The praise generally centered on the strength of the writing and Milch's unique style of dialogue. "Time Out New York"'s Andrew Johnston listed "Deadwood" in his top ten TV shows for both 2005 and 2006, commenting: "If history is written by the victors, "Deadwood" is all about giving the losers their due. In the first season, magnificent bastard Al Swearengen (Ian McShane) came off as a villain; this year, his inevitably doomed campaign to save the lawless town from annexation by the United States and exploitation by robber barons served as a brilliant allegory for the evolution of American capitalism." In an interview in 2012 with "Adweek", film critic Matt Zoller Seitz said that he considers "Deadwood" to be "the greatest TV show ever."