Competition arrives for Swearengen in the form of the Bella Union, a new gambling outfit from Chicago operated by savvy Cy Tolliver, Madame Joanie Stubbs and gaming guru Eddie Sawyer. Hickok puts up precious collateral in a poker game with McCall; Bullock and Star strike a deal with Swearengen on a lot for their store and, with help from Hickok and Utter, set to building; Brom threatens Swearengen with The Pinkertons before he and Dan Dority are dispatched to reconnoiter his claim.

Deadwood Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Deadwood (Pilot)
• s01e02 - Deep Water
• s01e03 - Reconnoitering the Rim
• s01e04 - Here Was a Man
• s01e05 - The Trial of Jack McCall
• s01e06 - Plague
• s01e07 - Bullock Returns to the Camp
• s01e08 - Suffer the Little Children
• s01e09 - No Other Sons or Daughters
• s01e10 - Mister Wu
• s01e11 - Jewel's Boot is Made for Walking
• s01e12 - Sold Under Sin

Deadwood Show Summary

In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American History draws a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement where everything - and everyone - has a price.

Welcome to Deadwood... a hell of a place to make your fortune.

The story begins two weeks after Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn, combining fictional and real-life characters and events in an epic morality tale. Located in the Black Hills Indian Cession, the "town" of Deadwood is an illegal settlement, a unhappy and uncivilized outpost that attracts a colorful array of characters looking to get rich - from outlaws and entrepreneurs to ex-soldiers and racketeers, Chinese laborers, prostitutes, city dudes andballoonfighters.