Boardwalk Empire was never a show that shied away from pain. Set during the Prohibition era, this HBO drama gave us a world ...

The Sopranos introduced an iconic fictional gangster, but Boardwalk Empire shone a light on a real-life godfather.

Spoilers for last night’s episode of Boardwalk Empire coming up: The impressive thing, and in a way the problem, of the pilot of Boardwalk Empire was that it was so movie-like.