Deadwood

[Temis the Vorta]

Okay I finally finished all three seasons! The last episode was oddly appropriate as a finale, even if it wasn't planned that way - Al back to scrubbing the floor, Joanie coming to terms somewhat with Cy, Calamity Jane reunited with Wild Bill, at least via his buffalo blanket.

Odd that the travelling actors never got to perform in their theater, and for some reason I had the notion that the series ends with the town being burned to the ground. Was that the plan for the movie that was never made?

 

[Ben Sisko3]

Was that the plan for the movie that was never made?

Yes.

 

[cardinal biggles]

I posted this in your Deadwood thread over in Gen Trek Discussion, but I'll repost it here:

I remember reading about a lecture David Milch gave where he said the fourth season would involve Bullock holing up in the jail after he loses the election for sheriff, until Swearengen manages to broker some sort of deal. Alma becomes a writer, chronicling events in the town, and the season would have ended with most of Deadwood — including Seth and Sol's hardware store and the Gem Saloon — burning down (this actually happened in September 1879).

It's possible he would have condensed these events into the two movies, with the first one wrapping up the election storyline, and the second one being two years in the future and ending with the fire.

 

[auntiehill]

Man, I miss this show. There are very few shows that had my hooked like Deadwood. What a fantastic cast!

I wish they'd been able to do the movies. Still, the last episode did wrap things up somewhat.

 

[species5618]

I loved the way the writers combined elaborate, almost poetic speech with complete vulgarity and made it work.

That, and Al Swearengen was a great character...his drunken rants while getting blown by the whores in the Gem were particularly memorable.

Too bad they never made that fourth season, it sounds like it would have been an appropriate way to finish the series--with the town in flames.

 

[nevermore]

Odd that the travelling actors never got to perform in their theater, and for some reason I had the notion that the series ends with the town being burned to the ground. Was that the plan for the movie that was never made?

Yes, because that's what really happened...

 

[Dane_Whitman]

Too bad they never made that fourth season, it sounds like it would have been an appropriate way to finish the series--with the town in flames.

I don't know, I read that the original plan was to show Deadwood grow from the camp it is at the start of the first season to a real town with all the trimmings. We were going to see how the characters were going to deal with the coming of the law to Deadwood, something that was dealt with in a small way, but was set to be elaborated upon. That would have taken at least a couple of more seasons to build.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Seeing Bullock trying to cope with Hearst's corrupt cronies running around as sherriff and essentially taking over, with Al as his only ally, would have been great.

 

[Dane_Whitman]

Yes, I really liked it whenever Bullock and Al were on the same side.

 

[Davros]

Deadwood is one of the best shows ever made.