[2] Her father was an alcoholic, at one point selling the family cow to pay for his addiction,[3] and often got into arguments with her mother.[4]. IGN gave the episode a score of 7.5 out of 10, saying that it had "... a very slow burn of a narrative that spends more time filling in backstory of certain female characters than it did pushing the Nucky vs. Commodore conflict forward. Press J to jump to the feed. c. 1893
Clocking Van Alden's interest in a poster of a scantily clad woman, Doyle advises him to "treat a queen like a whore and whore like a queen.". Nucky is shot through the hand and Margaret, worrying about their safety, pleads him to leave the criminal life. A resident of Atlantic City, Margaret is an Irish immigrant of poor, rural background whose relation to the family she left there as a teenager is non-existent. She has an older brother, Eamonn, and three younger sisters: Nuala, Bethany (known as Beth), and Ayles… 10/14/11 16:10. Age All non-Nolan related film, tv, and streaming discussions. Margaret Schroeder tells Nucky Thompson she knows he's heavily invested in a land deal so she's economized by returning some recent clothing purchases. Birthplace She later learns that Nucky lost his first son tragically, and after getting the rag in the Halloween Irish dessert barmbrack (which according to tradition means she'll be destitute) she returns to Nucky's side. Eamonn shuts the bedroom door on Margaret as she clears the table with her sisters. Prohibition Agent Nelson Van Alden also begins an investigation about the hijacking and after meeting Margaret becomes sexually obsessed with her. She is a member of the Women's Temperance League, due in part to the controlling, abusive nature of her alcoholic and gambling-addicted husband. You mean you heard I … » Transcripts » TV Show Transcripts » B » Boardwalk Empire 02x03 - A Dangerous Maid. At the start of the series in January 1920, Margaret is pregnant for a fourth time and lives with her family in a small, humble house in the Fourth Ward of Atlantic City. Nuala takes the girls to see their neighbour Mrs Gillebrand. Capone notices Jimmy interact with his healthy son. Their street is bustling with immigrant traders and their customers. Aylesh asks if Margaret came on a boat, calling her Miss.
By 1924, Margaret has moved to New York and began working at Conors & Gould, an investment firm. This later leads to Kady telling Owen, in bed, about how "her own family hates her.". Aylesh Rohan (Emma Kenney, Boardwalk Empire) Okay. F.D. Spoilers are an inevitable part of any TV Show subreddit, so be sure to be all caught up before venturing in! She’s Margaret’s (Kelly Macdonald) youngest sister, come from Ireland, but she’s the most American of them by far. boardwalk-empire-recap-season-5-episode-7-william-wilson-daughter-maitland.jpg. That was her family, who she visited not that much later in the season. ("A Return to Normalcy"). Margaret Thompson 1 Biography 1.1 Background 1.2 Season 2 2 Relationships 3 Memorable Quotes 4 Appearances In 1909 Margaret became pregnant while unmarried. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the BoardwalkEmpire community. When Margaret sees it she breaks down crying, revealing their affair to Nucky, and she leaves with the children for Brooklyn where she has an abortion.
Although smart and with an interest in politics which led her to join the Women's Temperance League and the League of Women Voters, Margaret's main motivation is to secure a source of income that can provide for her and her children and will put back her ideals if she needs to achieve it. Heard good things about you from judge Graves. In June, Nucky leaves for the Republican National Convention in Chicago and while in there he phones Margaret at night and tells her that his brother has been shot and she needs to retrieve a ledger from his suit for safekeeping.
Birthdate Margaret explains that she employs a nanny and Eamonn calls this a luxury. Masseria demands a cut of Lansky's card game and compensation for the deaths of his two nephews in Tompkins Square Park.