The Death of Deadwood

I've just heard that HBO is planning to cancel Shakespeare in the Mud after its third season airs. Only twelve more episodes, and possibly a TV movie. That's all we're getting, folks.Fans of the show are outraged. They're threatening en masse to cancel their subscriptions to HBO. And who can blame them? I'm pretty deeply into Deadwood and this news does not make me happy. But somehow, I'm not

Deadwood: Through a Glass Darkly

[This review includes spoilers for season one!]I recently rented the first season DVD of Deadwood because it was highly recommend to me. Heavy drama is totally not my thing, and westerns are out of my realm, but after three episodes, I was hooked.There's something so compelling and addictive about this show. It reminds me a lot of Lonesome Dove, but more so. Lonesome Dove aired a millennia ago

Deadwood

Yes, that's Deadwood, not The Dead Zone.I love DVDs with a passion. It wasn't all that long ago that the only way we could re-watch something we loved was by waiting for reruns. I remember hearing that in the early 70s, fans of the original Trek would make audio tapes of their favorite episodes so that they could at least hear them whenever they wanted. And of course, they wrote fan fiction.