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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
8.5 (218,576 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

Ep 1: 8.6 · 5,667 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 3,490 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 3,276 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 3,110 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 3,038 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 2,892 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 2,918 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 2,684 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,726 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 2,696 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 2,604 votesEp 12: 8.7 · 2,872 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Boardwalk Empire8.65,667
2The Ivory Tower7.83,490
3Broadway Limited8.03,276
4Anastasia8.13,110
5Nights in Ballygran8.33,038
6Family Limitation8.22,892
7Home8.52,918
8Hold Me in Paradise8.02,684
9Belle Femme8.52,726
10The Emerald City8.52,696
11Paris Green8.22,604
12A Return to Normalcy8.72,872

Season 2 (2011)

8.43 avg 12 episodes 8.2 → 9.3 56 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,705 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 2,527 votesEp 3: 8.2 · 2,461 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 2,414 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 2,607 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 2,342 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 2,369 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 2,370 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 2,288 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 2,442 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 2,823 votesEp 12: 9.3 · 3,763 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1218.22,705
2Ourselves Alone8.32,527
3A Dangerous Maid8.22,461
4What Does the Bee Do?8.12,414
5Gimcrack and Bunkum8.72,607
6The Age of Reason7.92,342
7Peg of Old8.22,369
8Two Boats and a Lifeguard8.52,370
9Battle of the Century8.32,288
10Georgia Peaches8.62,442
11Under God's Power She Flourishes8.92,823
12To the Lost9.33,763

Season 3 (2012)

8.47 avg 12 episodes 8.4 → 9.4 57 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 2,586 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 2,272 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 2,245 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,345 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 2,213 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 2,157 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 2,183 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 2,311 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,212 votesEp 10: 9.0 · 2,647 votesEp 11: 9.5 · 3,585 votesEp 12: 9.4 · 3,429 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Resolution8.42,586
2Spaghetti and Coffee7.92,272
3Bone for Tuna8.02,245
4Blue Bell Boy8.62,345
5You'd Be Surprised8.22,213
6Ging Gang Goolie7.52,157
7Sunday Best8.02,183
8The Pony8.62,311
9The Milkmaid's Lot8.52,212
10A Man, a Plan...9.02,647
11Two Impostors9.53,585
12Margate Sands9.43,429

Season 4 (2013)

8.34 avg 12 episodes 8.1 → 9.3 57 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 2,376 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 2,139 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,068 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 2,123 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 2,417 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 2,023 votesEp 7: 7.8 · 1,986 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 2,107 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 2,066 votesEp 10: 8.8 · 2,207 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 2,043 votesEp 12: 9.3 · 3,412 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1New York Sour8.12,376
2Resignation8.12,139
3Acres of Diamonds7.82,068
4All In8.42,123
5Erlkönig8.82,417
6The North Star7.62,023
7William Wilson7.81,986
8The Old Ship of Zion8.62,107
9Marriage and Hunting8.52,066
10White Horse Pike8.82,207
11Havre de Grace8.32,043
12Farewell Daddy Blues9.33,412

Season 5 (2014)

8.50 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 9.2 56 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,342 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 2,061 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 2,006 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 2,119 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 2,034 votesEp 6: 8.9 · 2,573 votesEp 7: 9.1 · 2,639 votesEp 8: 9.2 · 3,818 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Golden Days for Boys and Girls8.22,342
2The Good Listener8.02,061
3What Jesus Said7.82,006
4Cuanto8.52,119
5King of Norway8.32,034
6Devil You Know8.92,573
7Friendless Child9.12,639
8Eldorado9.23,818
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