This is why this series was so great. Some hear only the swear words but don't actually listen to what they are actually saying. So intellectual and fluid.
T Nap It is the lexicon of those that learned to read from the Bible, probably King James or something like that being I am far from expert. Intellectual?... not sure about that either. These characters had wisdom born of suffering.
It was wise of the writers to add swearing since otherwise the writing would have seemed too intelligent for audiences and lessened the rough atmosphere.
The swear words actually used back then wouldn't have had the intended impact so the writers used current curses to suffice. It was an excellent decision. As far as the fluidity and intellectual conversing there's indeed evidence of that sort of educated discourse if you read the actual article of Wild Bill's death as written back then in the newspaper. This is my favorite show on HBO, barely, considering other writing masterpieces like *The Sopranos* and *Rome* for example, *Six Feet Under* too.
Since im not a born native English speaker i found the language and meaning kinda hard to follow without subtitles. The rather old type longwinded explanations and description of events are fun, smart and intelligent but a very heavy sort of speak. I concider myself close to fluent in English and i found it intresting i felt myself needing subtitles, which i usualy avoid in any English speaking show finding them distracting. I guess it goes to show the unique and very well done depth of the dialogue in the show. Just finished the series and found it really fantastic. A great surprise to discover pretty random last week and binge during lockdown
The drunk in the background joining the toast had me in stitches! The many details crammed into this mighty little show are why I can revisit it again and again as the years roll on.
It's perfect because everything Al is talking about, how they will need the support of the common man of the camp, is punctuated at that moment, showing indeed what kind of person they will be staking everything on- the drunk hoople who probably understood little of the conversation, but for whom this is his home.
Watch this and realize the enormous amount of lines Ian McShane has here and how beautifully he speaks them, and with perfect inflection and meaning. Imagine having to learn this dialogue on the fly half the time because of how David Milch wrote and changed it every day. David Milch is a genius at his craft, true, but so is Ian McShane.
If you watch Tim Olyphant, the actor, you can see him actually enjoying watching Ian McShane speak this crazy-colorful dialogue. Three masters at work: McShane, Olyphant, Milch.
@@dmitrychirkov4206 The way Milch put it Swearengen is a sonless father and Bullock is a fatherless son and when they fight it's Bullock's initiation to being Sheriff for the camp, Al as a father figure is trying to toughen his boy up because a monster just rode into camp.
@@dmitrychirkov4206 Al "corrupts" Bullock into being a better man. The conversation here isn't "do an evil deed", it's "stop caring what you think about me or how depressed you feel, you could actually do some good and save this town if you'd actually care to, if only because you look the part". Al has plenty of bullshit of his own, but he's good at cutting through others'.
@@TheMalmut oh absolutely mine too! Done perfectly I just mean done wrong by getting cancelled early and rushed to only 2 seasons. Was supposed to be more but cause of high production costs and ahead of its time cut short. And STILL best show ever.
There was something about this production that made every actor bring their A game. Every performance is a work of art. The principal players have been seen elsewhere delivering fine performances, but those of McShane and Olyphant are of particular note.
Bullock: "She gets a fair shake or I come for you." Swearengen: "If I come for you. Are you ready for that?" Bullock: "I guess I'd better be." Swearengen: "Then close your fucking store. Because being ready for me will take care of your waking hours and you'd better have someone to hand the job off to when you close your fucking eyes."
I am a Shakespeare nut, love Shakespeare from the moment I heard him. In this context, deadwood is pure beauty, a joy to watch, and exaltation to hear. When will there be another.
Beyond the brilliant dialogue, you've got the little things like the drunk at the bar coming in on the toast. So many little things like this that just drove this show to another level.
Here's the action line from the script: Swearengen having already refilled their glasses, he and Bullock drink, as, at the bar, after toasting solidarity, does a drunk, who's been watching and listening.
I had never noticed him before and now it makes me love the show even more, as he’s hilarious but also illustrating Al’s point about Bullock’s influence. “Oh, he’s drinking? I’ll drink to!”
@@jonathanturbide2232 I really loved that they included him in the movie, he was in the wedding scene toasting Con Stapleton for his preaching only to have Dan remove him by the collar of his shirt. "Sermons over, That's all!"
Seth's bemused look at Al's oration on government is priceless at 1:41. He's actually calmed down a little and less defensive in posture and has genuinely taken a shine to Al.
