From Terence Winter and director Martin Scorsese, drama series Boardwalk Empire chronicles the life and times of Enoch "Nuckv" Thompson (Steve Buscemi). Over the course of 5 seasons, Nucky undergoes vicious power struggles and deals with opportunistic rivals - including Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone - at a time when. Prohibition proved to be a major catalyst in the rise of organised crime in America.