This HBO series came highly recommended, so we decided to try it on our Netflix mailing service.

The long and short of it is that two episodes told us we didn't care what happens next.

This is the story of mobsters and gangsters in Atlantic City in the early 1920's when Prohibition was enacted. Steve Buscemi is quite good as the hapless and put upon gangster, Nucky Thompson - he reminded me of Tony Soprano with his depression and angst.

He maintains a public image of temperance and piety while drinking and whoring (and killing) in private. In these ways he seems to be a somewhat typical politician.

It is like a semi-normal fellow is caught up in this terrible crime organization and the politics of the day.

But, at the end of the day, we didn't care what happens to Nucky and the gang.

A lot of people like it, but we didn't.

Oh, and it is directed by Martin Scorcese so it is very violent and vivid in that violence.

is a good cast. You might like it.

to tell the truth I didn't care what happened next. That is not a good thing to have happen when you have to wait for episodes through the mail. They had 2 episodes to get me hooked and they failed.

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