In the meeting of passive aggressiveness, Hearst offers to back Seth as sheriff as long as Seth takes a message to Alma that he would like her to take her all of money and leave Deadwood. In return, Olyphant is shot in such an extreme close up so that his anger seems to bend his very appearance. The shots of the scene here work well to demonstrate that Hearst’s aggression ramps up and up by having Gerald McRaney get closer and closer to Timothy Olyphant’s face. Hearst prods with a barely veiled aggression. In that meeting, Bullock has a definite tell: he repeatedly scratches his nose out of anger, anger due to knowledge that Hearst has designs on ownership of the entire camp, not just his mines and the money. First, Seth arrives with Al’s suggestion in mind that he play dumb about the incident with the Cornishmen in the Gem, which Seth does. The two climaxes of “Tell Your God to Ready for Blood” ensue in two separate meetings with George Hearst, the richest, most powerful man in Deadwood. She’s also torn between trying to better Cy or letting him rot. She brings a worried air to Joanie as she manages Cy Tolliver’s deteriorating whores, nurses Cy himself, and contemplates suicide in a boarding room run by a pestering Shaunessy. Kim Dickens has a lot of screen time in this episode, and deservingly so.
These two are very much working together and without much trouble between them.Īs for the school, it’s - believe it or not - stationed in the former Le Chez Ami. The quick scene and knowing looks goes to provide evidence that this is not the second season’s premiere. But before any of that takes place, Al needs to talk to Seth. It’s taken that the two haven’t met in the six weeks that Hearst has been in Deadwood. Yankton has brought in the camp into the territory and with it the need for legitimate, rather than ad hoc, officials.īut before the elections or speeches are to begin at all, Seth Bullock is scheduled to meet with George Hearst. Farnum for mayor, and Merrick’s overjoyed at it all. He’s running for sheriff against Harry Manning, Sol’s running against E.B. It also puts this season’s happenings right in the middle of summer of 1877 if my math is correct.Īs the Cornishmen dies in the short gun fight at the Gem and Dan runs the two groups of men out of the saloon, the reaction of Al Swearengen - annoyed, angry - directly juxtaposes with George Hearst - relaxed, satisfied - as he lies in his hotel’s floor.Įlsewhere, Seth Bullock asks his wife Martha, new teacher that she is now, to read over his speech for the coming elections. With camp children walking to school on a daily basis, this makes sense. In fact, there’s a sort of mulch spread about to keep it more tidy. There is extra signage in camp for new endeavors and the thoroughfare is less shit piled. The opening shot of Al on his balcony establishes how Deadwood has grown even though it’s been only six weeks since season two ended (per the drunken, racist, awful Steve, who wants to overtake the livery).
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Having Dan update Al, who’s on his balcony to take in the morning, on the ongoings between the two groups of men propels the narrative forward immediately, even causing disorientation to the viewer - is there something we’ve missed?Īnd it’s that disorientation is partly the feeling of the entire camp all due to the arrival of Hearst weeks before.
The first episode of the final season of Deadwood opens with a George Hearst agent in the Gem Saloon purposefully antagonizing Cornish miners, also under the employ of Hearst, to the point that one of the Cornishmen lies dead on the Gem’s floor. Special note: for season three of Deadwood, The Alabama Take will publish reviews three times per week - each Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday - in order to be ready for the release of the movie, which will air on May 31st. Note: each writing will spoil the episode in review but will not discuss any future episodes. Season Three, Episode One: “Tell Your God to Ready for Blood”
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