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Enoch "Nucky" Thompson was born around 1870 and raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the eldest child of a poor Irish Catholic family. His father Ethan was an abusive alcoholic who at one point scarred Nucky's hand with a fireplace poker. [3] Nucky's sister Susan later died of tuberculosis. [4]
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, stating he really died in the trenches, and tries to talk Nucky through the process.
Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson (January 20, 1883 - December 9, 1968) was an Atlantic City political boss, sheriff of Atlantic County, businessman, and crime boss who was the leader of the political machine that controlled Atlantic City and the Atlantic County government from the 1910s until his conviction and imprisonment in 1941.
Meanwhile, Ethan Thompson dies of a stroke. Nucky, Eli and the rest of his family and relatives attend Ethan's funeral. Nucky confronts Eli by asking him if he wanted Nucky in that coffin and then says it is a good thing that their dad died. Eli asks why Nucky hated Ethan so much. [25]
Nucky is startled and asks how long Eddie has been there. Eddie has brought the guest list for Nucky to review. Nucky maintains that he was practicing a speech for the Restaurant Workers' Association when Eddie came in. Lucy comes in and announces that she is going shopping. Nucky gives her a handful of cash and tells her to get something pretty.
On his last night in Atlantic City, Nucky receives a call from the police, who have arrested Joe. Nucky bails Joe out of jail and gives him some money, but Joe angrily refuses Nucky's help. Nucky runs into Joe again hours later, and Joe reveals that he is in fact Tommy Darmody – Jimmy Darmody's son and Gillian's grandson. Tommy shoots Nucky ...
The series follows Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, a political figure who rises to prominence and interacts with mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him. In the episode, Nucky gets in trouble while visiting Harry Daugherty, while Margaret questions if her son was involved in a fire.
Nucky offers to make a deal with Van Alden, in which he will take care of his debts if he becomes his informant with Randolph. Van Alden also discovers that with Nucky giving the needed money to Lucy, she left the baby at his house. Eventually, Van Alden decides to cooperate with Randolph by providing her with Nucky's file, willing to testify.