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The Complete Series episodes (56)

1 Season 1, Episode 1

9/19/10

Season-only

Series Premiere. January, 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's duplicitous Treasurer, Nucky Thompson privately tells his Ward Bosses about the opportunity to make huge profits selling bootleg liquor.

2 Season 1, Episode 2

9/26/10

Season-only

Investigating the heist now linked to Hans Schroeder, straight-and-narrow Agent Nelson van Alden pays a visit to Nucky; a concerned Nucky sends his brother, Sheriff Elias Thompson, to the hospital to sow the seeds of doubt in the widow Schroeder's mind.

3 Season 1, Episode 3

10/3/10

Season-only

An unlikely witness threatens to expose the perpetrators of the woods massacre. Margaret starts a new job. Chalky's team pays a heavy price for his success. After questioning Angela's loyalty, Jimmy heads west.

4 Season 1, Episode 4

10/10/10

Season-only

In Chicago, Jimmy bonds with a prostitute and clashes with Al Capone. Back in Atlantic City, Nucky looks to leverage his relationships with ambitious U.S. Senator Walter Edge as well as Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague.

5 Season 1, Episode 5

10/17/10

Season-only

Nucky's attempts to usher in a joyous St. Patrick's Day are undermined by Eli, Margaret & Van Alden. Arnold Rothstein worries about his involvement in the fixed World Series. Jimmy copes with the aftermath of a vicious attack.

6 Season 1, Episode 6

10/24/10

Season-only

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; Jimmy scores points with Johnny Torrio.

7 Season 1, Episode 7

10/31/10

Season-only

Nucky purges some bad childhood memories; Jimmy forges a new alliance with a fellow veteran; Luciano and a friend cut a deal with the D'Alessio brothers.

8 Season 1, Episode 8

11/7/10

Season-only

While visiting Chicago during the Republican National Convention, Nucky gets some alarming news from Atlantic City.

9 Season 1, Episode 9

11/14/10

Season-only

Nucky braces for war with a rival faction; Jimmy stands by his alibi; Margaret helps out Madame Jeunet.

10 Season 1, Episode 10

11/21/10

Season-only

Nucky asks Margaret to toe the party line; Angela witnesses Jimmy's violent side; Capone faces a crossroads; Van Alden grapples with his emotions.

11 Season 1, Episode 11

11/28/10

Season-only

Nucky shakes up the status quo; Jimmy deals with some tricky family issues; Van Alden addresses Agent Sebso's 'temptations.'

12 Season 1, Episode 12

12/5/10

Season-only

In the Season One finale, Nucky and Atlantic City brace for change on Election Day; Torrio brokers a deal between two nemeses, with far-reaching consequences; Jimmy ponders his future, as do Margaret, Agent Van Alden and Eli.

13 Season 2, Episode 1

9/25/11

Season-only

Season Two Premiere. Nucky is rocked by an insurrection among his inner circle; Chalky's life and livelihood are threatened by a vicious KKK attack; Margaret copes with her son's disciplinary problems; Angela vies with Gillian for Jimmy's affections.

14 Season 2, Episode 2

10/2/11

Season-only

Concerned about losing his grip on Atlantic City, Nucky deliberates a countermove while trying to learn who betrayed him. In New York, Jimmy is put on hold by Arnold Rothstein, but Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano loom as possible trading partners.

15 Season 2, Episode 3

10/9/11

Season-only

With the Commodore putting the squeeze on Atlantic City's liquor shipments, Nucky reaches out to Washington's new Attorney General, Harry Daugherty, to return a political favor. Meanwhile, Owen Slater proves his worth.

16 Season 2, Episode 4

10/16/11

Season-only

Nucky's attorney has a legal brainstorm that could turn the tide in Nucky's election-rigging case. Facing a local liquor surplus, Jimmy and Mickey head to Philadelphia in search of buyers, while Nucky strikes an unlikely deal to get booze into A.C.

17 Season 2, Episode 5

10/23/11

Season-only

After paying lip service to his enemies, Nucky introduces a surprise guest speaker at a Memorial Day dedication for war veterans. Eli questions his allegiances, but ends up digging himself a deeper hole. Jimmy is taught a painful lesson.

18 Season 2, Episode 6

10/30/11

Season-only

Nucky orchestrates a risky liquor delivery, and faces complications in his federal case; Jimmy finds a new mentor; Margaret makes a confession.

19 Season 2, Episode 7

11/6/11

Season-only

While Nucky enlists Jack Dempsey to promote the wireless broadcast of his upcoming fight, Jimmy faces a decision that could shape the future of Atlantic City. Margaret has a family reunion; Nelson defers to a new prosecutor; Owen settles a score.

