6.21.2006

Deadwood: TV's Best Show

Granted, I don't watch a heck of a lot of TV, so my basis for comparison is pretty weak, but this show eclipsed my love of "The Sopranos" last year.

Unfortunately, this season will be Deadwood's last. All the more reason to enjoy a good thing while it lasts as most of it's stars have already signed on to do other TV shows and movies. This cast was just too good to be kept together.

Who can forget the signature scene in which Swearingen, knife drawn across Bullock's neck in the thoroughfare, while both are fighting in the mud and Bullock's "wife and son" newly pull into town on the stagecoach and happen upon the two unexpectedly.

"Welcome to fucking Deadwood!", exclaims Swearingen to Bullock's family.

You just can't beat this show. Although, I'm sure that the flowery language interspersed between the "cocksuckers" will probably send even the most learned to the dictionary, somehow this show is like crack cocaine for me. Tons of violence, whores and history are interwoven together to craft an amusing tapestry filled with an almost unwieldy number of extremely watchable characters. And the best thing, no fucking Carmela Soprano!

After watching Season 3's second episode last night, this season is shaping up to be a veritable bloodbath! So, sit back and treat yourself to a shot and a whore at the Gem, and enjoy the carnage.

Why has it taken so long for someone to put together a series like this? I'm not a big fan of westerns usually, but this show is for adults what Bruce Campbell's "Adventures of Briscoe County Jr." was for families with kids. Unfortunately, neither will ever be appreciated for their uncanny brilliance.

Rumor has it that a 40-something woman living in the southern US watches Deadwood with her five year old son but it's okay because of her very special bond with him. He especially likes when Trixie is sucking Al's kidney stones out while thumb massaging his prostate.

Sorry, I just couldn't help myself.

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