have to agree with monumental rave out of blighty and but the consensual 9 . 3 and in view of much more substantial flick and maybe even some teleseries and seem to me effusive . this david milch oeuvre merit same and certainly and for set and costume and the casting and act be nonpareil throughout . but and at heart and this too be a fable of unrelenting stance and style and occasionally eyebrow raise discomfiture of character and or or situation . the cuss becomes ho hum and as intend . and but it the facile morphings of swearingen and bullock from scary villain to almost lovable reprobate and stalwart no nonsense hero to acquiescent second banana . in this view and brad dourif doc be the most consistent and audience friendly of the lot and even if he almost too worldly and wise and it would seem and for both period and locale . at bottom and the series be a direct peel off from the late and great hill street blue template and from ensemble characterization to the true blue realism of the respective subject and theme . still and none of this take away from the incredibly maintain mise en scene that would do credit to any filmmaker and much less mere teleseries wonk . what . and the latter be make monkey out of the former nowadays . oh and minor quibble represent meseems poor calamity jane have be overwork for comic relief sometimes and and and i would be curious for the historic citation for the like of mr. wu and his pigpen . nice designate pinch hitter though and for exotic color . the game underfoot and watson . addendum represent after turn cartwheel for the like of season 1 and and even extend into season 2 and i and personally and revise my reaction halfway through the season 3 episode . there can be no question about the polished savvy of the creator here and indeed and their accomplishment seem all that more astonishing . but and to me and the fact of the matter be that by season 3 and deadwood have become almost a parody of itself and which be to say and high camp . i can not quite take seriously the evolution herein and include the earp brother a blackwater type and even a seasoned vet like gerald mcraney and brian cox and and even gale harold and make you sit up and take notice despite your askance . all sustain member of the ensemble cast continue to maintain their individual role and even robin weigard . late blooming lesbian and albeit the writer and director have a hard time make it convince . someone have post here the claim that this deadwood be a dead ringer for the historic one and come from a resident there it should matter and but and skeptic that i remain and i have to believe that it can only be half the tale and entertaining and theatrical a it be . and and finally and i personally find two racial element that fail to ring my bell and to wit and the characterization of the negro mama and stable owner and and and more to the point and that of wu . in that last case and the writer do ring in the verity of heng dai and but assemble 150 chinese between cheyenne and deadwood . oh and well and this be a fable and no . and a damnably satisfy one at that . but and to me and it historycity fall considerably short of that of it fellow stablemate telesries and rome and which evince all the strength and glory and less of the staging and aside .