20 Season 2, Episode 8

11/13/11

Season-only

In the wake of a personal loss, Nucky solicits advice on his political situation from Arnold Rothstein; Angela meets a new friend at the beach; Nucky approaches Owen with an overseas proposition; Jimmy flexes his muscles, at Mickey Doyle's expense.

21 Season 2, Episode 9

11/20/11

Season-only

In Belfast, Nucky and Owen meet with IRA leaders with a barter proposition. Meanwhile, Jimmy and his partners broker a deal with George Remus for his medicinal alcohol. Randolph and Lathrop grill Halloran about Nucky's past.

22 Season 2, Episode 10

11/27/11

Season-only

Undercut by Nucky, who has a new source for alcohol, Jimmy and his partners look to cultivate a new revenue stream in Atlantic City. With the peak tourist season approaching, the Commodore's crew faces a choice in dealing with the city's striking workers.

23 Season 2, Episode 11

12/4/11

Season-only

Nucky prepares Margaret for a worst-case scenario as Esther Randolph plays out her trump cards. Jimmy revisits his college days; Mickey Doyle chafes at sharing his liquor profits; Eli refuses to cop a plea; and Nelson's past comes back to haunt him.

24 Season 2, Episode 12

12/11/11

Season-only

Season Two Finale. With Nucky's trial looming, Jimmy looks to make amends. After weighing an offer from Esther Randolph, Margaret makes a decision that will change the course of her future--and Nucky's.

25 Season 3, Episode 1

9/16/12

Season-only

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.

26 Season 3, Episode 2

9/23/12

Season-only

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.

27 Season 3, Episode 3

9/30/12

Season-only

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.

28 Season 3, Episode 4

10/7/12

Season-only

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.

29 Season 3, Episode 5

10/14/12

Season-only

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.

30 Season 3, Episode 6

10/21/12

Season-only

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.

31 Season 3, Episode 7

10/28/12

Season-only

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.

32 Season 3, Episode 8

11/4/12

Season-only

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.

33 Season 3, Episode 9

11/11/12

Season-only

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.

34 Season 3, Episode 10

11/18/12

Season-only

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.

35 Season 3, Episode 11

11/25/12

Season-only

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.

36 Season 3, Episode 12

12/2/12

Season-only

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.

37 Season 4, Episode 1

9/8/13

Season-only

Season Four Premiere. Nucky brokers a peace; Atlantic City gets a new prohibition agent; Chalky opens a new club; Richard reverts to his violent past.

38 Season 4, Episode 2

9/15/13

Season-only

Van Alden is ordered to keep tabs on Al Capone; Harlem gangster Dr. Valentin Narcisse arrives in Atlantic City, clashing with Chalky and Nucky; Agent Knox aligns himself with J. Edgar Hoover; Harrow fails to finish a job in Milwaukee.

39 Season 4, Episode 3

9/22/13

Season-only

Nucky has reservations about investing in a Tampa land deal; Valentin Narcisse books a sexy jazz singer to perform at the Onyx; Willie, Eli's son, turns to Mickey Doyle to elevate his social standing in college; Harrow tries to bury his past.

40 Season 4, Episode 4

9/29/13

Season-only

Nucky gets to know Arnold Rothstein over a card game, and sizes up an unexpected partner for his Tampa land deal; Eddie Kessler gets detoured after making a delivery; Agent Knox fills Hoover in on the Thompson operation.

41 Season 4, Episode 5

10/6/13

Season-only

Nucky heads to Philadelphia to deal with the fallout from Willie's liquor fiasco; Eddie Kessler is detained by Agent Knox; Gillian turns to an unexpected source to score a fix; Van Alden is recruited by the Capones for a job.

42 Season 4, Episode 6

10/13/13

Season-only

After a cautious reunion with Margaret, Nucky heads to Tampa to work out details of his land deal with Bill McCoy. While there, he reconnects with Sally Wheet. Richard Harrow returns to Atlantic City. Knox finds a new way to gain Eli's trust.

43 Season 4, Episode 7

10/20/13

Season-only

Eli confronts Nucky after Willie makes an unpopular decision. Margaret has a surprise encounter at her job. Gillian goes cold turkey. Al Capone tries to get Johnny Torrio to turn onDean O'Banion. Valentin Narcisse exerts his control over Purnsley.

44 Season 4, Episode 8

10/27/13

Season-only

Nucky's shipment from Florida arrives with some unexpected cargo. Eli is backed into a corner after Agent Knox uncovers some new dirt on the Thompsons. Willie reconsiders his recent choices. Chalky throws down the gauntlet toward Valentin Narcisse.

