Boardwalk Empire
The Ivory Tower
Season 1, Episode 2 · Aired 2010-09-26
Synopsis
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, then lets Mickey Ward know he's being replaced by Chalky White in the bootleg production business.
In the series
This episode is part of Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014) on HBO.
Prohibition Atlantic City — Nucky Thompson’s empire in Scorsese-sheen.
Key cast
- Steve Buscemi as Enoch “Nucky” Thompson
- Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Schroeder
- Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden
- Shea Whigham as Eli Thompson
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Arnold Rothstein
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White