New York

8 Episodes2015

Season 1 begins in 1905 and spans over 50 years to trace the rise of Charles “Lucky” Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and other notorious gangsters from their beginnings as a neighborhood gang of teenagers to murderous entrepreneurs and bootleggers who organized the criminal underworld, turning the Mafia into an American institution.

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Episodes (8)

Ep 1

The Education of Lucky Luciano

★8.0

2015-06-15•43m

Charles "Lucky" Luciano arrives in New York, teaming with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel. During Prohibition, Luciano's crew makes a fortune.

Ep 2

Equal Opportunity Gangster

★7.0

2015-06-22•43m

"Lucky" Luciano gains power in the New York underworld during Prohibition. When two bosses start a mob war, Luciano plans to kill them both.

Ep 3

King of New York

★8.0

2015-06-29•43m

"Lucky" Luciano takes over the New York mob, organizing the Five Families. As Luciano's power grows, so does the attention from the Feds.

Ep 4

A Rising Threat

★8.0

2015-07-06•43m

Luciano's decision to enter the prostitution business gives Thomas Dewey the chance to arrest him and put him on trial.

Ep 5

Exit Strategy

★8.0

2015-07-13•43m

Luciano is found guilty of running a prostitution ring and goes to prison, leaving Vito Genovese as acting boss.

Ep 6

The Mob at War

★8.0

2015-07-20•43m

World War II begins, and the military asks Luciano to aid in the invasion of Sicily. Thomas Dewey considers letting him go.

Ep 7

New Frontiers

2015-07-27•43m

Luciano takes over Vito Genovese's heroin ring in Italy, then rejoins Meyer Lansky at a mob summit in Cuba. Genovese and Carlo Gambino plot against the mob leadership, and Bugsy Siegel's dream of Las Vegas turns deadly.

Ep 8

End Game

★8.0

2015-08-03•43m

Vito Genovese and Carlo Gambino make their move. The police raid a mob summit, arresting Genovese. Gambino takes over.