'Boardwalk Empire' Season 5 Spoilers: Final Season Of HBO Drama To Take Place During Great Depression? [VIDEO]
It seems like the the HBO prohibition drama Boardwalk Empire will be heading into the thirties for some hard times for its final season.
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Early this morning reports came in that Michael K. Williams, who plays Chalky White on the show, admitted to a rather significant time jump for Boardwalk Empire's fifth season. While talk of such a jump has existed for a few months now, Williams confirmed that the last season is set to pick up in 1931.
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With last season's finale taking place in 1924, moving into the thirties would bring the program closer to the end of prohibition and right into the heart of the Great Depression. Considering the emphasis on the glitz and glam of the roaring twenties, a shift into the darkness of the Great Depression would be a significant tonal change.
Williams admitted to Den Of Geek that his character will be out to "settle old scores" and that the costumes are going to be a lot different than they had been for previous seasons.
The move into a time of poverty and political change could mean bad things are coming for the infamous Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (Steven Buscemei), who's real-life counterpart, Enoch "Nicky" Johnson, saw his own downfall during this time.
While Johnson lived through the thirties and died of natural causes, he did find himself in jail by 1941, his age of wealth and power in Atlantic City, NJ having come to a drastic close.
The fifth and final season of Boardwalk Empire will premier on HBO Fall 2014.