Dust up? More like nearly killing each other as two iron wills went head on. I like how Milch described Al wanting a showdown with Bullock as the only way Al could make a man like Bullock understand who the real enemies were.
Just brilliant......that short dialogue is a perfect example of this show's genius......beautifully delivered bythe two main characters and full of wonderful language, turn of phrase, delicious symbolism, opaque meaning, humour and threat etc etc Every show in this gem of a series has many such sequences
NOTE: this opening scene actually took place near the middle of the script and was moved in the edit. As Al had not yet seen Tom receive his bicycle, cut was an additional line "Tom Nuttall sees a bicycle -- you know he was a happy kid", among many others. To any interested, or simply obsessed with every scrap of Deadwood, the scripts are an enlightening accompaniment.
Fucking hell the dialogue is so good in this. "are you a cunt driven near maniac or a stalwart driven by principle? The many can't tell for you yourself are so fucking confused." "Maybe you're mistrusted less as a killer than showing your cards a corner at a time." :DDD
The doctor's office visit to treat the various diseases would be quite expensive. STD's highest infection rate in the population was during the 19th Century.
James, he is referring to his previous statement regarding 'ass fucking', i.e. being raped (symbolically) by the politicians of Yankton. If Bullock isn't grabbing ankle (bending over) his posture is upright, meaning he's with Al.
That if they don't do anything, they declare themselves ready to be assfucked. Hence grabbing ankle is to declare that they do not want to get assfucked, but rather do the assfucking on others.
I think it means if Bullock doesn’t ’bend over’ for Hearst’s designs for Deadwood, then Al will assume Bullock is on board with Al’s plans to resist Hearst and Yankton’s plans to annex Deadwood.
PRODUCTION FACTS: this scene was supposed to appear much later in the episode instead of opening it. A line was cut, something like "Look at Tom Nutall, you can tell he had a happy childhood." because it was supposed to take place after his bike arrives. I sometimes wonder why such tragedy swirls around Tom and his bar. And the answer may be that he didn't "put away childish things" as the Bible instructs.
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This is why this series was so great. Some hear only the swear words but don't actually listen to what they are actually saying. So intellectual and fluid.
T Nap It is the lexicon of those that learned to read from the Bible, probably King James or something like that being I am far from expert. Intellectual?... not sure about that either. These characters had wisdom born of suffering.
It was wise of the writers to add swearing since otherwise the writing would have seemed too intelligent for audiences and lessened the rough atmosphere.
The swear words actually used back then wouldn't have had the intended impact so the writers used current curses to suffice. It was an excellent decision. As far as the fluidity and intellectual conversing there's indeed evidence of that sort of educated discourse if you read the actual article of Wild Bill's death as written back then in the newspaper. This is my favorite show on HBO, barely, considering other writing masterpieces like *The Sopranos* and *Rome* for example, *Six Feet Under* too.
Genius
Since im not a born native English speaker i found the language and meaning kinda hard to follow without subtitles. The rather old type longwinded explanations and description of events are fun, smart and intelligent but a very heavy sort of speak. I concider myself close to fluent in English and i found it intresting i felt myself needing subtitles, which i usualy avoid in any English speaking show finding them distracting. I guess it goes to show the unique and very well done depth of the dialogue in the show.
Just finished the series and found it really fantastic. A great surprise to discover pretty random last week and binge during lockdown
The drunk in the background joining the toast had me in stitches! The many details crammed into this mighty little show are why I can revisit it again and again as the years roll on.
i couldn't tell if it was Sol in an enthusiastic mode
It's perfect because everything Al is talking about, how they will need the support of the common man of the camp, is punctuated at that moment, showing indeed what kind of person they will be staking everything on- the drunk hoople who probably understood little of the conversation, but for whom this is his home.
Watch this and realize the enormous amount of lines Ian McShane has here and how beautifully he speaks them, and with perfect inflection and meaning. Imagine having to learn this dialogue on the fly half the time because of how David Milch wrote and changed it every day. David Milch is a genius at his craft, true, but so is Ian McShane.
