Why Boardwalk Empire Should Be the Next Series You Binge Watch

Boardwalk Empire features a mix of real-life characters and fictional figures, and it's intriguing to see how their storylines are woven together. Al Capone, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, and Meyer Lansky are among the real-life gangsters who pop up in the series, while some of the other characters — including Nucky Thompson — are based on actual people who are fictionalized for the show. I've never been interested in Prohibition-era gangsters, but Boardwalk Empire does such an amazing job of bringing these complicated characters to life that I became obsessed with the true stories, googling facts about Al Capone after just about every episode.