Gillian makes her peace with Jimmy's passing, though not with Nucky, as Gyp arrives to play ally. Working off his debt to O'Banion, Van Alden attends a meeting with Capone and Torrio; later, after a workplace meltdown, he considers Sigrid's case for staying put versus resuming a life on the lam.With help from Gaston Means, Nucky pays an unscheduled visit to Andrew Mellon, offering the Treasury Secretary a recommendation and a business proposal. Margaret makes a stand on birth control; Nucky and Owen shop for a birthday pony; Billie eyes a future on the silver screen, to Nucky's chagrin.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 3 Episode 8 of Boardwalk Empire resulted in a 0.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Boardwalk Empire Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Resolution
• s03e02 - Spaghetti and Coffee
• s03e03 - Bone for Tuna
• s03e04 - Blue Bell Boy
• s03e05 - You'd Be Surprised
• s03e06 - Ging Gang Goolie
• s03e07 - Sunday Best
• s03e08 - The Pony
• s03e09 - The Milkmaid's Lot
• s03e10 - A Man, a Plan...
• s03e11 - Two Imposters
• s03e12 - Margate Sands

Boardwalk Empire Show Summary

A bustling little city by the seashore, totally dependent upon money spent by tourists, Atlantic City's popularity rose in the early 20th century and peaked during Prohibition. The resort's singular purpose of providing a good time to its visitors - whether lawful or not - demanded a single mentality to rule the town. Success of the local economy was the only ideology, and critics and do-gooders weren't tolerated.

By 1900, a political juggernaut, funded by payoffs from gambling rooms, bars, and brothels, was firmly entrenched. For the next 70 years, Atlantic City was dominated by a partnership comprised of local politicians and racketeers. This unique alliance reached full bloom in the person of Enoch "Nucky" Johnson-the second of three bosses to head the Republican machine that dominated city politics and society.

In Boardwalk Empire, Nucky Johnson, Louis "the Commodore" Kuehnle, Frank "Hap" Farley, and Atlantic City itself spring to life in all their garish splendor. Author Nelson Johnson traces "AC" from its humble beginnings as Jonathan Pitney's seaside health resort, through the notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city's astonishing rebirth as an entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes.

Boardwalk Empire is a colorful, irresistible history of a unique city and culture. Here is proof positive that truth is stranger - and more compelling - than fiction.