Home

"Home" is the seventh episode of the first season of HBO's crime drama Boardwalk Empire. The episode aired on October 31, 2010. The episode was written by executive producer Tim Van Patten and Paul Simms and directed by Allen Coulter. The episode focuses on Nucky as he deals with unpleasant memories of his abusive father. Jimmy brings a fellow veteran into his crime family, while Luciano and a friend cut a deal with the D'Alessio brothers as they move to expand into Atlantic City. Plot In Chicago, Jimmy learns from Capone that Liam, the Irish mobster who disfigured Pearl, regularly eats breakfast at the same restaurant. Later that day, he consults a doctor about recurring pain in his leg caused by old war wounds and agrees to take a psychological test designed to study the trauma of veterans. While waiting for the test, Jimmy meets Richard Harrow, a severely wounded sharpshooter who wears a tin mask over his disfigured face. After picking up that Richard is uncomfortable and nervous, Jimmy lies to the nurses and gets them both out of the test. He then takes Richard over to the Four Deuces, providing him with free drinks and the services of a prostitute. In Atlantic City, Jimmy's estranged fiancé, Angela, is revealed to be in an lesbian affair with photographer Robert Dittrich's wife, Mary, who has arranged for an art dealer to assess her paintings. A man calling himself "Michael Lewis" offers Chalky White a deal to sell alcohol directly to him without paying Nucky first; Chalky believes Nucky is testing his loyalty and declines. Luciano and his associate Lansky meet with the D'Alessio brothers to discuss their burgeoning bootlegging operation. Luciano suggests financing the venture by robbing one of Nucky's casinos, and assures the brothers that he can persuade Rothstein to back them against Nucky.