Deadwood: The Complete Seasons 1-3

Rented seasons 1 & 2 a while back. To be able to watch both again, including the third season, with the background info at our own pace made us appreciate every aspect of this brillant HBO series even more.
I highly recommend getting all three seasons - you'll understand all the characters better and won't be able to stop watching Deadwood until you complete the series! Please, HBO, finsih this story !!!

As someone who works in Deadwood, SD and lives in Lead, SD (3 miles from Deadwood) and is a lifelong South Dakotan this is a very well acted, very well scripted, long overdue series that tells the beginning story of Deadwood. A word though, this series is about 50% real events and 50% fiction and certain events that took place over long periods of time are dramatized and shortened. But, hey, it's not meant to be a documentary. And the historical aspects of this series were extremely well researched with the help of Deadwood's Historical Adams House And Museum's Mary Kopco among other Deadwood local historians. I highly recommend this to anyone. And, yes, the language and some of the events may be highly offensive but Deadwood wasn't for the weak at heart in those days and that is how they spoke and what they did. The reason I didn't give this set Five stars is due to the price tag and the ending. And there will be no movie to wrap up the series, unfortunately.

The only downside to this series is the lame ending of season 3. I don't think we're ever going to get the movie(s) promised to really wrap up the series. The acting and casting in this is the best I've ever seen. To change Ian McShane from charming and adorable "Lovejoy" into the scheming hardass Al Swearingen (could there BE a better name for this guy?) is a testament to his ability as an actor. The entire cast is simply phenomenal, and this show depicts the Old West a lot more realistically than Gunsmoke ever did... An excellent, excellent series, and one that is sorely missed.

On of the greatest pieces of work that has ever graced the television screen. A quality cast, quality storyline, and everything else in between. Thanks for David Milch for exposing me to modern-day art. Bravo.

In spite of the horrible language, Deadwood is very well acted. I have no doubt that the misfits that inhabited the original Deadwook were a tough bunch. Rough though it is, I recommend Deadwood, but it is not for the faint of heart or those under age 18.