Boardwalk Empire Episode Guide Episodes 001–056 Last episode aired Sunday October 26, 2014 www.hbo.com c c 2014 www.tv.com c 2014 www.hbo.com c 2014 www.imdb.com The summaries and recaps of all the Boardwalk Empire episodes were downloaded from http://www.tv.com and http: //www.hbo.com and http://www.imdb.com and processed through a perl program to transform them in a LATEX file, for pretty printing. So, do not blame me for errors in the text ^¨ This booklet was LATEXed on June 28, 2017 by footstep11 with create_eps_guide v0.59 Contents Season 1 1 1 Boardwalk Empire . .3 2 The Ivory Tower . 11 3 Broadway Limited . 19 4 Anastasia . 27 5 Nights in Ballygran . 35 6 Family Limitation . 43 7 Home .............................................. 51 8 Hold Me in Paradise . 59 9 Belle Femme . 67 10 The Emerald City . 75 11 Paris Green . 79 12 A Return to Normalcy . 83 Season 2 87 1 21 ................................................ 89 2 Ourselves Alone . 93 3 A Dangerous Maid . 97 4 What Does the Bee Do? . 101 5 Gimcrack and Bunkum . 105 6 The Age of Reason . 109 7 Peg of Old . 113 8 Two Boats and a Lifeguard . 119 9 Battle of the Century . 125 10 Georgia Peaches . 129 11 Under God’s Power She Flourishes . 133 12 To The Lost . 137 Season 3 141 1 Resolution . 143 2 Spaghetti and Coffee . 147 3 Bone for Tuna . 151 4 Blue Bell Boy . 157 5 You’d Be Surprised . 161 6 Ging Gang Goolie . 165 7 Sunday Best . 169 8 The Pony . 173 9 The Milkmaid’s Lot . 177 10 A Man, A Plan... 183 11 Two Imposters . 187 12 Margate Sands . 191 Boardwalk Empire Episode Guide Season 4 195 1 New York Sour . 197 2 Resignation . 201 3 Acres of Diamonds . 205 4 AllIn............................................... 209 5 Erlkonig.............................................¨ 213 6 The North Star . 217 7 William Wilson . 221 8 The Old Ship of Zion . 225 9 Marriage and Hunting . 229 10 White Horse Pike . 233 11 Havre De Grace . 237 12 Farewell Daddy Blues . 241 Season 5 245 1 Golden Days for Boys and Girls . 247 2 The Good Listener . 251 3 What Jesus Said . 255 4 Cuanto . 259 5 King of Norway . 263 6 Devil You Know . 267 7 Friendless Child . 271 8 Eldorado . 275 Actor Appearances 279 II Season One Boardwalk Empire Episode Guide Boardwalk Empire Season 1 Episode Number: 1 Season Episode: 1 Originally aired: Sunday September 19, 2010 Writer: Howard Korder, Tim Van Patten, Lawrence Konner Director: Tim Van Patten, Martin Scorsese Show Stars: Paul Sparks (Mickey Doyle), Paz de la Huerta (Lucy Danziger), Vin- cent Piazza (Lucky Luciano), Michael Stuhlbarg (Arnold Rothstein), Aleksa Palladino (Angela Darmody), Stephen Graham (II) (Al Capone), Anthony Laciura (Eddie Kessler), Shea Whigham (Elias ”Eli” Thomp- son), Dabney Coleman (Commodore Louis Kaestner), Michael Shan- non (Agent Nelson Van Alden), Kelly Macdonald (Margaret Schroeder), Michael Pitt (James ”Jimmy” Darmody), Michael Kenneth Williams (Chalky White), Steve Buscemi (Nucky Thompson) Recurring Role: Adam Mucci (Deputy Halloran), Erik Weiner (Agent Sebso), Greg An- tonacci (Johnny Torrio), Gretchen Mol (Gillian) Guest Stars: Dana Ivey (Mrs. McGarry), John Rue (Mayor Edward Bachrach), Joseph Riccobene (Frankie Yale), Pearce Bunting (Bill McCoy), John- nie Mae (Louanne Pratt), Peter McRobbie (Supervisor Frederick Elliott), Tracy Middendorf (Babette), Stephen DeRosa (Eddie Cantor), Samuel Taylor (Paddy Ryan), Joseph Sikora (Hans Schroeder), Jordan Gelber (Simon), Frank Crudele (Big Jim Colisomo), Charleigh Parker (Lady Jean), Danny Burstein (Lolly Steinman), Robert Clohessy (Ward Boss Jim Neary), Victor Verhaeghe (Ward Boss Fleming), William Hill (Ward Boss George O’Neill) Summary: Atlantic City’s treasurer condemns alcohol; a housewife approaches Nucky about getting her husband a job; Nucky tells his ward bosses about the opportunity to profit from selling bootleg liquor; Jimmy makes an alliance. The episode begins with the sound of a ticking pocket watch. The watch is put in- side of a man’s pocket. The man is on a ship in the ocean. We hear a bell ringing and then a smaller boat pulls up to the ship. The man tells the men in the boat to pull up closer because he’s a sitting duck where he’s at. He uncovers a tarp to re- veal that he has cases of Canadian Club Whiskey. The group loads the cases onto the smaller box. When they have all of the cases loaded on, the boat pulls away and heads back towards the show. The next thing we see is Atlantic