Line #78 Characters/DeadwoodGem


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!The Gem
4
5	!!!Ownership
6
7	[[folder:Al]]
8	See [[Characters/DeadwoodMain Main Characters]]
9	[[/folder]]
10
11	!!!Regular Staff
12
13	[[folder:Dan]]
14	See [[Characters/DeadwoodMain Main Characters]]
15	[[/folder]]
16
17	[[folder:Johnny]]
18	!!Johnny Burns
19	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/burns_john.jpg]]
20	[[caption-width-right:300:''"Al... I have hoped for this conversation ever since you give me that Indian head to hide."'']]
21	->'''Played By:''' Creator/SeanBridgers
22
23	John "Johnny" Burns is a worker at the Gem Saloon and one of Al's lackeys. His main jobs are tending bar, cleaning, and hauling corpses to Wu's pigsty. Young and ambitious, Johnny is also not too bright, leading Al to continually abuse him verbally and physically.
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25	* TheBartender: He shares this duty with Dan at the Gem.
26	%%* ButtMonkey
27	%%* DumbAssHasAPoint
28	* HiddenDepths: Johnny is a bit dim, but he can decipher Wu's drawings when even Al can't, and was teaching Jen to read.
29	* HypocriticalHumor: When he asks Wu "Why don't ya learn to talk[sic] AMERICAN?!"
30	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Johnny might be a lackey of Al, but he's far from a cold-blooded killer and is friendly to just about everyone.
31	%%* NiceGuy
32	%%* NonActionGuy
33	* PunchClockVillain: He's a henchman for Al, but he never kills anyone and the one time he almost shoots someone, he feels terrible.
34	* TerribleTrio: With Dan and Silas.
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder:Adams]]
38	!!Silas Adams
39	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adams_silas_4457.jpg]]
40	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Is there any fucking chance you and me don’t end up in blood?"'']]
41	->'''Played By:''' Creator/TitusWelliver
42
43	Silas Adams, also known as "the bagman from Yankton", who comes to camp to collect bribe money for Magistrate Clagget. Swearengen hires Adams to join his operation, as he is smarter than Al's other lackeys, paying him to slice Clagget's throat for extorting money from Swearengen. Adams serves Swearengen as his contact in Yankton to bring him news of the territorial changes, as well as relying on his legal counsel when dealing with Commissioner Jarry and his election proposals. He also serves as middleman between Hearst and Swearengen.
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45	* CoDragons: With Dan Dority, for Al.
46	* DeadpanSnarker: Al quickly notes Adams' adeptness at handing out snark.
47	-->'''Al:''' Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face.
48	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Silas looks completely different in the first season, sporting muttonchops, short hair and a top hat. In the second season, he grows his hair long, grows a beard, and typically goes hatless.
49	* EvilGenius: Adams is easily the smartest of Al's henchmen, and as such Al trusts him with matters that require a more cunning mind than Dan or Johnny.
50	* HyperCompetentSidekick: Not that Al is bumbling in any way, but Silas is the smartest and most sensible of the three henchmen.
51	* PunchClockVillain: When he's not cutting throats on behalf of Al, Adams is a genial enough fellow.
52	%%* NervesOfSteel
53	* NotSoStoic: Adams remains cool and collected much of the time, but when he loses his temper, he can fly into a violent rage.
54	* TerribleTrio: With Dan and Johnny.
55	* TheRival: Dan views him as this. Silas knows it, but doesn't reciprocate.
56	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's nowhere to be seen after the TimeSkip, and it's never explained what happened to him. Welliver was unable to return for the film due to scheduling conflicts.
57	[[/folder]]
58
59	[[folder:Jewel]]
60	!!Jewel Caulfield
61	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JewelCaulfield_786.jpg]]
62	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Say I'm as nimble as a forest creature."'']]
63	->'''Played By:''' Creator/GeriJewell
64
65	Jewel is the disabled cleaning woman at the Gem, Al Swearengen's saloon and brothel. Jewel often uses her job in the Gem to "overhear" what is really going on. Coffee and most of the meals from the Gem kitchen are prepared by her. Al makes a public show of barely tolerating her, often publicly referring to her as "the gimp" or complaining about her noisily dragging her stiff leg. Jewel responds with a cheerful, mocking disrespect Al would tolerate from no one else.
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67	* BeleagueredAssistant: To Al and to the Gem Saloon in general.
68	* DisabledSnarker: Frequently.
69	-->'''Al:''' What was your purpose at Doc's?
70	-->'''Jewel:''' I'm knocked up.
71	* HiddenDepths: She reads books about medicine in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar.
72	* LimitedWardrobe: Jewel only has one dress, and it is clearly old and torn apart.
73	%%* InspirationallyDisadvantaged
74	* ServileSnarker: One of the few that get away with sassing Al.
75	* WrittenInInfirmity: The actress has cerebral palsy in real life.
76	[[/folder]]
77
78	!!!Gem Sex Workers
79
80	[[folder:Trixie]]
81	See [[Characters/DeadwoodMain Main Characters]]
82	[[/folder]]
83
84	[[folder:Dolly]]
85	!!Dolly
86	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeDolly_9058.jpg]]
87	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't like it either. When they hold you down."'']]
88	->'''Played By:''' Creator/AshleyKizer
89
90	Dolly is a prostitute at the Gem Saloon. Swearengen begins a relationship with her after Trixie leaves his employ. Although he doesn't harbor the same affection for her as Trixie, Swearengen confides his innermost vulnerabilities with Dolly.
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92	* BigBeautifulWoman: Gorgeous and full-figured; particularly in contrast to the more slender Trixie.
93	%%* BeleagueredAssistant
94	* TheConfidant: For Al; he confides a great deal of himself and his past to her in times of stress, but it isn't so much that he trusts her as it is that she fears him, so her status as his confidant is almost incidental. He becomes angry if she ever tries to engage with him in conversation.
95	* FieryRedhead: ''Completely'' {{averted}}. She's one of the only redheads in town, and is probably the most placid, passive character on the show.
96	* FirstNameBasis: She's known solely as Dolly, with no last name known.
97	* HappinessInSlavery: Dolly isn't exactly ''happy'', but she's certainly resigned and does seem to care for Al in a way.
98	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Despite Al's shabby treatment of her, Dolly still manages to muster up a sense of compassion and sympathy for him.
99	* ReplacementGoldfish: After Trixie leaves the Gem, Al replaces her with Dolly, although he doesn't regard her with nearly the same affection.
100	* TheQuietOne: She's plenty demure and knows enough to keep quiet.
101	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no sign of her following the TimeSkip, with no explanation given for her absence. One imagines that prostitutes in boomtowns don't have very long careers.
102	[[/folder]]
103
104	[[folder:Jen]]
105	!!Jen
106	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferLutheran
107
108	Another prostitute at the Gem. She is closer to Johnny, who teaches her to read.
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110	* CallBack: The subplot of her corpse standing in for Trixie receives a few flashbacks, and Johnny recalls her fondly.
111	* DisposableSexWorker: She's killed by Al for a fuckup made by Trixie.
112	* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted; 13 years later, Johnny still mourns her.
113	* NeverLearnedToRead: Which is why Johnny is teaching her.
114	* SacrificialLamb: Killed to save the life of Trixie.
115	* SlashedThroat: Al kills her via his usual method.

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