruse with [=McAllister=] is proven false, she may be questioned about her real son, who is still missing. She already suspects Nucky, but what could connect him? The only witnesses to the murder were Manny Horvitz (dead), Owen Sleater (dead), and Eli Thompson, who could possibly be some kind of wild card, but seems to be devoting greater loyalty to his brother. However, there is one more loose end. Nucky told Margaret that Jimmy "re-enlisted". This can be proven a lie, and would make it immediately apparent that Nucky knows something. And now Margaret has left Nucky. If, through some circumstance, she comes to let this information out, the Feds could try to get a testimony out of her.

[[WMG: Lester White will start playing piano at clubs and get hooked on drugs, and possibly die]]
We've seen that Chalky's son is a gifted musician. If and when Chalky takes over Babette's old club, Lester would probably get some nepotistic treatment as far as Chalky's choice of musical performance, maybe join a jazz band. He might get pretty popular, and fall victim to the temptations of a career in entertainment. Lester's death would be quite a blow to the character of Chalky, and his struggle to keep his work and his home life separate. And remember, [[TheWire George Pelecanos]] has joined on to write for Season 4.
* He has played at his father's club. Drugs? Not yet.

[[WMG: Daughter Maitland will kill Narcisse]]

[[WMG: Nucky will arrange for Luciano, Lansky, and Siegel to get arrested in the series finale.]]
It's clear that Luciano will not leave Nucky alone, and will try to have him killed sooner or later. Now, we know that Capone will be arrested for tax evasion, and that Luciano has directly antagonized Willie by kidnapping him and using him as leverage against Nucky. Now, since Willie works directly under the District Attorney, and historically, Luciano and Siegel were arrested shortly after for pandering and murder respectively. It wouldn't be too implausible for the showrunners to move up the date of their historical arrests, or even have Siegel's assassination occur. With Luciano and Siegel out of the picture, Lansky would be sufficiently deterred from making any further moves against Nucky.

Like Series/GameOfThrones (if not more), BE likes to accentuate the grey by presenting characters in a sympathetic light, then becoming unsympathetic, then sympathetic again, etc and vice versa. This causes constant "wars" among the fandom as for every character the audience is almost evely split between those who love and root for them and those who hate them and can't wait to see them killed. The exception among the main characters is Richard Harrow, who despite not receiving much screentime until the third season is and has always been universally loved. The change wouldn't come out of nowhere of course: Richard is very dark already since he is a hitman with over 60 kills, he is more attached to guns than people (or at least was) and suffers from depression and/or PTSD. He snapping one day and doing something bad to Tommy or Julia, even if he repents later, could be played as an example of RealityEnsues since sometimes love is not just enought to "cure" someone with deep psychological issues.

[[WMG: Jimmy is the great-grandson of Amsterdam and Jenny from {{Gangs Of New York}}.]]

Back in the 70s, a young Creator/GeorgeLucas met an old man in a bar. The man began to tell him the story of his life, but he changed anything he didn't like ("...and my mother was a [[SingleMomStripper Single Mom Strip...]] No! ''No!'' She was a SouthernBelle! And my father was a Scottish Medievallist! He looked like Creator/SeanConnery! Really!") and exaggerated notably [[Series/YoungIndianaJones his exploits]] in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne The Great War]] and his brief relation with the [[UsefulNotes/AlCapone Chicago Outfit]]. However, when he was coming to the part when he returned to {{Joisey}}, he realized it could get him in trouble and [[AssPull replaced it all]] with a ridiculously inaccurate career as an AdventurerArchaeologist that fought ThoseWackyNazis. Lucas liked the story so much that he turned it into a movie franchise.

Eddie has UndyingLoyalty to Nucky which doesn't seem at all deserved in light of any of Nucky's behavior to him on the show. There has to be a good reason for it, and it would make sense if he hired Eddie prior to UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne and at the time, also protected him from xenophobia. It would also be really in line with Nucky's personality for him to be quite happy to stoke anti-German xenophobia when it was in his interest- i.e. regarding Hans Schroeder.

* And Tommy contributed to the gene pool of the [[TheDeparted Costigans of South Boston]].

* Judging from the scars on his neck and that the damage is mostly on one side, it's likely that Richard Harrow suffers from damage to one of his recurrent laryngeal nerves, this creates the hoarseness to his voice, for a similar example see "Godfather" from ''GenerationKill''. This in itself wouldn't be painful, but the other injuries to his face and mouth are likely to hurt badly, plus we also see that he has difficulty swallowing alcohol. Overall not a pleasant experience.

[[WMG: Mabel was a daughter to Alma Garret, born after she left {{Series/Deadwood}}]]

[[WMG: Boardwalk Empire takes place in the same universe as {{Downton Abbey}}.]]

* This is somewhat compromised after [[spoiler: Jimmy is killed]] in "To the Lost", unless the old man was [[spoiler: actually Richard Harrow, taking Jimmy's pass-the-torch moment a little too far. Even the 93 year-old Indy played by George Hall in the [[YoungIndianaJones TV series]] bookends [[FridgeBrilliance is also missing one eye]]!]]
** It probably was made up by Tommy. "[[YoungIndianaJones Cowboys vs Germans]]"? It totally fits.

I was thinking about this in light of the protagonist of ''TheGrifters'' abruptly leaving for that reason. It would kind of make sense for why Jimmy left so suddenly, and why he dropped out of Princeton- it wouldn't really help, since he'd still be fairly close by.

* So Chalky is [[ThePrincessBride Inigo Montoya]]? Hmm, makes a certain amount of sense.

[[WMG: Ethan was an abusive husband as well as an abusive father]]
Nucky and Eli are pretty much opposites in all their oppinions. This can be traced to their relation with their father, who favored Eli but was abusive to Nucky. Eli thinks that Ethan was great, Nucky hates him. Eli thinks that spousal abuse is a normal thing, while it is as big a BerserkButton to Nucky as the child abuse he experienced is to him. Finally, after Ethan dies Eli thinks that he and their mother are happily together in Heaven now, while Nucky scoffs at the idea and replies that Eli "has obviously forgotten key events" from their childhood. These events are no other than that their father used to hit their mother.

* Confirmed Nucky is shot multiple times in the series finale and killed.

* Confirmed. An adult Tommy shoots Nucky multiple times at the end of the series finale and kills him, on the boardwalk.

* Confirmed. An adult Tommy shoots Nucky multiple times at the end of the series finale and kiss him.

* Possibly confirmed. Nucky is shot multiple times in the series finale, though it's not clear if he dies or not.

* Confirmed. An adult Tommy shoots Nucky multiple times at the end of the series finale. However, it's not clear if he successfully killed Nucky or not.