Deadwood/Characters: Difference between revisions

== Main ==

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* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Alma Garret. {{spoiler|[[They Do]]}}.

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* [[Evil Brit]]: Although unplanned (see bellowthe Trivia section).

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: In "Deep Water".

=== Alma Russell Garret {{spoiler|Ellsworth}} ===

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The sensible, upper class wife (and later widow) of clueless [[City Mouse]] Brom Garret, a New York businessman that comes to Deadwood to try his luck searching for gold. She develops feelings for Bullock {{spoiler|after her husband is killed, and marries her employee Ellsworth after the already married Bullock impregnates her.}}. Played by [[Molly Parker]].

** {{spoiler|[[Happily Arranged Marriage]]: With Ellsworth.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Cartwright Curse]]: She gets married twice, and both times her husband is murdered.}}.

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Bullock. {{spoiler|[[They Do]].}}.

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Al's favouritefavorite prostitute, though that doesn't mean he is nice to her. Despite her bad-mouthed and direct nature, she is one of the most compassionate people in the town and nurses several characters when they are hurt. Played by Paula Malcomson.

* [[Badass]]: She reaches the maximunmaximum level when she walks to Hearst in public and shoots him in response to him ordering {{spoiler|Ellsworth's death}} earlier.

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A veteran gold prospector and former miner for hire. He becomes an overseer for Alma Garret's concession after being introduced to her by Bullock {{spoiler|and marries her when Bullock impregnates her. He is later killed under orders of George Hearst.}}. Played by Jim Beaver.

* {{spoiler|[[Arranged Marriage]]: To Alma Garret.}}.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: {{spoiler|He intends to for Alma's children.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]: Killed by George Hearst late in Season 3 to prove that he is the [[Big Bad]] in all his glory. Too bad the show didn't get a Season 4.}}.

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* [[Love At First Sight]]: In "Suffer the Little Children", he has an immediate crush on Flora, who he thinks to be a nice [[Proper Lady]], but gives up on her easily when he is informed that she is actually a crook.

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* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: He is racist and mysogynistmisogynist.

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** He also can do nothing but insult Hearst when he first sees {{spoiler|that Hearst has ordered the death of Ellsworth.}}.

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** Again in Season 2, when {{spoiler|Francis Wolcott kills her business partner and two women more in her brothel.}}.

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The infamous Western frontierwomanfrontier-woman, an incredibly bad mouthed person and arguable town drunk in a town full of drunkards. Both of these traits only get worse after her mentor and father figure Wild Bill Hicock is killed. And yet, she is a ''good'' character. Played by Robin Weigert.

* [[Rape as Backstory]]: She was raped repeatelyrepeatedly when she was a child.

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Another veteran frontiermanfrontier-man and long time pal of Wild Bill, Jane and later Bullock, to whom he becomes sheriff's deputy - while also [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?|running an express delivery service and acting as the camp's first fire marshal]]. He also has a close friendship with Joanie Stubbs. Played by Dayton Callie.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: When he beats the crap out of Wolcott.

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The widow of Seth Bullock's brother who Bullock married so her son William could have a legal father figure. She and William arrive at Deadwood in the first episode of Season 2, when Bullock deems the town safe enough for them. Her relationship with the Sheriff is odd to say the least, especially {{spoiler|after William dies in a horse-related accident.}}. Played by Anna Gunn.

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|William's death.}}.

== Supporting ==

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A young member of the Midwest's Scandinavian community. Her parents, brothers and sisters were all murdered when they were leaving Deadwood in the [[Pilot]] episode in a hit planned by Al Swearengen, whose henchmen then tried to pass it as an Indian attack, which she almost miraculously survived. Left in the care of the camp, she is eventually adopted by Alma Garret. Played by Bree Seanna Wall.

* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: There was a real '[https://web.archive.org/web/20130601023825/http://www.deadwoodmagazine.com/archivedsite/Archives/Metz.htm Metz Massacre]' at the Black Hills in 1876, but there were no children nor Swede immigrants involved.

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A Chinese butcher, opium trader and laundryman that acts as de facto leader of Deadwood's Asian community. He has several dealings with Al Swearengen (even though neither speak more than a couple of words of the otherothers's language) and his hungry pigs come in handy whenever someone has to [[Disposing of a Body|dispose of a body]]. Played by [[Keone Young]].

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* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: He is at first adamant that the messages are confidential, but changes his mind after seeing Hearst's attrocitiesatrocities. Afterwards he informs Merrick and Al of every message received by Hearst in advance.

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* [[Professional Butt-Kisser]]: To the point where he tries to compliment Cy as {{spoiler|he bleeds to death from a stab wound Cy inflicted.}}.

