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Boardwalk Empire

Genres: Drama, Period Drama
Broadcast on: M-Net, M-Net Series, M-Net Series Showcase, M-Net Series Zone, M-Net Edge, ShowMax

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Seasons

Season 2

Channel Premiere Finale TX Time Episodes
HBO 25 Sep 2011 11 Dec 2011 Sundays, 21h00 - 22h00 12
M-Net 09 Nov 2011 25 Jan 2012 Wednesdays, 21h30 - 22h30 12
M-Net Edge 13 May 2015 29 Jul 2015 Wednesdays, 22h00 - 23h00 12
ShowMax 19 Aug 2015 19 Aug 2015 Wednesday, 00h01 (all episodes) 12


Season 2

From Terence Winter, Emmy Award-winning writer of The Sopranos, and Academy Award Winning Director Martin Scorsese, Boardwalk Empire is set in Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition, when the sale of alcohol became illegal throughout the United States.

America in 1920. The Great War is over, Wall Street is about to boom and everything is for sale, even the World Series. It is a time of change when women are getting the vote, broadcast radio is introduced, and young people rule the world.

On the beach in southern New Jersey sits Atlantic City, a spectacular resort known as "The World's Playground," a place where rules don't apply. Massive hotels line its famous Boardwalk, along with nightclubs, amusement piers and entertainment to rival Broadway.

For a few dollars, a working man can get away and live like a king - legally or illegally.

The undisputed ruler of Atlantic City is the town's Treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, (Steve Buscemi) a political fixer and backroom dealer who is equal parts politician and gangster and equally comfortable in either role.

Because of its strategic location on the seaboard, the town is a hub of activity for rum-runners, minutes from Philadelphia, hours from New York City and less than a day's drive from Chicago.

And Nucky Thompson takes full advantage.

Along with his brother Elias (Shea Whigham), the town's Sheriff, and a crew of Ward Bosses and local thugs, Nucky carves out a niche for himself as the man to see for any illegal alcohol.

He is an equal opportunity gangster, doing business with Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg), Big Jim Colosimo (Frank Crudele), Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza) and Al Capone (Stephen Graham).

As the series begins, Nucky's former protégé and driver Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) returns home from the Great War, eager to get ahead and reclaim his rightful place in Nucky's organization.

But when Jimmy feels things aren't moving quickly enough, he takes matters into his own hands, forming a deadly alliance with some associates of Nucky's that set the Feds, led by Agent Van Alden (Michael Shannon) on his mentor's tail.

Complicating matters further is Nucky's burgeoning relationship with Margaret Schroeder, (Kelly Macdonald) a local woman in an abusive marriage whom he tries to help out.

The show also stars Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire) as Chalky White, the leader of the city's African-American community; Gretchen Mol as showgirl Gillian; Dabney Coleman as Nucky's mentor The Commodore; and Paz de la Huerta as Nucky's girlfriend Lucy.

Boardwalk Empire is inspired by the non-fiction book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City" by Nelson Johnson.

It is executive produced by Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Van Patten and Stephen Levinson.


Season 2 Cast

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Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson

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James 'Jimmy' Darmody

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Margaret Schroeder

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Agent Nelson Van Alden

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Elias 'Eli' Thompson

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Angela Darmody

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Arnold Rothstein

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Al Capone

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Lucky Luciano

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Lucy Danziger

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Chalky White

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Eddie Kessler

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Mickey Doyle

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Commodore Louis Kaestner

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Richard Harrow

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Gillian Darmody

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Owen Slater

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Babbette

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Boss Frank Hague

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Deputy Halloran

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Edward Bader

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Ethan Thompson

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Harry Daugherty

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Johnny Torrio

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Meyer Lansky

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Rose Van Alden

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Senator Walter Edge

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Supervisor Elliot

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Ward Boss Neary

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Ward Boss O'Neill

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Armory Guardsman

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Benny Siegel

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Carolyn Rothstein

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Dunn Purnsley

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Eamonn Rohan

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Eilis Rohan

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Esther Randolph

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Father Ed Brennan

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George Bishop

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George Remus

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Glenmore

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Joe Masseria

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Katy

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Leander Cephas Whitlock

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Manny Horvitz

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Talmer

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Waxey Gordon


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