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-->'''Alma:''' My beliefs about you have to do with your soul, which I feel is cold and ungenerous, unless you are a counterfeit. And if you are a counterfeit, the deception comes so naturally, I'd credit its source in such a soul.. meaning, cold and ungenerous, and as capable of counterfeit.. manipulative and treacherous as well.
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-->'''Alma:''' My beliefs about you have to do with your soul, which I feel is cold and ungenerous, unless you are a counterfeit. And if you are a counterfeit, the deception comes so naturally, I'd credit its source in such a soul.. soul... meaning, cold and ungenerous, and as capable of counterfeit..counterfeit... manipulative and treacherous as well.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a pretty pleasant guy after his plague experience, but whether during his conman days or [[spoiler: stabbing Cy in a rage for mocking his newfound faith]], Cy brings out the worst of Andy's behavior.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a pretty pleasant guy after his plague experience, but whether during his conman days or [[spoiler: stabbing [[spoiler:stabbing Cy in a rage for mocking his newfound faith]], Cy brings out the worst of Andy's behavior.
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-->'''Farnum:''' Antemeridian constitutional, Mr. Russell? Or will we roll the bones again?
-->'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
-->'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
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-->'''Otis:'''again?\\
'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
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'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Bullock...but it doesn't work out in his favour.
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the street.
-->'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted to him on his arrival in this cesspool, as to her complicity in her husband's murder, [[TemptingFate I suppose you'd best take your swing.]]
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the street.
-->'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted to him on his arrival in this cesspool, as to her complicity in her husband's murder, [[TemptingFate I suppose you'd best take your swing.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Bullock... but it doesn't work out in his favour.
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in thestreet.
-->'''Otis:'''street.\\
'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted to him on his arrival in this cesspool, as to her complicity in her husband's murder, [[TemptingFate I suppose you'd best take your swing.]]
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the
-->'''Otis:'''
'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted to him on his arrival in this cesspool, as to her complicity in her husband's murder, [[TemptingFate I suppose you'd best take your swing.]]
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-->'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his own temperament, might consider serving his fellows. We all have bloody thoughts.
-->'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his own temperament, might consider serving his fellows. We all have bloody thoughts.
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-->'''Bullock:''' Thank you, sir.
-->'''Crook:'''sir.\\
'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his own temperament, might consider serving his fellows. We all have bloody thoughts.
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'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his own temperament, might consider serving his fellows. We all have bloody thoughts.
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* DramaticIrony: [[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 cliff to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to be connected to ''[[UpToEleven the ''the biggest mine in the Black Hills]]''.Hills''.]]
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: 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. ''[[FacePalm He does.]]''
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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: DramaticallyMissingThePoint: 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. ''[[FacePalm He does.]]''
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* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Seems It seems like he's going to be built as a big deal for a bunch of episodes, episodes; he turns up in camp to strike a deal with Hearst, but he then leaves the camp and is killed off-screen.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: She is ''delightfully'' bitchy from the moment she sets foot in camp.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:As understandably terrified as she is when Wolcott prepares to kill her, she still manages to call him "fucking crazy" which is a very honest assessment of Wolcott.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Carrie is an utter asshole to pretty much everyone, from Maddie to Wolcott.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:She meets her end at Wolcott's hand.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Maddie has arranged for her to meet a nasty end at Wolcott's hand, a fact of which Carrie is blissfully unaware.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:As understandably terrified as she is when Wolcott prepares to kill her, she still manages to call him "fucking crazy" which is a very honest assessment of Wolcott.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Carrie is an utter asshole to pretty much everyone, from Maddie to Wolcott.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:She meets her end at Wolcott's hand.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Maddie has arranged for her to meet a nasty end at Wolcott's hand, a fact of which Carrie is blissfully unaware.]]
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* DeadpanSnarker: She is ''delightfully'' bitchy from the moment she sets foot in camp.
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* DefiantToTheEnd:[[spoiler:As As understandably terrified as she is when Wolcott prepares to kill her, she still manages to call him "fucking crazy" which is a very honest assessment of Wolcott.]]
Wolcott.
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Wolcott. She makes no secret of the fact that she hates Deadwood, she hates the people in it, and she hates being there in the first place.
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!!Persimmon Phil, Ned Mason & Tom Mason
->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Chrest, Jamie [=McShane=] & Creator/NickOfferman
* TooDumbToLive: They embark on a very poorly planned scheme that relies on deception, which they are very bad at. Wild Bill and Al see through Ned and Phil like wet toilet paper, respectively.
* WouldHurtAChild: They think nothing of murdering a defenseless family, including the children. The youngest child survives, but only due to their incompetence rather than their non-existent morality.
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* WouldHurtAChild: He's happy to slaughter innocent families on the road.
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* TooDumbToLive: Along Aside from his aforementioned joint idiocy with the Masons, his gang, he embarks on a poorly planned scheme that puts him at odds with Al. When Al confronts him, Phil tests his Al's patience with lie after lie.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:As understandably terrified as she is when Wolcott prepares to kill her, she still manages to call him "fucking crazy" which is a very honest assessment of Wolcott.]]
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crook General George R. Crook Crook]] was an a real person, and a very interesting guy guy.
* ShutUpHannibal: He tells Cy inreal life, too.]]no uncertain terms what he thinks of him.
-->''"If I were sheriff, I'd have you hanged."''
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-->''"If I were sheriff, I'd have you hanged."''
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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Both of them. Cy shoots Miles, then forces Joanie to shoot Flora.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:It's hard to think of a nastier end on Deadwood. Cy could easily kill them, but he lets them linger. He taunts them in the cruelest ways he can think of with a big sadistic grin, practically feeding off their agony.]]
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Both of them. Cy shoots Miles, then forces Joanie to shoot Flora.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:It's hard to think of a nastier end on Deadwood. Cy could easily kill them, but he lets them linger. He taunts them in the cruelest ways he can think of with a big sadistic grin, practically feeding off their agony.]]
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is.
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* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler:She halfway seduces Joanie with her 'innocent girl' act and beauty, igniting Joanie's protective instincts and desire.]]
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:Flora tells Miles they need to work quickly because Cy is getting suspicious. Miles says she probably wants to rush the job just so she ''has'' to hurt someone (though Cy is, indeed, getting suspicious).]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Although she was forced to do it, Joanie's shooting of Flora comes across as this more than outright murder. She wouldn't condemn Flora to one more second in the company of a wrathful Cy Tolliver.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Flora seems to believe she can quit Tolliver's business, steal Joanie's jewelry, and make a clean get-away. This ends badly for the siblings.]]
* TheVamp: [[spoiler:Flora knows she's beautiful, and knows how to use that beauty to manipulate the likes of Joanie.]]
