--- title: Boardwalk Empire Trailer: Troubling Times for Chalky White in Season 5 description: Things seem to have gone from bad to worse for the once-powerful leader of Atlantic City's north side canonical: https://time.com/3012673/boardwalk-empire-teaser/ author: Eric Dodds article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-21T15:17:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:15:26.517Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Boardwalk Empire Trailer: Troubling Times for Chalky White in Season 5 og:description: Things seem to have gone from bad to worse for the once-powerful leader of Atlantic City's north side og:url: https://time.com/3012673/boardwalk-empire-teaser/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c76aafb2c31e950/69869c85810bbbfc6ec92adb/chalky-white-michael-k-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Michael K. Williams as Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Boardwalk Empire Trailer: Troubling Times for Chalky White in Season 5 twitter:description: Things seem to have gone from bad to worse for the once-powerful leader of Atlantic City's north side twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c76aafb2c31e950/69869c85810bbbfc6ec92adb/chalky-white-michael-k-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Troubling Times for Chalky White in the New _Boardwalk Empire_ Teaser by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Jul 21, 2014 3:17 PM UTC  It looks like Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) may not have much to look forward to in the final season of "Boardwalk Empire." It looks like Chalky White (Michael K. Williams) may not have much to look forward to in the final season of "Boardwalk Empire."Macall B. Polay—HBO by [Eric Dodds](https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/) ## Eric Dodds Jul 21, 2014 3:17 PM UTC When Michael K. Williams revealed that _Boardwalk Empire_ would jump forward to 1931 for the HBO drama’s final season, the time-jump brought with it the possibility that Williams’ Chalky White may have improved upon his diminished circumstances from Season 4’s finale. If the new “St. James” teaser that HBO released last night is any indication, however, Mr. White seems to be in even worse conditions than when we last saw him. Though the teaser isn’t totally explicit, it seems Mr. White has spent — or is currently spending — some time in prison. Also in a bad way is Gillian Darmody (Gretchen Mol), who appears trapped in some sort of straightjacket/bathtub contraption. We also get quick glimpses of Nucky (Steve Buscemi), Margaret (Kelly MacDonald), Nelson Van Alden (Michael Shannon), Dr. Narcisse (Jeffrey Wright), Al Capone (Stephen Graham) and Charlie Luciano (Vincent Piazza), but the brief 53-second clip doesn’t hint much about what they’ll be up to in Season 5. _Boardwalk Empire_ returns on HBO on Sunday, Sept. 7. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3012673/boardwalk-empire-teaser/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3012673/boardwalk-empire-teaser/"},"headline":"Troubling Times for Chalky White in the New Boardwalk Empire Teaser","datePublished":"2014-07-21T15:17:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:15:26.517Z","description":"Things seem to have gone from bad to worse for the once-powerful leader of Atlantic City's north side","url":"https://time.com/3012673/boardwalk-empire-teaser/","keywords":["Television","HBO","Trailer","Trailers"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c76aafb2c31e950/69869c85810bbbfc6ec92adb/chalky-white-michael-k-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eric Dodds","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eric-dodds/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c76aafb2c31e950/69869c85810bbbfc6ec92adb/chalky-white-michael-k-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Michael K. 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