Golden Days for Boys and Girls

"Golden Days for Boys and Girls"
Air date	September 7, 2014
Written by	Howard Korder
Directed by	Tim Van Patten
Episode Guide

"Golden Days for Boys and Girls" is the first episode of the 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

Season 5 opens in 1931 with Nucky in Cuba, where he presses a U.S. senator on the likelihood of Prohibition's repeal and eyes a future business deal with a rum magnate. Meanwhile, Margaret witnesses a casualty of the Great Depression on Wall Street; Luciano makes a bold career move; Chalky catches a break to get out of a bad situation; and in a flashback to 1884, a young Nucky makes an impression on the Commodore.

Appearences

First Appearences

• Salvatore Maranzano - new Boss of New York.

Deaths

1. Mr. Bennett - Committing suicide.
2. Joe Masseria - Shot by Benjamin Siegel and Tonino Sandrelli.
3. unknown numbers of prisoners and guards

Production

Cast

Starring

1. Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
2. Kelly MacDonald as Margaret Thompson
3. Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden / George Mueller (credit only)
4. Shea Whigham as Elias "Eli" Thompson (credit only)
5. Stephen Graham as Al Capone (credit only)
6. Vincent Piazza as Salvatore Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
7. Michael Kenneth Williams as Chalky White
8. Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle (credit only)
9. Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse (credit only)
10. Ben Rosenfield as Willie Thompson (credit only)
11. and Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody (credit only)

Guest Starring

1. Patricia Arquette as Sally Wheet
2. Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky
3. Ian Hart as Young Ethan Thompson
4. Chris Caldovino as Tonino Sandrelli
5. Ivo Nandi as Joe Masseria
6. Boris McGiver as Atlantic City Sheriff
7. Michael Zegen as Bugsy Siegel
8. John Ellison Conlee as Young Commodore Louis Kaestner
9. Erin Dilly as Elenore Thompson
10. Giampiero Judica as Salvatore Maranzano
11. Patch Darragh as Mr. Bennett
12. Paul Calderon as Arquimedes
13. John C. Vennema as Lawrence Conors
14. Danny McCarthy as Pat Halligan
15. Nolan Lyons as Young Enoch Thompson, 1884
16. Oakes Fegley as Young Elias Thompson

Crew

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

Closing credits Bobby Beckles - Stunt Coordinator Dhana Rivera Gilbert - Unit Production Manager Joseph E. Iberti - Unit Production Manager Jude Gorjanc - First Assistant Director (AD) Ted O'Connor - Second AD John Dunn - Costume Designer Lisa Padovani - Co-Costume Designer Randall Poster - Music Supervisor Lesley Robson-Foster - Visual Effects Supervisor David Matthews - Executive Story Editor Cristine Chambers - Staff Writer Jennifer Ames - Staff Writer & Steve Turner - Staff Writer John Flavin - Associate Producer Russ Hammonds - Associate Producer Pat Birch - Choreographer Deanna Dys - Assistant Choreographer Nelson Johnson - Based on his book Boardwalk Empire

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"