City in the year 1920. The men have arrived back on shore and they start to unload the cases of alcohol. The man in charge, Davey Murdoch, warns the men that they are making a straight drive to the city without any stops. The alcohol is loaded and the cars take off. As they drive down the road, they drive past a town sign for the town of Hammonton, New Jersey. Up ahead, they spot a flipped car on the road. Murdoch tells the driver to stop the car. They get out and find a man with a large gash on his head. One of the men notes that the driver is still breathing, but Murdoch tells them that he doesn’t have time to deal with 3 Boardwalk Empire Episode Guide this man. The group prepares to drag him off the road when two men armed with shotguns and wearing covers over the face tell them to put their hands in the air. We realize that it was a setup and the driver moves out of the way. Murdoch and his men drop their weapons. Murdoch asks the armed gunmen if they know whose load they are carrying. The gunman responds that it’s obvious that it’s theirs now and smacks Murdoch in the face with his shotgun. We cut back to three nights earlier than the events already depicted. A woman, Mrs. McGarry, gives an introductory speech for the Women’s Temperance League condemning alcohol for its effects on prostitutes and thieves. The night is the eve of Prohibition in the United States and the women are celebrating their victory of outlawing alcohol. Mrs. McGarry introduces the audience to the treasurer, Enoch ”Nucky” Thompson. Nucky thanks Mrs. McGarry for the poem and talks to the ladies. He tells them a story of a young boy back in 1888 when a blizzard struck Atlantic City. The boy’s father had abandoned the family because he was a drunk. Nucky says that all that was left to the boy was to fend for himself and the rest of his family. He recounts that the boy walked around the area in chest deep snow wearing only rags trying to obtain food. The boy could find no food, but he killed three wharf rats with a broom handle that were hiding in a ship’s hull. The women are visibly moved by this story, and Nucky reveals that the little boy and his family did survive. He reveals that he was the little boy that has now become a man and is standing before them today. Nucky says that Prohibition is progressed and families will never be affected by alcohol anymore. He claims he is proud to live in a nation that will outlaw alcohol and might even give women the right to vote. The women clap in support for Nucky’s speech. As the women clap, Nucky’s proteg´ e,´ Jimmy Darmody, comes into the room. Nucky tells the women that he has been called away on urgent business and cannot stay for the potluck. He closes by saying that without decent women like them he would be nowhere. He thanks them and promptly leaves with Jimmy. Outside, Jimmy recounts that he once ate dog meat when he was in the war, but he never heard of eating rats. Nucky informs Jimmy that the first rule of politics is to never let the truth get in the way of a good story. They get in the vehicle and drive to their next location. Nucky and Jimmy walk through the town where numerous festivities are taking place to say goodbye to alcohol since Prohibition starts at midnight. As they walk down the street, they greet several people and then spot a group of men taking a coffin that was shaped into a bottle of alcohol saying farewell to alcohol. Many others stock up on alcohol before the law goes into effect. Jimmy and Nucky walk into Babette’s Supper Club. Nucky asks the woman at the door if his brother is here. The woman replies that his brother and the others are upstairs waiting for them. Nucky and Jimmy walk upstairs and sit at a table with Nucky’s brother, Eli, Mayor Harry Bacharach and several of their associates. Nucky stands up and taps his glass to get everyone’s attention. Nucky notes that in less than two hours alcohol will be declared illegal. The group toasts to the government that they are bitter at for outlawing alcohol. Nucky assures all of them that he is working on ways to keep Atlantic City supplied with alcohol. Nucky tells them that the only difference is that prices will go up. One of Nucky’s associates, George O’Neill, asks who would be foolish enough to buy alcohol at three times the current rate. Nucky replies that they have a product that the common man has to have and what is even better is that.