8.160 minSeason 5 • Episode 8
LatestNucky plans to relocate to Manhattan; Margaret impresses Nucky and a grain company stockholder.
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
Production
$18 million pilot—still HBO's most expensive ever.
Costume
5,000+ period costumes that scream 'we had a BUDGET.'
Acting
Buscemi's eyes doing 90% of the emotional lifting.
Creator
Terence Winter
Steve Buscemi
Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson
Kelly Macdonald
Margaret Schroeder / Margaret Thompson
Michael Shannon
Nelson Van Alden
Shea Whigham
Elias 'Eli' Thompson
Stephen Graham
Al Capone
Vincent Piazza
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Michael Kenneth Williams
Albert 'Chalky' White
Paul Sparks
Mieczysław 'Mickey' Doyle
Gretchen Mol
Gillian Darmody
Jeffrey Wright
Valentin Narcisse
Ben Rosenfield
William 'Willie' Thompson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Enoch Johnson was actually taller and more conventionally handsome than Buscemi—Terence Winter specifically wanted the power of unexpected casting.
Martin Scorsese directed the pilot and stayed executive producer, essentially gifting the show his 'Goodfellas' visual DNA and his Rolodex.
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