Tell Him Something Pretty

Deadwood was my favorite western series, exotic and multi colors characters, all them with smart lines in every single scenes, philosophical dialogues, quite often on Shakespearian style, between comings and goings all bad men had their final days on a tombstone, the town pulse of living people, however when arrives the evil George Hearst (Gerald McRaney) l was angry for an upcoming events for someone made his coffin dully adorned by dead flowers to bury him in high style, nonetheless Hearst triumphs over the dead souls that he leaves behind, by far the dubious Al Swearengen (Ian MacShane) was miles ways from the remainder casting, Deadwood survives at his presence, pristine like water it was a fictional series, no one on those days could expatiates such speech, such level of intellectuality implied on purpose by the writer, conceptive idea taking in the edge of human understanding, now no more Deadwood!!!

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First watch: 2020 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5

I just now finished watching the entire series again, as I tend to do every few years. And as my years and experience pile on, I understand and appreciate the series with greater depth with each additional viewing.

The feeling the end of this episode gave me is of a throbbing phantom limb, like a hand that expects to have a full set of five digits, and longs for the ones missing, yet was never able to gain the complete five, and was left with just three.

Some may say they feel Season 3 was the weakest portion of the show as a whole, and maybe overall that may be true, because Season 3 does feel like Act 1 of a 3 act movie. Much in the way as the end of this episode shows Hearst leaving camp, with a cliff hanger and a lot of unfinished threads, you can imagine a similar dissatisfaction if Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings ended on Frodo & Sam leaving, with a similar cliff-hanger sense of anticipation for what is yet to come, and then finding out the trilogy had been cancelled.

The Deadwood movie that came out many years later by no means delivers any sense of fulfilment or satisfaction, and I would love it if the series were simply given a green light to deliver us another two seasons of 12 episodes per season, made in exactly the same way as the original.

Sadly these days, utter garbage media is perpetuated, while genuine gold continues to elude us entirely.

I just watched this series again after 10'years from the first time. Picked up a lot more than previous but did HBO cancel this prior to actually telling the producers cause it was left off sooooo badly and open for a continuation that never came (although I have now realised there is a tv movie Inwill have to watch now) I admit that during the dialogue it was annoying how they skipped around a subject (especially that awful man E B Farnum) but I understand it was done well as that was how it was done back then.

Thank (whoever) that I as a female was born in the 1960's and not the 1700/1800's my god those poor woman and conditions. I know they knew no different but what a hard life it would have been.

It is a dirty shame that this is the last episode of this fine program. I understand that there will be two two-hour long episodes airing in the fall of 2007, but this is the end. I understand that this is not the easiest show to watch. The 1880's dialect and the violence can turn some people off. I always thought of this show as high art. It belongs more on Broadway than it does on television. None of this detracts from the brilliant performances by Ian McShane or anyone else in the outstanding ensemble cast. I am glad that HBO has decided to let Milic finish what he has started. The final two episodes should wrap things up nicely. Although, it doesn't matter how great the final four hours are I, and others like me, will always want more f'ing Deadwood. I just love this show.

Most anti climatic episode in history... gave it a one for sheer frustration of the pathetic ending!!!