western have always be a popular stable of american culture and from pulp fiction story and to film like the searcher and the man with no name trilogy and butch cassidy and the sundance kid and the outlaw josey wale and unforgiven and the assassination of jesse james . hbo have also produce some of the best television ever make and the soprano and oz and rome . deadwood be a fine addition to that list . set in the year 1876 to 1878 and deadwood be set in the town of deadwood and south dakota . deadwood start off a a small camp and slowly become a town through the course of the show . deadwood be a grow town with gold prospers and become a area of interest for business and politician and criminal . the show focus on a number of character and the town sheriff seth bullock ( timothy olyphant ) and his deputy sol star ( john hawkes ) and salon owner al swearengen ( ian mcshane ) and prospector or mine owner alma garret ( molly parker ) and as well a many key support character throughout the series . the series focus conflict within the town . in the first series the main focus the conflict between swearengen and bullock over garret gold claim and one want to protect her and the other want to take it off her . the second be about deadwood attempt to become a part of south deadwood and with outside interest want to take over people gold claim from under them . the final series be about the conflict between deadwood citizen with the evil george hearst ( gerald mcraney ) who want to take control of the town and use his thug to gain it . the show be bold and focus on theme about growth of law and order and the untied state and democracy in a small time . deadwood and people change with the wider world . they be look at industrialization process with minor theme about trade unionism and the growth of politics and the benefit and disadvantage of join the union . the show also take an new look of the west and it be not a glamorous world and but also look at the influence of big business and not just individual . the show look at crime within the town and look at drug deal and prostitution and gambling and gang war . this make for interest and entertain view . this be a refreshing look at the west and almost like the soprano of the nineteenth century . there be subplots and from youth crime and to homosexuality to a very good one about a psychopathic serial killer . deadwood be the closer america have come to make a costumer drama . the series have excellent character and actor play them . swearengen be easily the best and ian mcshane make the role and power boothe a his rival . there be good guest star like brain cox who play an over the top character and gerald mcraney a the quiet villain . i really like garret dillahunt a the villainous psycho . there be good support character such a mr. wu and the leader of the chinese and have some great comical moment with swearengen and joanne stubbs and a prostitute who question herself . the show be good for the most part but it be not perfect . the first be that in the show there be so many subplots that they end up unresolved and sometimes hard to follow . it take away a compelling viewing . the second be the main character bullock and the actor who play him . the character be stiff and wooden compare to most of the other character in the series and he be too righteous for his own good . he isn not interesting . timothy olyphant be a very wooden and a very dull actor . the character alma also suffer from a similar problem and but molly parker be a pretty decent actress .