BOARDWALK EMPIRE: NEW YORK SOUR {FOURTH SEASON PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The fourth season premiere in this historical drama series based on the nonfiction book by Nelson Johnson about the gangsters and bootleggers who rose to power in Atlantic City during the years of Prohibition.
In this episode, in February 1924, Richard gradually makes his way to Wisconsin, executing several criminals along the way. Nucky, Chalky and Dunn Purnsley meet with talent booker Dickie Pastor and his wife Alma to find performers for the Onyx Club, and Nucky and Eli later meet with Joe Masseria, Luciano, Rothstein and Lansky to "settle things" in the aftermath of Rosetti's death, and they achieve a degree of peace with the help of a large suitcase of cash. Gillian, still secretly using drugs, fights for custody of Tommy; Julia angrily points out that she has been raising him in a "cathouse" – at which an explained massacre occurred eight months previously. Willie grows increasingly curious about his father and uncle's work, and crooked Agent Sawicki brings his new by-the-book protégé Warren Knox to the warehouse, where Elmer Borst tries to recruit him into helping to protect his hooch stash.
In Illinois, Al is outraged when a "Bolshie-type" reporter writes about Torrio's criminal actions – and spells "Capone" wrong in doing so. Elsewhere, Nucky strikes up a flirtation with Pauline, Eddie Cantor's latest starlet. Gillian makes an "offer" to a prospective buyer who is interested in more than her house, and during a Thompson family dinner, Willie asks Nucky to let him into "their" business. Nucky acknowledges his nephew's helpfulness during Eli's incarceration, but urges him to focus on his studies at Temple University rather than involving himself in crime. Al's brother Frank continues teasing him about the insulting newspaper article, and Purnsley engages in a secret tryst with Alma Pastor. However, he is caught and humiliated by Dickie, whom he then murders in a rage. Knox, apparently worried about "Supervisor Eliot's" approval, tells Sawicki about Elmer's request as they stake out his warehouse.
Chalky, Nucky and Eli are frustrated to learn of Purnsley's impulsive actions and force him to dispose of Pastor's body himself, though the treacherous Alma's whereabouts remain unknown. Gillian meets with the polite Roy Phillips, who observes that she doesn't really wish to sell her home and requests that she assist him in finding another property. Al visits the young reporter and teaches him a stern lesson; Knox knowingly allows Sawicki to walk into Borst's shotgun booby-trap and then executes Borst himself, coldly watching as his corrupt partner dies in the snow. Nucky enjoys an evening with Pauline, but then has Eddie "escort" her out of his hotel home when he realizes that, having heard about his past with Billie Kent, she is merely using him for his showbiz connections. Finally, Richard arrives in Plover – and reunites with his twin sister, Emma.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: November 30, 1999 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: N/A
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 136670
- GENRE: Drama, historical
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, historical; Crime and criminals; Prohibition; New Jersey
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 2010-2014
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Stephen Levinson … Executive Producer
- Mark Wahlberg … Executive Producer
- Martin Scorsese … Executive Producer
- Tim Van Patten … Executive Producer, Director
- Terence Winter … Executive Producer, Created by
- Howard Korder … Executive Producer, Writer
- Eugene Kelly … Co-Executive Producer
- Rick Yorn … Producer
- Joseph E. Iberti … Producer
