Boardwalk Empire season 5

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Boardwalk Empire season 5
Season 5
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No. of episodes8
Release
Original network HBO
Original releaseSeptember 7 (2014-09-07) –
October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)
Season chronology
List of episodes

The fifth and final season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire premiered on September 7, 2014, and concluded on October 26, 2014, consisting of 8 episodes. The series was created by Terence Winter and based on the book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City by Nelson Johnson. Set in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era, the series stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based loosely on the historical Enoch "Nucky" Johnson), [1] a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and early 1930s. The fifth season takes place between April and October 1931, seven years after the previous season, during the Great Depression, [2] with flashbacks to 1884 and 1897 detailing Nucky's childhood and young adulthood. [3] On January 13, 2015, the fifth season was made available on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1. [4]

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Production

HBO renewed Boardwalk Empire for a fifth season on September 26, 2013, [5] and announced on January 9, 2014, that it would be the final season. [6] The New York budget for the show's final season was $87.2 million. [7]

Cast and characters

Main cast

Departing the main cast from the previous season are Anthony Laciura, Jack Huston, Ron Livingston and Michael Stuhlbarg. [8] Ben Rosenfield was promoted to main cast after recurring in the previous season.

Recurring cast

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
491"Golden Days for Boys and Girls" Tim Van Patten Howard Korder September 7, 2014 (2014-09-07)2.37 [9]
502"The Good Listener" Allen Coulter Terence Winter September 14, 2014 (2014-09-14)1.81 [10]
513"What Jesus Said" Ed Bianchi Cristine Chambers & Howard KorderSeptember 21, 2014 (2014-09-21)2.11 [11]
524"Cuanto" Jake Paltrow Howard Korder & Cristine Chambers & Terence WinterSeptember 28, 2014 (2014-09-28)2.05 [12]
535"King of Norway"Ed BianchiSteve KornackiOctober 5, 2014 (2014-10-05)1.94 [13]
546"Devil You Know" Jeremy Podeswa Howard KorderOctober 12, 2014 (2014-10-12)1.55 [14]
557"Friendless Child"Allen CoulterRiccardo DiLoreto & Cristine Chambers and Howard KorderOctober 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)1.95 [15]
568"Eldorado"Tim Van PattenHoward Korder & Terence WinterOctober 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)2.33 [16]

Reception

The fifth season of Boardwalk Empire received positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the fifth season scored 83 out of 100 based on 12 reviews. [17] Another aggregator website, Rotten Tomatoes, gave the fifth season an 88% rating, based on 132 reviews with an average score of 8.05/10, with the site consensus stating "The final season of Boardwalk Empire is as visually dazzling and well-acted as ever, but it's the emphasis on Nucky Thompson's history that's particularly rewarding this time out." [18]

For the 67th Writers Guild of America Awards, the series received two nominations for Best Episodic Drama—Howard Korder for "Devil You Know", and Riccardo DiLoreto, Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder for "Friendless Child". [19] For the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast was nominated for Best Drama Ensemble, Steve Buscemi was nominated for Best Drama Actor, and the series was nominated for Best Stunt Team. [20]

For the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Tim Van Patten was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for "Eldorado". [21] For the 67th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, the series received nine nominations, and won for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series and Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More). [22]

Broadcast

The season premiered on OSN First HD in the Middle East on September 8, 2014. [23]

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