January 1920. On the eve of Prohibition, Atlantic City's Treasurer, Nucky Thompson, condemns alcohol at a Women's Temperance League meeting, where he is noticed by Margaret Schroeder, a pretty, pregnant housewife who comes to him for help in getting her abusive husband Hans a job. Later that evening, the duplicitous Nucky privately tells his ward bosses about the opportunity to make huge profits selling bootleg liquor. At a countdown-to-midnight blast at Babette's Supper Club, he assures Jimmy Darmody, a recently returned WWI vet, that his appointment as "Man Friday" to the new Chief Clerk of the Fourth Ward, Paddy Ryan, will lead to bigger things. Jimmy, meanwhile, has higher aspirations and ends up making an alliance that could have dire consequences for both him and Nucky.false2026-03-09 16:36:40Boardwalk EmpireTerence WinterTerence Winterplugin://plugin.video.youtube/play/?video_id=e6z71l6HQwQ7.7332010tt127620143212672CrimeDrama0/media/Series/Boardwalk Empire/Saison 1/Boardwalk Empire S01E01-thumb.jpgSteve BuscemiEnoch 'Nucky' ThompsonActor0/config/metadata/People/S/Steve Buscemi/folder.jpgMichael PittJames 'Jimmy' DarmodyActor1/config/metadata/People/M/Michael Pitt/folder.jpgKelly MacdonaldMargaret Schroeder / Margaret ThompsonActor2/config/metadata/People/K/Kelly Macdonald/folder.jpgMichael ShannonNelson Van AldenActor3/config/metadata/People/M/Michael Shannon/folder.jpgShea WhighamElias 'Eli' ThompsonActor4/config/metadata/People/S/Shea Whigham/folder.jpgAleksa PalladinoAngela DarmodyActor5/config/metadata/People/A/Aleksa Palladino/folder.jpgMichael StuhlbargArnold RothsteinActor6/config/metadata/People/M/Michael Stuhlbarg/folder.jpgStephen GrahamAl CaponeActor7/config/metadata/People/S/Stephen Graham/folder.jpgVincent PiazzaCharles 'Lucky' LucianoActor8/config/metadata/People/V/Vincent Piazza/folder.jpgPaz de la HuertaLucy DanzigerActor9/config/metadata/People/P/Paz de la Huerta/folder.jpgMichael Kenneth WilliamsAlbert 'Chalky' WhiteActor10/config/metadata/People/M/Michael Kenneth Williams/folder.jpgAnthony LaciuraEdward 'Eddie' KesslerActor11/config/metadata/People/A/Anthony Laciura/folder.jpgPaul SparksMieczysław 'Mickey' DoyleActor12/config/metadata/People/P/Paul Sparks/folder.jpgDabney ColemanCommodore Louis KaestnerActor15/config/metadata/People/D/Dabney Coleman/folder.jpgKevin CarolanBoardwalk BarkerGuestStar500/config/metadata/People/K/Kevin Carolan/folder.jpgGreg AntonacciJohn "Johnny" TorrioGuestStar501/config/metadata/People/G/Greg Antonacci/folder.jpgDanny BursteinLaszlo “Lolly” SteinmanGuestStar502/config/metadata/People/D/Danny Burstein/folder.jpgFrank CrudeleJames "Big Jim" ColosimoGuestStar503/config/metadata/People/F/Frank Crudele/folder.jpgDana IveyMrs. McGarryGuestStar504/config/metadata/People/D/Dana Ivey/folder.jpgPeter McRobbieFrederick ElliotGuestStar505/config/metadata/People/P/Peter McRobbie/folder.jpgErik WeinerEric SebsoGuestStar506/config/metadata/People/E/Erik Weiner/folder.jpgStephen DeRosaEddie CantorGuestStar507/config/metadata/People/S/Stephen DeRosa/folder.jpgJoseph SikoraHans SchroederGuestStar508/config/metadata/People/J/Joseph Sikora/folder.jpgJohnnie MaeLouanne PrattGuestStar509/config/metadata/People/J/Johnnie Mae/folder.jpgBilly SmithDavey MurdochGuestStar510/config/metadata/People/B/Billy Smith/folder.jpgJordan GelberSimonGuestStar511/config/metadata/People/J/Jordan Gelber/folder.jpgChase ColemanBilly WinslowGuestStar512/config/metadata/People/C/Chase Coleman/folder.jpgChloe HartingLittle GirlGuestStar513Francesca ScorseseLittle GirlGuestStar514/config/metadata/People/F/Francesca Scorsese/folder.jpgBoardwalk Empire112010-09-19assass00fraprogressiveFalseFalse