The life and times of gangster and treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, in Atlantic City, as prohibition sweeps the nation. When a former ally tips off the police and sets them on his tail, Nucky runs into some trouble.
EPISODE 1
Episode 1
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 while a funeral procession for 'John Barleycorn', a giant liquor bottle in a casket, marks the end of an era.
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.
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'.
EPISODE 4
Anastasia
Jimmy forms new relationships in Chicago; Nucky celebrates a U.S. Senator; Chalky identifies a lynching suspect; Margaret and Lucy clash.
EPISODE 5
Nights in Ballygran
Eli, Margaret and Van Alden undermine Nucky's attempts to usher in a joyous St. Patrick's Day, and James Neary is arrested. Jimmy takes care of Pearl after her attack.
EPISODE 6
Family Limitation
Nucky investigates a boardwalk robbery in broad daylight, and Nucky suspects Lucky is behind it. Jimmy scores points with Johnny Torrio, while Margaret stands up to Lucy.
Steve Buscemi
Kelly Macdonald
Michael Shannon
Shea Whigham
Stephen Graham
Michael Kenneth Williams
Paul Sparks
Vincent Piazza
Gretchen Mol
Dominic Chianese
Stephen Root