If you watch Tim Olyphant, the actor, you can see him actually enjoying watching Ian McShane speak this crazy-colorful dialogue. Three masters at work: McShane, Olyphant, Milch.
it even serves the plot, since his character itself corrupts little by little by Swerngin's influence
@@dmitrychirkov4206 The way Milch put it Swearengen is a sonless father and Bullock is a fatherless son and when they fight it's Bullock's initiation to being Sheriff for the camp, Al as a father figure is trying to toughen his boy up because a monster just rode into camp.
@@dmitrychirkov4206 Al "corrupts" Bullock into being a better man. The conversation here isn't "do an evil deed", it's "stop caring what you think about me or how depressed you feel, you could actually do some good and save this town if you'd actually care to, if only because you look the part". Al has plenty of bullshit of his own, but he's good at cutting through others'.
Just....poetry.
You don't hear Deadwood mentioned enough as one of the strongest entries in the golden age of HBO originals
Seeing when it was released, it may very well have been one of the series that helped kick-off binge-watching as a popular concept.
@@nicholassmith7984 this and Rome. Best ever and sadly done wrong and under appreciated.
@@GlennShook I'm a huge fan of both and even introduced my dad to them.
@@GlennShook Rome done wrong? Hell, it's my favorite series of all time.
@@TheMalmut oh absolutely mine too! Done perfectly I just mean done wrong by getting cancelled early and rushed to only 2 seasons. Was supposed to be more but cause of high production costs and ahead of its time cut short. And STILL best show ever.
Watching Seth so reluctantly enjoy Al's company. Just so good.
"As you see" three fucking words to tie it all up
God I love this show
There was something about this production that made every actor bring their A game. Every performance is a work of art. The principal players have been seen elsewhere delivering fine performances, but those of McShane and Olyphant are of particular note.
Bullock: "She gets a fair shake or I come for you."
Swearengen: "If I come for you. Are you ready for that?"
Bullock: "I guess I'd better be."
Swearengen: "Then close your fucking store. Because being ready for me will take care of your waking hours and you'd better have someone to hand the job off to when you close your fucking eyes."
Trying to remember that scene, having watched this in so long.
Scenes and dialogue like this made Deadwood one of the greatest shows in the history of television.
I think this is the moment Bullock realized just how smart Al was. He knew the man was crafty but you can see in his face just how impressed he is .
"What's your posture Bullock".... love that line!!
I am a Shakespeare nut, love Shakespeare from the moment I heard him. In this context, deadwood is pure beauty, a joy to watch, and exaltation to hear. When will there be another.
Never. Rick Rose is right. 3 Masters never to be repeated.
In walks Octavian Caesar
Beyond the brilliant dialogue, you've got the little things like the drunk at the bar coming in on the toast. So many little things like this that just drove this show to another level.
Al thinking far ahead of everyone else.. makes him such a great character
"to not grab ankle is to declare yourself interested"
Followed by “what’s your POSTURE”? Brilliant brilliant brilliant writing
Is it too late for the guy toasting at the end to win Best Extra of All Time?
Casablumpkin How awesome is he!?
LMAO he's so awesome, hope they gave him a part in the movie 😄
Here's the action line from the script: Swearengen having already refilled their glasses, he and Bullock drink, as, at the bar, after toasting solidarity, does a drunk, who's been watching and listening.
I had never noticed him before and now it makes me love the show even more, as he’s hilarious but also illustrating Al’s point about Bullock’s influence. “Oh, he’s drinking? I’ll drink to!”
@@jonathanturbide2232 I really loved that they included him in the movie, he was in the wedding scene toasting Con Stapleton for his preaching only to have Dan remove him by the collar of his shirt. "Sermons over, That's all!"
I'm going to have to rewatch this series.
For the 10th time
Seth's bemused look at Al's oration on government is priceless at 1:41. He's actually calmed down a little and less defensive in posture and has genuinely taken a shine to Al.
This was after their little dust up, and anyone who can go toe to toe with Seth probably earned a little bit of his respect.
Dust up? More like nearly killing each other as two iron wills went head on. I like how Milch described Al wanting a showdown with Bullock as the only way Al could make a man like Bullock understand who the real enemies were.
Just brilliant......that short dialogue is a perfect example of this show's genius......beautifully delivered bythe two main characters and full of wonderful language, turn of phrase, delicious symbolism, opaque meaning, humour and threat etc etc Every show in this gem of a series has many such sequences
you summed it up perfectly
"...The many cannot tell, for you yourself are so fucking confused." such a simple statement worded and delivered masterfully
Greatest TV show of all time.
