Is Swergin a whoremonger? yeah, pretty much.

Lisa: The episode is called "Suffer The Little Children" and Kristen Bell's character has been introduced. Perhaps the episode guide can jog your memory?

Perhaps the episode guide can jog your memory?

Oh, yes, thank you! That is a veritable Precious Moments of a Deadwood ep.

Oh, yes, thank you! That is a veritable Precious Moments of a Deadwood ep.

Heh.

The episode is called "Suffer The Little Children" and Kristen Bell's character has been introduced.

Aw, man, she doesn't last long, does she. I thought she'd make it at least one more episode.

I have no comment for you, sir.

We can't ruin the HCSQ(Holy Cocksucker Quotient)

Hee, thanks. I know she meets a particularly gruesome end, but I don't know any specifics.

How saccharine and sweet!

E.B. (the B is for Bold!) has less of a moral center than I thought. Al must be rubbing off on him, the way he so heartily suggested killing Bullock and Alma.

Star's crush on Trixie is very amusing.

I'm not sure I entirely understand what's going on with that goddamn claim. It's as if Al's admitted defeat, but he obviously means to profit from it somehow.

I'm finding Alma's should-I-stay-or-should-I-go waffling irritating because Molly Parker's got third goddamn billing for some reason; she ain't leaving Deadwood. And I can't fathom why the hell Bullock is so persistent with her unless he's sweet on her, which is entirely likely except for the fact that he appears to be physically incapable of flirting.

OMG SEXY SLEEPING.

Flora! You psychopathic bitch! And I never got to find out whether Miles was actually her brother; I expected there to be some sort of twist where we found out he was her lover. I'm a little disappointed that the whole scheme appeared to be about nothing but petty robbery. I mean, what, she was going to get away with some jewelry ? There seemed to be an awful lot of planning going into their little "Let's take 'em both" maneuver; I thought they were after something more sinister.

Flora's true colors were fun to see. Kristen Bell, cursing up a storm! Wielding a knife! Getting the shit beaten out of her! Er. (That wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting from what I'd heard. Hell, she got out easy with a bullet to the head.)

I wonder what the point of all that hullabaloo was, though. I guess it was to give Tolliver and Joanie something to do? That's a fucked-up pair, there.

I don't understand what's going on with Al and Trixie at all.

Well, you know, as Shakespeare said, "He that lieth to me getteth his ass kicked...oops, wrong fandom!) "Twas big enough. Twill serve." One thing I learned from the Wire as well is that, if you set it up right, it doesn't have to be this big brutal bloodbath slaying.