"Cuanto" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of the American period crime drama television series Boardwalk Empire.
The series follows Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, a political figure who rises to prominence and interacts with mobsters, politicians, government agents, and the common folk who look up to him.
In the episode, Nucky and Margaret reunite, while Luciano suspects about Van Alden's previous life in Atlantic City.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.05 million household viewers and gained a 0.8 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
In Chicago, because of his huge ego, Capone is delighted to see a newsreel describing many of his actions, which includes the murders of Dean O'Banion and Hymie Weiss, and the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre on his orders.
In August 2014, HBO confirmed that the fourth episode of the season would be titled "Cuanto", and that it would be written by executive producer Howard Korder, Christine Chambers, and series creator Terence Winter, and directed by Jake Paltrow.
The site's consensus states: "Thanks to a few key scenes and poignant character moments, 'Cuanto' is both emotionally satisfying and fraught with enough compelling tension to keep Boardwalk Empire's final season interesting.
But Sally seemed to be sacrificed in the name of a rum deal that was never, historically, meant to be and Capone's violent mania is nowhere near as interesting as the show thinks it is.
The Havana plotline was at such an obvious distance from the heart of the action, geographically and otherwise, that it had run its course, and with Margaret back, Sally was not going to be long at Nucky's side.
However, series creator Terence Winter rewarded those who have stuck by the Atlantic City gangsters since season 1 with 'Cuanto,' an episode that brought us the return of OG 'partners in crime' Nucky Thompson and Margaret Rohan-Schroeder-Thompson, as well as the unraveling of Nelson Van Alden's decade-long evasion from the feds.
"[8] Craig D. Lindsey of Vulture gave the episode a 3 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "The scenes with Buscemi and Macdonald had a quippy, Hawksian crackle to them as they went back and forth with dialogue that either dripped with sarcasm or malice.
"[12] Paste gave the episode a 7.6 out of 10 rating and wrote, "It's typical of Boardwalk Empire's fifth season that some material is spectacular, and some is outright bad.