Deadwood: Season 2

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Deadwood

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: March 6, 2005

Starring: Dayton Callie, Paula Malcomson, Jim Beaver

Summary: 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 focusesIn 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. … Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E12. Boy the Earth Talks To
Air Date: May 22, 2005
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S2:E11. The Whores Can Come
Air Date: May 15, 2005
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S2:E10. Advances, None Miraculous
Air Date: May 8, 2005

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Gillian Flynn

Jun 18, 2013

Deadwood has become one hell of a great gimmick-free Western. Read full review

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David Bianculli

Oct 4, 2013

When you care about everyone in a town like Deadwood, every hot argument, every passionate embrace, every sudden murder is liable to delight, disgust or surprise. Once a week, Deadwood is a phenomenal place to visit - but I wouldn't want to live there. [4 Mar 2005, p.127]

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Matt Zoller Seitz

Oct 4, 2013

The greatest dramatic series in the history of American television. [6 Mar 2005, p.1]

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Tim Goodman

Oct 4, 2013

But this much is true: Deadwood is cocksure brilliant. David Milch, who put the glory into "NYPD Blue," is clearly and defiantly uninterested in political correctness. He just wants to make a great Western for TV. In that, he's succeeded. [4 Mar 2005, p.E1]

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Rob Owen

Oct 4, 2013

Magnificently profane and entirely engaging, Deadwood remains one of TV's best character-driven dramas. [4 Mar 2005, p.W-45]

Brian Lowry

Oct 4, 2013

Deadwood will never be everyone's cup of tea, but it stands as one of HBO's most fully realized dramas since "The Sopranos" and exhibits no signs of fading in the second leg of its run. [3 Mar 2005, p.4]

Mike Lipton

Jun 28, 2013

In its second season this gritty frontier drama still boasts the most colorfully eccentric ensemble of any show on TV. But Al Swearengen, the malignly glowering saloon boss, played to the hilt by Golden Globe winner Ian McShane, is first among equals. Read full review

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ForReals13

Oct 10, 2022

A Lie Agreed Upon Part I A.
A Lie Agreed Upon Part II A-. New Money B+.
Requiem For A Gleet A-. Complications B+.
Something Very Expensive A.
E.B. Was Left Out A-. Childish Things B+.
Amalgamation And Capital A.
Advances None Miraculous A-.
The Whores Can Come A-.
Boy The Earth Talks To A.

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WorldofLucky

Feb 3, 2018

This is for the whole series.

I really do wish the series lasted more then three years, but then again maybe it would have declined and been a mockery of itself if it had. Set in the town of Deadwood in 1876 where it tells the tale of the town going from open frontier with goldThis is for the whole series.

I really do wish the series lasted more then three years, but then again maybe it would have declined and been a mockery of itself if it had.

Set in the town of Deadwood in 1876 where it tells the tale of the town going from open frontier with gold strikes, and how the people living there got along. Fun side note, many of the characters in the series were there in real life (and by default are real people).

No, it isn't a documentary, yes it is full of violence and sex (and let's be honest, it doesn't stay too close to the truth either). It starts with following Timothy Olyphant (of Justified fame) as he arrives in town. Then it truly becomes a full ensemble cast with Brad Dourif playing the Doc, Ian McShane playing Al Swearengen, Molly Parker as Alma Garrett and even Keith Carradine as the doomed Wild Bill Hickok.

There are a ton of other famous or semi-famous actors and actresses you will see, but there are so many I can't really list them all.

The show is as good as it sounds. The acting is superb. By the third season the actors play off each other with just a word or a motion. There was so much put into each character that you could read what they were thinking and they could sometimes have conversations with each other that were in depth without more then a few words.

The filming was good, and the direction as well obviously. I am saddened that so many people have not seen it. I was especially impressed that rape didn't play a bigger role, after all that is what most westerns are unfortunately built upon. Not saying that some things didn't happen, but for what the show was (the Sopranos in the old west) it stayed away from that most of the time.

The only thing I thought hurt the show was bringing in Powers Boothe and his whole crew. Not that there weren't good stories, and definitely not because of Mr. Boothe (he is great), but it took away from main characters in the beginning. While I started watching the show for Mr. Olyphant, I ended the show with Ian McShane (Swearengen) as my favorite character.

Pros: Great acting, directing, story and sets.

Cons: Perhaps too many secondary stories and plots and too many characters by mid-second season.

Now to find some more Ian McShane work.… Expand

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GarethB

Oct 7, 2018

Continues where it left off, strong storytelling where the characters take the fore. Most modern movies should take note!

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Firebala

Sep 20, 2013

In this western series could be several reasons. I really liked all the season third Good story great actor performances. I can highly recommend to everyone!

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drlowdon

Jul 23, 2023

Swearengen and Bullock continue to butt heads threatening the future of the town.
Deadwoods first season was amongst the best opening seasons of any drama series and its second year on air comes fairly close to matching it.

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Seasons & Episodes

85

Series Overview
Season 3

85
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 11, 2006
Season 2

93
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 6, 2005
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  S2:E12. Boy the Earth Talks To
  Air Date: May 22, 2005
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  S2:E11. The Whores Can Come
  Air Date: May 15, 2005
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  S2:E10. Advances, None Miraculous
  Air Date: May 8, 2005
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  S2:E9. Amalgamation and Capital
  Air Date: May 1, 2005
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  S2:E8. Childish Things
  Air Date: April 24, 2005
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  S2:E7. E.B. Was Left Out
  Air Date: April 17, 2005
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  S2:E6. Something Very Expensive
  Air Date: April 10, 2005
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  S2:E5. Complications
  Air Date: April 3, 2005
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  S2:E4. Requiem for a Gleet
  Air Date: March 27, 2005
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  S2:E3. New Money
  Air Date: March 20, 2005
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  S2:E2. A Lie Agreed Upon (2)
  Air Date: March 13, 2005
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  S2:E1. A Lie Agreed Upon (1)
  Air Date: March 6, 2005
Season 1

80
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 21, 2004