Swearengen knows he has to present a body. He goes to Swearengen, asking for the death of the woman who shot him. Instead, he’s just wounded, very pissed off, and he wants revenge. She marches right into Hearst’s hotel, knocks on his door, flashes her nethers to distract him (this is important!) and shoots him with a derringer pistol. When she sees his dead body on the cart, she spins into a rage. Trixie (“The Whore” as she says when pressed for a surname) was especially close to Ellsworth. He was universally beloved, and his body being carted through the streets proves the horrors that Hearst is willing to commit to get his way. TRIXIE ENTERS THE PICTURE HBOĮllsworth’s death shatters the town. He brings in hired guns and threatens to tear the town apart.
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Hearst’s rage over not being able to make the purchase bubbles over in a series of events. Ellsworth has a history with Hearst, having seen first-hand his murderous business tactics at the Comstock silver mine years before. Hearst is not amused.Īlma’s refusal to sell is backed by Whitney Ellsworth, her husband, her mine’s operating manager, and the nicest man alive. After a life of being shoved around by men, Alma is unwilling to budge when Hearst offers to buy her operation, the most profitable in the region. But there is one mining operation Hearst can’t secure: Alma Garret’s. Hearst immediately uses his infinite wealth to start buying up the claims around Deadwood, gaining influence within the town, much to the chagrin of Swearengen and Bullock. Given the richness of Deadwood’s Black Hills, Hearst decides he’s going to set up his next major mining operation right there. First introduced in season 2, Hearst is a business magnate with a keen focus on mining operations. Those outside influences are best personified by one man: George Hearst. The pressing event throughout the series is the impending statehood of the Dakota territory and what it means for the inhabitants of Deadwood. We’re going to get into so heavy Deadwood season 3 spoilers.Īt its core, Deadwood is about a rich mining town trying to keep control of itself as outside forces push in, attempting to take the town for themselves. Now that it’s just the Deadheads in here, we can skip past all the basics of Al Swearengen being a bar owner, Seth Bullock being a sheriff, and E.B.
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It’d be like making Avengers: Endgame the first MCU movie you watch. While the Deadwood movie does offer some brief snippets to remind people of past events, it absolutely requires an intense familiarity with the original show and its characters. SHOULD I WATCH DEADWOOD: THE MOVIE WITHOUT HAVING SEEN THE SHOW? But worry not! This piece will bring you back up to speed with Bullock, Swearengen all your Dakota buddies. And unless you just wrapped up another rewatch of the series (which you should because it’s great), you’re going to be a little lost. Deadwood: The Movie premieres Friday, May 31 on HBO. The series finale was one of the most brutal, gut punch cliffhangers in television history, leaving dedicated fans without any semblance of closure.īut, against all odds, Deadwood is back. Nearly 13 years ago, Deadwood ended in the worst way possible.
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