Deadwood
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Like any great drama,Deadwoodis funny.
Does Al turn on E.B.
in that final meeting after sniffing out guilt in the toads flop sweat?
We know from the fart protocol scene that hes sensitive to smells.
The threat of Pinkertons the private army of Americas rich seals Broms fate.
He could have gone back to New York with Alma.
But Brom had to act tough in a place filled with folks who arent acting.
Its like watching a child pretend to be his father.
Is the death sentence Al pronounces on Brom partly spurred by his humbling at the Bella Union?
Farnum has briefly possessed him.
When Al terrorizes E.B later, is he terrorizing the toady within himself?
Boothe, Jay, and Dickens together have powerful unified energy, blunting Als attempts to initiate the room.
(Als bigotry might play into this as well.
Seth is being treated as a pet project by at least two characters.
One is the Reverend Smith, who once again directs fragments of a graveside sermon to Seth.
The clock already seems to be running out for Bill.
Bills no good at that.
Charlie is right about Seths goodness (even if his temper obscures it).
To be famous and admired is to be resented.
A larger-than-life persona stands in for peoples dreams and admirations while reminding them of their limitations and failures.
The second drunk plays the hero and ejects the first, only to make an even bigger scene.
How to read that moment when Seth snaps and throws Jack into a mud puddle?
Seth puts Jack where he belongs.
The good news is that Brom is dead.
The bad news is that the claim might be worth a fortune.
