Boardwalk Empire: Lucy Danzinger’s Episode 207 1921 “A Dangerous Made” Script

In Boardwalk Empire Season 2, Episode 7 (“Peg of Old”), there’s a reference to Lucy Danziger’s brief and largely symbolic role in a silent film titled “A Dangerous Maid”—a fictional play on real 1920s melodramas. The phrase is also a nod to the original working title of the episode, though no actual film by that name is shown on screen.

By this point in the series, Lucy has been pushed to the margins. Once Nucky Thompson’s glamorous mistress, she’s now living in near-isolation in a cramped apartment, pregnant with Van Alden’s child, and cut off from the glitz and attention she once enjoyed. The mention or suggestion of a script or film titled “A Dangerous Maid” serves as an ironic commentary on her situation. Lucy, once a symbol of beauty and desirability, is now trapped and disempowered—yet she’s still surrounded by the language and fantasy of show business.

There is no full script shown or read in the episode, but the title and Lucy’s own longing for attention and stardom suggest a tragic parallel between the character she might have played and her own life. She’s “dangerous” only in the sense that she refuses to quietly disappear, even though the world around her has largely discarded her.

In terms of production, the title A Dangerous Maid was actually borrowed from a 1921 musical by George and Ira Gershwin, though in the show it’s recontextualized to reflect Lucy’s storyline. Her arc in this episode, including her struggles with pregnancy and isolation, is framed with theatrical flair, underscoring the show’s ongoing theme that everyone is playing a role—even when the audience has left.

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