* FemmeFatale: [[spoiler:She halfway seduces Joanie with her 'innocent girl' act and beauty, igniting Joanie's protective instincts and desire.]]
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:Flora tells Miles they need to work quickly because Cy is getting suspicious. Miles says she probably wants to rush the job just so she ''has'' to hurt someone (though Cy is, indeed, getting suspicious).]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Although she was forced to do it, Joanie's shooting of Flora comes across as this more than outright murder. She wouldn't condemn Flora to one more second in the company of a wrathful Cy Tolliver.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Flora seems to believe she can quit Tolliver's business, steal Joanie's jewelry, and make a clean get-away. This ends badly for the siblings.]]
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Cy.
* FemmeFatale:[[spoiler:She She halfway seduces Joanie with her 'innocent girl' act and beauty, igniting both Joanie's protective instincts and desire.]]
lustful desires.
* ForTheEvulz:[[spoiler:Flora Flora tells Miles they need to work quickly because Cy is getting suspicious. suspicious, but Miles says she probably wants to rush the job just so she ''has'' to hurt someone (though Cy is, indeed, getting suspicious).]]
suspicious).
* KnifeNut: She enjoys her knife a great deal.
* MercyKill:[[spoiler:Although Although she was forced to do it, Joanie's shooting of Flora comes across as this more than outright murder. She wouldn't condemn Flora to one more second in the company of a wrathful Cy Tolliver.]]
Tolliver.
* UnderestimatingBadassery:[[spoiler:Flora Flora seems to believe she can quit Tolliver's business, steal Joanie's jewelry, and make a clean get-away. This ends badly for the siblings.]]
siblings.
* TheVamp:[[spoiler:Flora Flora knows she's beautiful, and knows how to use that beauty to manipulate the likes of Joanie.]]
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted.
* FemmeFatale:
* ForTheEvulz:
* KnifeNut: She enjoys her knife a great deal.
* MercyKill:
* UnderestimatingBadassery:
* TheVamp:
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* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:He's nowhere near as ruthless or manipulative as Flora.]]
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Flora's less bloody-minded brother.
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* PunchClockVillain:[[spoiler:He's He's nowhere near as ruthless or manipulative as Flora.]]
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* PunchClockVillain:
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She seems bashful and innocent around Silas Adams. Then her true colors are revealed.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Her relationship with Adams seems to mellow her. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when it's revealed she's just a skilled manipulator with a heart of ice.]]
* HotTeacher: She's played by the very attractive Sarah Paulson, and Silas quickly becomes rather smitten with her. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed she's a Pinkerton posing as a teacher.]]
* IceQueen: Miss Isringhausen is rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her manner is.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Her relationship with Adams seems to mellow her. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when it's revealed she's just a skilled manipulator with a heart of ice.]]
* HotTeacher: She's played by the very attractive Sarah Paulson, and Silas quickly becomes rather smitten with her. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed she's a Pinkerton posing as a teacher.]]
* IceQueen: Miss Isringhausen is rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her manner is.
to:
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She At first, she seems to be no less or more than she appears to be: a prim, strict but coolly obedient tutor for Sofia hired at Alma's behest. Later, she even seems bashful and innocent around Silas Adams. Then She manages to shock Alma, Silas and even Al with her true colors are revealed.]]
nature and mercenary turn of mind.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Subverted. Her relationship with Adams seems to mellowher. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when her, but it's soon revealed she's just actually a highly skilled manipulator with a heart of ice.]]
whose icy exterior conceals an even icier interior.
* HotTeacher: She's played by the very attractive Sarah Paulson, and Silas quickly becomes rather smitten with her.[[spoiler:Subverted Subverted when it's revealed she's a Pinkerton posing as a teacher.]]
teacher.
* IceQueen: Even before her true nature is revealed, Miss Isringhausen is rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her manner is.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Subverted. Her relationship with Adams seems to mellow
* HotTeacher: She's played by the very attractive Sarah Paulson, and Silas quickly becomes rather smitten with her.
* IceQueen: Even before her true nature is revealed, Miss Isringhausen is rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her manner is.
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* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She successfully plays Alma, Silas and even Al who is forced to concede to her. Of course, she has to get out of town pretty fast, but that's just a wise move in general.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:When Al sees her signing a paper ([[TheUnreveal 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.]]
* PinkertonDetective: [[spoiler:Her real identity.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:When Al sees her signing a paper ([[TheUnreveal 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.]]
* PinkertonDetective: [[spoiler:Her real identity.]]
to:
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She She successfully plays Alma, Silas and even Al who is forced to concede to her. Of course, she has to get out of town pretty fast, but that's just a wise move in general.]]
general.
* NoNameGiven:[[spoiler:When When Al sees her signing a paper ([[TheUnreveal 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.]]
truth.
* PinkertonDetective:[[spoiler:Her real identity.]]Her true identity is that of a Pinkerton agent, sent to investigate Alma's possible culpability in Brom's death.
* NoNameGiven:
* PinkertonDetective:
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* TheAtoner: After surviving smallpox, he becomes a repentant man of God seeking to right the wrongs of his past.
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* TheAtoner: After surviving a nigh-fatal bout of smallpox, he changes his ways. He becomes a repentant man of God seeking to right the wrongs of his past.past, although he doesn't find the path easy when Cy is tempting him to wrath.
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* {{Conman}}: Formerly.
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* {{Conman}}: Formerly.He ''was'' a con artist who associated with Cy Tolliver, and seemingly a skilled one. He abandons this life to become a minister.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Andy unintentionally brings the smallpox to Deadwood.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Andy unintentionally brings the smallpox to Deadwood.Deadwood; the illness didn't manifest until he was already situated, by which time it's too late. As a result several people succumb to the plague.
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!Other Characters
[[folder:Miss Isringhausen]]
!!Miss Alice Isringhausen
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"For who do you take me then? For who do you mistake me?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson
Alice Isringhausen is hired from back East by Alma Garret to tutor Sofia. Isringhausen remains unobtrusively in the background with Sofia throughout most of the drama between Alma and Seth.
----
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She seems bashful and innocent around Silas Adams. Then her true colors are revealed.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Her relationship with Adams seems to mellow her. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when it's revealed she's just a skilled manipulator with a heart of ice.]]
* HotTeacher: She's played by the very attractive Sarah Paulson, and Silas quickly becomes rather smitten with her. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed she's a Pinkerton posing as a teacher.]]
* IceQueen: Miss Isringhausen is rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her manner is.
-->'''Alma:''' My beliefs about you have to do with your soul, which I feel is cold and ungenerous, unless you are a counterfeit. And if you are a counterfeit, the deception comes so naturally, I'd credit its source in such a soul.. meaning, cold and ungenerous, and as capable of counterfeit.. manipulative and treacherous as well.
