Also, could the theatre people just go away already? We don't have that much time left and they're wasting what little we have.

Amen. I've been enjoying some of Brian Cox's scenes, but not the ones with the troupe and not enough to make up for the time-suck the rest of the troupe scenes have been.

I did like the talent show a few weeks back, but that's because it allowed for some good character moments from the townspeople.

I think my reaction was, FUCKERS!

Heh, as I said in the Movies thread (in whitefont), I expelled a very loud "FUCK!!!!" at my TV when Ellsworth got shot. On rewatch, I wanted to reach in an pull him out of the way.

I don't get the premium channels. Really I'm just here for the cursing.

I have premium cable, and I don't really watch the shows. I find most of them too bleak and/or the characters too unpleasant.

Shiny!

I ain't even NAFDA, but I like hearing about Deadwoood and tend to watch premium series on DVD.

Despite its darkness, Deadwood is one of the most optimistic shows on television.

Plus, oddly hilarious.

So hilarious! And there are so many moments of quiet grace and beauty. And celebrations of unlikely friendships, especially this season.

However, faint of heart take note that it can be hellaciously violent on occasion. The street fight between Dan and the Capt. has been much discussed already as extraordinarily painful to watch, even before the coup de grace moment(s).

I agree with both the above statements, and love how the show juxtaposes the sublime with the profane. In fact, in trying to finish an article for the High Hat on Deadwood, I mention one of the greatest "moments of quiet grace and beauty": the image in S2 where Al and his closest confidantes collapse on the bed after the passage of the gleets. The arrangement is so beautiful that it belies the grotesque scene just preceding, like how birth is so astonishing and beautiful that it beautifies the accompanying blood and struggle.

X-post! I agree with Frank, too, though.