Should you watch Deadwood?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Deadwood
Series · 2004
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.
The sides of Deadwood
- A lawless gold camp in 1870s South Dakota
- Saloon owner Al Swearengen
- Sheriff Seth Bullock
Deadwood is good for you if…
- you like dense, profane, almost Shakespearean speeches.
- you like rooting for Al Swearengen, a brutal saloon boss.
- you like a western built around real people and events.
Deadwood is bad for you if…
- you can't stand throat-slitting and casual cruelty.
- you need the plot to move, and here talk comes first.
About: civilization · greed · law
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