Season 1
8 episodes
44 min. per episode
Where to watch
A young mobster navigates loyalty and betrayal, risking everything as power shifts in a ruthless underworld.
Episodes
"The Education of Lucky Luciano" Charles "Lucky" Luciano arrives in New YorkCity, teaming with Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel, in the opener of this docudrama chronicling the roots of organized crime in America.
"Equal Opportunity Gangster" "Lucky" Luciano gains power in the New York underworld during Prohibition. When two bosses start a mob war, Luciano plans to kill them both.
"King of New York" "Lucky" Luciano takes over the New York mob, organizing the Five Families. As Luciano's power grows, so does the attention from the Feds.
"A Rising Threat" Luciano's decision to enter the prostitution business gives Thomas Dewey the chance to arrest him and put him on trial.
"Exit Strategy" Luciano is found guilty of running a prostitution ring and goes to prison, leaving Vito Genovese as acting boss.
Spanning over 50 years from 1905, the docudrama chronicles the rise of the original five families that formed the modern American Mafia, including Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Bugsy Siegel.