A couple more things from NOSoD:

Dan telling Al, right in the middle of the meeting, that a piano has come in from Montgomery Ward.

Sol's aboslutely heartbreaking scene trying to call on Trixie, while she's at work at the Gem.

And Seth's absolutely heartbreaking scene with Alma Garrett when he tells her he's going to bring his wife and son to the camp, while Alma's secret hopes that Seth would make a good replacement for her dead husband shatter in an instant.

Also? Did we know that Ricky Jay (Eddie) has his own web site?

And how can I forget??? Doc is a graverobber! Seven times over!

I love how much you love this show, Sean. I'm all a-burstin' with pride.

It's just because it's sort of last-name-firstish, like Mormon names can be.

Ohhhhhh, I get it. See, that's also a Southern thing.

Very fuckin' cool, Sean. Now, I need to make you a Wirefiend. Funny how those missonary genes worked out.

I love how much you love this show, Sean.

I KNOW! It's totally making me want to go back and rewatch from the beginning. I've forgotten so much.

It's always fun to watch the new convert catch up, isn't it?

I was thinking today -- Deadwood, in one very specific way, reminds me a lot of Farscape. They cram so much into each episode. There are literally no wasted moments, and each new scene brings more revelations and changes, and propells the story forward. So much of TV is locked into the formulaic structure imposed by the studios. Things need to hit beats at very specific points. It's so refreshing when a show isn't compelled to keep that structure, and can keep its own pace.

So yes, Deadwood reminds me of Farscape in that way, in that they both crammed a lot of story in per episode.

Tonight's Wire kicked lots of ass.(Even if it leaves me hopelessly woobifying Prez, which somehow seems less than West Baltimore of me...gotta watch that kiss-it-and-make-it-better thing.) But...damn, I'm not worthy...yaknowwhatI'msayin' Each time I think I got some gift for the written word, those assholes at Blown Deadline make me realize I'm just a newbie looking for the "methane probe". I love them so much. Bastards.

I have finally seen Dexter. It is, thankfully, just as awesome as I'd hoped it would be. If you have Showtime, I highly recommend checking it out.

I might more to say after I've rewatched it.

I've only recently seen ads for Dexter. It makes me wish I had Showtime. I imagine there will be DVDs.

Sean speaks for me. I dropped everything but HBO a while ago. SHOWTIME has a pretty fast turn-around time on DVDs once the initial run is over, IIRC.