As for the slimy part...I'll leave you to find out.

I think I'm reconsidering. I called him slimy since he's Al's right-hand man, doing his dirty work, but he seems kind of conflicted about it. He's like a big murderous teddy bear. He'll kill who needs killing, but he won't like it!

And speaking of killing...that was the guy from Psych ! Oh well, he was kind of a douche. See, this is why I'm staying away from IMDb. I don't want to know how many episodes a character will be in since they'll likely leave the show by dying. I knew Molly Parker was a main character, but I didn't know whether he was. Now I wonder what'll happen to her.

I never thought I'd see Wild Bill Hickock as a washed-up celebrity.

I'm uneasy about Al's continuing suspicion that Bullock and Hickock are in cahoots, but I really can't blame him. It was a "turn of events" that brought them together, but ever since then, they've always been hanging out, so what is Al to think? With the obvious present connection, he can't rule out a prior connection.

Calamity Jane (I presume that's her?) irritates me. I don't like the way she talks.

And on that subject, there were some Al Swearengen lines that did strike me as particularly...well constructed. I thought the dialogue in the pilot was kind of overprofane, but it's calmed down since then, and now, most of the time, the rhythm of speech seems much more natural. Everyone's always saying the show makes profanity sound like Shakespeare, so I'm trying to listen for that.

SO MUCH DOUBLECROSSING OMG.

I'm enjoying the plotting, the way episode plots are set up in the previous episode and carried over in addition to the new conflict introduced in the next episode. It's reminiscent of Oz but not as seemingly arbitrary.

He'll kill who needs killing, but he won't like it!

Just you wait.

Now I wonder what'll happen to her.

Just you wait.

I'm uneasy about Al's continuing suspicion that Bullock and Hickock are in cahoots, but I really can't blame him.

Al's MO is pretty much Trust No-One. Sometimes it serves him well.

Calamity Jane (I presume that's her?)

Yep.

irritates me. I don't like the way she talks.

Jane takes some getting used to -- but she turns out to be another really interesting character. But then, I could say that about, oh, almost anyone.

overprofane

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SO MUCH DOUBLECROSSING OMG.

Just you wait.

Seriously, it's just an amazingly arc-y show -- not just from episode to episode, but through each complete season, in ways that call back little throwaways from episodes back. Really lovely construction.

I think I'm reconsidering. I called him slimy since he's Al's right-hand man, doing his dirty work, but he seems kind of conflicted about it. He's like a big murderous teddy bear. He'll kill who needs killing, but he won't like it!

Man, you're thinking of Dan Dority, played by W. Earl Brown. Brad Dourif is the town doctor.

I called him slimy since he's Al's right-hand man, doing his dirty work, but he seems kind of conflicted about it. He's like a big murderous teddy bear. He'll kill who needs killing, but he won't like it!

OK, I don't think you're not talking about Brad Dourif there. Brad Dourif plays the doctor. And I don't know how you could could see Dan Dority and think it was the same actor who played Wormtongue.

However, my original statement stands about Dan as well. He's got more going on than even he knows is going on with him.

And, heh, inevitable pedantic Buffista x-post. God bless us cocksuckers.

Seriously, it's just an amazingly arc-y show -- not just from episode to episode, but through each complete season, in ways that call back little throwaways from episodes back. Really lovely construction.

Yay!

Brad Dourif plays the doctor.

Oh. Now I can see why you wouldn't think he was slimy. Because he is not. He is also not rotund.

And I don't know how you could could see Dan Dority and think it was the same actor who played Wormtongue.

Dude, practically everyone is nigh unrecognizable on this show, covered up in hats and hair. Also, I haven't seen the LOTR movies since they were out in theatres.

I've had Wise Blood tivoed for a couple of weeks, and this inspired me to go ahead & watch it. Pretty good! Much better than the other Huston lit adaptation I watched recently, Under The Volcano.

Uh, the connection being that Brad Dourif plays Hazel Motes.

Uh, the connection being that Brad Dourif plays Hazel Motes.

Of course! I love that movie.

I'd never seen it before, but it knocked my socks off.