Season 3 picks up 16 months after the shocking events of Season 2. It';;s 1922. Nucky decides to hold a flash New Year';;s Eve bash. Margaret helps him the hosting, despite their recent disputes. On the lam, Van Alden works as a clothing iron salesman in Chicago when he stumbles into a dispute between Al Capone and Dean O';;Banion. Jimmy';;s death has left Richard as his son';;s caretaker, but Gillian refuses to let him learn the truth about his parents.