Boardwalk Empire: Season 1
Boardwalk Empire Season 1 follows Atlantic City county treasurer Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi) as he prepares to profit from the nation‑wide enactment of Prohibition in 1920. The series depicts how the ban on alcohol creates a lucrative market for gangsters and rum‑runners, turning the city’s already complex political landscape into a battleground for power. Throughout the season Nucky confronts a determined
Season overview
Boardwalk Empire Season 1 follows Atlantic City county treasurer Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (Steve Buscemi) as he prepares to profit from the nation‑wide enactment of Prohibition in 1920. The series depicts how the ban on alcohol creates a lucrative market for gangsters and rum‑runners, turning the city’s already complex political landscape into a battleground for power. Throughout the season Nucky confronts a determined federal agent, navigates ambitions among his own lieutenants, and contends with external rivals such as Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone. The narrative also introduces Margaret Thompson (Kelly Macdonald), who becomes entangled in Nucky’s world, and Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon), a federal officer whose investigations intersect with the city’s illicit activities. Eli Thompson (Shea Whigham), Nucky’s brother, appears as a key figure in the family’s operations. The season establishes the interplay of back‑room politics, organized crime, and the social upheaval of the early Prohibition era,
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Boardwalk Empire
Sep 19, 2010 · 73 min
January 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's Treasurer, Nucky Thompson, condemns alcohol at a Women's Temperance League meeting, where he is noticed by Margaret Schroed
The Ivory Tower
Sep 26, 2010 · 53 min
Nucky deals with the fallout from Jimmy's rogue heist, sending Eli to sow the seeds of doubt in the mind of Margaret, who seeks help in the wake of her husband's demise.
Broadway Limited
Oct 3, 2010 · 52 min
An unlikely witness to the woods massacre threatens to expose the perpetrators, sending both Eli and Van Alden rushing to the hospital. Margaret starts a new job at an upscale Fren
Anastasia
Oct 10, 2010 · 54 min
In Chicago, Jimmy bonds with one of Johnny Torrio's prostitutes, Pearl, and finds himself increasingly at odds with the hot-headed Al Capone. Back in Atlantic City, Nucky looks to
Nights in Ballygran
Oct 17, 2010 · 54 min
On the day of the annual St. Patrick's Eve dinner, Nucky deals with Eli's oratory ambitions, as well as a group of disenchanted "Leprechauns". Feeling ignored by Nucky, a frustrate
Family Limitation
Oct 24, 2010 · 60 min
After the brazen robbery of one of his ward bosses, Nucky turns up the heat on Lucky Luciano. An emboldened Margaret stands up to Lucy at the dress shop and accepts an offer from N
Home
Oct 31, 2010 · 53 min
After his father Ethan is injured in a fall, Nucky uses the opportunity to refurbish his childhood home. On a double-date with new friend Annabelle and her beaux, Margaret tries to
Hold Me in Paradise
Nov 7, 2010 · 50 min
Nucky visits Chicago for the Republican National Convention, where he finds himself intrigued by the candidacy of Warren G. Harding over more established candidates. The D'Alessio
Belle Femme
Nov 14, 2010 · 53 min
Nucky is forced to readjust his political alliances with a Democratic mayoral candidate promising to wipe out corruption. Jimmy returns from Chicago to deal with the D'Alessio gang
The Emerald City
Nov 21, 2010 · 59 min
Nucky asks for Margaret's assistance in backing his mayoral candidate with the passage of women's right to vote, leaving her conflicted about her role. Doyle switches sides back fr
Paris Green
Nov 28, 2010 · 57 min
Nucky has emotionally charged conversations with both Margaret and Eli over his business and the killing of Margaret's husband. Jimmy meets with his dying father for the first time
A Return to Normalcy
Dec 5, 2010 · 61 min
Nucky faces Election Day in Atlantic City and pulls out all the stops to keep power in Republican hands. Torrio brokers a discussion between Nucky and Rothstein to resolve their gr