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She successfully plays Alma, Silas and even Al who is forced to concede to her. Of course, she has to get out of town pretty fast, but that's just a wise move in general.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:When Al sees her signing a paper ([[TheUnreveal 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.]]
* PinkertonDetective: [[spoiler:Her real identity.]]
* SternTeacher: To Sofia, with whom she is fairly strict.
[[folder:Miss Isringhausen]]
!!Miss Alice Isringhausen
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"For who do you take me then? For who do you mistake me?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson
Alice Isringhausen is hired from back East by Alma Garret to tutor Sofia. Isringhausen remains unobtrusively in the background with Sofia throughout most of the drama between Alma and Seth.
----
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She seems bashful and innocent around Silas Adams. Then her true colors are revealed.]]
* DefrostingIceQueen: Her relationship with Adams seems to mellow her. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when it's revealed she's just a skilled manipulator with a heart of ice.]]
* HotTeacher: She's played by the very attractive Sarah Paulson, and Silas quickly becomes rather smitten with her. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed she's a Pinkerton posing as a teacher.]]
* IceQueen: Miss Isringhausen is rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her manner is.
-->'''Alma:''' My beliefs about you have to do with your soul, which I feel is cold and ungenerous, unless you are a counterfeit. And if you are a counterfeit, the deception comes so naturally, I'd credit its source in such a soul.. meaning, cold and ungenerous, and as capable of counterfeit.. manipulative and treacherous as well.
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She successfully plays Alma, Silas and even Al who is forced to concede to her. Of course, she has to get out of town pretty fast, but that's just a wise move in general.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:When Al sees her signing a paper ([[TheUnreveal 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.]]
* PinkertonDetective: [[spoiler:Her real identity.]]
* SternTeacher: To Sofia, with whom she is fairly strict.
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[[folder:Miss Isringhausen]]
!!Miss Alice Isringhausen
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"For who do you take me then? For who do you mistake me?"'']]
[[folder:Persimmon Phil]]
!!Persimmon Phil
->'''Portrayed By:'''
Alice Isringhausen is hired from back East by Alma Garret to tutor Sofia. Isringhausen remains unobtrusively in the background
* TooDumbToLive: Along with
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*
* DefrostingIceQueen: Her relationship with Adams seems to mellow her. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when it's revealed she's just a skilled manipulator with a heart of ice.]]
* HotTeacher: She's played by
* IceQueen: Miss Isringhausen is rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her manner is.
-->'''Alma:''' My beliefs about you have to do with your soul, which I feel is cold and ungenerous, unless you are a counterfeit. And if you are a counterfeit, the deception comes so naturally, I'd credit its source in such a soul.. meaning, cold and ungenerous, and as capable of counterfeit.. manipulative and treacherous as well.
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She successfully plays Alma, Silas and even Al who is forced to concede to her. Of course, she has to get out of town pretty fast, but that's just a wise move in general.]]
* NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:When Al sees her signing a paper ([[TheUnreveal 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.]]
* PinkertonDetective: [[spoiler:Her real identity.]]
* SternTeacher: To Sofia, with whom she is fairly strict.
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[[folder:Andy]]
!!Andy Cramed
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"God is not mocked, Cy."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Zach Grenier
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, [[KickTheDog 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.
----
* TheAtoner: After surviving smallpox, he becomes a repentant man of God seeking to right the wrongs of his past.
* BerserkButton: Mocking his newfound religious path, moreso if it is Cy doing it. Andy clearly has some unresolved feelings of anger toward Cy for abandoning him.
* {{Conman}}: Formerly.
* MadnessMantra: During his smallpox, he repeats 'I apologize' over and over in the delirium of fever.
* HeelFaithTurn: Prior to his smallpox infection and subsequent religious conversion, Andy was an old friend of Cy Tolliver's. He was a professional con man and considering the type of person Cy is, probably did a few things worse.
* PreacherMan: Becomes this after his brush with death.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Andy unintentionally brings the smallpox to Deadwood.
!!Andy Cramed
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"God is not mocked, Cy."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Zach Grenier
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, [[KickTheDog 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.
----
* TheAtoner: After surviving smallpox, he becomes a repentant man of God seeking to right the wrongs of his past.
* BerserkButton: Mocking his newfound religious path, moreso if it is Cy doing it. Andy clearly has some unresolved feelings of anger toward Cy for abandoning him.
* {{Conman}}: Formerly.
* MadnessMantra: During his smallpox, he repeats 'I apologize' over and over in the delirium of fever.
* HeelFaithTurn: Prior to his smallpox infection and subsequent religious conversion, Andy was an old friend of Cy Tolliver's. He was a professional con man and considering the type of person Cy is, probably did a few things worse.
* PreacherMan: Becomes this after his brush with death.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Andy unintentionally brings the smallpox to Deadwood.
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!!Andy Cramed
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"God is not mocked, Cy."'']]
!!Ned Mason
->'''Portrayed By:'''
A conman and old associate
* EyeScream: He's killed by a bullet to the head, which enters through his eye.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ned thinks nothing of
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* TheAtoner: After surviving smallpox, he becomes a repentant man of God seeking to right the wrongs of his past.
* BerserkButton: Mocking his newfound religious path, moreso if it is Cy doing it. Andy clearly has some unresolved feelings of anger toward Cy for abandoning him.
* {{Conman}}: Formerly.
* MadnessMantra: During his smallpox, he repeats 'I apologize' over and over in the delirium of fever.
* HeelFaithTurn: Prior to his smallpox infection and subsequent religious conversion, Andy was an old friend of Cy Tolliver's. He was a professional con man and considering the type of person Cy is, probably did a few things worse.
* PreacherMan: Becomes this after his brush with death.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Andy unintentionally brings the smallpox to Deadwood.
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[[folder:Hawkeye]]
!!Hawkeye
->'''Portrayed By:''' Monty 'Hawkeye' Henson
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Since Dan is unable to attack Adams straight-on, he instead goes for Hawkeye and lays a decisive smackdown. It's a miracle Hawkeye came out alive.
!!Hawkeye
->'''Portrayed By:''' Monty 'Hawkeye' Henson
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Since Dan is unable to attack Adams straight-on, he instead goes for Hawkeye and lays a decisive smackdown. It's a miracle Hawkeye came out alive.
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!!Hawkeye
!!Tom Mason
->'''Portrayed By:'''
*
* MaleFrontalNudity: If you ever wanted to
* UnwittingPawn: Tom is easily manipulated by Al into meeting a sticky end.
