don not get me wrong and there have be great western to come before deadwood and but none of them really get it right . there be just a reality that some people aren not willing to deal that after 50 year of our history be whitewash through film and tv and be finally start to see the truth . david milch have do his research and discover the wonderfully bizarre contradiction of language use in the old west . watch the cast of deadwood converse with a combination of old world english lace with profanity straight from the gutter be incredible and feel right for the first time . where do people think our language come from . people always want to think that they be the first to do something and when thing like profanity and substance abuse and prostitution have be around since before man walk erect . along with the incredible dialog and storytelling and david milch have introduce possibly the great character to ever come to tv or film . al swearengen . ian mcshane play al with the same intense conviction and truth that the character himself live by . in al world thing be black and white and never apologize for a second for live his life by a strict code of moral of his own making . i do not think we have ever see a character go from cry after a mercy kill to watch a murder he orchestrate stone face . this be indeed a special show that be continue to pave the way for the fact of our history to finally be tell with truth . instead of the whitewashing we have see our whole life to make u feel well about ourselves .