Boardwalk Empire, a must see

This series, an adaptation of Nelson Johnson book written by the writer of the award winner series The Sopranos. It's an american TV series, and talks about Atlantic City during the Prohibition era. It stars Steve Buscemi as Enoch Thompson, aka "Nucky".
The first episode with a cost of $18 million (yeah 18 millions!!) was directed by Scorcese himself was the most expensive pilot ever produced in television history.
What I really like in this series is the historical accuracy, the visuals and the traditional songs, it really amazes me the effort producers make producing such a great ambience. It makes whoever is watching to feel like time-traveled back to those days.
Steve Buscemi has a great importance in making this a great show, he plays a dirty politician who controls Atlantic City during the 20's and 30's, and he interacts with some historical figures (probably the most famous Al Capone), are these kind of details (the appearance of a young Capone) that helps create the ambience I talked before.
I can't finish the post without talking once again about the wonderful soundtrack, you can find it in "Boardwalk Empire Volume 1: Music From the HBO Original Series" released in September 3, 2011. The Prohibition-era soundtrack is composed of original music from the 1920s re-recorded by artists such as Regina Spektor, Loudon Wainwright III, Martha Wainwright, Catherine Russell, Nellie McKay and Leon Redbone. I'll leave with the theme song "Straight up and down" by the Brian Jonestown Massacre.

To finish I'll just left you with a quote from Wikipedia of the critical reception
"Since debuting, Boardwalk Empire has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season scored 88/100 and the second season scored 81/100, both indicating "universal acclaim." The American Film Institute named Boardwalk Empire one of the ten "best television programs of the year"

If this can't convince you to watch it, nothing will.

Enjoy :)