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DVD Deadwood - The Complete Second Season
Deadwood: The Complete Second Season continues the Shakespearean brilliance of the landmark first season, created by NYPD Blue head writer David Milch. Milch either wrote or supervised the writing of each of the 12 episodes in this stunning follow-up, which contains more than a few surprises for anyone who thought they knew the myriad characters in the late 19th century town of Deadwood--a mucky, ungoverned, exceptionally violent development in South Dakota. As with the first season, Deadwood continues to be about many things--survival, loyalty, alliances, duty--but all of them are happening against a titanic battle between several parties to consolidate power and real wealth in the territory. Despite his cutthroat ethics, astonishing profanity, and bursts of cruelty, it's hard not to side in this bid for a piece of America's future with saloon owner Al Swearengen (a magnificent performance by Ian McShane), a visionary monster who is nevertheless more recognizably human than his rivals.
Entering an uneasy partnership with Al is Seth Bullock (Timothy Olyphant). Seth begins the second season by teaching Al a few lessons in chivalry, and their brief but bloody feud commences physical ailments for Al that become increasingly shocking to behold. Yet Al's difficulties have the practical effect of sidelining him for a couple of episodes while the story sets up more complex power struggles. Al takes on Deadwood's other saloon-brothel owner, the unstable Cy Tolliver (Powers Boothe), as well as an off-screen millionaire who is intent on owning all the gold-mining interests by buying out weary prospectors' claims. Meanwhile, Seth's wife and son (actually, his late brother's widow and child) arrive, an unsettling development for Seth's lover, the widow Alma Garret (Molly Parker), who soon reveals herself to be a more complicated person than in the first season. The prostitute Trixie (Paula Malcomson) begins thinking about her future and asserts independence from Al by having sex with Seth's friend, Sol Star (John Hawkes). Best of all, Calamity Jane (Robin Weigert) is back and more endearingly uncivilized than ever. Special features include actor commentaries on select episodes, the best of which finds Olyphant and McShane cracking each other up while watching the season premiere. --Tom Keogh
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Nipped in the bud
I've seen both seasons on DVD, and without going into the details, I mostly enjoyed both. I will add however, that when the love interest was abruptly dropped between Bullock and Alma Garrett, I began to lose interest and felt that the writers had made a fatal error, that it may have been the beginning of the end for a longer run for this amazing show. I'm surprised that point hasn't been mentioned more, because it seems that Olyphant, on his episode commentaries, wasn't thrilled about it either, and I don't blame him. Bullock and Garrett had a wonderful chemistry that was just beginning to blossom, but it was nipped in the bud because of a certain family member showing up unannounced and from way out of left field, and not believable for so long a journey for someone to make. While I continued to watch each episode, I never felt as strongly about the series as before. Still, there was much to enjoy, rather like listening to Shakespeare with the smooth edges roughed off by a battle axe.
if shakespeare was a cowboy...
and a screenwriter, he would have written this one of a kind HBO series.
I've just watched the second series (didn't see the first) and would need a second viewing to give a reasonable plot summary. But what hooked me was the plot complexity, the stunning language and dialog and juxtaposition of wild west violence and obscenity with intelligence and wisdom.
i couldn't name any of the actors or actresses but the performances are fantastic.
if you haven't seen this, watch it now.
Deadwood
Great Stories and acting. Very good Western. Language is rough. Not for kids series.
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