A fantastic end to a fantastic season. The season did a solid job of wrapping up the storylines while teasing a bit into the drama of the next season, mostly this whole revolt against Nucky thing. I did think that the finale was a little too anti-climatic, given the wicked intense episodes preceding it, but it was still a fine finish. Mostly though my favorite moments came from the couple of episodes before it. Nelson’s complete descent into madness (the scene where he killed Sebso gave me fucking CHILLS), Jimmy lashing out all of his PTSD and insecurities, Margaret becoming her own woman and standing up for herself while having to look in the mirror at the woman she’s become. And the whole realization of pretty much everyone that Nucky seems to be a very selfish man who just uses everyone for whatever he can gain from them.

It’s a really fantastically written and arched show, they did a wonderful job of not getting too far ahead of themselves. Shows like True Blood end up introducing too many characters and too many subplots that they lose sight of themselves and it all becomes this mess with plots that have nothing to do with anything and characters that it’s impossible to care about anymore. Boardwalk Empire crafted everything with precision, there isn’t a scene that’s not important to the story and every character gets their fair shake.

My only real complaints with the season as a whole were that it started off way too slow, the finale was a little soft and I thought the whole Nelson having sex with Lucy thing was kind of ridiculous, especially with the obvious move of having her be pregnant. It’s great in giving Michael Shannon more material for him to nail (guy was consistently the MVP of the cast) but from a plot standpoint it was obvious and absurd. Oh, and it was really nice having a lot more Chalkie in the last few episodes, I was sad that there wasn’t as much Michael K. as I was expecting.