History Recap / BoardwalkEmpireS2E12ToTheLost

* PassedOverInheritance: Leander reveals that the Commodore actually wrote a will, leaving the bulk of his assets to Luanne, his former servant. Jimmy promptly rips it to shreds so that everything goes to himself [[spoiler: and later Tommy]].

Jimmy Darmody attempts to make amends for his betrayal of Nucky Thompson, despite knowing that Nucky will never forgive him. Aided by Richard Harrow, he ends the workers strike by kidnapping the Ku Klux Klan members responsible for the raid on Chalky White’s warehouse and delivering them to Chalky along with compensation for the families of the men killed in the raid. Jimmy asks Chalky to arrange a meeting with Nucky. At the meeting, he says that he wants to make things right, explains his reasons for the betrayal and asks what he can do to help Nucky. Nucky demands insight into the assassination attempt and Jimmy lays the blame on Eli. Nucky asks him to sabotage the legal case against him which includes charges of election rigging and the murder of Hans Schroeder. Jimmy destroys the Commodore’s will to ensure that he will inherit his estate. Jimmy is careful to check that the estate will pass to his own son in the event of his death. Jimmy fails to convince his co-conspirators to implicate Eli instead of Nucky, so he and Harrow force Neary to write a statement implicating Eli at gunpoint before staging his death as a suicide.

Mickey Doyle brokers a meeting between Nucky and Manny Horvitz; Manny suggests they partner up and kill Jimmy. Nucky is concerned that Margaret Schroeder will testify against him. Margaret meets with the prosecutor Esther Randolph and weighs her options. Nucky proposes to Margaret, admitting that he is asking her to save his life. when she sees Nucky caring for her daughter Emily, who is still recovering from polio, she agrees to marry him prior to the trial.

The judge grants a mistrial given Neary's death and the recanting of other witness statements. Congress announces its intention to supply the road appropriations funding he needs to profit from his investment in a tract of land between Atlantic City and Philadelphia, which Nucky plans to use for a lucrative construction deal. He asks Margaret to sign the land back over to him now that the threat of asset forfeiture has been lifted. Jimmy spends a day taking his son to the beach and drinking with Harrow while recounting war stories. Nucky approaches Eli and convinces him to plead guilty to the charges with the promise of minimal prison time, preventing them from resurfacing. Eli lies to Nucky, claiming that he was not involved in planning the assassination attempt. Lucky Luciano approaches Arnold Rothstein regarding heroin distribution. Nucky calls during the meeting to ask Rothstein for permission to kill Manny, but says that he is uncertain that he will do so. Nucky calls Jimmy and arranges to meet him at the Atlantic City War Memorial, claiming to have captured Manny. Jimmy insists on going alone and unarmed to the meeting, correctly predicting that Nucky plans to kill him. He accepts his fate, proclaiming he really died in the trenches during World War I, and tries to talk Nucky through the process. Nucky shoots him in the face, but initially fails to kill him outright. Standing over a mortally wounded Jimmy, Nucky coldly proclaims, "I am not seeking forgiveness." He then fires once more, killing Jimmy. As he dies, Jimmy flashes back to going over the top in Verdun during the war.

The following morning, Nucky lies to Margaret about his whereabouts, and his involvement in the murder, claiming that Jimmy had re-enlisted in the army. He then drives out to meet his fellow land buyers to celebrate their new fortune, while Margaret, without Nucky's knowledge, donates the land to her parish.

* DrivenToSuicide: It's very clear Jimmy by this point wants to die after everything he suffered, between the incest with Gillian, his war trauma, the murder of Angela being his fault and killing the Commodore. He goes to Nucky even knowing it is a trap, when he could have had Richard come along as well and easily snipe Nucky, Owen, Eli and Manny from afar, but didn't.

-->'''Jimmy Darmody:''' I died in the trench. Years back. Thought you knew that.'

-->'''Jimmy Darmody:''' I died in the trench. Years back. Thought you knew that.''

* ThickerThanWater: Despite what was said earlier Nucky ultimately lets Eli live (albeit with a jail sentence) but kills Jimmy.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: The third episode in a row where a series regular dies this time it's Jimmy]].

* [[spoiler: AnyoneCanDie]]: The third episode in a row where a series regular dies this time it's Jimmy.

* SacraficialLion: Jimmy.

-> Directed by Allen Coulter
-> Written by Tim Van Patten and Paul Simms