Season 5 of Boardwalk Empire continues the story and main plot of the series, bringing together key events and character development across the season.
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.
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