Boardwalk Empire

2010 • HBO
4.7
1.68K reviews
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Season 3 episodes (12)

1 Resolution
9/16/12
Season 3 premiere. Nucky makes a New Year's resolution; Margaret eyes a hospital expansion; Gillian builds a new business; Van Alden calls a gangster's bluff.
2 Spaghetti & Coffee
9/23/12
Nucky mixes business with pleasure in NYC; Gyp makes a power play in Tabor Heights; Chalky and his daughter fail to agree on her future with Samuel; Eli gets a new boss and faces new realities at home; a major liquor shipment takes an unexpected detour.
3 Bone for Tuna
9/30/12
Nucky reluctantly joins Margaret to receive a high honor from the Church. Gyp makes a deal with Nucky. Van Alden regrets trying to socialize with his co-workers; Margaret takes her pitch to a higher authority; Richard sets the record straight.
4 Blue Bell Boy
10/7/12
After tracking down a liquor thief, Nucky and Owen end up spending a long night hiding out from the Feds with the precocious perp. Mickey makes a routing call that will have far-reaching consequences. Capone's feud with O'Banion heats up.
5 You'd Be Surprised
10/14/12
After venting with Nucky about his liquor travails, Rothstein sends Gyp a message. Van Alden and Sigrid receive an unexpected visitor; Gillian worries about keeping her business afloat; Margaret has awkward moments at the hospital and at Madam Jeunet's.
6 Ging Gang Goolie
10/21/12
After being detained by Daugherty's men, Nucky approaches his onetime nemesis, Esther Randolph, and later entertains an intriguing proposition from Gaston Means. Margaret and Owen investigate a fire; Richard connects with a damaged vet and his daughter.
7 Sunday Best
10/28/12
On Easter Sunday, Eli looks to get back in Nucky's good graces. While Richard and Tommy spend the day as guests of the Sagorskys, Gillian stays at home and makes a sacrifice to improve her future. In New York, Gyp heads downtown in search of a blessing.
8 The Pony
11/4/12
Gillian makes her peace with Jimmy's death, though not with Nucky, as Gyp arrives to play ally. Working off his debt to O'Banion, Van Alden attends a meeting with Capone and Torrio; Nucky pays a visit to Andrew Mellon; Billie eyes a future in film.
9 The Milkmaid's Lot
11/11/12
Reeling from Gyp's most recent attack, Nucky vows to eliminate his nemesis through a coalition of familiar partners. In Washington, the arrest of a bootlegger puts Daugherty and Jess Smith on the hot seat. Emily gets a scaled-down birthday party.
10 A Man, A Plan...
11/18/12
Nucky reaches out to Gaston Means to keep Jess Smith quiet in Washington, and enlists Owen to neutralize Gyp's alliance with Joe Masseria in New York. Margaret considers an alternate future; Van Alden's side business backfires.
11 Two Impostors
11/25/12
Gyp makes his move in Atlantic City, forcing Nucky and Eddie to seek refuge with Chalky. Gillian contemplates a business future that includes an unwelcome partner. Luciano makes a deal he'll come to regret; Harrow loses his house privileges.
12 Margate Sands
12/2/12
Season Three Finale. Desperate to weaken Gyp's alliance with Masseria and reclaim Atlantic City, Nucky cedes control of one of his prized assets to Rothstein. Harrow returns to Gillian's brothel for some unfinished business.

About this show

Atlantic City, 1920. When alcohol was outlawed, outlaws became kings. HBO presents this epic new drama series that follows the birth and rise of organized crime in 'the world's playground' at the dawn of Prohibition. Steve Buscemi stars.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
1.68K reviews
Moviefone
August 19, 2014
This was a critically lauded season, but we expect there will be a fancy box set of the show's entire run after its fifth and final season. If you're a diehard fan, you will probably want to hold out for that.
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Susan B
December 12, 2014
U.S. was never a "democracy" and "Christians" have more fun and are more emotionally stable and intellectually interesting than any people I've ever known. Otherwise this has delightful stories and characters, well-acted and the period was perhaps the most charming in history.
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Paul Dal Pozzo
January 21, 2015
Absolutely loved it until end of season 4. Now I think it's a super depressing waste of time. All the great work on ambiance, characters and costumes lost into an abyss of a nilistic wasteland. This series will be remembered for what it could have been.
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