HBO says of “The Age of Reason”:
Nucky orchestrates a risky liquor delivery in Philadelphia; Attorney General Daugherty faces a quandary that could complicate Nucky’s case; Jimmy finds a new mentor in Leander Whitlock (Dominic Chianese), the Commodore’s longtime lawyer; Margaret confesses her sins; Lucy struggles in solitude, while Van Alden wrestles with his conscience. Written by Bathsheba Doran; directed by Jeremy Podeswa.
More in invisotext.
* The clip is from the episode’s second scene, which begins with Nucky in the room.
* The episode begins with IRS man Nelson Van Alden reading his bible. It’s a big episode for Van Alden.
* First line: “Pick up some lemons on your way home from work, would you?”
* Nucky has a conversation with a black shoeshine man who reveals he attends Shallow Baptist over on Arctic. I wonder if he was among those who witnessed Van Alden drowning his Jewish underling last season.
* Dabney Coleman is back on the scene, though he lifts no tusks this week.
* I loved Nucky’s reaction to the “a la mode” metaphor.
* Chalky White, Arnold Rothstein, Charlie Luciano and Meyer Lansky and are not only back this week, they all share a scene together.
* The rules of Catholicism are examined, as well as those of Judaism (thanks to a memorable scene starring William Forsythe as kosher butcher Manny Horvitz.
* Margaret’s confession yields an important piece of new information.
* Harrow doesn’t appear until late in the episode, but I loved his entrance.
* How does it end, spoiler-boy? With smoke rising toward the ceiling.
9 p.m. Sunday. HBO.
