Changes: Golden Days for Boys and Girls

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"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

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

Production

Cast

Starring

Steve Buscemi as Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
Kelly MacDonald as Margaret Thompson
Michael Shannon as Nelson Van Alden / George Mueller (credit only)
Shea Whigham as Elias "Eli" Thompson (credit only)
Stephen Graham as Al Capone (credit only)
Vincent Piazza as 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
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 Bugsy Siegel
John Ellison Conlee as Commodore Louis Kaestner, 1884
Erin Dilly as Elenore Thompson, 1884
Giampiero Judica as Salvatore Maranzano
Patch Darragh as 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

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

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

Reception

Memorable Quotes

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"

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