Deadwood
Deadwood
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2004-03-21
Synopsis
Montana marshal Seth Bullock executes a last act of justice and relocates to a gold-mining camp known as Deadwood, where he and partner Sol Star look to start a hardware business.
Pilot desk note
From the desk: Deadwood opens its catalog run with “Deadwood” (2004-03-21). Revived the western as prestige language lab; dialogue as weapon and music. Abrupt cancellation lore and the long wait for a movie coda.
In the series
This episode is part of Deadwood (2004–2006) on HBO.
Shakespearean profanity in a mud-street camp clawing toward civilization.
Key cast
- Timothy Olyphant as Seth Bullock
- Ian McShane as Al Swearengen
- Molly Parker as Alma Garret
- John Hawkes as Sol Star
- Paula Malcomson as Trixie
- Brad Dourif as Doc Cochran