Deadwood

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Season 2
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 21, 2004
Season #: 3, 2, 1
User Score
9.1

Universal acclaim- based on 98 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 98
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 98
  3. Negative: 2 out of 98
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  1. drlowdon
    Jul 23, 2023
    8
    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.
  2. ForReals13
    Oct 10, 2022
    10
    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.
  3. GarethB
    Oct 7, 2018
    9
    Continues where it left off, strong storytelling where the characters take the fore. Most modern movies should take note!
  4. WorldofLucky
    Feb 3, 2018
    10
    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 gold strikes, and how the people living there got along. Fun side note, many of the characters in the series    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 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
  5. Firebala
    Sep 20, 2013
    9
    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!

Awards & Rankings

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#1 Best TV Season of 2005
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#57 Most Discussed TV Season of 2005
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#17 Most Shared TV Season of 2005

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 4, 2013
    90
    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]
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Bianculli
    Oct 4, 2013
    100
    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]
  3. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Reviewed by: Rob Owen
    Oct 4, 2013
    100
    Magnificently profane and entirely engaging, Deadwood remains one of TV's best character-driven dramas. [4 Mar 2005, p.W-45]
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