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Boardwalk Empire (2010)

Crime · Drama

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.

IMDb rating
8.6 (218,085 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
HBO Max
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

8.28 avg 12 episodes 8.6 → 8.7 56 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 8.6 · 5,650 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 3,476 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,272 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 3,110 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 3,042 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 2,897 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 2,921 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 2,685 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,733 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 2,704 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 2,614 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 2,881 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Boardwalk Empire8.65,650
2The Ivory Tower7.83,476
3Broadway Limited8.03,272
4Anastasia8.13,110
5Nights in Ballygran8.33,042
6Family Limitation8.22,897
7Home8.52,921
8Hold Me in Paradise8.02,685
9Belle Femme8.52,733
10The Emerald City8.52,704
11Paris Green8.22,614
12A Return to Normalcy8.72,881

Season 2 (2011)

8.43 avg 12 episodes 8.2 → 9.3 56 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,720 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 2,543 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 2,473 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 2,427 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 2,624 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 2,346 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 2,381 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 2,393 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 2,304 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 2,457 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 2,837 votesEp 12: 9.3 · 3,780 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1218.22,720
2Ourselves Alone8.32,543
3A Dangerous Maid8.22,473
4What Does the Bee Do?8.12,427
5Gimcrack and Bunkum8.72,624
6The Age of Reason7.92,346
7Peg of Old8.22,381
8Two Boats and a Lifeguard8.52,393
9Battle of the Century8.32,304
10Georgia Peaches8.62,457
11Under God's Power She Flourishes8.92,837
12To the Lost9.33,780

Season 3 (2012)

8.47 avg 12 episodes 8.4 → 9.4 57 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.4 · 2,604 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 2,274 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 2,251 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,363 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 2,224 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 2,158 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 2,185 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 2,329 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,226 votesEp 10: 9.0 · 2,664 votesEp 11: 9.5 · 3,663 votesEp 12: 9.4 · 3,485 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Resolution8.42,604
2Spaghetti and Coffee7.92,274
3Bone for Tuna8.02,251
4Blue Bell Boy8.62,363
5You'd Be Surprised8.22,224
6Ging Gang Goolie7.52,158
7Sunday Best8.02,185
8The Pony8.62,329
9The Milkmaid's Lot8.52,226
10A Man, a Plan...9.02,664
11Two Impostors9.53,663
12Margate Sands9.43,485

Season 4 (2013)

8.33 avg 12 episodes 8.1 → 9.3 57 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
  • Rollercoaster
Ep 1: 8.1 · 2,388 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,144 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,071 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 2,133 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 2,440 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 2,029 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 1,995 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 2,125 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,085 votesEp 10: 8.8 · 2,233 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 2,055 votesEp 12: 9.3 · 3,462 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1New York Sour8.12,388
2Resignation8.02,144
3Acres of Diamonds7.82,071
4All In8.42,133
5Erlkönig8.82,440
6The North Star7.62,029
7William Wilson7.81,995
8The Old Ship of Zion8.62,125
9Marriage and Hunting8.52,085
10White Horse Pike8.82,233
11Havre de Grace8.32,055
12Farewell Daddy Blues9.33,462

Season 5 (2014)

8.50 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 9.2 56 min avg

  • Slow burn
  • Big finale
  • saved-best-for-last
Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,328 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,047 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 1,993 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 2,104 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 2,022 votesEp 6: 8.9 · 2,564 votesEp 7: 9.1 · 2,639 votesEp 8: 9.2 · 3,834 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Golden Days for Boys and Girls8.22,328
2The Good Listener8.02,047
3What Jesus Said7.81,993
4Cuanto8.52,104
5King of Norway8.32,022
6Devil You Know8.92,564
7Friendless Child9.12,639
8Eldorado9.23,834

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