Nucky’s manservant Eddie Kessler is played by Anthony Laciura.

In his delirious state, Eddie still wants to perform his duties, bringing the car around and getting Nucky some dinner. Nucky poignantly gives him the evening off.

What is Eddie mumbling in German? He is saying the first line of Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” in his native tongue:

Wenn du den Kopf behältst und alle anderen verlieren ihn…

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…