What will boardwalk empire season 3 be about

RECAP S3 Ep 1: Recap. Mixing business with pleasure in New York, Nucky bristles at the collection tactics of Gaston Means, a 'special investigator' with ties to Daugherty. Margaret's altruism is met with resistance; Gyp makes a power play in Tabor Heights; Chalky and his daughter fail to agree on her future with Samuel; Eli gets a new boss; a major liquor shipment is detoured.

CLIP S3 Ep 2: Chalky's Checkup - Clip. S3 Ep 2: Inside. S3 Ep 2: Recap. Nucky reluctantly joins Margaret to receive a high honor from the Church. Meanwhile, Gyp makes a deal with Nucky for a one-time liquor shipment. Van Alden regrets trying to socialize with his co-workers; Margaret takes her pitch to a higher authority; Lucky and Meyer protect their investments; Richard sets the record straight with Mickey, and with Nucky.

S3 Ep 3: Packing Benny - Clip. S3 Ep 3: Inside. S3 Ep 3: Recap. After tracking down a liquor thief, Nucky and Owen end up spending a long night hiding out from the Feds with the precocious perp. In his boss' absence, Mickey makes a routing call that will have far-reaching consequences.

Margaret encounters a familiar face while promoting Dr. Mason's classes at the new woman's clinic. In Chicago, Capone's feud with O'Banion heats up. S3 Ep 4: Inside. The well-educated, disciplined and dapper Thompson is at once strikingly dissimilar to the season's newest addition of Gyp Rosetti played by wonderful character actor Bobby Cannavale. Like Nucky, the Sicilian gangster has a taste for the finer things, and his dealings sometimes end in someone else's death, but the road leading there is quite different.

For example: when faced with a perceived insult to his intelligence — even by the most innocuous of responses, as the good intentions of one man results in a disastrous turn of phrase — Rosetti can only turn to brutal violence in order to get his point across.

So desperate for validation amongst his criminal peers is the gangster that he'd sooner explode with indignation and insults than attempt to negotiate himself a better deal, now that Nucky's only selling booze to Arnold Rothstein Michael Stuhlbarg. As he stomps off into the New Year's night, Rosetti clearly poses an interesting problem for Nucky : a consummate gangster with his sights set on the man who chose to become one simply to get ahead.

For all of Rosetti's hotheadedness, he can, at least, be shown the door. But Nucky's patented expression of pure exasperation seems due a workout as Margaret Kelly Macdonald , infused with her own brand of righteousness, takes it upon herself to look into the failings of prenatal care at St. Theresa's hospital — newly renovated thanks to the astounding donation she made in Nucky's name at the end of season 2.

Margaret's arc this season seems intrinsically tied to the cross-country flight of fictional aviatrix Carrie Duncan something of an Amelia Earhart analog , whose journey serves as inspiration for Margaret to explore new, possibly dangerous avenues, as her relationship with Nucky grows colder. Perhaps most affected by the fallout of last season are the disgraced former government agent, Nelson Van Alden Michael Shannon , and the ghastly visage of the quietly introspective Richard Harrow Jack Huston.

Both characters have been featured in the series' single-episode high points, but now Van Alden finds himself on the cusp of working for a competitor of Al Capone Stephen Graham , after a rigged sales competition leaves him without the bonus he needs to buy a house for the counterfeit family that came with his alias.

Richard, meanwhile, has been taken in by Gillian, working in her new Artemis Club, but he's mostly trying to keep the memory of Jimmy and his wife Angela alive. And, to Richard, nothing says fondness for a fallen comrade than an act of belated vengeance. He rings in the New Year by paying a visit to Manny Horvitz, and with a single shotgun blast explains to viewers why they'll be seeing William Forsythe on the Mob Doctor instead of the remainder of Boardwalk Empire season 3.

If anything, Richard is indicative of Boardwalk Empire's growth. Van Alden fears recognition when he is caught in a speakeasy raid but is allowed to pay his way free. Margaret uses Nucky receiving the St. Gregory's Award to manipulate support for her planned women's clinic.

Nucky is troubled by nightmares and hallucinations relating to killing Jimmy and desperately seeks solace with Billie. Nucky orders his bootleggers to avoid Tabor Heights and restarts the search for Rowland Smith , annoyed that his crew are looking to Owen Sleater for leadership.

They track Smith to his hideout but are trapped there with him when corrupt Philadelphia Prohibition Agents raid the place. As they hide in the basement, Smith tries to charm Nucky into giving him a job. When the feds leave Nucky kills Smith himself, reestablishing his power for Owen. Mickey is desperate to supply Rothstein and ignores Nucky's order over Eli's protests. Eli scouts ahead and realizes that an ambush is being set-up but is unable to spare the convoy. Margaret begins advertising the women's clinic.

Luciano is summoned to negotiate with Masseria. Rothstein vents about Nucky's failure to deliver his liquor shipments. Nucky blames Gyp but Rothstein is reluctant to provoke Masseria.

Rothstein employs Benjamin Siegel to assassinate Gyp but the hit goes awry. Nucky remains fixated on Billie and is disappointed with rehearsals of her play. He has Chalky strongarm Eddie Cantor into getting involved. Margaret stumbles across Nucky with Billie. Gillian Darmody opts to maintain her denial about Jimmy's death at the expense of her business. Van Alden and Sigrid kill a prohibition agent to protect their identities and he turns to Dean O'Banion for assistance in disposing of the body.

The Attorney General's office comes under fire from Andrew W. Mellon and Means recommends the arrest of a major bootlegger to deflect the criticism. She suspects Teddy given his history and confesses her fears to Owen before re-initiating their affair.

Nucky Thompson confronts Harry Daugherty about his crumbling operation and deduces that he is Daugherty's intended scapegoat.