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Of course, any scene involving Al and Wu (Keone Young) always was good for some laughs, but for me there was a breakout star other than McRaney that really took flight this season and that is Ralph Richeson as Richardson, E.B. At times, the many scenes involving him seemed like a distraction, but it was all worth it to see Franklin Ajaye as the Nigger General cart Steve in his vegetative state around to voting booths and bars, even to the amateur night put on by the Langrishe troupe, perhaps the best use of the theater company's story that appeared all season. One aspect of Deadwood that I feel always gets short shrift is its humor - and there was plenty this season, such as Steve the drunk (Michael Harney) and his adventures with the horse. In the finale, McRaney got one of the best lines when he tells Bullock (Timothy Olyphant) that he's having a conversation "that only I can hear." Historical accuracy be damned - I don't care that he was a real person who didn't die in Deadwood, someone should have whacked this prick a long time ago. When Trixie (Paula Malcolmson) gave Hearst a flesh wound last week, it was such a vicarious thrill because Hearst had earned that and more. Who knew that the star of Major Dad and Simon and Simon had this great a performance in him or that he'd give the incomparable Ian McShane a run for his money as the series' best performance? It takes a lot - great writing and great acting - to create a character that makes Al Swearengen quake. The star of season 3 though was undoubtedly Gerald McRaney and his portrayal of the frightening George Hearst. I also bet truncated, two two-hour movies won't be enough time to justify their presence either, but hopefully Milch will prove me wrong. I'm still not seeing why we needed to spend so much time on Langrishe (Brian Cox) and his acting troupe, but I suspect we would have if we'd been given the fourth season we deserve. Was there really a point to the brief appearance of the Earp brothers (Gale Harold, Austin Nichols) in the camp? Aunt Lou (Cleo King) and Odell (Omar Gooding) showed promise, but that too seemed to go nowhere. While it's true, this season did have its flaws - I think it was trying to keep too many balls in the air at once to do justice to them all and some stories didn't seem to amount to much. Weigert also seems to have toned down her performance to the point that not only could I tolerate her I even grew to - gasp - like her.
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Then, suddenly - and I wish I could pinpoint the exact moment - it won me over.Įver since, the series has just grown better and better in my mind. For about the first four or five episodes of the first season, I'd ask myself after each new episode, "Did I like that?" Robin Weigert's performance as Calamity Jane drove me up the wall. The tension that had been building over the past few episodes didn't seem to lead to a rousing finish and I guess now it can't.
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Without giving away anything that transpired in the final episode, it seemed anticlimactic to me. Sure, it seems likely that sometime next year, they'll throw us a bone with two, two-hour movies to try to wrap up the story, but it's still sad to imagine that there won't be any more full-fledged seasons of Deadwood. Change calls the tune we dance to."Īlas, all Deadwood fans will have to start learning to dance today without David Milch's great Western in our lives and on HBO.