* WouldHurtAChild: Along with his brother Ned, Tom freely murders an entire family for
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[[folder:Maddie]]
!!Maddie
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Only way to guarantee an outcome, honey, is contracting to be fucked."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Alice Krige
Maddie, an aging but still attractive former prostitute, has been imported by Joanie Stubbs to serve as Madame for a new brothel. Cy Tolliver, realizing that he's not only losing Joanie but now facing stiff competition, is enraged. "Suck some pr*cks if you like," he tells Maddie, "and keep whatever they give you. My way of saying welcome." "Any blind ones out there?" Maddie shoots back with self-deprecating humor. In Maddie, Tolliver has encountered a formidable foe.
!!Maddie
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Only way to guarantee an outcome, honey, is contracting to be fucked."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Alice Krige
Maddie, an aging but still attractive former prostitute, has been imported by Joanie Stubbs to serve as Madame for a new brothel. Cy Tolliver, realizing that he's not only losing Joanie but now facing stiff competition, is enraged. "Suck some pr*cks if you like," he tells Maddie, "and keep whatever they give you. My way of saying welcome." "Any blind ones out there?" Maddie shoots back with self-deprecating humor. In Maddie, Tolliver has encountered a formidable foe.
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!!Maddie
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[[folder:Miss Isringhausen]]
!!Miss Alice Isringhausen
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson
Alice
Maddie, an aging but still attractive former prostitute, has been imported by Joanie Stubbs to serve as Madame for a new brothel. Cy Tolliver, realizing that he's not only losing Joanie but now facing stiff competition,
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* BadBoss: [[spoiler:Maddie gives up her own prostitutes to Wolcott for him to murder, just so she can blackmail him later.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She might not be the nicest person, but she's much more ruthless than her initial shrewdness suggests.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Her plan for Wolcott. She knows of his murderous desires and plans to blackmail him after handing her own girls over to be killed.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* [[GrowingUpSucks Getting Old Sucks]]: Maddie is not happy to be aging; she's well-aware of her position in life, the end of her 'glory days' as a prostitute and has made dark plans for retirement.
* FamedInStory: Not to the extent of Hearst or Wild Bill, but she's reasonably well-known.
* FirstNameBasis: Her last name (if she has one) is never mentioned.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by her own Petard]]: [[spoiler:She hoped to use Wolcott to secure her retirement, but ends up dead as his hands.]]
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Maddie is willing to 'sacrifice' the girls who trust her to Wolcott, so she can blackmail him. It's fitting that she loses control of him and meets the same fate as those girls she sent to the slaughter.]]
%%* ManipulativeBitch
%%* MissKitty
%%* SmugSnake
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:At Wolcott's hand.]]
%%* StepfordSmiler
* TemptingFate: You shouldn't speak so much about your retirement, Maddie. In fiction that means [[{{Retirony}} you will not live to enjoy it]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It didn't occur to her that threatening a SerialKiller 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...]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She might not be the nicest person, but she's much more ruthless than her initial shrewdness suggests.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Her plan for Wolcott. She knows of his murderous desires and plans to blackmail him after handing her own girls over to be killed.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* [[GrowingUpSucks Getting Old Sucks]]: Maddie is not happy to be aging; she's well-aware of her position in life, the end of her 'glory days' as a prostitute and has made dark plans for retirement.
* FamedInStory: Not to the extent of Hearst or Wild Bill, but she's reasonably well-known.
* FirstNameBasis: Her last name (if she has one) is never mentioned.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by her own Petard]]: [[spoiler:She hoped to use Wolcott to secure her retirement, but ends up dead as his hands.]]
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Maddie is willing to 'sacrifice' the girls who trust her to Wolcott, so she can blackmail him. It's fitting that she loses control of him and meets the same fate as those girls she sent to the slaughter.]]
%%* ManipulativeBitch
%%* MissKitty
%%* SmugSnake
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:At Wolcott's hand.]]
%%* StepfordSmiler
* TemptingFate: You shouldn't speak so much about your retirement, Maddie. In fiction that means [[{{Retirony}} you will not live to enjoy it]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It didn't occur to her that threatening a SerialKiller 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...]]
to:
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:Maddie gives up BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She seems bashful and innocent around Silas Adams. Then her own prostitutes to Wolcott for him to murder, just so she can blackmail him later.true colors are revealed.]]
*BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She might not be the nicest person, but DefrostingIceQueen: Her relationship with Adams seems to mellow her. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted when it's revealed she's much more ruthless than her initial shrewdness suggests.just a skilled manipulator with a heart of ice.]]
*{{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Her plan for Wolcott. She knows of his murderous desires HotTeacher: She's played by the very attractive Sarah Paulson, and plans to blackmail him after handing her own girls over to be killed.Silas quickly becomes rather smitten with her. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed she's a Pinkerton posing as a teacher.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* [[GrowingUpSucks Getting Old Sucks]]: Maddie IceQueen: Miss Isringhausen is not happy to be aging; she's well-aware of rather cold and aloof. Alma notices how frosty her position in life, manner is.
-->'''Alma:''' My beliefs about you have to do with your soul, which I feel is cold and ungenerous, unless you are a counterfeit. And if you are a counterfeit, theend of her 'glory days' as deception comes so naturally, I'd credit its source in such a prostitute soul.. meaning, cold and has made dark plans for retirement.
* FamedInStory: Not to the extentungenerous, and as capable of Hearst or Wild Bill, but she's reasonably well-known.
counterfeit.. manipulative and treacherous as well.
*FirstNameBasis: Her last name (if she has one) is never mentioned.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by her own Petard]]:ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:She hoped successfully plays Alma, Silas and even Al who is forced to use Wolcott concede to secure her retirement, her. Of course, she has to get out of town pretty fast, but ends up dead as his hands.that's just a wise move in general.]]
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Maddie is willing to 'sacrifice' the girls who trust NoNameGiven: [[spoiler:When Al sees her to Wolcott, so she can blackmail him. It's fitting signing a paper ([[TheUnreveal off screen]]) he comments that she loses control of him 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 meets she answers that it is Alice, but it is unknown if she was telling the same fate as those girls she sent to the slaughter.truth.]]
%%* ManipulativeBitch
%%* MissKitty
%%* SmugSnake
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:At Wolcott's hand.PinkertonDetective: [[spoiler:Her real identity.]]
%%* StepfordSmiler
* TemptingFate: You shouldn't speak so much about your retirement, Maddie. In fiction that means [[{{Retirony}} you will not live to enjoy it]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It didn't occur to her that threatening a SerialKiller of prostitutes wasn't a good idea. Sure,SternTeacher: To Sofia, with whom she had a gun pointed at Wolcott, but ''then'' she had to get within stretched-arm-with-razor distance from him...]]is fairly strict.