45 Season 4, Episode 9

11/3/13

Season-only

Nucky refuses to back Chalky in his conflict with Narcisse. Julia considers her options after Gillian makes her case in court. In Cicero, Van Alden stands up to Capone and comes clean to O'Banion. Rothstein looks to trade an insurance benefit for cash.

46 Season 4, Episode 10

11/10/13

Season-only

Tipped off by Sally Wheet, Nucky enlists Eli and Agent Knox to check out extra cargo in Florida shipments. Margaret considers making a deal with Rothstein to improve her family's living conditions. Capone grows suspicious of Torrio; Nucky faces a dilemma.

47 Season 4, Episode 11

11/17/13

Season-only

Nucky takes inventory after being warned there's a skunk in his cellar. Chalky and Daughter lay low outside Wilmington with Chalky's mentor from years ago, Oscar Boneau. Gillian weighs selling her mansion and starting a new life with Roy Phillips.

48 Season 4, Episode 12

11/24/13

Season-only

Season Four Finale. Eli braces for the worst as Agent Knox sets in motion his plan to take down Nucky. Capone and Torrio reach an agreement in Cicero. Chalky looks to settle his scores. Richard Harrow steps forward to save Tommy, at Gillian's expense.

49 Season 5, Episode 1

9/7/14

Season-only

Season Five Premiere. In 1931 Cuba, Nucky forges ties with the hope of Prohibition's repeal in the U.S. Meanwhile, Margaret finds herself in the hot seat; and Lucky Luciano sets in motion a bold plan that reverberates with Nucky all the way in Cuba.

50 Season 5, Episode 2

9/14/14

Season-only

Back from Cuba after a dangerous encounter, Nucky meets with 'Boss of Bosses' Salvatore Maranzano, sending a message to Lansky and Luciano. In 1884, a young Nucky deals with the death of his sister while his father has a standoff with the Commodore.

51 Season 5, Episode 3

9/21/14

Season-only

Chalky heads in a new direction; Margaret finds herself in a quandary; Nucky hosts a prospective 'big fish' partner; Luciano and Siegel meet with Narcisse in Harlem, promising business as usual but encountering resistance.

52 Season 5, Episode 4

9/28/14

Season-only

Facing a shared dilemma, Nucky and Margaret find common ground in Atlantic City. Luciano encounters an old adversary while meeting with Capone in Chicago. Sally Wheet makes a payment in Cuba amidst concerns of a grass-roots uprising.

53 Season 5, Episode 5

10/5/14

Season-only

Chalky returns to Atlantic City with vengeance on his mind. Concerned about the ongoing threat from Luciano, Nucky arranges a meeting with Maranzano in New York. Nucky gets some bad news from Cuba.

54 Season 5, Episode 6

10/12/14

Season-only

In Harlem, Chalky encounters Narcisse in hopes of setting Daughter Maitland free. Federal Agents enlist Eli and Van Alden to help take down the Capone Organization. Pained by a recent loss, Nucky turns to the bottle, and the company of a pair of barflies.

55 Season 5, Episode 7

10/19/14

Season-only

Nucky, at war with Luciano, looks to hold onto his assets in Atlantic City. Willie and Eli become involved in Nucky's war. Maranzano meets his fate. Nucky reads Gillian's letter from the hospital. In 1897, Nucky does a discreet favor for the Commodore.

56 Season 5, Episode 8

10/26/14

Season-only

Series Finale. After a shakeup, Nucky looks to relocate to Manhattan. Margaret impresses Nucky and a grain-company stockholder; Luciano tends to unfinished business while establishing a mob commission; Nucky visits Gillian at the hospital.

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

4.5

367 reviews

Andy Hopper Art

February 16, 2014

Absolute Sheer Brilliance drama series. Superb character development. The production team went to town on the period costumes and sets. Saucy scenes, thoroughly engaging plotlines peppered with hard hitting in-context scenes of bootlegger gangster violence.

sean “Macsteady” mackie

November 17, 2014

This is easy one if the best TV series ever made brilliant cast brilliant story lines in an era when money talks and can buy anything and anyone, be ready for plenty of violence sex drink and drugs and plenty of corruption everything you could possibly want in a box set hammering or a night by night treat either way u won't be disappointed!

Darren Griffiths

March 28, 2014

One of the best tv shows ever, but as usual it's just too expensive on Google play compared to buying the blu ray version on Amazon. Come on Google, sort out your pricing.