![]() In June 1920 Tommy watches Angela painting and tells her that the woman in the portrait looks pretty. Angela complains that Gillian should have asked her first. ![]() Gillian gives Tommy whiskey in milk to sedate him when she thinks he is overexcited. She tells Tommy he will break hearts when he grows up. She fixes the broken wheel and asks Tommy for a thank you and then a kiss. She tells Tommy that it was a present from an admirer she had in the dried foods business. ![]() She notes that the quality of merchandise is dropping and recalls a toy train Jimmy had as a boy. Gillian begins repairing Tommy’s toy truck. Angela leaves, promising that she will not be out long. Gillian explains that she doesn’t think she should be referred to as a grandmother while she is still fertile herself. Angela notes that Gillian has told Tommy to use her first name and says that most women are proud to be called grandma. Tommy's grandmother Gillian Darmody is visiting. Tommy cowers behind the door frame frightened by the vacuum's noise. Angela carries out the Christmas tree Jimmy bought and then uses his other gift, the vacuum cleaner, to clear the dropped needles. Later, as Jimmy takes the Broadway Limited service to Chicago, Illinois. At home Jimmy hurriedly packs a suitcase while arguing with Angela. A survivor of the hijacking identifies Jimmy as one of the perpetrators and he is told to leave town by Nucky Thompson. Jimmy becomes suspicious that Angela has had an affair with Dittrich after he finds a photo of Angela posing with her hair held back and her shoulders bare. Dittrich lifts him to the door and asks Jimmy to pass on their best wishes to Angela. Jimmy urges Tommy to leave and Tommy initially refuses. Mary comments on the loveliness of Paris and Jimmy says he did not have time for sightseeing. Dittrich calls the war thrilling and mentions wishing he had fought. Dittrich congratulates Jimmy on the engagement and Jimmy explains the delay by mentioning his war service. Jimmy points out that he is not actually married to Angela, yet. Mary calls Tommy photogenic and Robert says they are fond of both Tommy and Jimmy’s wife. Jimmy asks for Dittrich’s name and when Mary Dittrich realises who Jimmy is, she introduces herself. The owner, Robert Dittrich, warmly greets Tommy, picking him up. Tommy runs into Dittrich’s photography and Jimmy follows him. Jimmy playfully chases Tommy along the boardwalk. Tommy is frightened by the sound of the vacuum cleaner and Angela takes him to bed. He reveals his next gift, a vacuum sweeper, which was difficult to obtain. She is concerned about the cost and he asks her to leave their financial worries to him. Jimmy gives Tommy the package to unwrap – it is a toy truck. Jimmy tells her Nucky gave him a bonus and says he did not want to wait until next December. Angela points out that it is late January. Jimmy wishes them a Merry Christmas and takes Tommy to see the decorations he has bought. (" Boardwalk Empire")Īngela and Tommy come home to find Jimmy waiting for them, feeling flush after the hijacking. ![]() After Jimmy returns safely from hijacking a shipment of bootleg alcohol belonging to New York crime boss Arnold Rothstein he plays with Tommy while Angela paints. Tommy also tries to go into Dittrich's photography but Angela restrains him. Tommy wants to eat taffy but Jimmy refuses to buy any, joking that his son already resembles Fatty Arbuckle Junior. The next day Jimmy and Angela take Tommy to see a silent comedy at the cinema, he stands on his seat to get a better view. Jimmy is please when Tommy repeats his calling Paddy Ryan a sap. Jimmy affectionately calls Tommy "Skeezix" and tries to teach him table manners. Jimmy eats breakfast with Tommy and Angela on day one of prohibition, about a month after getting back. Jimmy moves in with the family in an apartment on his return to Atlantic City. Jimmy was injured towards the end of the war and then spent an extended period recuperating in hospital. He was raised solely by his mother Angela Darmody while Jimmy was fighting overseas. Tommy's parents were not married and Jimmy was abroad when he was born. Jimmy left Princeton shortly afterwards to fight in World War I. Tommy was accidentally conceived when his father, Jimmy Darmody, was attending Princeton College.
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