"William Wilson" is the seventh episode of the fourth 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.
This infuriates Torrio for the unwanted attention, so he orders Capone to not go after Dean O'Banion, whom the latter believes paid the detectives to kill his brother Frank.
In Washington, D.C., Knox, J. Edgar Hoover, Andrew Mellon and Esther Randolph meet with George Remus to disclose any information on Nucky's operations.
Haunted by Henry's death, Willie announces to his family that he has chosen to drop out of Temple University, infuriating Eli who slaps his son and kicks him out of his house.
In September 2013, HBO confirmed that the seventh episode of the season would be titled "William Wilson", and that it would be written by David Matthews and series creator Terence Winter, and directed by Jeremy Podeswa.
Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a "good" 7.6 out of 10 and wrote, "'William Wilson' inched the story forward, with the biggest movement probably coming from Narcisse and Knox.
"[6] Seth Colter Walls of Vulture gave the episode a 3 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "So, it's official: The show doesn't want us to think too hard about the timeline of this shifting balance of power between Chalky and Dunn.
"[9] Michael Noble of Den of Geek wrote, "A sense of identity and reinvention permeates his life as much as it does his work and that is particularly true of Boardwalk Empire, and especially this episode.
"[10] Paste gave the episode a 6 out of 10 rating and wrote, "Several scenes in 'William Wilson' had me tense or shocked, as is almost always the case with Boardwalk Empire, but getting between them felt interminably long this week.