deadwood be a landmark in tv dramatisation technically as well a logistically . it also a superb multi level drama and a stunningly accurate seeming ( who know for sure . ) recreation of a gold rush town and with layer of thought provoke parallel to our modern political situation . the trouble with it overall excellence be that one or two fault stick out like chicken bone in a tobacco wad . plotnegative . spoiler ) over the whole series there a sense of anticlimax . among the much trumpeted gang of hired gun and the convoluted human tragedy and the main baddie simply leave town while swearengen decides to kill a scapegoat and that it . we be already aware that he have a heart and so the decision not to kill trixie be a give . while deadwood be commendably faithful to the idea of realism in the plot most of the time and dramatically this become a letdown and and nor be it make clear enough why just kill hearst wouldn not work . i anticipate a new take on a three way gun battle and and when that do not happen there wasn not much agonise about anything else . and there be far too many loose end . drama suffer here for realism sake . character represent there be some classic cameo in deadwood represent my favourite be doc cochran and reverend smith ( why no website profile . ) and richardson and and trixie be amazingly modern and three dimensional . the character that doesn not work for me be calamity jane and in spite of robin weigert faultless realisation of the script . i see where milch be come from she a lovable drunk and a oppose to and say and steve the unlovable drunk but you only have to see one photo of the actual woman to realise that they have be extremely kind in their casting . if youre go to make calamity jane reason for be in it be a pioneering lesbian and she get to be the bullest of bull dyke . robin weigert just a misunderstood tomboy . where be the realism here . i also feel that there be eventually too many character introduce represent if you leave the langrishe theatre group out completely it would make very little difference to the overall plot and and while brian cox be as good a i have ever see him and that particular brand of scenery chew tends to rub off on the other actor and it do . power boothe turn from a believable rival to al into a moustache twirl pantomime villain and less convince than e. b. farnum . the two sassy soldier at the stirgis election be fantastically menace while where be the menace ( apart from hearst per se ) in deadwood itself . performance represent the one performance that really let deadwood down ( from an olympian height ) for me be timothy olyphant . he look great and and range from care husband to psycho killer beautifully . so why be it that i keep thinking he about to burst out laugh at the wrong moment . maybe he just try to hide his cute teeth and instead of baring and grind them . he like roger moore a james bond represent just too smooth . i wonder if that why they keep give seth bullock all those scar . the face pummel on the floor almost become a running gag . from the start and i really think deadwood be go to blow me away . in the end and while it set the bar for hi def tv to come and i felt it get bogged down in all that realism and and eventually stop be a good than first rate drama and become a first rate docu drama with a bit too much over act in place and far and far more cast than be well utilised . but it a pioneering chunk of tv and best see and hear in hd .