{{quote|'''Cy''': {{spoiler|If those were your last words, tell the Lord you died stupid}}.}}

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: He basically screams to be killed off during the first episode he is given prominence, "Mr Wu", most notably in the baths scene. {{spoiler|Al spares him and kills his pal Jimmy Irons instead only because killing Leon would put him at war with Cy.}}.

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* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: The historical Con Stapleton served as Deadwood's city marshallmarshal for about a year and seems to have been quite popular. He also was capable of some [[Badass]] [http://www.legendsofamerica.com/sd-constapleton.html stunts] well far from the pathetic gimmicks of the TV character.

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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Cast as an extra in Season 1, made a regular in Season 2.

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* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He ends {{spoiler|killing himself rather than continue hearing Steve call him a liar}}, when he could just ignore him and leave town.

* [[It's All My Fault]]: {{spoiler|William's death.}}.

* [[Odd Couple]] / [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: With the Nigger General.

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: After {{spoiler|William is killed by an escaped horse he was trying to castrate}}, he immediately leaves the camp, assuming that everybody's first reaction will be to go after him.

* [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]: Subverted magnificientlymagnificently in the show. Hostetler is the serious, hard-working and educated man in contrast to the lied-back, wisecracking drinker that is the Nigger General, and is well aware that the treatment he gets from most White people because of his race is unjust, yet he acts submissive and doesn't challenge the abuse when he encounters it in order to avoid further problems.

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* [[Odd Couple]] / [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: With Hostetler.

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First introduced as an angry miner with a serious beef against the Federal government and African-Americans, who he blames for ruining his life after he was drafted to fight for the Union in the [[American Civil War]], Steve quickly comes to dispute the title of town drunk to Jane, wasting day after day at the No 10 Saloon doing nothing but drinking and rambling against Black people in [[Flanderization|each time more exaggerate and ridiculous ways]]. After Hostetler suddenly leaves the camp at the end of Season 2, he [[Pet the Dog|has pity of his horses]] and takes care of the livery stable, finally making an effort to improve his own life... {{spoiler|only to [[Fate Worse Than Death|be paralyzed]] [[Face Heel Door Slam|after being kicked]] [[Laser-Guided Karma|by a horse on the head]].}}. Played by Michael Harney.

* {{spoiler|[[Death by Racism]]: ''Averted''. He might have [[Fate Worse Than Death|preferred it]], though}}.

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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Steve ''could'' have been this. When he and the Nigger General are left alone at the stable he ends wishing him a good night in his own bigoted way and later offers him a job as his assistant realizing that he has a better head for numbers than him. If he had only told him that {{spoiler|instead of trying to de-shoe the Nigger General's horse to force him to stay}}...

* [[You Are What You Hate]]: Hearing his continouscontinuous ramble about African-Americans, another patron asks him if he can prove that he has no Black ancestry, arguing that Steve's nose is a bit flat.

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A [[Civil War]] field nurse turned good-natured Christian minister, Rev. Smith assumes responsibility for the many funerals that take place in Deadwood {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog|until he succumbs to a painful, slow growing brain tumor]].}}. Played by Ray McKinnon.

== Recurring ==

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* [[Doomed by Canon]] / [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Shot dead by Jack McCall while playing poker at the No 10.

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* [[Doomed by Canon]]: The show never says what happened to him after he was arrested by Bullock and given to the authorities. In [[Real Life]], the first verdict was declared illegal and he was retried, found guilty and hanged.

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* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Believing that he has been conned, Brom announces that he will threaten Al with an investigation. Wild Bill points that the man that sold Brom his gold concession under Al's auspices has been missing since that night and that there is a blood stain in his former hotel room, then asks Brom again if he believes that threatening Al is the smart thing to do. ''[[Face Palm|He does.]]''.

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: {{spoiler|After not finding gold for days, Brom believes he has been conned and threatens Al with an investigation. Al orders Dan to throw Brom off a clift to [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to be connected to ''[[Up to Eleven|the biggest mine in the Black Hills]]''.}}.

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* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}

* [[Slashed Throat]]: Performs it three times in "Something veryVery expensiveExpensive".

* [[You Look Familiar]]: Played by the same actor that portrayed Jack McCall in the previous season. This is lampshaded when Ellsworth recognizes him but points out that he "didn't have a beard then"."

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Mining magnate and one of the richest men in the world at the time<ref>If you are wondering, he is the founder of ''that'' Hearst family.</ref>, George Hearst arrives at Deadwood with the purpose of adding its rich gold deposits to his empire... and if that means destroying the whole town and [[Kick the Dog|kicking as many puppies]] as they get in his way, [[The Sociopath|so be it]]. Played by Gerald McRaney.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Hearst is an ominous presence all through the second season, but doesn't appear until right near the end.

