Season 1
(2010)
Overview
On the eve of Prohibition in 1920, Atlantic City county treasurer Enoch "Nucky" Thompson is looking to cash in. Prohibition may have outlawed alcohol, but in Nucky's world it has opened up highly lucrative opportunities for gangsters and rumrunners looking to provide "liquid gold" for a thirsty nation. In a city defined by notorious backroom politics and vicious power struggles, Nucky battles a relentless federal agent, ambitious underlings, and opportunistic rivals—including Arnold Rothstein, …
Cast
as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
as James "Jimmy" Darmody
as Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
as Nelson Van Alden
as Elias "Eli" Thompson
as Angela Darmody
as Arnold Rothstein
as Al Capone
as Charles "Lucky" Luciano
as Lucy Danziger
as Albert "Chalky" White
as Edward "Eddie" Kessler
as Mieczysław "Mickey" Doyle
as Commodore Louis Kaestner
Episodes
Boardwalk Empire 7.9
September 19, 2010
January 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's Treasurer, Nucky Thompson, condemns alcohol at a Women's Tempe…
The Ivory Tower 7.6
September 26, 2010
Nucky deals with the fallout from Jimmy's rogue heist, sending Eli to sow the seeds of doubt in the mind of Margaret, w…
Broadway Limited 7.7
October 3, 2010
An unlikely witness to the woods massacre threatens to expose the perpetrators, sending both Eli and Van Alden rushing …
Anastasia 7.6
October 10, 2010
In Chicago, Jimmy bonds with one of Johnny Torrio's prostitutes, Pearl, and finds himself increasingly at odds with the…
Nights in Ballygran 7.6
October 17, 2010
On the day of the annual St. Patrick's Eve dinner, Nucky deals with Eli's oratory ambitions, as well as a group of dise…
Family Limitation 7.5
October 24, 2010
After the brazen robbery of one of his ward bosses, Nucky turns up the heat on Lucky Luciano. An emboldened Margaret st…
Home 7.7
October 31, 2010
After his father Ethan is injured in a fall, Nucky uses the opportunity to refurbish his childhood home. On a double-da…
Hold Me in Paradise 7.2
November 7, 2010
Nucky visits Chicago for the Republican National Convention, where he finds himself intrigued by the candidacy of Warre…
Belle Femme 7.5
November 14, 2010
Nucky is forced to readjust his political alliances with a Democratic mayoral candidate promising to wipe out corruptio…
The Emerald City 7.9
November 21, 2010
Nucky asks for Margaret's assistance in backing his mayoral candidate with the passage of women's right to vote, leavin…
Paris Green 8.0
November 28, 2010
"Paris Green" is the 11th episode of the first season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, which premiered No…
A Return to Normalcy 7.6
December 5, 2010
Nucky faces Election Day in Atlantic City and pulls out all the stops to keep power in Republican hands. Torrio brokers…