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Commodore boardwalk empire9/5/2023 Laser-Guided Karma: He gets so overexcited at the prospect of having sex with the adult Gillian that he suffers a stroke.It does seem that this had something to do with his illness since he comes across as rather avuncular and charismatic in the second season though he remains no less cruel and self-serving. Jerkass: In the first season, he's unpleasant to pretty much everyone, and is one of the most bigoted characters in the show.Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Tries to do this to Jimmy.Nucky even points this out to Jimmy (even if, seeing how he was the one who actually pimped Gillian out in the first place, he is hardly in any position to talk). Hypocrite: Recruits Jimmy and Eli to his conspiracy against Nucky using their bitterness over Nucky's dismissal of Eli as sheriff (which was the Commodore's suggestion) and Nucky facilitating Jimmy's mother's rape (by the Commodore).Not only is he abusive, bigoted, racist and misogynistic, he is also an utterly loathsome and unapologetic pedophile and a serial rapist. Hate Sink: He is easily one of the most vile characters in the show and a grade A asshole to everyone around him.On a larger scale, he qualifies as this for the entire series by serving as the Evil Mentor to Nucky Thompson, driving Gillian Darmody down the path of depravity by raping her as a child, and making Atlantic City a hub for murder and exploitation.While Jimmy Darmody serves as the plot's acting Big Bad for most of the season, his role is largely limited to seeing through the plan already set in motion by the Commodore to incarcerate Nucky (all while relying on the old man's resources and connections to do so). Greater-Scope Villain: In Season 2 after his stroke.Great White Hunter: Was one when he was younger.Foreshadowing: His early season 2 speech about the stuffed grizzly bear.Faux Affably Evil: Season 5 shows that in his younger days he was much friendlier.on the surface.Then he suffers a stroke, so it is white again. Then he feels healthier in season 2, so he dyes it. Expository Hairstyle Change: He stops shaving and combing his hair as he gets sicker in season 1.Evil Mentor: To Nucky, and later Jimmy.Nucky, Eli, Gillian, and Damian occasionally call him "Lou", though it's very rare, and it's only once halfway through the second season when his full name is finally given onscreen. Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Want to know his real name? Check the HBO website.No longer able to directly execute his vendetta against Nucky, he is forced to entrust oversight of his plans to his bastard son, Jimmy Darmody. In the season's opening episodes, he masterminds a conspiracy to usurp Nucky Thompson as Atlantic City's kingpin but is incapacitated by a stroke before he can bring his plans to fruition. The flashbacks in season 5 show us that he used to rape young girls regularly. Dirty Old Man: When he was in his 50s, he impregnated a 13 year-old Gillian.Democracy Is Bad: Very dismissive about the average voter, whom he views as ignorant and unfit to have any kind of choice, although he doesn't care much for the suffragettes as long as they vote Republican.The Collector of the Strange: Live and stuffed animals, weapons, Asian statues.The Chessmaster: Even after thoroughly mentoring Nucky in the essentials for becoming a highly successful power broker in his own right, he still manages to catch his onetime apprentice offguard with a meticulously planned coup in the beginning of Season 2.Broken Pedestal: For Nucky, after the Commodore returns to the power plays.He is the victim of a poisoning attempt during the first season and breaks with Nucky after he refuses to take action against the person responsible, deciding to take Atlantic City back for himself. I didn't get any of this by being stupid."Nucky's mentor and predecessor as city boss before being imprisoned as part of a PR campaign by Woodrow Wilson in the 1910s.
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