Editing Golden Days for Boys and Girls

{{Template:Episode infobox
|name = "Golden Days for Boys and Girls"
|season = 5
|number = 1
|image = Be_501.jpg
|airdate = September 7, 2014
|writer = [[Howard Korder]]
|director = [[Tim Van Patten]]
|previous = [[Season 4]]<br>"[[Farewell Daddy Blues]]"
|next = "[[The Good Listener]]"}}

"'''Golden Days for Boys and Girls'''" is the first episode of the [[Season 5|fifth season]] of ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', and the 49th episode overall. It was written by Executive Producer [[Howard Korder]] and directed by Executive Producer [[Tim Van Patten]]. It first aired on September 7, 2014 and drew 2.37 million US viewers.

==Plot==

===Synopsis===
{{S05E01 synopsis}}

==Recap==
''(Minor spoilers within, as the seven-year gap between seasons of “''Boardwalk Empire''” means that some of its historical characters have passed on.)'' 

The world of 1931 is vastly different from 1924, when the roaring twenties were in full swing and fatcats like Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) were getting rich off of prohibition. Cut to seven years later, and the party’s over. The Great Depression has decimated the country and the landscape has totally changed. Nucky Thompson is now operating in Cuba, laying the groundwork to go legitimate as the end of prohibition approaches. Alongside Sally Wheet (Patricia Arquette), Nucky meets with a U.S. Senator to forge ties with the Cuban company behind Bacardi Rum.

Meanwhile, since “Boardwalk Empire” and its creators choose not to toy with history the way Quentin Tarantino did with “Inglorious Basterds,” Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg) is out of the picture (murdered in 1928 after failing to pay a large debt resulting from a fixed poker game). Pour one out for A.R., but in the wake of his death, his protégés, Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza) and Meyer Lansky (Anatol Yusef) —now estranged from each other— are trying to make up that lost ground. 

Knowing an opportunity when he sees one, Lansky conveniently turns up in Cuba to meet Nucky. Meanwhile, Luciano turns his back on former boss Joe Masseria (Ivo Nandi), selling him out to rival Italian gangs, having him killed and swearing allegiance to the opposing team. 

The only other familiar character in this episode —aside from a brief cameo from Margaret (Kelly Macdonald), Nucky’s estranged wife who feels the effects of the depression when her boss kills himself in front his entire staff— is the african american gangster Chalky White (Michael Kenneth Williams). When we last saw Chalky, he had just survived an assassination attempt by his nemesis Valentin Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright) which claimed the life of his mentor. Cut to seven years later, and Chalky is doing the convict shuffle; working on a chain gang, imprisoned for some crime or another, and is beaten and abused by his guards. When a prison riot starts on a work release trip, Chalky seizes the moment and escapes, with another convict by his side. 

==Appearences==

===First Appearences===
#[[Salvatore Maranzano]] - new Boss of New York.

===Deaths===
#[[Mr. Bennett]] - Committing suicide.
#[[Joe Masseria]] - Shot by [[Benjamin Siegel]] and [[Tonino Sandrelli]].
# unknown numbers of prisoners and guards
# Unnamed Meyer Lansky's hitman.

==Production==
===Cast===
====Starring====
#[[Steve Buscemi]] as [[Nucky Thompson|Enoch "Nucky" Thompson]]
#[[Kelly MacDonald]] as [[Margaret Thompson]]
#[[Michael Shannon]] as [[Nelson Van Alden]] / George Mueller (credit only)
#[[Shea Whigham]] as [[Eli Thompson|Elias "Eli" Thompson]] (credit only)
#[[Stephen Graham]] as [[Al Capone]] (credit only)
#[[Vincent Piazza]] as [[Lucky Luciano|Salvatore Charlie "Lucky" Luciano]]
#[[Michael Kenneth Williams]] as [[Chalky White]]
#[[Paul Sparks]] as [[Mickey Doyle]] (credit only)
#[[Jeffrey Wright]] as [[Valentin Narcisse]] (credit only)
#[[Ben Rosenfield]] as [[Willie Thompson]] (credit only)
#and [[Gretchen Mol]] as [[Gillian Darmody]] (credit only)

====Guest Starring====
#[[Patricia Arquette]] as [[Sally Wheet |Sally Wheet]]
#[[Anatol Yusef]] as [[Meyer Lansky]]
#[[Ian Hart]] as [[Ethan Thompson]], 1884
#[[Chris Caldovino]] as [[Tonino Sandrelli]]
#[[Ivo Nandi]] as [[Joe Masseria]]
#[[Boris McGiver]] as Sheriff [[Peter Lindsay]], 1884
#[[Michael Zegen]] as [[Benjamin Siegel|Bugsy Siegel]]
#[[John Ellison Conlee]] as [[Commodore Louis Kaestner]], 1884
#[[Erin Dilly]] as [[Elenore Thompson]], 1884
#[[Giampiero Judica]] as [[Salvatore Maranzano]]
#[[Patch Darragh]] as [[Bennett|Mr. Bennett]]
#[[Paul Calderon]] as [[Arquimedes]]
# [[John C. Vennema]] as [[Lawrence Conors]]
# [[Danny McCarthy]] as [[Pat Halligan]], 1884
# [[Nolan Lyons]]  as [[Enoch Thompson]], 1884
# [[Oakes Fegley]] as [[Elias Thompson]], 1884

