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. The episode premiered on September 7th, 2014. The episode 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

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 Sherriff
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