1x01 Deadwood - Deadwood Episode Guide

Deadwood

- Episode 01x01

Episode: 01x01 (pilot)
Title: Deadwood
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 99745
First Aired: Mar. 21, 2004

Season 1 » Episode #01 - Deadwood

Summary: Seth Bullock and Sol Star travel to a mining camp called “Deadwood”. The not-yet town is in Indian Territory, so there is no legal government. Al Swearengen controls the business and the land when they arrive. While there is no law, and former lawman Bullock’s only intent is to open a hardware store, he finds it hard to ignore injustice, as does his new acquaintance and fellow retired lawman Wild Bill Hickok. Bullock and Star also befriend an eccentric preacher.

Who appeared in this episode?

Wild Bill Hickock	played by Keith Carradine
Brom Garret	played by Timothy Omundson
Jack McCall	played by Garret Dillahunt
Reverend H.W. Smith	played by Ray McKinnon
Jewel	played by Geri Jewell
Mr. Wu	played by Keone Young
Ned Mason	played by Jamie McShane
Tim Driscoll	played by Dan Hildebrand
Loud Wagoneer	played by Mike Hagerty

Season 1 / Episode 1: - Deadwood

Ellsworth: I may have fucked up my life flatter'n hammered shit, but I stand here before you today beholden to no human cocksucker, and holdin' a workin' fuckin' gold claim, and not the U.S. government tellin' me I'm trespassin', or the savage fuckin' red man or any of these other limber-dick cocksuckers passin' themselves off as prospectors had better try and stop me.

Season 1 / Episode 1: - Deadwood

Ellsworth: Goddammit, Swearengen, I don't trust you as far as I could th'ow you, but I enjoy the way you lie.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

DATE: Jeffery Jones's newspaperman character refers to himself as an "ink-stained wretch." This term for reporters wasn't coined until the early 20th century, either by Alexander Woollcott or by early sportswriter Trent Frayne.
DATE: As Dan Dority and Brom Garrett prepare to leave to check out Brom's claim, they give each other the "thumbs up." It is believed that this gesture was first used in America by pilots in World War II (1939-45). The show is set in 1876-77.
FACT: Seth Bullock states several times that he was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, when in fact he was born July 23, 1849 in Amherstburg, Upper Canada. Ontario is one of the four original provinces of Canada when the federal nation was created July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act, 1867 (or 'BNA Act') came into force
CONT: When Bullock and Star are unloading there wagon, and the guy keeps yelling at them to hurry up, Bullock grabs the last bag off of the wagon. When the camera cuts back to the wagon, there are now several bags still unloaded.
CONT: While unloading his goods, Bullock argues with another person and Sol steps in. In the background Bullock unloads the last of his bags. In the next scene, there are several bags left on his wagon.