====Co-starring====
#[[Marcus Anturri]] as [[Jim Neary]], 1884
#[[Onata Aprile]] as [[Susan Thompson]], 1884
#[[Roberta Colindrez]] as a [[Cuban prostitute]]
#[[Roberto De Felice]] as [[Gerardo Scarpato[[
#[[Michael De Nola]] as a [[Maranzano Gangster]]
#[[James Engel]] as an [[Tourist 2|Atlantic City Tourist]], 1884
#[[RJ Fattori]] as a [[Street urchin]], 1884
#[[Jorge Ferragut]] as [[Rogelio]], the waiter
#[[Lee Godart]] as [[Maxime Ronis]]
#[[Olli Haaskivi]] as [[Conor's Assistant]]
#[[Brian Haley]] as the [[Lead Guard]]
#[[Joseph Huffman]] as a [[Stock Broker]]
#[[Eliud Kauffman]] as a [[Cuban Army Captain]]
#[[Elisha Lawson]] as a [[Chain Gang Prisoner]]
#[[Rachel McPhee]] as [[Lady in Wagon]], 1884
#[[Warner Miller]] as [[Milton]], prisoner
#[[Juan Mirt]] as a [[Cuban business child]]
#[[Valentino Musumeci]] as an [[Atlantic City urchin]], 1884
#[[Julia Osborne]] as an [[Tourist 3|Atlantic City Tourist]], 1884
#[[Donald Paul]] as a [[Chain Gang Prisoner]]
#[[Sarah Shankman]] as [[Alice]], Margaret’s co-worker
#[[Michael Siberry]] as Senator [[Wendell Lloyd]]
#[[John Talalas]] as a [[Chain Gang Boss]]
#[[Laura E. Taylor]] as an [[Tourist 4|Atlantic City Tourist]], 1884
#[[Daniel Wolfe]] as a [[Chain Gang Guard]]
#[[Maxwell Zener]] as a [[Tourist 1|Havana Tourist]], at the protest
#[[Jonah Young]] as a [[Chain Gang Guard]]
#[[Bree Branker]] as a dancer
#[[Lou Brockman]] as a dancer
#[[Eva Carrozza]] as a dancer
#[[Heather Gehring]] as a dancer
#[[Natalia Lepore Hagan]] as a dancer
#[[Stephen Hanna]] as a dancer
#[[Melana Lloyd]] as a dancer
#[[Manuel Rojas]] as a dancer
#[[Jeffrey C. Sousa]] as a dancer
#Ian Klein as a dancer

===Crew===
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====Opening credits====
#[[Meredith Tucker]] - Casting
#[[Bill Groom]] - Production Designer
#[[Kate Sanford]], A.C.E. - Editor
#[[Jonathan Freeman]], A.S.C. - Director of Photography
#[[Dhana Rivera Gilbert]] - Co-Producer
#[[Pepper O'Brien]] - Co-Producer
#[[Brad Carpenter]] - Producer
#[[Rick Yorn]] - Producer
#[[Allen Coulter]] - Producer
#[[Joseph E. Iberti]] - Episodic Producer
#[[Eugene Kelly]] - Executive Producer
#[[Howard Korder]] - Executive Producer
#[[Tim Van Patten]] - Executive Producer
#[[Stephen Levinson]] - Executive Producer
#[[Mark Wahlberg]] - Executive Producer
#[[Martin Scorsese]] - Executive Producer
#[[Terence Winter]] - Executive Producer
#Terence Winter - Creator
#Howard Korder - Writer
#Tim Van Patten - Director
{{Col-2}}

====Closing credits====
#[[Chris Place]] - Stunt Coordinator
#Dhana Rivera Gilbert - Unit Production Manager
#Joseph E. Iberti - Unit Production Manager
#[[Julie A. Bloom]] - First Assistant Director (AD)
#[[Jessica Pollini]] - Second AD
#[[Lesley Robson-Foster]] - Visual Effects Supervisor
#[[John Flavin]] - Co-Producer
#[[John Dunn]] - Costume Designer
#[[Lisa Padovani]] - Co-Costume Designer
#[[Randall Poster]] - Music Supervisor
#[[Cristine Chambers]] - Executive Story Editor
#[[Russ Hammonds]] - Associate Producer
#[[Pat Birch]] - Choreographer
#[[Deanna Dys]] - Assistant Choreographer
#[[David Yazbek]] - Original Music
#[[Vince Giordano]] and [[the Nighthawks]] - Recorded Songs
#[[Nelson Johnson]] - Based on his book ''[[Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City|Boardwalk Empire]]''
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==Promotion==
===Images===
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===Videos===
<gallery>
File:Boardwalk Empire Season 5 Inside the Episode 1 (HBO)|Inside the Episode - 5x01 "Golden Days for Boys and Girls"
</gallery>

==Reception==

==Memorable Quotes==

==References==
#[http://fikklefame.com/supporting-cast-of-golden-days-boardwalk-empire/ Fikkel Fame ''Supporting Cast of Golden Days Boardwalk Empire'']

==External Links==
*[http://www.hbo.com/#/boardwalk-empire/episodes/05/49-golden-days-for-boys-and-girls/index.html "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" on HBO.com]
*[[Wikipedia:Boardwalk_Empire_(season_5)|Boardwalk Empire Season 5 on Wikipedia]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3216480/ "Golden Days for Boys and Girls" on IMDb]
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