"Eldorado" is the series finale of Boardwalk Empire, the eighth episode of the fifth season and the 56th episode overall. It was co-written by the series creator and Executive Producer Terence Winter & Executive Producer Howard Korder and directed by Executive Producer Tim Van Patten. It first aired on October 26th, 2014.
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Synopsis[]
With his holdings in Atlantic City lost, Nucky Thompson takes a swim in the ocean. Due to Nucky's manipulation of the stock market, Joseph Kennedy's business associates are nervous that repeal will not happen, and begin unloading their shares. Kennedy suspects Nucky's involvement and visits Margaret Thompson. She convinces Kennedy to short sell his own shares. Margaret meets Nucky to inform him of her success, and they share a dance but are interrupted by a realtor. Nucky returns to Atlantic City, intending to settle his affairs before leaving. He meets Eli, gives him some money, and encourages him to return to his family. He then meets Gillian in the sanitarium, telling her the most he can do is set up a trust fund for her when she is released and that he is not sure what she wants from him. Gillian is withdrawn and has been forcibly sterilized.
In New York, Luciano and Lansky gather crime bosses from New York and all around the country and form the Commission, a singular body will mediate relations between all crime organizations in the country. Luciano also tasks Bugsy with killing Narcisse, and he is publicly assassinated in front of his church. In Chicago, Capone is served a court summons when the authorities manage to obtain his ledgers. While he publicly boasts that the charges of tax evasion won't stick, Capone says goodbye to his son before heading to court, where D'Angelo is waiting for him.
In 1897, Deputy Nucky is shocked to find out that Mabel has miscarried. Eli summons Nucky home, where he sees that his father has hit his mother again. Nucky and his father fight and Nucky warns that there will be consequences if harm were to come to his mother again. After returning to Atlantic city, Nucky notices Gillian participating in a parade. The Commodore fires Nucky but offers to reinstate him as Sheriff, if he delivers Gillian to him. Nucky reluctantly approaches Gillian, telling her that the Commodore is willing to take her in, and promising that he will take care of her.
In 1931, Nucky comes across Joe Harper again. Harper reveals that his real name is Tommy Darmody, Jimmy's son and Gillian's grandson. Tommy shoots Nucky three times before being restrained by the police. As Nucky lays on the ground dying, he sees a vision of a younger version of himself swimming in the ocean and catching a coin.
Appearances[]
First Appearances[]
Deaths[]
- Valetin Narcisse - gunned down on orders of Luciano.
- Nucky Thompson - shot by Tommy Darmody
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Cast[]
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)
- Paul Sparks as Mickey Doyle (credit only)
- Jeffrey Wright as Valentin Narcisse
- Ben Rosenfield as Willie Thompson (credit only)
- and Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody
Guest Starring[]
- Anatol Yusef as Meyer Lansky
- Ian Hart as Ethan Thompson, 1897
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Ralph Capone
- Marc Pickering as Enoch Thompson, 1897
- Matt Letscher as Joseph P. Kennedy
- Maya Kazan as Mabel Thompson, 1897
- John Ellison Conlee as Commodore Louis Kaestner, 1897
- Michael Zegen as Bugsy Siegel
- Travis Tope as Tommy Darmody
- Louis Cancelmi as Mike D'Angelo
- Erin Dilly as Elenore Thompson, 1897
- Nolan Lyons as Enoch Thompson, 1884
- John C. Vennema as Lawrence Conors
- Michael Countryman as Frank Wilson
- Paul Fitzgerald as Charles Gabler
- Richard Bekins as Theodore Rollins
Co-starring[]
- Fred Arsenault as [[]]
- Madelyn Barkocy as [[]]
- Greg Oliver Bodine as [[]]
- Samantha Buck as the Apartment Hunting Wife
- Joseph Byrne as [[]]
- Dustin Charles as [[]]
- Sheffield Chastain as [[]]
- Brian Myers Cooper as [[]]
- Destiny Cruz as a School Girl
- Victoria Dennis as a Petal Thrower
- Ryan Dinning as Eli Thompson, 1897
- Amadeo Fusca as Joe Bonnano
- Matt Harrington as [[]]
- Ethan Herschenfeld as Pinky Rabinowitz
- Stephen Hill as Clarence, Narcisse's man
- Joseph Huffman as Stock broker
- Vincent Ingrisiano as [[]]
- Salvatore Inzerillo as Thomas Gagliano
- Rachel Kenney as a Boardwalk Barker
- Jack Koenig as Capone's lawyer
- Bryonna Kristoferson as [[]]
- Katherine LaFountain as a School Girl
- Jordan Lage as Leander Cephas Whitlock, 1897
- Marcella Lentz-Pope as Mae Capone
- Robert Langdon Lloyd as [[]]
- Julia Losner as Neptune's Consort
- Katence A. Lucas as [[]]
- Regan Lutz as a School Girl
- Saint Marino as a Capone gang member
- Mary McCann as the Matron
- Christopher McLinden as Robert Elwood St. John, reporter
- Scott Francis Moreau as Jim Neary, 1897
- Isabelle Arely Palladino as [[]]
- Kevin Pariseau as [[]]
- Madyson Pellegrino as a School Girl
- Salvatore Rossi as Sonny Capone
- David Rossmer as [[]]
- Alicia Ruggiero as [[]]
- Thomas Schall as a Middle-Aged Man on the boardwalk
- Jeffrey Schecter as Lou Grossman, reporter
- Michael Siberry as Senator Wendell Lloyd
- Brian Silliman as Photographer 1
- David Stam as [[]]
- Shane Tunney as a Princeton Student
- John Virag as [[]]
- Mia C. Vogt as [[]]
- Pernell Walker as [[]]
- Danny Wolohan as a Treasury Agent
- Christina Wright as [[]]
- Madeleine Rose Yen as Gillian Darmody, 1897
- Jessica Swesey as an Old Rumpus Dancer
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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" |