Forget every romantic notion you ever had about the Old West and settle in for this gritty series about what life in the gold rush was really like. There’s plenty of action to be seen over the course of this HBO series, but it’s the powerful acting that makes each episode worth watching over and over again. Timothy Olyphant is great as the reluctant sheriff who brings law and order to the town of Deadwood, but it’s the priceless profanity-laced performance of Ian McShane as the ruthless Al Swearengen that gives the series its edge. Repeated viewings – and you will watch it more than once – reveal that while history likes to tell us that the men may have ruled the Old West, the women were every bit as tough as they were.
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