I've been rewatching Boardwalk Empire. Because Amazon.
Generally speaking, I love it. The characters are interesting. The drama is captivating. On the whole, the writing is superb.
But I do notice one bog flaw.
The writers got into a habit of setting up big conflicts at the end of a season, so there's a cliffhanger or two to keep the audience interested. That's all well and good. But then the next season starts with some time having passed and the conflicts are resolved. There's expository dialogue to let us know how things turned out. But we don't see the resolution or find out the details.
Take, for example, the end of season 3 into the beginning of season 4. At the conclusion of season 3, Nucky gets word to Masseria that they can have a war or peace -- Masseria's choice. Also, Nucky set up Rothstein to get arrested for running a major bootlegging operation for which he will have to face Federal charges. There's lots of intrigue.
But we don't see how it goes down. In the first episode of season 4, Nucky arranges a meeting with Rothstein and Masseria (and their...um...assistants). In that meeting, we learn that somehow Rothstein evaded the charges, while Nucky and Masseria were at war. In the meeting, Nucky makes a patyment to end the war.
But how did Rothstein avoid prosecution? How did the war play out? I want to know.
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