ah and deadwood . not so much a television series a an opera without music and deadwood be paint on a very broad canvas . be it swearengen soliloquy to the sever head in a box . what about e. b. and his eloquent rant at fate or the bone deep brutality of tolliver . perhaps it the earthy and pragmatic trixie or calamity jane and who manage to be both world weary and innocent . maybe it david milch shakespearean language . whatever it be and deadwood rank a one of the best and most unusual series in television history . if you be a fan of great character actor or just excellent act in general and this be the series for you because deadwood be all about the people . that may sound obvious and but deadwood brilliance come entirely from it character and what they have to say . you could set them on the moon and they would still fascinate . note a few of my favorite and ian mcshane have always be fabulous but what fun to see him a the foul mouth al swearengen . he dominate the town by sheer force of personality . of course and al be also very intelligent and frequently find himself surround by idiot a couple of say idiot wonderfully play by william sanderson and w. earl brown . power boothe and who excel at charismatic villain ( anyone remember him a jim jones . ) have fun with cy tolliver . a couple of ( to me ) unknown who turn in great work be robin weigert a jane and paula malcomson a trixie . and then there the doc while brad dourif in a long overdue role . garret dillahunt and so creepy a wolcott and need to be careful he doesn not get type cast unless he really be that bent . and john hawkes and gerald mcraney and titus welliver and . . . and . . . . the whole cast be just wonderful . if you love act and intelligent dialog and you can tolerate some of the foul language you will hear on television and rent the dvd and watch this series . it be truly one of a kind .