mrryanscott-15530 This show is beautifully shot, beautifully acted, Steve Buscemi gives the TV performance of his career in this. It's really well written. The supporting cast is also awesome with Michael Shannon standing out as a federal agent on the edge of madness. I can't see a single fault in this show other than the ending was way too truncated and came way too soon. The sets, costumes, absolutely everything was stunning in this show. A true masterpiece. Up there with Deadwood in my book.

maritkamp Every episode is better than the one before. The series keeps surprising you. The series is in 20s style all over: costumes, music, the atmosphere. Even the food they buy and eat. This series contains humor, love, action and the full 20s vibe. You really get to know the characters and feel with them. Everything. This is indeed the best series I have ever seen.

wyldeone2 I really enjoyed this series. Blending fiction with true life history makes it feel realistic. The in-your-face and cold blooded violence is part of the reason but mainly because of the well written characters with meaningful names and use of wisdomic phrases throughout. Multiple story lines that takes us beyond bootlegging and pointing out insider trading and market fixing on Wall Street as well as corruption at every level, including congressmen. My favorites were Stephen Graham's portrayal of Al Capone and Jack Huston as Richard Harrow. Both made me feel like they would be a loyal friend but never to be crossed. Nucky sorta felt that way as well but he could be reasoned with. Too many others to mention but I liked the singer Daughter Maitland and Chalky White.Characters that seemed like the worst of humans ever allowed on the planet to me were Valentin Narcisse and Gyp Rosetti. Narcisse was the ultimate false prophet while Gyp was a perverted psychopath. Since a majority of the characters were some kind of criminal or a victim of the seemingly horrible time period and circumstance, no way to cover all of them. They evoke emotions that make you laugh, cry and shudder in disbelief. I do agree with others on the chat boards who stated that season 5 and some of the ending story lines seemed rushed. The multiple flashbacks repeated a lot we already knew and muddied the time lines in places. I would have like to have seen a different and better ending for Chalky and Nucky, leaving Tommy Darmody as a surviving innocent. The writers thought that a combination of "like father, like son" and "vengeance is mine" was better.For some reason, I felt like Eli's son Will deserved to be killed and not allowed a career where he could assist corruption if he saw fit. Gillian should have been executed after her conviction instead of the crazy house allowance of surgically extracted reproductive organs for "Brave New World" research. The novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932 made those sanitarium scenes jump out at me. So I have to credit the writers for that ending choice. The writers also did a good job with their continuing eye for an eye and other biblical themes. All of the folks who got shot an inch below the eye, including Richard Harrow. His "harrowing" story of how he killed the sniper and the scar you could see at the left edge of his mask looked like the exit path of a bullet. I rated it 9.5 of 10 and rounded up.

simonjohn-1 I'm no critique writer professional, I just wanna say that I thought the program was unmissable- until some point in the 4th series, and the 5th was horrifically dull and boring. I thought showing Nucky's upbringing was completely pointless and was just a space filler cuz they ran out of ideas. Atho they actors they found to play the younger versions of certain characters were amazingly similar. I also thought Luciano was made out to be a total pussy throughout most of it, when he was, as legend recalls, a hardnut who would face up to anyone.Have to make it ten lines which is a bit of a joke really, I've said all I wanna say, this is more of a complaint than a review tbh. EXTREMELY disappointing end.