- Brad Carpenter … Co-Producer
- Pepper O'Brien … Co-Producer
- John Flavin … Associate Producer
- Russ Hammonds … Associate Producer
- Dennis Lehane … Consulting Producer
- Stewart Lerman … Original Music Producer
- Vivian Connolly … Visual Effects Executive Producer
- Parker Chehak … Visual Effects Producer
- Christina Graff … Visual Effects Producer
- Tom Reagan … Visual Effects Producer
- Rebecca Dunn … Visual Effects Producer
- Rachel Berry … Associate Visual Effects Producer
- Krysten Pollard … Associate Visual Effects Producer
- Nelson Johnson … Based on the book by
- Pat Birch … Choreographer
- Steve Buscemi … Cast, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson
- Kelly Macdonald … Cast, Margaret Rohan
- Michael Shannon … Cast, Nelson Van Alden / George Mueller
- Shea Wigham … Cast, Eli Thompson
- Michael Stuhlbarg … Cast, Arnold Rothstein
- Stephen Graham … Cast, Al Capone
- Vincent Piazza … Cast, Charlie "Lucky" Luciano
- Michael Kenneth Williams … Cast, Albert "Chalky" White
- Anthony Laciura … Cast, Eddie Kessler
- Paul Sparks … Cast, Mickey Doyle
- Jack Huston … Cast, Richard Harrow
- Ron Livingston … Cast, Roy Phillips
- Jeffrey Wright … Cast, Dr. Valentin Narcisse
- Gretchen Mol … Cast, Gillian Darmody
- Dominic Chianese … Cast, Leander Cephas Whitlock
- Anatol Yusef … Cast, Meyer Lansky
- Brian Geraghty … Cast, Agent Knox
- Domenick Lombardozzi … Cast, Ralph Capone
- Ben Rosenfield … Cast, William "Willie" Thompson
- Erik LaRay Harvey … Cast, Dunn Purnsley
- Chris Caldovino … Cast, Tonino Sandrelli
- Ivo Nandi … Cast, Joe Masseria
- Wrenn Schmidt … Cast, Julia Sagorsky
- Greg Antonacci … Cast, Johnny Torrio
- Stephen DeRosa … Cast, Eddie Cantor
- Morgan Spector … Cast, Frank Capone
- Joseph Aniska … Cast, Agent Stan Sawicki
- Jo Armeniox … Cast, Alma Pastor
- Jeremy Bobb … Cast, Dickie Pastor
- Mark Borkowski … Cast, Paul Sagorsky
- Tricia Burns … Cast, Cicero Prostitute #1
- Joseph Anthony Byrd … Cast, Sterling
- Johann Carlo … Cast, Teresina Capone
- DeWitt Fleming Jr. … Cast, Tap Dancer #1
- Annika Franklin … Cast, Cicero Prostitute #2
- Lola Eeve Freidensteine … Cast, Anne Thompson
- Madeline Getty … Cast, Nora Thompson
- Jared Grimes … Cast, Tap Dancer #2
- Emma Holzer … Cast, Edith Thompson
- Gene Jones … Cast, Indiana Counter Man
- Maddie Jo Landers … Cast, Pauline
- Marcella Lentz-Pope … Cast, Mae Capone
- Steve Luker … Cast, Gillian's Customer
- Robert Emmet Lunney … Cast, Judge Varick
- Christopher McLinden … Cast, Robert Elwood St. John
- Wade Mylius … Cast, Elmer
- Tommy Nohilly … Cast, Bert
- Peter Patrikios … Cast, Archie
- Charlie Plummer … Cast, Michael Thompson
- James Riordan … Cast, Franklin Werner
- Nisi Sturgis … Cast, June Thompson
- Mary Vanarsdel … Cast, Werner's Secretary
- Craig Waletzko … Cast, 'Jumping' Joe Klenah
- Katherine Waterston … Cast, Emma Harrow
- Elizabeth Wright … Cast, Cicero Prostitute #3
- Brandon Zumsteg … Cast, Brian Thompson
- Chloe Arnold … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #1
- Maud Arnold … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #2
- Brittany Engel-Adams … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #3
- Karida Griffith … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #4
- Afra Hines … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #5
- Nicole J. Johnson … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #6
- Jennifer Jones … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #7
- Marla McReynolds … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #8
- Erin Moore … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #9
- Jae Ponder … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #10
- Celestine Rae … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #11
- Jennifer Rias … Cast, Onyx Club Dancer #12
- Andy Schneeflock … Cast