Deadwood

You may have noticed that my DVD reviews have slowed down recently. That is because I made the mistake of renting "Deadwood" season 1 and became completely addicted. To make matters worse, I found out that season 2 would be debuting March 6. So I had to hustle to get the whole first season watched before yesterdays premiere. So in the last week I have seen roughly 12 hours of another in a long line of quality programs from the geniuses at HBO. "Deadwood" is a show that pulls no punches. It curses more than any show ever and kills off more main characters than "Oz". It is truly must see TV. The story of "Deadwood" is a true story of a town in the Black Hills on the territory given to the Souix Indians. Because of that it is not part of America, so every outlaw and hustler headed out there to prospect for gold, avoid the law or get rich of the prospectors. All these dangerous people in one town with no laws, well, you can figure out how that might turn out. This show is cast with a ton of very good character actors. Tim Olyphant and Ian McShane play the 2 leads and Powers Booth, John Hawkes, Kim Dickens, Keith Caradine, Molly Parker, Jim Beaver, Brad Douriff and Ricky Jay round out the cast. This show doesn't skimp on cursing and killing, so be forewarned, but it is riveting television just the same. HBO can do no wrong when it comes to quality TV.

Season 2 started with a bang last night, so if you get a chance to catch the replay you won't be disappointed. If you don't have HBO go rent season 1 and patiently wait for the season 2 DVD's.

Must See TV: 24, Carnivale, The Shield, Lost, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, South Park, Family Guy, Chapelle's Show.