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On September 25th, HBO is airing “Back to the Boardwalk”, a 15-minute recap episode of what’s happened so far on the first season of “Boardwalk Empire”. This episode will be hosted by the executive producer and head writer of “Boardwalk Empire”, Terence Winter. After “Back to the Boardwalk”, fans will be treated to the first episode of Season 2. The producers of “Boardwalk Empire” are hoping to bring more viewers to the show with this special recap. It will also, of course, help fans remember how the first season left off.

At the end of the first season, Jimmy and The Commodore were conspiring to take Atlantic City back from Nucky Thompson. For those unfamiliar with the show, the setting is Atlantic City during the 1920s. Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, played by Steve Buscemi, is the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City and manages to be both politician and gangster. Before 1920, his area of influence was limited within New Jersey, but after the start of Prohibition that year, his corruption spread. After expanding his powers all the way to New York and Chicago, he began to live a life of luxury. He quickly found that if he was generous to his underlings, he could get whatever he wanted politically.

Nucky has a protégé named Jimmy Darmody, who is played by Michael Pitt. Jimmy has a wife and son and is a stranger to both. He served during World War I and suffers from what we now know to be post-traumatic stress disorder. He is the illegitimate son of a man called ‘The Commodore’, who is both Nucky’s mentor and the former leader of Atlantic City. Jimmy’s mother is a club showgirl and gave birth to him when she was only 13. Nucky made a promise to both Jimmy’s mother and The Commodore that he would look after their son. Jimmy is no stranger to gangster crime.

As the first season of “Boardwalk Empire” unfolds and Nucky makes deal after deal with his enemies to increase his personal empire, he finds his friends soon joining the ranks of his enemies. That leads us to last season’s finale.

The big question on the minds of fans of the show is, “What will happen next?” Will Nucky bow down to Jimmy and The Commodore, or will he refuse to go down without a fight? Who will become the next leader of Atlantic City’s empire?