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Deadwood - Reconnoitering the Rim
episode 1.3
USA 2004
produced by Davis Guggenheim, Scott Stephens, David Milch (executive), Jody Worth (consulting) for Red Board Productions, Paramount/HBO
directed by Davis Guggenheim
starring Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif, John Hawkes, Paula Malcomson, Leon Rippy, William Sanderson, Robin Weigert, W. Earl Brown, Dayton Callie, Powers Boothe, Keith Carradine, Jeffrey Jones, Timothy Omundson, Garret Dillahunt, Ray McKinnon, Sean Bridgers, Kim Dickens, Peter Jason, Ricky Jay, Larry Cedar, Bill Bolender, Dean Rader-Duval, Joel McKinnon Miller, Clay Wilcox, Tahmus Rounds, Tom Simmons, Bree Seanna Wall
written by Jody Worth, created by David Milch, music by Michael Brook
TV-series Deadwood, Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Despite being the key story of the last episode, it seems little Sofia
(Bree Seanna Wall) is out of danger from being assassinated by the
henchmen of all powerful bar owner Swearengen (Ian McShane) now, so much
so that she and Calamity Jane (Robin Weigert) take up residence in the
local hotel - and it seems really more of a ploy for Jane to get cozy with
Wild Bill Hickok (Keith Carradine), whose room they share. And Swearengen
has other problems for sure, like business savvy Cy Tolliver (Powers
Boothe) arriving in town, opening a casino and saloon and thus cutting
into Swearengen's business - which Swearengen doesn't appreciate one bit,
so he plots to somehow sabotage the rival business. At the same time he's
suddenly more than happy to strike a deal with Seth Bullock (Timothy
Olyphant) and Sol Star (John Hawkes) for them to build their hardware
store, but he's kind of wary as Wild Bill Hickok helps them build it.
However the big story that time around is that Garret (Timothy Omundson)
finally has figured that the claim he bought is devoid of any gold. Now he
hasn't bought the claim from Swearengen himself but one of his cronies who
has mysteriously disappeared, but Garret is clever enough to figure
Swearengen was at least somehow involved, so he threatens to call in
Pinkerton detectives. Swearengen though persuades Garret to give the claim
one last good lookover together with one of his men, Dan (W. Earl Brown) -
but of course he tells Dan to see to it that Garret has a little accident
and doesn't come back. Of course, Dan follows suit - but it's unclear
whether Garret has actually died ... It looks alright, plays
alright, is competently done ... and totally frustrating on a narrative
level, as this episode doesn't only bring (at least) two story threads
(Calamity Jane and the child, Bullock and Star trying to open a hardware
store) to disappointing resolutions and moves a subplot (Garret's story)
center stage without doing too much with it, it also opens a whole new
story (the new saloon) that threatens to outshine all other stories,
making this more and more of a muddied mess more interested in getting the
viewer back for episode after episode than actually telling something
worthwhile.
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