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• Deadwood's very premise was a growing, lawless Wild West town inhabited by unsavory pioneers who were either various shades of grey or swallowed whole when they didn't live to the harsh life in the camp. Mob boss and pimp Al Swearengen was first envisioned as a darker shade than other characters, but Ian McShane's choice to give him a hidden softer side was acclaimed by both viewers and creators. Finally, the dialogue used some free, albeit flowery use of swearing and derogatives not seen until then in television, which was seen as hilarious and became the instant trademark of the series. All of these aspects would grow to the point of derailment in either Season 2 or 3:
  • In keeping with the camp's growth, more and more secondary characters kept arriving and joining the cast, but the writers failed to make them interesting. As a result, they were seen as padding that took away from the stories of fan favorites like Bullock and Swearengen.
  • Swearengen himself went from Anti-Villain to Anti-Hero due to Flanderization, then became useless against cripping Robber Baron George Hearst, who, as a Historical Domain Character, could neither be killed nor defeated. The third (and due to cancellation, last) season built to a gunfight with Hearst that didn't happen, then followed with Swearengen controversially surrendering to Hearst and appeasing him with a metaphorical Human Sacrifice in the form of a Red Shirt prostitute who looked like Trixie, the one Hearst actually wanted dead because she shot him. This Audience-Alienating Premise was hated equally by fans who liked Swearengen as a hero (for killing an innocent) and as a villain (for not being able to bring himself to kill a friend, who wouldn't be a friend at all if the first treatment of the character had remained).
  • The show's trademark swearing and derogatives became so dense and complex as episodes progressed that viewers had trouble understanding what any of the characters were saying.

I don't see how any of these are examples of the trope. I haven't heard anyone complain that Swearengen's character development was a problem with the show. The only thing people consistently complained about was that the show was prematurely canceled without a satisfying ending. That and the theater troupe, which only shows up in the third season and doesn't pay off because of the same cancellation. As for the loads of characters, they're killed off as fast as they're introduced. And as for the language, it doesn't get any more dense that it was at the start.

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