*
*
-->'''Alma:''' My beliefs about you have to do with your soul, which I feel is cold and ungenerous, unless you are a counterfeit. And if you are a counterfeit, the
* FamedInStory: Not to the extent
*
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by her own Petard]]:
%%* MissKitty
%%* SmugSnake
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It didn't occur to her that threatening a SerialKiller of prostitutes wasn't a good idea. Sure,
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[[folder:Brom]]
!!Brom Garret
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"If I'm stooped when next you see me, Alma, it won't be worry weighing me down, but bags of our recovered gold."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Timothy Omundson
Alma's husband, a clueless, upper class businessman from New York City that tries his luck in the Gold Rush.
!!Brom Garret
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"If I'm stooped when next you see me, Alma, it won't be worry weighing me down, but bags of our recovered gold."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Timothy Omundson
Alma's husband, a clueless, upper class businessman from New York City that tries his luck in the Gold Rush.
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!!Brom Garret
!!Andy Cramed
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->'''Portrayed By:'''
Alma's husband, a clueless, upper class businessman
A conman and old associate of Cy, Andy arrives at Deadwood some days after Cy while suffering from
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* ArrangedMarriage: To Alma, at her father's behest.
%%* CitySlicker
* CityMouse: He's a New Yorker through-and-through, entirely unprepared to deal with the world outside his upper-class city life.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: 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. ''[[FacePalm He does.]]''
%%* TheDandy
* DramaticIrony: [[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 cliff to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to be connected to ''[[UpToEleven the biggest mine in the Black Hills]]''.]]
%%* NaiveNewcomer
* NiceGuy: He's a pompous fool, but not a bad man by any stretch. He's perhaps too nice for Deadwood.
%%* MauveShirt
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:His constant warring with Swearengen results in his swift death.]]
%%* UpperClassTwit
%%* CitySlicker
* CityMouse: He's a New Yorker through-and-through, entirely unprepared to deal with the world outside his upper-class city life.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: 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. ''[[FacePalm He does.]]''
%%* TheDandy
* DramaticIrony: [[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 cliff to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to be connected to ''[[UpToEleven the biggest mine in the Black Hills]]''.]]
%%* NaiveNewcomer
* NiceGuy: He's a pompous fool, but not a bad man by any stretch. He's perhaps too nice for Deadwood.
%%* MauveShirt
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:His constant warring with Swearengen results in his swift death.]]
%%* UpperClassTwit
to:
* ArrangedMarriage: To Alma, at her father's behest.
%%* CitySlicker
* CityMouse: He'sTheAtoner: After surviving smallpox, he becomes a New Yorker through-and-through, entirely unprepared repentant man of God seeking to deal with right the world outside wrongs of his upper-class city life.
past.
*CompletelyMissingThePoint: Believing that he BerserkButton: Mocking his newfound religious path, moreso if it is Cy doing it. Andy clearly has been conned, Brom announces that he will threaten Al with an investigation. Wild Bill points that the man that sold Brom some unresolved feelings of anger toward Cy for abandoning him.
* {{Conman}}: Formerly.
* MadnessMantra: During hisgold concession under Al's auspices has been missing since that night smallpox, he repeats 'I apologize' over 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. ''[[FacePalm He does.]]''
%%* TheDandy
* DramaticIrony: [[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 cliff to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to be connected to ''[[UpToEleven the biggest mineover in the Black Hills]]''.]]
%%* NaiveNewcomer
delirium of fever.
*NiceGuy: He's HeelFaithTurn: Prior to his smallpox infection and subsequent religious conversion, Andy was an old friend of Cy Tolliver's. He was a pompous fool, but not a bad professional con man by any stretch. He's perhaps too nice for Deadwood.
%%* MauveShirt
and considering the type of person Cy is, probably did a few things worse.
*TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:His constant warring PreacherMan: Becomes this after his brush with Swearengen results in his swift death.]]
%%* UpperClassTwitdeath.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Andy unintentionally brings the smallpox to Deadwood.
%%* CitySlicker
* CityMouse: He's
*
* {{Conman}}: Formerly.
* MadnessMantra: During his
%%* TheDandy
* DramaticIrony: [[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 cliff to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to be connected to ''[[UpToEleven the biggest mine
%%* NaiveNewcomer
*
%%* MauveShirt
*
%%* UpperClassTwit
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Andy unintentionally brings the smallpox to Deadwood.
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[[folder:Magistrate Claggett]]
!!Magistrate Claggett
->'''Portrayed By:''' Marshall Bell
* {{Jerkass}}: Besides being corrupt as hell, he's a rude, condescending jackass.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Via Silas on Al's orders.]]
!!Magistrate Claggett
->'''Portrayed By:''' Marshall Bell
* {{Jerkass}}: Besides being corrupt as hell, he's a rude, condescending jackass.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Via Silas on Al's orders.]]
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!!Magistrate Claggett
!!Hawkeye
->'''Portrayed By:'''
*
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Via Silas on Al's orders.]]
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[[folder:Otis]]
!!Otis Russell
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Must the pretense of my behavior generating from parental concern be abandoned so quickly?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' William Russ
Alma's father, who turns up in town for less-than-noble reasons.
!!Otis Russell
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/russell_otis_1992.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Must the pretense of my behavior generating from parental concern be abandoned so quickly?"'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' William Russ
Alma's father, who turns up in town for less-than-noble reasons.
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!!Otis Russell
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!!Maddie
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->'''Portrayed By:'''
Alma's father, who turns up in town
Maddie, an aging but still attractive former prostitute, has been imported by Joanie Stubbs to serve as Madame for
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* AbusiveParent: He is financially and psychologically abusive toward his own daughter, Alma. He practically tries to pimp her out to Bullock.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he seems like a pleasant and genial man. This is just a mask for the greedy opportunistic sociopath he is; Otis even admits it.
-->''"Must the pretense of my behavior generating from parental concern be abandoned so quickly?"''
* {{Blackmail}}: He attempts to blackmail his own daughter, an act which even EB Farnum finds disgusting.
* TheBully: A subtle one. He bullies others through sly insinuations and instilling a sense of insecurity, all the while bending them to his will.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Initially, Otis can be pretty personable. He's witty, polite and even throws in a spot of self-deprecation. He'll still take you for all you're worth and sleep well that night.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Otis' putdown of Farnum is well-deserved, but somehow this trope is averted. Otis is such a reprehensible creature that Farnum actually comes off as holding the moral high ground in such an instance.
-->'''Farnum:''' Antemeridian constitutional, Mr. Russell? Or will we roll the bones again?
-->'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a highly deserved one from Bullock.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The singular reason that Otis even sets foot in Deadwood is to seize Alma's claim.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Bullock...but it doesn't work out in his favour.