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* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Doubles as an aversion of [[Infant Immortality]]}}.

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Sofia's governess, hired by Alma in Season 2 to teach the young Swede the English language. {{spoiler|Unknown to her, she is an undercover [[Pinkerton Detective]] hired by her late husband Brom's family to find evidence that Alma killed Brom allowing them to take control of her fortune, or failing that, to feign the evidence necessary.}}. Played by Sarah Paulson.

* [[No Name Given]]: When Al sees her signing a paper ([[The Un-Reveal|off screen]]), he comments that she didn't use her name, Isringhausen. She replies then that she didn't book at Farnum's hotel under her real name. In other occasion, Silas asks her her given name and she answers that it is Alice, but it is unknown if she was telling the truth.

* {{spoiler|[[Pinkerton Detective]]}}

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A bottomless corrupt high comissionercommissioner whose two goals are to ensure that Deadwood is annexed to the territory of Dakota and that Hearst's agenda is fulfilled, in no particular order. Played by [[Stephen Tobolowsky]].

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The leader of a San Francisco [[The Triads and the Tongs|tong]] allied to the Hearst organization, which he proveysproves with [[Chinese Labourer|Chinese labourerslaborers]] and [[Disposable Sex Worker|cheap prostitutes]]. His attempt to take over Deadwood's Asian community in the second season puts him in conflict with Mr Wu. Played by Philip Moon.

* [[The Stoner]]: {{spoiler|Wu kills him}} while smoking opium.

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Another prostitute at the Gem, especializedspecialized in blowjobs. She replaces Trixie in Al's bed after she leaves to learn accountancy at Sol's shop. Played by Ashley Kizer.

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* [[Hoist by His Own Petard|Hoist by her own Petard]]: She tries to {{spoiler|give a girl to Wolcott for him to murder, a bizarre kind of 'sacrifice'. Wolcott kills the girl, then another girl, and finally Maddie.}}.

* [[Idiot Ball]]: {{spoiler|It didn't occur to her that threatening a [[Serial Killer]] of prostitutes wasn't a good idea. Sure, she had a gun pointed at Wolcott, but ''then'' she had to get within stretched-arm-with-razor distance from him...}}

* [[Tempting Fate]]: {{spoiler|You shouldn't speak so much about your retirement, Maddie. In Fiction, that means [[Retirony|you will not live to enjoy it]].}}.

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The big, fat owner of the second gold mine in Deadwood after the Garrets', along with his younger brother, Fred. When Wolcott offers to buy his mine in behalf of Hearst he thinks that it is a good idea, while Fred adamantly refuses. {{spoiler|Mose kills Fred, but then regrets it inmensely.immensely}}. He later becomes the watchman at Joanie's bordello. Played by Pruitt Taylor Vince.

* [[Blatant Lies]]: {{spoiler|Oh, why, my brother wanted to sell the mine the same day he died in an accident while cleaning his gun, then to be buried in an undisclosed location for reasons totally unrelated to the possibility of performing an authopsyautopsy on him. Promise!}}!

* {{spoiler|[[Cain and Abel]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Immune to Bullets]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Subverted. He gets himself shot when he freaks out after killing his brother for money, but he is so fat the bullet gets stuck before hitting any vital organ and he ends surviving.}}.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?|After killing his brother]].}}.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: He disappears halfway through the third season, after the ''Chez Amis'' is bought by Langrishe and turned into a theatretheater.

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A conman and old associate of Cy, Andy arrives at Deadwood some days after Cy while suffering from smallpox. Rather than seeking treatment for him, [[Kick the Dog|Cy leaves Andy in the woods to die]] but he is discovered in time by Jane and survives. The experience convinces him to leave his old life behind and devote himself to help others. When he returns in the second season, he has been ordained a minister. Played by Zach Grenier.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Mocking his newfoundnew-found religious path, moresomore so if it is Cy doing it.

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* [[The Brute]] / [[The Dragon]]: To Hearst.

* {{spoiler|[[Duel to the Death]]}}

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A flamboyant actor, theater man and old friend of Al. He arrives in Deadwood in the third season along with his ''troupe'' of fellow actors disposed to build a new theatretheater, and proceeds [[Black Hole Sue|to suck an ungodly amount of screentime]] despite [[TheCreator's WesleyPet|despite adding little to nothing to the plot]]. Played by Brian Cox.

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* [[Blatant Lies]]: Oh, you have a sister you had not mentioned before? What a coincidence! She owes me money! ''Seriously!''!

* {{spoiler|[[Disposable Sex Worker]]: Killed by Al for a fuckup made by Trixie.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]}}: Or, for meaner viewers, {{spoiler|[[Red Shirt]]}}.