7.750 minSeason 3 • Episode 12
LatestElection day arrives, Hearst has his revenge, Sol and Trixie have it out, and Tolliver releases rage at his impotence.
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.
Writing
Milch's profane iambic pentameter — every sentence a weapon.
Acting
McShane's Swearengen: the greatest TV performance nobody saw coming.
Production
The mud is practically a character — filth as authenticity.
Creator
David Milch
Timothy Olyphant
Seth Bullock
Ian McShane
Al Swearengen
Molly Parker
Alma Garret
Jim Beaver
Whitney Ellsworth
W. Earl Brown
Dan Dority
Dayton Callie
Charlie Utter
Brad Dourif
Amos Cochran
Anna Gunn
Martha Bullock
John Hawkes
Sol Star
Paula Malcomson
Trixie
Leon Rippy
Tom Nuttall
William Sanderson
E. B. Farnum
Robin Weigert
Calamity Jane
Titus Welliver
Silas Adams
Brent Sexton
Harry Manning
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
David Milch wrote most dialogue on set, often the night before shooting — actors received pages hours before cameras rolled.
The 2019 movie revival exists specifically because Milch got Alzheimer's; he wanted to give these characters — and fans — proper closure while he still could.
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