Boardwalk Empire, Sky Atlantic

Acclaimed Prohibition epic needs time to find its feet

by Adam SweetingThursday, 03 February 2011

Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) loves Prohibition, but for all the wrong reasons

"We've got a product a fella's got to have," decreed Nucky Thompson, the County Treasurer in Atlantic City the day Prohibition came into force. "Better still, we've got a product he's not allowed to have."

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