This week on The Essentials, Mallory, Esra, and Gina continue time-traveling, diving into the Prohibition power plays of Boardwalk Empire. Esra ponders the best (and the worst) bad characters; Mallory assesses the history depicted; Gina follows the money and finds Faust; and we all stan for the inimitable Steve Buscemi.

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