Eddie Sawyer promises to back Joanie for her brothel. A letter from a Yankton magistrate infuriates Swearengen, but finds the solution may well lie with the letter's deliverer. Wu, as well as navigating tricky waters to deal with the mess. The health of the camp's Reverend continues to worsen, a plight that begins to weigh heavy on the mind of Doctor Cochran.Īn opium theft leaves Swearengen trying to find common language with his supplier and the boss of the Deadwood Chinese population, Mr. Joanie searches for new options in Deadwood as Jane heads out of town to find hers. Bullock and Alma compare notes on Ellsworth, and each other. With annexation looming, Swearengen calls a meeting to set up an informal government. Tolliver teaches a cruel lesson to two would-be thieves and to his madame.
Awaiting Trixie's return, a pragmatic Swearengen resists counsel from a bloody-minded Farnum.
Miles and Flora, two young siblings arrive at Deadwood looking for their missing father and work.ĭEADWOOD breathes easier when riders arrive with precious vaccine – and word of a possible treaty with the Sioux. Cy Tolliver is shocked, and displeased, to see Andy Cramed return to his saloon alive. Trixie feels uneasy about her charge, which prompts a violent response from Swearengen. Cochran turns to a distressed Jane for help caring the diseased in the coming days.Īfter tracking down McCall, Bullock returns to Deadwood a changed man – and a marked one – while Utter pays final respects to a fallen friend. Swearengen presses a resentful Farnum to keep tabs on Alma and Trixie as the camp fathers pool their resources to dispatch riders after precious vaccine and build a sick tent as the plague arrives in Deadwood. Hickok's body is buried and Seth Bullock is determined to get revenge for his friends murder.īullock encounters native resistance in his quest to bring a murderer to justice. With Jane off on a bender, Trixie is enlisted by Swearengen to help Alma with the Metz child and to keep her pliable to his purposes for getting back the Garret claim. Swearengen transforms The Gem into a courtroom as Deadwood is forced to make its own laws to try Jack McCall. Hickok commissions Bullock in his stead as McCall's growing anger toward Hickok leads to a tragic murder of the latter. Swearengen directs Farnum to buy back the Garret claim after Dority discovers that the land actually does contain gold Alma Garret prevails on Calamity Jane and Hickok for help regarding her late husband's suspicious death.
The relationship between Bullock and Swearengen continues to worsen over the latters suspicions of Bullock's and Hickok's intentions. Hickok puts up precious collateral in a poker game with McCall, and a threat from Brom Garret regarding his gold claim invites harsh consequences. Brom Garret suspects his newly acquired gold claim may not be all it was advertised.Ĭompetition arrives for Swearengen in the form of the Bella Union, a new gambling outfit from Chicago operated by savvy Cy Tolliver, Madame Joanie Stubbs and gaming guru Eddie Sawyer. The people of Deadwood go off to hunt down the Native Americans who butchered a family of white people.Īs suspicions arise that "road agents" may have been the true perpetrators of the massacre as opposed to Sioux scouts, Swearengen takes a special interest in the health of its sole survivor, a young girl ministered to by the unlikely team of Doc Cochran and Calamity Jane. Hickock and his companions arrive in Deadwood. Saloon owner Al Swearengen contends with a bungled robbery turned mass murder that threatens to incite mob violence throughout the camp. In year 1876, after executing a last act of justice as a Montana marshal, Seth Bullock relocates to a gold-mining camp known as Deadwood, where he and partner Sol Star look to start a hardware business.