"Marriage and Hunting" is the ninth episode of the fourth season of the American period crime drama television series Boardwalk Empire.
It is the 45th overall episode of the series and was written by David Matthews, Jennifer Ames, and Steve Turner, and directed by Ed Bianchi.
The series follows Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, a political figure who rises to prominence and interacts with mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him.
In the episode, Chalky wants vengeance for Narcisse's involvement in his assassination attempt, while Van Alden faces pressure in Chicago.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 1.90 million household viewers and gained a 0.8 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
While on the beach, Gillian tells Roy about her past, explaining how the Commodore raped her as a child and named Jimmy after the first boy she kissed.
In October 2013, HBO confirmed that the ninth episode of the season would be titled "Marriage and Hunting", and that it would be written by David Matthews, Jennifer Ames, and Steve Turner, and directed by Ed Bianchi.
"[5] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, "It's a tough hour full of angry men doing self-destructive things, and you can understand why, by the end of it, Nucky might be so damn tired of it all that he just wants to run away and hang out with Sally in the wilds of Tampa.
And it's cool to see that some of these less regularly attended to narrative arcs are capable of proving resonant with respect to the show's deep history, especially compared with last week's long-telegraphed Chalky-Dunn finale.
It's perhaps a shock just to hear through dialogue that Rothstein’s empire is crumbling, but the writing has been on the wall for a few months now, especially as revealed in 'All In,' the episode where the gambler lost his shirt in one of Nucky Thompson's Atlantic City clubs.
"[8] Chris O'Hara of TV Fanatic gave the episode a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Even if Nucky takes a hiatus in Florida, Knox's ultimatum to Eli still remains.
Though there is little he can do to protect himself from his brother's potential betrayal while it remains a secret to him, I hope for his sake he takes Richard with him to Florida to watch his back down there.