"Friendless Child" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of Boardwalk Empire, and the 55th episode overall. It was written by Riccardo DiLoreto & Cristine Chambers and Executive Producer Howard Korder and helmed by regular director Allen Coulter. It first aired on October 19th, 2014
Plot[]
Synopsis[]
Nucky's war with Luciano draws in Willie and Eli as Nucky tries to maintain his control in Atlantic City. Meanwhile, Maranzano's tenure as boss is nearing the end; Gillian sends a letter from the hospital; and in 1897, a young Nucky quarrels with Mabel about a runaway from Trenton and does a favor for the Commodore.
Appearances[]
First Appearances[]
Deaths[]
- Sean - Shot by Bugsy Siegel.
- Mickey Doyle - Shot in the throat by Lucky Luciano.
- Arquimedes - Shot by Pinky Rabinowitz.
- Salvatore Maranzano - Stabbed multiple times and then shot by Eli Thompson.
- Maranzano's Man 1 - throat slit by Luciano's men.
- Maranzano's Man 2 - shot in the head by Luciano's men.
Production[]
Starring[]
- Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
- Kelly MacDonald as Margaret Thompson
- Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden (credit only)
- Shea Whigham as Elias "Eli" Thompson
- Stephen Graham as Al Capone
- Vincent Piazza as Salvatore Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
- Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White (credit only)
- Michael Zegen as Bugsy Siegel
- Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle
- Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse (credit only)
- Ben Rosenfield as Willie Thompson
- and Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody
Guest Starring[]
- Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky
- Marc Pickering as Enoch Thompson, 1897
- Boris McGiver as Sheriff Peter Lindsay, 1897
- John Ellison Conlee as Commodore Louis Kaestner, 1897
- Greg Antonacci as Johnny Torrio
- Paul Calderon as Arquimedes
- Travis Tope as Tommy Darmody
- Louis Cancelmi as Mike D'Angelo
- Giampiero Judica as Salvatore Maranzano
- Michael Countryman as Frank Wilson
- Reg Rogers as Robert Hodge
- Maya Kazan as Mabel Thompson, 1897
Co-starring[]
- Madeleine Rose Yen as Gillian Darmody, 1897
- Ethan Herschenfeld as Pinky Rabinowitz
- Nicholas E. Calhoun as Sean
- Leighton Bryan as Talia Bindleman
Reception[]
Memorable Quotes[]
"Everyone has a reason. Murderers have reasons."
References[]
External Links[]
| Season Five |
| #01 "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" | #05 "King of Norway" |
| #02 "The Good Listener" | #06 "Devil You Know" |
| #03 "What Jesus Said" | #07 "Friendless Child" |
| #04 "Cuanto" | #08 "Eldorado" |