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In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American History draws a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement where everything - and everyone - has a price. Welcome to Deadwood...a hell of a place to make your fortune. From Executive Producer David Milch ("NYPD Blue") comes DEADWOOD, a... more »

In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American History draws a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement where everything - and everyone - has a price. Welcome to Deadwood...a hell of a place to make your fortune. From Executive Producer David Milch ("NYPD Blue") comes DEADWOOD, a new drama series that focuses on the birth of an American frontier town and the ruthless power struggle that exists in its lawless boundaries. The story begins two weeks after Custer's defeat at Little Bighorn, combining fictional and real-life characters and events in an epic morality tale. Located in the Black Hills Indian Cession, the "town" of Deadwood is an illegal settlement, a violent and uncivilized outpost that attracts a colorful array of characters looking to get rich - from outlaws and entrepreneurs to ex-soldiers and racketeers, Chinese laborers, prostitutes, city dudes and gunfighters. less «

• Dedwood gets 4th season... kinda

  Click Here For Full Story After a month of what seemed like public negotiating, HBO and "Deadwood" creator-exec produce...more »

  Click Here For Full Story After a month of what seemed like public negotiating, HBO and "Deadwood" creator-exec producer David Milch have kissed and made up, as it were, agreeing to produce a pair of two-hour specials that will serve as the show's series finale. A shorter order was problematic for Milch because each episode in the first three seasons of "Deadwood" represented a single day, and he could not see how to wrap up the stories in just six days. By instead producing a pair of special event presentations, Milch will be able to write the finale using a different format and space of time. Not as good as a full season.. and not entirely sure how two 2 hour specials works out better than six 50 minute episodes, or even three less than two hour specials, but I guess Milch knows better than me. At least we'll be getting some closure, unlike Carnivale rawrless «

  crayotic Last online Jul 7, 2007
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• Dumb way to end the series...

  I so thought they hould have had a big war, killed Hearst or run him out of town. Not given him everything he wanted! I wa...more »

  I so thought they hould have had a big war, killed Hearst or run him out of town. Not given him everything he wanted! I was so waiting for the gunfights to begin and then it just ended! How could Alma sell Hearst her claim after he killed Elsworth. Sad! Very disappointing. Wish they had done that 2 hour final episode or movie. less «

  NZ-Fan Last online 8 days ago
  9 comments, last one Apr 12, 2009 + Add Comment

• Think the Deadwood movies will get done?

  I wonder if they will even get done. Seems so long ago now, and with all the Actors left out in the cold, to try to gather them all back for two - 2 hour movies seems like a stretch.  I think Viewers of Deadwood and Carnival got hosed.

  I wonder if they will even get done. Seems so long ago now, and with all the Actors left out in the cold, to try to gather them all back for two - 2 hour movies seems like a stretch.  I think Viewers of Deadwood and Carnival got hosed. less «

  ChicksHateMe Last online 1 day, 4 hrs ago
  22 comments, last one Jan 24, 2009 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  A TV episodic western set in Deadwood during the gold rush. hide « show »

  The is the best TV show I've ever seen. The writing is incredible, the acting is amazing, and the production values are first rate. The is a series that must be watched from beginning to end. I believe it was canceled because people could not get into it if they started to watch in mid-season. It's a tragedy that it was canceled. I think they only had 2 more seasons to go to finish it. I would recommend this series to anyone, but you must watch from the beginning. Deadwood creates a world so specific that you feel as if you were in the midst of this history.

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  mrjsse Added Jan 16, 2009 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  something new brought to this western classic hide « show »

  so at first i saw only 3 eps at first of this show thought it was good but nothing special then about 8 months after i bought all 3 seasons and once i started watching it i cam addicted and i had to watch a ep every night. but that has never happend to me in the show. this is a show about the camp growing with the chracters going with it. another thing about the show is the characters are interesting and there is no boring characters. also the drama and comdey together is great.
  
  this show is western about htis camp called Deadwood that has no laws. i have heard the complaaint is about the overtop swering and i love it plus i think it fits the show plus i heard thats the creator wanted it liked and not the normal dialouge which i think is genius. the acting is great, i think everyone holds there own and the plots are greeat, i just love all the stories to me there is no bad one. the look of this show is just great and has the feel of what it would be like back then.
  
  i have 2 fav characters in the show, Timothy Olyphant as seth Bullock is just awesome he is bad ass shreif and is awesome he is charcter i just love to see on the screen. then there is Ian McShane playing Al Swearengen he just loves to say cocksuck and how he is swearing all the time and his dilouge. i would just like to thank David Milch for making my fav show of all time.

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  punkhead66 Added Nov 26, 2008 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  I can't imagine a better show and I'm not at all into the genre. The best aspect of this show is that it's in no way about plot. hide « show »

  In Deadwood, Milch succeeds where, as far as I can tell, no one else even tries. He makes the characters the focus of the show, not the plot. Sure the characters go through conflict and situations that are "plot" but I never found myself on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happens, but instead marveling at how real the reactions of the characters are.
  
  The character that receives the most attention is obviously Al whose monologues are as well written as they are acted. Moreover, you can actually see his back-story shape his actions unlike every character on every other show. Contrast this to a show like Gilmore Girls where _every_ character talks in exactly the same voice.
  
  The casting is very nearly perfect. The art direction IS perfect. Perfect music. Everything it goes for, it gets.
  
  I'll admit it gets a bit heavy handed at moments. In season 2 there's a scene early on between Jane and Trixy that's both awkwardly designed, but also goes too far -- insulting the intelligence of the audience by explaining Al's relationship to Jewel when they've already probably picked up on it themselves. These moments are few and far between, however. The majority of the show is spectacular.
  
  Unfortunately, for me, Season 3 completely falls flat. It's as if the producers turned the show over to fans who liked all of the wrong things about the show. Jane becomes a caricature. The beautiful use of language is almost non-existent. Worst of all the show becomes all about plot.

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  sazmaqnilla Added Sep 24, 2008 All my reviews
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  9 Superb

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  this show is about the town of deadwood and the people in it and how it grows over the years. Some of this show is historicaly accurate. It is a little exaggerated though i doubt there was this much action in the old west. I would give it a ten but it got cancelled and didnt finish. My favorite character was wild bill hitchcock unitll he died. I really like the jem i like al. Dan dority is one of the best characters he does the dirty work for al the best scene was when dan fought hearst's man in the street.
  watch it.

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  Gibson3445 Added Jul 28, 2008 All my reviews
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  8.3 Great

  One of the best western series ever. Its a really gritty portrail of the the development of Deadwood and South Dakota, before they properly joined the United States. hide « show »

  One of the best western series ever. Its a really gritty portrail of the the development of Deadwood and South Dakota, before they properly joined the United States. Apart from being gritty and violent, the series shows what it must have been like living in a town where law and order just didnt exist. There is an under core of politics between the main players in the town who were fighting for control. Unlike traditional westerns which were filled with "quick draw" gunslingers this attempted to get at what life must really have been like in those pioneering times. Its a real pity it only went to 3 series.

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  BrianFowler Added May 11, 2008 All my reviews