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Deadwood: Season 1

12 episodes Premiered Mar 21, 2004 Updated Jul 21, 2026

Deadwood is an American Western television series set in the late 1800s in Deadwood, South Dakota. The series revolves around the characters of the town, which was a gold mining camp that gradually turned into a lawless wild-west community and eventually an organized wild-west civilized town. The story is woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. The series explores th

Season overview

Deadwood is an American Western television series set in the late 1800s in Deadwood, South Dakota. The series revolves around the characters of the town, which was a gold mining camp that gradually turned into a lawless wild-west community and eventually an organized wild-west civilized town. The story is woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. The series explores the power struggle between pioneers in the town, where everything and everyone has a price. The town's growth from a camp to a town is charted, and the series is set before and after the area's annexation by the Dakota Territory.

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Episodes

S1·E1

Deadwood

Mar 21, 2004 · 61 min

Former Montana marshal Seth Bullock starts a hardware business for miners, and the arrival of Wild Bill Hickok creates a stir. Meanwhile, a corrupt saloon owner brokers a land clai

S1·E2

Deep Water

Mar 28, 2004 · 56 min

Calamity Jane helps Doc protect a young girl who survived a recent massacre. New Yorker Brom Garret realizes he may not be cut out for prospecting. Dan mulls over a difficult order

S1·E3

Reconnoitering the Rim

Apr 4, 2004 · 52 min

Believing he's been duped, Brom Garret threatens to call the Pinkertons on Swearengen. Star and Bullock finally reach a deal on their hardware-store property. A new gambling outfit

S1·E4

Here Was a Man

Apr 11, 2004 · 58 min

Alma asks Hickok to investigate the tragic fallout of her husband's gold claim purchase. McCall plots revenge after being humiliated at poker. Charlie Utter departs camp for Cheyen

S1·E5

The Trial of Jack McCall

Apr 18, 2004 · 55 min

The town buries its most famous casualty while the man responsible is tried in Swearengen's saloon. Trixie helps a widowed Alma care for an orphan. Doc warns of an impending epidem

S1·E6

Plague

Apr 25, 2004 · 52 min

Bullock's form of vigilante justice meets resistance from the locals. The town fathers band together to fight an epidemic. Farnum reluctantly agrees to keep an eye on Alma and Trix

S1·E7

Bullock Returns to the Camp

May 2, 2004 · 49 min

Bullock's vigilantism makes new enemies. Utter returns to Deadwood to say goodbye to an old friend. Teenage siblings arrive on a quest to find their father. Alma holds on to her la

S1·E8

Suffer the Little Children

May 9, 2004 · 55 min

A much-needed vaccine arrives in Deadwood. There are rumblings of a treaty with the Sioux. Swearengen is reluctant to accept advice from Farnum while Trixie is away. Alma reconside

S1·E9

No Other Sons or Daughters

May 16, 2004 · 58 min

Swearengen makes an effort to set up an informal government. Anna and Bullock discuss Ellsworth. Jane receives a job offer from Utter. Tolliver agrees to let Stubbs strike out on h

S1·E10

Mister Wu

May 23, 2004 · 53 min

Swearengen receives a double dose of irritation when a drug supply is stolen and bad news arrives from a nearby town. Rev. Smith is an unlikely customer at the Gem. Merrick hatches

S1·E11

Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking

Jun 6, 2004 · 58 min

Adams helps Swearengen out of a jam. Jewel seeks out Doc for treatment. Leon and Eddie go back to work for Cy. Alma's father arrives from New York. The camp's choice for a sheriff

S1·E12

Sold Under Sin

Jun 13, 2004 · 60 min

In the first-season finale, Farnum and Tolliver take advantage of the arrival of a U.S. Army general. Adams teaches Clagett a thing or two about loyalty. Bullock reacts when Alma's