Although “Deep Water” is most certainly a pause between bigger chapters of the Deadwood story, it is a wonderfully intricate, effective hour of world building.Ĭharlie’s brief, but intense gastronomical struggles also portend the future of Deadwood from Jack McCall to Brom Garrett, dramas are high in Deadwood, and it’s obvious there’s a storm of shit heading any number of character’s directions.
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Featuring a bit of violence and a lot of pontificating, “Deep Water” slows down to a near crawl for large portions of the hour, but is successfully able to bide its time during those lulls by relying on the show’s incredibly dense, poetic atmosphere, sidestepping the typical post-pilot slump most every series is privy to. Shitfaced and leaning against one of Deadwood’s many ramshackle buildings, Charlie struggles to take a piss, so anxious and constipated he can barely express his concern for Wild Bill to the newly anointed Hardware Boys (Seth and Sol) like Charlie, “Deep Water” is stuck in place for most of its 55 minute running time, an exercise in tension building that’s never offered comfortable release. Look no farther than a drunken Charlie Utter for an apt representation of “Deep Water”, Deadwood‘s quiet, foreboding second episode. In anticipation for the new film, Randy’s re-watching the entire series, in a new column titled One Vile Rewatch.)
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(Deadwood: The Movie premieres on May 31st, nearly 13 years after the show’s original cancellation.
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