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the street.
-->'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted to him on his arrival in this cesspool, as to her complicity in her husband's murder, [[TemptingFate I suppose you'd best take your swing.]]
* SmugSnake: Otis is deeply confident and assured with himself. Even after numerous threats and warnings, he still opens his mouth to insult a man who can beat the hell out of him. And that man does just that.
* TheSociopath: Remorselessly attempts to destroy his daughter's life just go gain her money.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he seems like a pleasant and genial man. This is just a mask for the greedy opportunistic sociopath he is; Otis even admits it.
-->''"Must the pretense of my behavior generating from parental concern be abandoned so quickly?"''
* {{Blackmail}}: He attempts to blackmail his own daughter, an act which even EB Farnum finds disgusting.
* TheBully: A subtle one. He bullies others through sly insinuations and instilling a sense of insecurity, all the while bending them to his will.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Initially, Otis can be pretty personable. He's witty, polite and even throws in a spot of self-deprecation. He'll still take you for all you're worth and sleep well that night.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Otis' putdown of Farnum is well-deserved, but somehow this trope is averted. Otis is such a reprehensible creature that Farnum actually comes off as holding the moral high ground in such an instance.
-->'''Farnum:''' Antemeridian constitutional, Mr. Russell? Or will we roll the bones again?
-->'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a highly deserved one from Bullock.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The singular reason that Otis even sets foot in Deadwood is to seize Alma's claim.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Bullock...but it doesn't work out in his favour.
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the street.
-->'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted to him on his arrival in this cesspool, as to her complicity in her husband's murder, [[TemptingFate I suppose you'd best take your swing.]]
* SmugSnake: Otis is deeply confident and assured with himself. Even after numerous threats and warnings, he still opens his mouth to insult a man who can beat the hell out of him. And that man does just that.
* TheSociopath: Remorselessly attempts to destroy his daughter's life just go gain her money.
to:
* AbusiveParent: He is financially and psychologically abusive toward his BadBoss: [[spoiler:Maddie gives up her own daughter, Alma. He practically tries prostitutes to pimp her out Wolcott for him to Bullock.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he seems like a pleasant and genial man. This ismurder, just a mask for the greedy opportunistic sociopath he is; Otis even admits it.
-->''"Must the pretense of my behavior generating from parental concern be abandonedso quickly?"''
* {{Blackmail}}: He attempts toshe can blackmail his own daughter, an act which even EB Farnum finds disgusting.
* TheBully: A subtle one. He bullies others through sly insinuations and instilling a sense of insecurity, all the while bending them to his will.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Initially, Otis can be pretty personable. He's witty, polite and even throws in a spot of self-deprecation. He'll still take you for all you're worth and sleep well that night.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Otis' putdown of Farnum is well-deserved, but somehow this trope is averted. Otis is such a reprehensible creature that Farnum actually comes off as holding the moral high ground in such an instance.
-->'''Farnum:''' Antemeridian constitutional, Mr. Russell? Or will we roll the bones again?
-->'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a highly deserved one from Bullock.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The singular reason that Otis even sets foot in Deadwood is to seize Alma's claim.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Bullock...but it doesn't work out in his favour.
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the street.
-->'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted tohim on his arrival in this cesspool, as to her complicity in her husband's murder, [[TemptingFate I suppose you'd best take your swing.later.]]
*SmugSnake: Otis is deeply confident BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She might not be the nicest person, but she's much more ruthless than her initial shrewdness suggests.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Her plan for Wolcott. She knows of his murderous desires andassured with himself. Even plans to blackmail him after numerous threats handing her own girls over to be killed.]]
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* [[GrowingUpSucks Getting Old Sucks]]: Maddie is not happy to be aging; she's well-aware of her position in life, the end of her 'glory days' as a prostitute andwarnings, he still opens has made dark plans for retirement.
* FamedInStory: Not to the extent of Hearst or Wild Bill, but she's reasonably well-known.
* FirstNameBasis: Her last name (if she has one) is never mentioned.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by her own Petard]]: [[spoiler:She hoped to use Wolcott to secure her retirement, but ends up dead as hismouth hands.]]
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Maddie is willing toinsult a man 'sacrifice' the girls who trust her to Wolcott, so she can beat the hell out of blackmail him. And It's fitting that man does just that.
* TheSociopath: Remorselessly attemptsshe loses control of him and meets the same fate as those girls she sent to destroy his daughter's life just go gain the slaughter.]]
%%* ManipulativeBitch
%%* MissKitty
%%* SmugSnake
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:At Wolcott's hand.]]
%%* StepfordSmiler
* TemptingFate: You shouldn't speak so much about your retirement, Maddie. In fiction that means [[{{Retirony}} you will not live to enjoy it]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It didn't occur to hermoney.that threatening a SerialKiller 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...]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he seems like a pleasant and genial man. This is
-->''"Must the pretense of my behavior generating from parental concern be abandoned
* {{Blackmail}}: He attempts to
* TheBully: A subtle one. He bullies others through sly insinuations and instilling a sense of insecurity, all the while bending them to his will.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Initially, Otis can be pretty personable. He's witty, polite and even throws in a spot of self-deprecation. He'll still take you for all you're worth and sleep well that night.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Otis' putdown of Farnum is well-deserved, but somehow this trope is averted. Otis is such a reprehensible creature that Farnum actually comes off as holding the moral high ground in such an instance.
-->'''Farnum:''' Antemeridian constitutional, Mr. Russell? Or will we roll the bones again?
-->'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a highly deserved one from Bullock.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The singular reason that Otis even sets foot in Deadwood is to seize Alma's claim.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Bullock...but it doesn't work out in his favour.
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the street.
-->'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at the table with us, perhaps he's long dead. If you will view the present with more clarity, perhaps you'd recognize that [[BlatantLies I'm not victimizing my daughter]], but merely [[{{Greed}} asking for a small portion of the ample proceeds from her veins]]. Alma is hurt only in your particular view of things. And while I'll sign no guarantee not to return, or against any future claim on her compassion, realize I do hate it here. And if you inhale and expel pure righteousness, my olfactories are keen to the smell of shit. Having heard all that and knowing, as you must, the injudiciousness of making an enemy of a man who could testify truthfully that, five minutes before her marriage, he heard his daughter wish her prospective husband dead, and who won't shrink from lying as to what she admitted to
*
* {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler:Her plan for Wolcott. She knows of his murderous desires and
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* [[GrowingUpSucks Getting Old Sucks]]: Maddie is not happy to be aging; she's well-aware of her position in life, the end of her 'glory days' as a prostitute and
* FamedInStory: Not to the extent of Hearst or Wild Bill, but she's reasonably well-known.