Best dialogue ever written in a tv series.
Man I so miss this show. One of the best
Bullock is in the good mood here and still looks like someone who is gonna beat the shit out of you any second. :D
those eyes!
Damn do I miss this program. Glad the movie is coming out
The movie did not disappoint
NOTE: this opening scene actually took place near the middle of the script and was moved in the edit. As Al had not yet seen Tom receive his bicycle, cut was an additional line "Tom Nuttall sees a bicycle -- you know he was a happy kid", among many others. To any interested, or simply obsessed with every scrap of Deadwood, the scripts are an enlightening accompaniment.
Fucking hell the dialogue is so good in this.
"are you a cunt driven near maniac or a stalwart driven by principle? The many can't tell for you yourself are so fucking confused."
"Maybe you're mistrusted less as a killer than showing your cards a corner at a time." :DDD
Bullock and Swearingon were great by themselves. Together, it was absolute brilliance!
The writers strike spelled the end for this series. What's interesting is this is some of the best writing in TV history.
I thought i had heard they canceled this series, rome and carnivale due to their big budgets?
Al might have had loyalty in Dan and Bullock in Sol but only they had the same level of respect for each other
"as minutes turn to hours over the pisspot...."
We will never see the like of this writing and acting again.
It’s like Shakespeare in the old west
0:22 arguably the best line in the whole series lol
What's your posture Bullock?
It's like listening to fuckin Sheaskpeare.
I d give her sandwhich for a piece
The doctor's office visit to treat the various diseases would be quite expensive. STD's highest infection rate in the population was during the 19th Century.
I'd give her a steak.
I think she likes lasagna
damn what a fine show.
Awesome parlay.
Huzzah indeed.
Ever see that Louie CK bit about business men drinking in the middle of the day?
That guy at the bar, he's Joe Public.
To not grab ankle is to declare yourself interested. What does Al mean?
James, he is referring to his previous statement regarding 'ass fucking', i.e. being raped (symbolically) by the politicians of Yankton. If Bullock isn't grabbing ankle (bending over) his posture is upright, meaning he's with Al.
That if they don't do anything, they declare themselves ready to be assfucked. Hence grabbing ankle is to declare that they do not want to get assfucked, but rather do the assfucking on others.
I think it means if Bullock doesn’t ’bend over’ for Hearst’s designs for Deadwood, then Al will assume Bullock is on board with Al’s plans to resist Hearst and Yankton’s plans to annex Deadwood.
If Raylan Givens were Seth Bullock's deputy, I wonder how that would play out?
I agree
Huzzah!
Us people in the comments, standing at the bar and drunkenly raising our glass to toast the fine actors
Dialogue as good as the mayhem…
I miss the virulent content of deadwoods dialogue
Al is the embodiment of USA
As to not grab ankle is to declare interested. 😂
which season and episode is this?
Joshua McLean season 3 episode 4 I think
I could have sworn it was from season 1, but I'm confusing with a different but similar scene. It's actually from S02 E08.
PRODUCTION FACTS: this scene was supposed to appear much later in the episode instead of opening it. A line was cut, something like "Look at Tom Nutall, you can tell he had a happy childhood." because it was supposed to take place after his bike arrives. I sometimes wonder why such tragedy swirls around Tom and his bar. And the answer may be that he didn't "put away childish things" as the Bible instructs.
Poor old Dan... Just so much WTF.
I almost pictured his expression as a wink to the audience, we have to concentrate like he does, to not get lost in the slew of words.
It was there first time ever
I’ll never forgive the lowest common denominator for leaving me with 3 seasons only. Burn them all🔥🔥🔥🔥
How do you stop making a masterpiece like this just to do a stupid show like Danny California? The dialog in this show was too good.
Jem can i watch this with you..?
I guess not
for chriss, i need a reader, like for shakespeare.
Al Swearengen would have made a great President.
Then or in modern times?
As soon as they mention the Judge in Montana, it cuts to Dan, and there is a drink on the menu called ‘The Judge’. Now I want to try one
You just know milch is sitting in a room by himself right now on the upper east side getting high on his own farts
I wanted to see more of the guy at the bar desk, he was the best part of the show.
He also helped Mrs Stubbs to renovate The Ché Amí, and gets a free whiff S2E2.