The Ivory Tower (Boardwalk Empire)

"**The Ivory Tower**"
"The Ivory Tower"
Boardwalk Empire episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 2
Directed by	Tim Van Patten
Written by	Howard Korder
Original air date	October 24, 2010
Running time	60 minutes
Guest appearances
	Gretchen Mol as Gillian Darmody; Greg Antonacci as Johnny Torrio; Edoardo Ballerini as Ignacious D'Alessio; Dana Ivey as Mrs. McGarry; Peter McRobbie as Supervisor Elliot; Chris Mulkey as Senator Walter Edge; Frank Shattuck as Charlie Sheridan; Erik Weiner as Agent Sebso;
Episode chronology
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"The Ivory Tower" is the second episode of the first season of the HBO television series Boardwalk Empire, which originally aired September 26, 2010. The episode was written by series creator and executive producer Terence Winter and directed by executive producer Tim Van Patten.

Nucky is visited by federal agent Nelson Van Alden, who begins to suspect that Nucky might be a bigger fish than the gangsters he has been investigating. Jimmy is forced to pay Nucky a larger sum of money as compensation for the loss of Rothstein's alcohol. Margaret is visited by Van Alden and Eli, each seeking a different side of her story as to the death of Hans Schroeder.