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SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30 Sunday, 5.1) Season finale: With Nucky’s trial looming, Jimmy looks to make amends; after weighing an offer from Esther Randolph, Margaret makes a decision that will change the course of her future — and Nucky’s. US reviews ranged from it was a “crisply written, beautifully shot, superbly acted and — most importantly [...]

Two of SoHo’s signature dramas bow on Blu-ray this week: Boardwalk Empire and The Hour. The latter lands here only weeks after its broadcast while the former’s taken more than a year to arrive. Indeed, season one of Boardwalk Empire is being released on the eve of SoHo’s season-two finale (Sky 10, 8.30pm Sunday). I [...]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30 Sunday, 5.1) With Margaret pondering the consequences of sin, Nucky prepares her for a worst-case scenario as Esther Randolph plays out her trump cards; Jimmy revisits his college days, when he met Angela (above); Mickey Doyle chafes at sharing his liquor profits; Eli refuses to cop a plea; Nelson [...]

 SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30 Sunday, 5.1) Nucky undercuts Jimmy’s bootlegging initiative; tensions escalate among striking workers and employers on the boardwalk. “No one anticipated this kind of outcome – proving that, like in True Blood, no character is safe,” Rolling Stone said of episode 10′s startling turn. ”Nucky is back in the US, and thanks to Sleater’s IRA connections, [...]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1)  While Nucky barters in Ireland, Jimmy eyes an alcohol supply close to home. “Much of Battle Of The Century has to do with such tense alliances, and which party in them has the upper hand,” the AV Club said of episode nine. It’s also notable for what Time called “a wrenching incidence of [...]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) In the wake of a personal loss, Nucky solicits advice on his political situation from Arnold Rothstein; Eli remain suspicious of his brother’s actions; Jimmy flexes his muscles at Mickey Doyle’s expense. ”Two Boats and a Lifeguard was written by Terence Winter (the show’s creator), and directed by Tim Van Patten (its [...]

All of this year’s Golden Globe best drama contenders have or will screen here in HD. Three are SoHo properties — Boardwalk Empire, Game of Thrones and Boss (which will premiere in February) — and the others will screen on TV3: Homeland and American Horror Story. 3 also has FTA rights to SoHo’s The Killing [...]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Jimmy faces a decision with long-term consequences; Margaret (above) has a family reunion; Nelson defers to a new prosecutor; Owen settles a score. Episode seven is a “humdinger“, the AV Club reckons, largely because it “provided an overdue showcase for Kelly Macdonald [Margaret] … In the first half of this season, she’s [...]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30, 5.1) Nucky orchestrates a risky liquor delivery, and faces complications in his federal case; Jimmy finds a new mentor; Margaret makes a confession. According to the AV Club’s ‘B’ assessment, “After two weeks of explosive action and bloodletting, Boardwalk Empire retreated to a more contemplative, conceptual place.” Agreed critic Alan Sepinwall: “If The Age of Reason [...]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30 Sunday, 5.1) After paying lip service to his enemies, Nucky introduces a surprise guest speaker at a Memorial Day dedication for war veterans; with his options dwindling, Eli questions his allegiances but ends up digging himself a deeper hole; Nucky gets a new lawyer; Jimmy is taught a painful lesson [...]