* FirstNameBasis: Her last name (if she has one) is never mentioned.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by her own Petard]]: [[spoiler:She hoped to use Wolcott to secure her retirement, but ends up dead as his
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Maddie is willing to
* TheSociopath: Remorselessly attempts
%%* ManipulativeBitch
%%* MissKitty
%%* SmugSnake
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:At Wolcott's hand.]]
%%* StepfordSmiler
* TemptingFate: You shouldn't speak so much about your retirement, Maddie. In fiction that means [[{{Retirony}} you will not live to enjoy it]].
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:It didn't occur to her
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[[folder:Odell]]
!!Odell Marchbanks
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fond as you are of my mother, without that gold I showed you, I don’t expect we’d be out here talking."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Omar Gooding
Aunt Lou's son, a church deacon and missionary working in Liberia with more interest in finding new gold deposits than in saving souls.
!!Odell Marchbanks
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marchbanks_odell_4847.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fond as you are of my mother, without that gold I showed you, I don’t expect we’d be out here talking."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Omar Gooding
Aunt Lou's son, a church deacon and missionary working in Liberia with more interest in finding new gold deposits than in saving souls.
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!!Odell Marchbanks
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!!Brom Garret
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Aunt Lou's son,
Alma's husband, a
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* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Seems to be built as a big deal for a bunch of episodes, then leaves the camp and is killed off-screen.]]
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:Odell dies off-screen shortly after his first appearance.]]
* ButNotTooBlack: He is a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_yellow high-yellow]]".
%%* NiceHat
%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* PreacherMan: He's a deacon, but he doesn't do much preaching.
* SinisterMinister: Odell is quick to throw any morals he may have had out the window in favour of securing gold with Hearst's backing.
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:Odell dies off-screen shortly after his first appearance.]]
* ButNotTooBlack: He is a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_yellow high-yellow]]".
%%* NiceHat
%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* PreacherMan: He's a deacon, but he doesn't do much preaching.
* SinisterMinister: Odell is quick to throw any morals he may have had out the window in favour of securing gold with Hearst's backing.
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* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Seems ArrangedMarriage: To Alma, at her father's behest.
%%* CitySlicker
* CityMouse: He's a New Yorker through-and-through, entirely unprepared to deal with the world outside his upper-class city life.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: 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. ''[[FacePalm He does.]]''
%%* TheDandy
* DramaticIrony: [[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 cliff to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to bebuilt as a big deal for a bunch of episodes, then leaves connected to ''[[UpToEleven the camp and is killed off-screen.biggest mine in the Black Hills]]''.]]
%%* NaiveNewcomer
*BusCrash: [[spoiler:Odell dies off-screen shortly after NiceGuy: He's a pompous fool, but not a bad man by any stretch. He's perhaps too nice for Deadwood.
%%* MauveShirt
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:His constant warring with Swearengen results in hisfirst appearance.swift death.]]
* ButNotTooBlack: He is a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_yellow high-yellow]]".
%%* NiceHat
%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* PreacherMan: He's a deacon, but he doesn't do much preaching.
* SinisterMinister: Odell is quick to throw any morals he may have had out the window in favour of securing gold with Hearst's backing.UpperClassTwit
%%* CitySlicker
* CityMouse: He's a New Yorker through-and-through, entirely unprepared to deal with the world outside his upper-class city life.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint: 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. ''[[FacePalm He does.]]''
%%* TheDandy
* DramaticIrony: [[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 cliff to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... and Brom lands his face on a gold streak that turns out to be
%%* NaiveNewcomer
*
%%* MauveShirt
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:His constant warring with Swearengen results in his
%%* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* PreacherMan: He's a deacon, but he doesn't do much preaching.
* SinisterMinister: Odell is quick to throw any morals he may have had out the window in favour of securing gold with Hearst's backing.
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[[folder:General Crook]]
!!General Crook
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"We all have bloody thoughts."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterCoyote
* CoolOldGuy: Despite being in his elder years, Crook blows through town in one episode, proves himself to be a genuinely good man and correctly asserts that Bullock would make a good sheriff.
-->'''Crook:''' Well, while we're here, I will hold Mr. Russell under protection as a gesture to your brother's sacrifice.
-->'''Bullock:''' Thank you, sir.
-->'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his own temperament, might consider serving his fellows. We all have bloody thoughts.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crook General George R. Crook was an interesting guy in real life, too.]]
!!General Crook
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crook.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"We all have bloody thoughts."'']]
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterCoyote
* CoolOldGuy: Despite being in his elder years, Crook blows through town in one episode, proves himself to be a genuinely good man and correctly asserts that Bullock would make a good sheriff.
-->'''Crook:''' Well, while we're here, I will hold Mr. Russell under protection as a gesture to your brother's sacrifice.
-->'''Bullock:''' Thank you, sir.
-->'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his own temperament, might consider serving his fellows. We all have bloody thoughts.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crook General George R. Crook was an interesting guy in real life, too.]]
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!!General Crook
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/crook.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"We all have bloody thoughts."'']]
!!Magistrate Claggett
->'''Portrayed By:'''
*
-->'''Crook:''' Well, while we're here, I will hold Mr. Russell under protection
-->'''Bullock:''' Thank you, sir.
-->'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his own temperament, might consider serving his fellows. We all have bloody thoughts.
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!!Carrie
->'''Portrayed By:''' Izabella Miko
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* {{Jerkass}}
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:She meets her end at Wolcott's hand.]]
!!Carrie
->'''Portrayed By:''' Izabella Miko
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!!Carrie
!!Otis Russell
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Alma's father, who turns up in town for less-than-noble reasons.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he first appears, he seems like a pleasant and genial man. This is just a mask for the greedy opportunistic sociopath he is; Otis even admits it.
-->''"Must the pretense of my behavior generating from parental concern be abandoned so quickly?"''
* {{Blackmail}}: He attempts to blackmail his own daughter, an act which even EB Farnum finds disgusting.
* TheBully: A subtle one. He bullies others through sly insinuations and instilling a sense of insecurity, all the while bending them to his will.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Initially, Otis can be pretty personable. He's witty, polite and even throws in a spot of self-deprecation. He'll still take you for all you're worth and sleep well that night.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Otis' putdown of Farnum is well-deserved, but somehow this trope is averted. Otis is such a reprehensible creature that Farnum actually comes off as holding the moral high ground in such an instance.
-->'''Farnum:''' Antemeridian constitutional, Mr. Russell? Or will we roll the bones again?
-->'''Otis:''' It must cost you sleep, the guests you drive off, the chances of thieving and bilking you lose, needing to rub against your betters.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of a highly deserved one from Bullock.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: The singular reason that Otis even sets foot in Deadwood is to seize Alma's claim.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Bullock...but it doesn't work out in his favour.
