Review: A bittersweet return to 'Deadwood'
Even in the ever-expanding era of Peak TV, "Deadwood" (the series) was like nothing else. So it was with both anticipation and trepidation that fans awaited the long-rumored, entirely improbable "Deadwood: The Movie," which finally arrives Friday on HBO.
The first ending of "Deadwood" (the series) was something of a saga in its own right. Critically revered in its run during one of HBO's influential peaks from 2004 to 2006, the Emmy-winning series brought new meaning to the phrase "revisionist western." Inspired by the real-life mining camp of Deadwood, the series delivered richly drawn characters, raw violence and a baroque mix of free-flowing profanity
