Season 5
TV Show · Drama · Crime

It's the last call for Atlantic City booze kingpin Nucky Thompson and his Prohibition-era cronies as HBO presents the fifth and final season of the Emmy(R)-winning drama series. Set in 1931, six years after the events of Season 4, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression. With the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky looks to legitimize himself by forging alliances with liquor producers. Meanwhile, the death of Arnold Rothstein has led to a major power struggle; Margaret's fragile job on Wall Street is threatened by her boss's suicide; Chalky White looks to exact revenge on Valentin Narcisse; and Eli Thompson is now working with Van Alden under Al Capone.

2014 · 1h 12m
Starring Steve Buscemi, Stephen Graham, Kelly Macdonald
Director Timothy Van Patten, Martin Scorsese

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Boardwalk Empire
    Enoch `Nucky' Thompson addresses the Temperance League, spinning a tale of a young boy who struggled to feed his family. The desperate boy, who turns out to be Nucky himself, killed rats so his family had something to eat. With Prohibition just hours away, people are stocking up on alcohol, a funeral procession for `John Barleycorn', a giant liquor bottle in a casket, marks the end of an era.
    49m
  • EPISODE 2
    The Ivory Tower
    A large crowd gathers to watch the funeral of Big Jim Colosimo in Chicago. Newsmen hound Johnny Torrio, asking him if he was involved in the murder, but Torrio and Capone brush them off.
    50m
  • EPISODE 3
    Broadway Limited
    Simon, the survivor of the shooting, is rushed to a hospital in Pennsylvania, barely alive; annoyed that Jimmy left a witness, Nucky instructs his brother to help `nature take its course'.
    49m
  • EPISODE 4
    Anastasia
    Jimmy forms new relationships in Chicago; Nucky celebrates a US Senator; Chalky identifies a lynching suspect; Margaret and Lucy clash.
    51m
  • EPISODE 5
    Nights in Ballygran
    Eli, Margaret, and Van Alden undermine Nucky's attempts to usher in a joyous St Patrick's Day.
    45m
  • EPISODE 6
    Family Limitation
    Nucky investigates a boardwalk theft; Jimmy scores points with Johnny Torrio; Margaret stands up to Lucy.
    54m

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Cast & Crew

  • Steve Buscemi
    Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
  • Kelly Macdonald
    Margaret Schroeder
  • Michael Shannon
    Nelson Van Alden
  • Shea Whigham
    Elias Thompson
  • Stephen Graham
    Al Capone
  • Michael Kenneth Williams
    Chalky White
  • Paul Sparks
    Mickey Doyle
  • Vincent Piazza
    Lucky Luciano
  • Gretchen Mol
    Gillian
  • Dominic Chianese
    Leander Whitlock
  • Stephen Root
    Gaston Means

About

Season 5

Drama

It's the last call for Atlantic City booze kingpin Nucky Thompson and his Prohibition-era cronies as HBO presents the fifth and final season of the Emmy(R)-winning drama series. Set in 1931, six years after the events of Season 4, the country is in the throes of the Great Depression. With the end of Prohibition in sight, Nucky looks to legitimize himself by forging alliances with liquor producers. Meanwhile, the death of Arnold Rothstein has led to a major power struggle; Margaret's fragile job on Wall Street is threatened by her boss's suicide; Chalky White looks to exact revenge on Valentin Narcisse; and Eli Thompson is now working with Van Alden under Al Capone.

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Studio
HBO
Released
2014
Rated
MA15+
Region of Origin
United States
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