Over the course of four seasons, Atlantic City gangster Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steve Buscemi) has been searching for something resembling satisfaction.

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With the fifth and final season of HBO's Boardwalk Empire coming up in September, will the close of the series bring peace for Nucky? Haunted by the death of his wife and child and quickly dissatisfied with his pursuits, Nucky has emerged as a high conflicted character and the end of the series only bring about more questions about his face.

Will Nucky find the salvation he'd hoped would come alongside his relationship with Margaret Schroeder (Kelly Macdonald)? Reconciliation with Eli (Shea Whigham), the brother he doesn't trust? Fulfillment in his life as a gangster?

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Thompson has spent the whole of the series with a foot in the door, longing for peace and salvation while at the same time craving power and control.

In the show's first season, Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) famously said "you can't be half a gangster, Nucky. Not anymore." The line, meant to represent the times, has become a kind of slogan for the program.

While Nucky seemed to have made that decision a long time ago, he ultimately killed Darmody for be trying him at the close of Season 2, Nucky still might have a change of heart by the end of the series. He might find himself seeking redemption, or else fully commit himself to the gangster he has become.

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