Boardwalk Empire
The Good Listener
Season 5, Episode 2 · Aired 2014-09-14
Synopsis
Back from Cuba after a dangerous encounter, Nucky pays a visit to the now retired Johnny Torrio, who agrees to broker a meeting with the new "Boss of Bosses," Salvatore Maranzano. In Chicago, Eli and Van Alden are tasked by Mike D'Angelo, Al Capone's new right hand man, to recoup money lost during a federal raid by Eliot Ness. Fresh out of law school, Willie Thompson has a job interview. Rebuffed by a group of would be financiers, Nucky dines with Tonino Sandrelli before sending a message to Lansky and Luciano. In 1884, a young Nucky deals with the death of his sister, Susan, while his father has a standoff with the Commodore.
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