Thought the finale was great. You could tell Jimmy was gone as soon as he went back to Nucky. It was too late for that and he knew he was willingly going to his death. He was ready to die as soon as he found out about his wife and simply wanted to try and make peace with Nucky as a final act. His world was coming to its inevitable crash and burn from that moment on. They've really hamstrung themselves going forward I think though by killing him so soon.
He was one of the best actors and characters on the show. I think they are going to have to depend on Chicago and New York a lot more going forward because Nucky isn't compelling enough to hold the shows water on his own. Jimmy's character arc was awesome though and the flashbacks explaining his wife, mother issues, and enlistment add so much to understanding his characters pain. He lost the one thing that could possibly keep his insane mother at bay when his wife was killed and he couldn't handle the guilt and shame of his past anymore.
The Margaret storyline is awful. Went from very sympathetic to the most annoying an idiotic on the show who flip flops more than John Kerry. She takes everything from Nucky knowing he had her husband killed for her and decides to accept it. Then after being shunned by her family and her daughter getting polio she thinks about ratting out the very man who saved her and her kids from a life of abuse and poverty til she realizes he loves them and takes care of them. So how does she repay him? She gives away his fortune to the church because he took care of the guy who has been trying to kill him. Oh yeah. And she ****s the help while treating the maids like *****even though she was in their exact position not too long ago until she turned herself into a concubine. Can't wait for her to die or just get the hell in the background of the show. Such a waste of time.
Also don't like how they handled Van Alden. Some maid he just met is going to move across the country with him and a baby (whose mother she still hasn't met), changing their names along the way, without asking questions? Even if he is inserted into the Chicago storyline, he'll never be able to show his face in Atlantic City again, getting rid of another one of the most interesting characters on the show who could've had a lot more potential.
