Deadwood
Childish Things
TV Flash files “Childish Things” as hour 20 of 36 in the TV Flash guide — Deadwood (2004–2006) on HBO, season 2, episode 8, aired 2005-04-24, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E08: listed hour 20 of 36 in the Deadwood guide, hour 8 of 12 in season 2. It aired 2005-04-24 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “E.B. Was Left Out” (S02E07). Next is “Amalgamation and Capital” (S02E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Wolcott offers on a rich claim operated by two ornery brothers, and reports to Hearst on their progress overall. Nuttall proudly unveils his new "Bone-Shaker" bicycle--but some doubt he can ride it. Swearengen and Bullock discuss alternatives to annexing the Hills to Dakota. Miss Isringhausen strikes a deal with Swearengen; Alma receives proposals from both Martha and Ellsworth. Merrick's new office mate is a Russian telegraph operator, and Stubbs has two unexpected visitors at the Chez Ami.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Childish Things sit in the Deadwood guide?
S02E08 is listed hour 20 of 36 — hour 8 of 12 in season 2, season 2 episode 8.
When did Deadwood S02E08 air?
Childish Things aired 2005-04-24 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
The first hour, titled Deadwood. The language is the learning curve. Give it two episodes before deciding the profanity is the only instrument.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it to hear a western think out loud. Three HBO seasons of municipal dirt, gold, and syntax that no other camp show matched — then a cancellation that left the thoroughfare mid-charter. The movie coda is a later telegram. The weekly run is the language lab.
Picture a thoroughfare that is mostly mud and already a legislature. Deadwood, South Dakota, 1870s — gold, whiskey, and men who swear like the King James Bible got drunk in a saloon. David Milch did not revive the western as costume parade. He revived it as a language lab: Ian McShane’s Al Swearengen conducting municipal politics from a balcony, Timothy Olyphant’s Bullock wearing law like a poorly fitted coat. On the palate: tobacco haze, wet boards, and three-act profanity that Standards & Practices of an…
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