Holy shit, Seth just beat the shit out of Alma’s father and damn did I cheer for it!
That actor’s had a nice second career playing douchebags since Boy Meets World.
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| Originally Posted by thecallahan View Post Holy shit, Seth just beat the shit out of Alma’s father and damn did I cheer for it! |
Seth’ll do that from time to time. By the way, Season 2 episode 1 will make you shit your pants.
I love the visceral, brutal, greasy street fight in season three.
How long did it take for you guys to realize the guy playing Swearengen’s right hand man was the same guy who played Warren in Theres Something About Mary? It took me a while, and I was completely blown away. He’s a really good actor.
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| Originally Posted by KungFuCornelius View Post I love the visceral, brutal, greasy street fight in season three. How long did it take for you guys to realize the guy playing Swearengen’s right hand man was the same guy who played Warren in Theres Something About Mary? It took me a while, and I was completely blown away. He’s a really good actor. |
Proud to say I caught it right off the bat. But then, I’m exceptionally good at spotting/recognizing faces.
Even still, it was quite shocking to see him in this role when all I’d seen of him before was Warren.
That happened a couple of times during Deadwood for me. Never more so than with Wolcott. That took me like four episodes to notice. And even then, it was only because I was so impressed I looked him up on imdb. Also a surprise, actors from Newhart, Facts of Life, and of course, Major Dad.
Who played Wolcott? I didn’t recgnize him from anything. The little wormy guy who owned the hotel was Larry of “Larry, Daryl and Daryl” fame on Newhart.
This is probably silly, but whatthehell, it was a great revelation for me. Wolcott was played by Garret Dillahunt, the same actor that played Jack McCall, aka the guy who killed Wild Bill. So he’s really good at acting.
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| Originally Posted by KungFuCornelius View Post I love the visceral, brutal, greasy street fight in season three. How long did it take for you guys to realize the guy playing Swearengen’s right hand man was the same guy who played Warren in Theres Something About Mary? It took me a while, and I was completely blown away. He’s a really good actor. |
He also played Meat Loaf on Vh1!
Alma’s dad was also great in Wiseguy. And had one great little scene as Edward Norton’s dad in American History X.
Swearengen is a pioneering proponent of euthanasia.
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| Originally Posted by Arjen Rudd View Post Seth’ll do that from time to time. By the way, Season 2 episode 1 will make you shit your pants. |
I’m torn because I have The first season of Boondocks in my queue next. I don’t want to blow through these seasons because this is like the last high quality show out there I need to watch.
I didn’t even recognize Warren in Dan though, that’s a little insane. Here’s another quick question about the end of the series, does it end in a decent enough way? Like, no super duper cliffhanger that will drive me insane? Just curious about that.
I was saddened at the preachers fate but was also impressed by the tenderness Swearengen showed when he smothered him, calling back to his brother comment from an episode or two ago. At the end of the first season I can’t honestly say who I’m impressed with the most, acting wise. It might have to be Dourif as the Doc or maybe the woman who played Calamity Jane. If Carradine was in it for longer I’d go for him but… As far as later seasons, I don’t know why but I have a bad feeling Sol is either going to die or get majorly fucked up in some way.
Arjun, it’s “the legendary Garrett Dillahunt,” thank you very much.
Callahan, I understand your reluctance. I’ve had the back half of Season 3 sitting on my shelf for what’s probably a few years now, unwatched, simply because I can’t bring myself to finish it and have the series done.
It’s my own “Our Mutual Friend.”
^^^^ I did this for the longest time, too. And I still have seasons 4 and 5 of The Wire saved up for similiar reasons.
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| Originally Posted by Phil View Post He also played Meat Loaf on Vh1! Alma’s dad was also great in Wiseguy. And had one great little scene as Edward Norton’s dad in American History X. Swearengen is a pioneering proponent of euthanasia. |
Alma’s dad was also Corey’s dad on Boy Meets World!
Deadwood does not end on a cliffhanger, which is fortunate, as Season 3 has a pretty strong escalation towards climax throughout. No major plot threads are left hanging and history can tell you what happened to everyone (though you shouldn’t look until you’ve finished the series).
That said, it’s clearly a season finale and not a series finale. As such, Deadwood doesn’t have the tidiness of a completed vision, like Sopranos and The Wire enjoy, or even a wrap up of every character arc, like Six Feet Under or Rome. But all in all, we’re lucky we didn’t get screwed like the poor fuckers who were into Carnivale.
Rath, another acceptable title would be ‘Lord and Master G. Dillahunt’.
The character actor parade on this show is delightful. Ricky Jay, Stephen Tobolowsky, Sarah Paulson, Pruitt Taylor Vince.
My favorite b-player in the show was probably Zach Grenier as Andy Cramed. Good stuff from that guy.
I’m gonna go see David Milch speak at the University of Pennsylvania next April. Unbelievably excited for that, as he’s one of the tv writers (and really, writers, period) that has influenced me so, so much.
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| Originally Posted by Arjen Rudd View Post Deadwood does not end on a cliffhanger, which is fortunate, as Season 3 has a pretty strong escalation towards climax throughout. No major plot threads are left hanging and history can tell you what happened to everyone (though you shouldn’t look until you’ve finished the series). That said, it’s clearly a season finale and not a series finale. As such, Deadwood doesn’t have the tidiness of a completed vision, like Sopranos and The Wire enjoy, or even a wrap up of every character arc, like Six Feet Under or Rome. But all in all, we’re lucky we didn’t get screwed like the poor fuckers who were into Carnivale.. |
There is something to the integrity of just keeping at your season arcs instead of trying to cram in a satisfying ending, even when this results in weird stuff like characters getting introduced near the end and not doing much of anything.
It was a bit of a let-down watching the last episode after the unrelenting OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT of the previous five or so episodes, but that ending (and the bitter irony of the Springsteen song) works better for me everytime I think of it.
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| Originally Posted by RathBandu View Post My favorite b-player in the show was probably Zach Grenier as Andy Cramed. Good stuff from that guy. I’m gonna go see David Milch speak at the University of Pennsylvania next April. |
Hm?
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| Originally Posted by DanielRoffle View Post There is something to the integrity of just keeping at your season arcs instead of trying to cram in a satisfying ending, even when this results in weird stuff like characters getting introduced near the end and not doing much of anything. It was a bit of a let-down watching the last episode after the unrelenting OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT of the previous five or so episodes, but that ending (and the bitter irony of the Springsteen song) works better for me everytime I think of it. |
Which show are you talking about here?
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| Originally Posted by joeypants View Post Which show are you talking about here? |
Ok, spoilery:
characters that get introduced late in the season I’m referring to = Wyatt Earp and his brother. What they do onscreen in S3 hardly seems to justify the trouble of including them in the storyline, and it seems pretty clear to me that they would return in latter seasons.
And I thought the last few eps of Deadwood were quite masterful in building up the tension of a Hearst/Swearengen bloodbath. Of course, this being the show it is, I had some notion that it wouldn’t go straight up Wild Bunch, but there was still a possibility for some serious bloodshed, which the final episode totally defused. Which is a great move for a season ending, and a suitably downbeat message (big business will swallow up the country, and there needn’t even be any bloodhsed for this to happen), but as the ending for the whole show, rather puzzling at first.