Season 1 scored 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and a Metacritic of 88. Martin Scorsese directed the pilot and his cinematic eye set a production standard the show maintained throughout. Critics called it the most visually sumptuous debut season in HBO history since The Sopranos.
Renewal: Five-season run on HBO concluded October 26, 2014. The final season was condensed to 8 episodes as a creative decision to bring the Prohibition era story to its conclusion. (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12010 · 12 eps | 19 September 2010 | 8.8 | 94% | 8.6/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 22011 · 12 eps | 25 September 2011 | 8.5 | 91% | 8.6/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 32012 · 12 eps | 16 September 2012 | 7.8 | 89% | 8.6/10 | WORTH-IT |
| Season 42013 · 12 eps | 8 September 2013 | 8.7 | 98% | 8.6/10 | MUST-WATCH |
| Season 52014 · 8 eps | 7 September 2014 | 7.9 | 88% | 8.6/10 | WORTH-IT |
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The Scorsese-directed pilot establishes Atlantic City as a world unto itself - the long tracking shot through the boardwalk hotel establishing the geography and the political ecology in a single unbroken movement. Buscemi's Nucky is introduced as a man who has made himself necessary to everyone, which is both his power and his exposure.
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