after execute his last legally ordain job a a montana marshal and seth bullock move to a gold mining camp know a deadwood and where he and his partner sol star strike a deal with al swearengen and on a lot for their hardware store while suspicion arise that road agent may have be the true perpetrator of the killing of an entire family on the spearfish road and competition arrives for swearengen in the form of the bella union and a new joint from chicago operate by cy tolliver deadwooda town without any law or courtsis the center of a gold rush and be preside over by al swearengen and a saloon owner and and a brothel operator his show make two different thing between the coward and the lapse of momentary fear let him doubt those he trust and this camp will run red with blood the show center on seth bullock and a young man with a powerful temper who get a lot of hickok quality but be a man with an active conscience bullock decline to accept the horror around him we be rapidly introduce to most of the other important character representwild bill hickokan asset to any saloon and and any joint he frequentscomes to look for business opportunity and sits there and lose at poker he be the fast gun around while his respect for bullock grows and he commission montana to do a review of the garret claim . cochranthe town doctor who take heat from al swearengen every time one of the whore be poorly sickwas full of opinion and take the most comprehensive view when he treat the bright widow now he doesn not feel at such perfect liberty to opine on her husband case a he do on hers e. b. farnumjudas goat look fellow and coyote move typeis swearengen water boy and the innkeeper of a thousand face star straight at extinction brom garretthe naïve city investor who have to go all his $ 20 and 000 to turn farnum away and purchase a gold claimpursues his remedy in some other fashion sophiathe little survivorcould settle who kill her people and road agent or sioux jewelborn with difficulty and hardship that get no curewants the doctor to brace her leg so her drag it doesn not drive swearengen crazy charlie utterwho consider himself an important hand at the freight business play a man too loyal and honest for his own good whitney ellsworthwho saw something he shouldn not have and a man push off from a ridgeseemed very competent and trustworthy mr. wuthe only source of opium in the campfinds a common language with searengen when an opium theft occur smiththe reverend who have a distinct and clear set of moralsknows from past experience that it a solace have friend ian mcshane be a joy to watch he give a first class performance a al swearengen and the oppressive bos who can order the execution of any man in the settlement with just a word mcshane who run his gem with the help of his crony and emits power in every order he give while mcshane be a marvelous villain who generate a palpable menace and boothe be maniacally evil a cy exude despicable charm well dress cy be the gentleman on the outside while more cruel a swearengen in beating and kicking and and kill such a performer be find with timothy olyphant and very effective a a formal marshal who understand the danger of his own temperament seth bullock stand before alma garret a a married man to his brother widow after he be kill he take their five year old boy a his own son the 4 show woman that be trap in a man world be represent molly parker a mrs. garret and the beautiful addict wife who suspect foul play she inevitably feel she have some part in what befall her husband while kim dickens a joanie stubbs and the very attractive solitary woman who use to make cy warm while paula malcomson a trixie and the prostitute who must have do some fancy to keep al from kill her she try to help alma with the orphan child while keep her master in the dark while robin weigert a calamity jane and the sewer mouth that follow hickok around when she confront the greasy haired dangerous man who pull all the string and she fell apart and broken and weak there something powerful and move about deadwood it truly a drama of memorable character and dark and ultra violent if you love western and do not miss it .