r/deadwood

I like to put myself in the position of fictional characters and game out how I'd deal with a quandary. As such, this, fwiw, is how I'd have spoken to Hearst if I were Swearengen:

Mr. Hearst, I, a diminutive man of modest ambition, have built myself a small position of which I'm intensely proud. And when giants and titans occasionally stride through my neighborhood, I can withstand errant bits of accidental trampling, holding no desire to challenge or obstruct my betters in their offensive posture.

But if such a demigod turns his all-powerful eye toward my house, choosing to interfere and harass merely for mirth-making, I'd have no choice but to defend what little I have with everything I've got. And if, in my paucity, I'm able to return some level of harassment and interference - though it'd give me scant mirth - I'd proudly take that petty victory to a premature grave.

I love how music is used sparingly in the show, so when you do hear it you pay attention.

Key moments are often highlighted by music:
Sol and Bullock’s first ride into the camp, Wild Bill being killed, Charlie an Jane reuniting at Bill’s grave.

Do you have any significant moments where the music hits you?

Im only at EP 6, and im really enjoying it. And I also enjoy how odd these Actors are able to act (especially EB and the doctor). I wanted to list the Characters that are odd but I realised that it is almost everyone. Im struggling to find just one person who acts "sober", maybe Cy. Even the cherry new york dude was a bit confused and odd.

Was is the alcohol back in the day that made everyone be like this or is it something else, or did the just writers decide to make everyone droopy and kinda retarded (no offense).

Pls no spoilers, i already got spoilers when I looked up this subreddit. Edit: I only used retarted cause I couldnt come up with a better word i really mean no offense

To the cocksuckers, hoopleheads, and other degraded specimens frequenting this particular fucking thoroughfare:

If you find yourself revisiting Deadwood and wishing for further consideration of its murders, , moral entanglements, and extravagant applications of the word “cunt,” direct your attention to The Ambulators.

It is an episode-by-episode companion hosted by Tamler Sommers, a philosopher, and Dave Pizarro, a psychologist—two learned cocksuckers who have elected to put their education toward examining how a collection of bastards, ambitious cunts, corrupt officials, and otherwise decent souls came to forge a community amid the shit and blood of the fucking Black Hills.

Each episode concerns itself with the camp’s shifting allegiances, and the persistent question of whether civilization represents genuine moral progress or merely an increasingly elaborate arrangement by which powerful cocksuckers steal your fucking lot.

Those inclined toward thoughtful reflection might find the undertaking worth their time. Those disinclined may register their objections with the nearest sack of shit , which stands as likely as any of us to give a fuck.

Now, before some tightfisted cock sucker mistakes their reluctance to part with a nickel for a principled objection, the undertaking resides behind a paywall of five fucking dollars a month. Five dollars it is. Which by all accounts is a sum unlikely to reduce any man to ruin unless his fortunes already hang by the fraying thread of his own catastrophic fucking judgment.

I read somewhere that, had the show continued for a few more seasons, Cy Toliver was supposed to go on a redemtion arc and become a crusader for women's welfare.
I know that sounds bizzare and unlikely and like something that would have to be very well written for it to be believable but if anyone could have done it Milche could.
Any thoughts as to how Milch could have accomplished that?

the dialogue in this show scratches an itch in my brain that i didn’t even know existed lol

first time watcher! currently on S3 E8 and unreasonably upset that it’s almost over.
why on earth would they only make 3 seasons?!?!?!
anyways lol

i usually look up fun facts but it always ends up spoiling something so i’ve refrained lol
what are some of your favorite quotes? or fun facts about the show?

Can we get an applaud for Johnny’s eyebrows!? His facial expressions have got to be some of the best of all actors in the series. Also his arc is something too. From the first season to the last. Like he hit puberty lol 🤠

Late comer to the show and thoroughly loving it in-spite of competition from all the new and soulless shows on netflix, prime etc. Like you all , I was obsessively going through imdb of all the actors and noticed that Ian McShane is a short guy at 5'7" . His screen presence and magnetism is such that one barely notices this in the show unless he is standing next to the A.W.Merrick character or sometimes bullock. What a performance and a show !!

On my too many-th time watching the series because I love the new details that jump out every time. This time through I noticed that you can faintly see Ray McKinnon’s iris through the sclera portion of the special contact lens used to create the lazy eye effect. It’s only at a certain camera angle and certain lighting. Definitely not knocking the effect. It’s amazing. Im assuming this is only noticeable because of today’s screen resolutions and would have been invisible in the early aughts. Curious if anyone else has caught this little detail too.

Has anyone read Dans IMDB?

1. It’s really interesting, I didn’t know he also became a writer for Deadwood
2. I think it might be written by him. Just some subtle hints dropped along the way.

“As a rule, W. Earl Brown does not usually speak of himself in the third-person, however the Internet Movie Database will not accept biographical information written in the first person…”

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114868/?ref\_=ext\_shr\_lnk

I would say Joanie and Jane. Easily the best pair in the show.