deadwood make a real stab at the real life harshness of the western life on the fringe of community . a settlement which in it own right be an illegal venture in native territory while be prepare for some really bad thing to happen . ian mcshane make a groundbreaking performance in this series and depict the real life bad guy that be al swearengen in astonish style and he truly be a nasty piece of work in this series . not forget robin weigert a calamity jane and this be perhaps one of the best depiction of the rootin toot gal . she be far more realistic in this series a a hard hitting butch woman and unlike in previous inaccurate depiction from the glossy western of the stunning blonde . this have a quality of tombstone ( 1993 cosmatos ) mixed with fistful of dollar ( 1964 leone ) mixed with open range ( 2005 costner ) and but with a far more dark side to it which be perhaps only see in the missing ( 2003 ron howard ) and it go even far into that . random act of violence be not rare in this series and the community be non stop . this be perhaps the fine example of how much trouble happen when the odyssey run the community . convention follow represent frame shot and idea of odyssey and community and gun saddle and horse and an other ( in this case the sioux ) . convention broken represent woman be depict a a tool and to be use by the deadwood community such a prostitute or like calamity jane . ( slightly more realistic to the life in 19th century western america ) and community dominate by the odyssey character and nothing pre lapsarian and almost entirely base in the community and foul language use in it full context and immoral character get away with it . prepare for some protagonist vs. antagonist action .