The hostilities between Chalky White and Dr Narcisse have intensified. Nucky Thompson will soon need to pick a side in the coming war between them. The most powerful performance was from George Muller in "Boardwalk Empire" Season 4 episode 9.

Chalky White now knows that Dr Narcisse is his biggest rival and needs to take him out before anything happens to him. Dr Narcisse missed his chance to kill Chalky in the previous episode.

Dr Narcisse unleashes his fury on the star singer of the club, as he beats her so badly that her face is unrecognisable. This infuriates Chalky and he confronts Dr Narcisse in the club in front of Nucky Thompson.

Nucky Thompson has made it very clear that he will not be dragged into this war and Chalky may have to fight the war on his own. Dr Narcisse could be quite delighted to hear that Nucky may not interfere in this upcoming war.

So far viewers have only seen the intellectual prowess of Dr Narcisse, the coming episodes could finally showcase how much muscle he can muster in order to fight the war. The best bet for him would be to have Chalky White assassinated.

Chalky White has his own set of problems as his family seems to know about his affair. His daughter confronts him, while he was still with the singer at her place. Was this what Dr Narcisse was trying to achieve all this time?

"Boardwalk Empire" Season 4 is now picking up the pace as all the characters seem to be at the precipice. Arnold Rothstein is having financial difficulties and has taken out a large insurance policy on Mickey Doyle, which he sells to Nucky Thompson.

George Muller gets visited by the man who provoked him while demonstrating a sale of irons. Readers will remember that George had given the man a taste of the hot iron, when he got pushed too far.

George was beaten till he bled by three people, his ex colleagues, including the man with a burnt face and his ex boss from the iron company. As expected when things got too far and the three men did not listen, George let out his anger and shot the three men in the head.

Readers could expect three deaths in the coming episodes - Mickey Doyle, as he is not liked by either Arnold Rothstein or Nucky Thompson, the star singer at the club, as she could be killed in the coming war and by the "Boardwalk Empire" Season 4 finale either Dr Narcisse or Chalky White may die.

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