-->'''Bullock:''' I will beat you here in the street.
-->'''Otis:''' [[SarcasmMode First-rate thinking.]] My daughter's agent beats her father in the street, how better to condemn Alma to deepened suspicion as to her role in her husband's violent death and widen suspicion to include yourself? Shoot craps, Mr. Bullock? [[BullyHunter Were you bullied, Mr. Bullock, when young and incapable? Now you see wrongs everywhere and bullying you feel called to remedy.]] The bully who oppressed your youth isn't at
* SmugSnake: Otis is deeply confident and assured with himself. Even after numerous threats and warnings, he still opens his mouth to insult a man who can beat the hell out of him. And that man does just that.
* TheSociopath: Remorselessly attempts to destroy his daughter's life just go gain her money.
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!!Persimmon Phil
->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Chrest
* TooDumbToLive: Along with the Masons, he embarks on a poorly planned scheme that puts him at odds with Al. When Al confronts him, Phil tests his patience with lie after lie.
!!Persimmon Phil
->'''Portrayed By:''' Joe Chrest
* TooDumbToLive: Along with the Masons, he embarks on a poorly planned scheme that puts him at odds with Al. When Al confronts him, Phil tests his patience with lie after lie.
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!!Persimmon Phil
!!Odell Marchbanks
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* TooDumbToLive: Along
Aunt Lou's son, a church deacon and missionary working in Liberia with more interest in finding new gold deposits than in saving souls.
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* AbortedArc: [[spoiler:Seems to be built as a big deal for a bunch of episodes, then leaves the
* BusCrash: [[spoiler:Odell dies off-screen shortly after
* ButNotTooBlack: He is a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_yellow high-yellow]]".
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* PreacherMan: He's a deacon, but he doesn't do much preaching.
* SinisterMinister: Odell is quick to throw any morals he may have had out the window in favour of securing gold with Hearst's backing.
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!!Ned Mason
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jamie [=McShane=]
* EyeScream: He's killed by a bullet to the head, which enters through his eye.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ned thinks nothing of murdering a defenseless family, including the children. The youngest child survives, but only due to Ned's incompetence rather than his non-existent morality.
!!Ned Mason
->'''Portrayed By:''' Jamie [=McShane=]
* EyeScream: He's killed by a bullet to the head, which enters through his eye.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ned thinks nothing of murdering a defenseless family, including the children. The youngest child survives, but only due to Ned's incompetence rather than his non-existent morality.
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!!Ned Mason
!!General Crook
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-->'''Crook:''' Well, while we're here, I will hold Mr. Russell under protection as a gesture to your brother's sacrifice.
-->'''Bullock:''' Thank you, sir.
-->'''Crook:''' I would add, in a camp, where the sheriff can be bought for bacon grease, a man, a former marshal, who understands the danger of his
* WouldHurtAChild: Ned thinks nothing of murdering a defenseless family, including the children. The youngest child survives, but only due to Ned's incompetence rather than
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Crook General George R. Crook was an interesting guy in real life, too.]]
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!!Tom Mason
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NickOfferman
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He might be a remorseless killer of women and children, but he does love his brother and is distraught by Ned's death.
* MaleFrontalNudity: If you ever wanted to see Nick Offerman's cock, this is your chance. He hilariously bursts in on a confrontation between Al and Phil, inadvertently defusing the tensions by swinging his penis around gleefully.
* UnwittingPawn: Tom is easily manipulated by Al into meeting a sticky end.
* WouldHurtAChild: Along with his brother Ned, Tom freely murders an entire family for profit. The youngest child only survives due to Tom and Ned's sloppiness.
!!Tom Mason
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/NickOfferman
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He might be a remorseless killer of women and children, but he does love his brother and is distraught by Ned's death.
* MaleFrontalNudity: If you ever wanted to see Nick Offerman's cock, this is your chance. He hilariously bursts in on a confrontation between Al and Phil, inadvertently defusing the tensions by swinging his penis around gleefully.
* UnwittingPawn: Tom is easily manipulated by Al into meeting a sticky end.
* WouldHurtAChild: Along with his brother Ned, Tom freely murders an entire family for profit. The youngest child only survives due to Tom and Ned's sloppiness.
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!!Carrie
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* UnwittingPawn: Tom is easily manipulated by Al into meeting a sticky end.
* WouldHurtAChild: Along with his brother Ned, Tom freely murders an entire family for profit. The youngest child only survives due to Tom and Ned's sloppiness.
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* EyeScream: He's killed by a bullet to the head, which enters through his eye.
* WouldHurtAChild: Ned thinks nothing of murdering a defenseless family, including the children. The youngest child survives, but only due to Ned's incompetence rather than his non-existent morality.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Along with his brother Ned, Tom freely murders an entire family for profit. The youngest child only survives due to Tom and Ned's sloppiness.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:It's hard to think of a nastier end on Deadwood. Cy could easily kill them, but he lets them linger. He taunts them in the cruellest ways he can think of with a big sadistic grin, practically feeding off their agony.]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:It's hard to think of a nastier end on Deadwood. Cy could easily kill them, but he lets them linger. He taunts them in the cruellest cruelest ways he can think of with a big sadistic grin, practically feeding off their agony.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Waltzing into one of the roughest places in the West, with ''one'' road in and out, and then plotting to rob two of the toughest, least scrupulous men in the town, right after they've arrived and are still a novelty, is not a route to a long, happy life.
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* MeaningfulName: They are named Flora and Miles like the siblings in ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew''. Considering that David Milch names HenryJames as one of his favorite authors this is probably not a coincidence.
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* {{Badass}}: By reputation more than action. All the same, he has a very awesome moment when he makes Cy Tolliver back down like a wounded dog, bluntly making it clear what he thinks of the opportunistic criminal.
-->''"If I were sheriff, I'd have you hanged."''
-->''"If I were sheriff, I'd have you hanged."''
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!!Persimmon Phil
->'''Played By:''' Joe Chrest
* TooDumbToLive: Along with the Masons, he embarks on a poorly planned scheme that puts him at odds with Al. When Al confronts him, Phil tests his patience with lie after lie.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ned]]
!!Ned Mason
->'''Played By:''' Jamie [=McShane=]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tom]]
!!Tom Mason
->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickOfferman
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He might be a remorseless killer of women and children, but he does love his brother and is distraught by Ned's death.
* MaleFrontalNudity: If you ever wanted to see Nick Offerman's cock, this is your chance. He hilariously bursts in on a confrontation between Al and Phil, inadvertently defusing the tensions by swinging his penis around gleefully.
* UnwittingPawn: He's easily manipulated by Al.
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