You think if he was hellbent on revenge, he'd have killed him the second he was there. And once he got within Nucky's orbit, I think he was extremely conflicted about what to do. I think he was surprised that Nucky wasn't a monster, and he was a very complicated man, and maybe the things he heard weren't true.
He'd heard stories about this man, and as he says on the boardwalk at the end, "I heard Mee-Maw talk about you, and I couldn't tell if it was with love or with hate." He needed to make up his own mind. The way in which it happened was a cosmic stroke of fate. Terrence Winter on why Tommy did it: Terence Winter: He came there specifically to get within Nucky's orbit.
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TL DR - Joe/Tommy was waiting to see if Nucky would help free Gillian before assassinating him. He gets drunk to help him do the deed, commits some petty crime at the Ritz in order to summon Nucky, and then finally pulls the trigger. When Tommy learns that Nucky absolutely refuses to help get grandma out of the asylum, there's no longer anything holding him back from exacting revenge. She will most likely never get out, and even if she did it would be after years of more "treatments" from Dr. The most he offers is that if she ever somehow gets out on her own there will be a trust fund waiting for her. Then Nucky sees her for one final visit, where he tells her that he will not help her get out, don't ever ask me again, etc. This surely would have enraged Tommy, to which Gillian would plead "Don't kill Nucky, he's my only hope of getting out of here." In these letters, she most likely shared her long history with Nucky, telling Tommy everything. Gillian made a deal with her warden to write a letter to Nucky. So why did Tommy wait so long? Why did he work for Nucky under an alias for a while before deciding to finally do the deed? Because he was waiting for the final word to come from his grandma, Gillian. So now we know that young Joe Harper is indeed Tommy Darmody, and that he ends up killing Nucky for revenge, the twist being that he sought revenge not only for his father but also for his grandmother. We will joyfully swing the banhammer for such behavior.Įxample (#s "They drink beer!") No degradation or harassment of other users. While technically common knowledge as to the historical outcome of certain characters isn't necessarily a show spoiler, it is still ruining the surprise for those who may choose to not know the biographical history of certain people. Historical spoilers must be marked as such. Submissions such as those bring down the quality of the subreddit, and will be removed on sight. Please no "Look who I found in this other movie!" posts.Įvery actor on this show has been in other films or shows. Please use the "Report" option if witnessed, and then message the moderators for a quicker response. Repeated failure to follow this rule will result in being banned. the death of a character or major plot points) may result in submission removal- no matter how many points it's earned. Revealing a major spoiler in your title or comment (i.e. Latest Episode Discussion: "Eldorado" (5x08) | Episode Guideįor HBO's Boardwalk Empire, which airs Sundays at 9/8c.
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