Seth Bullock and Alma Garret's relationship increases to a level that the rest of the camp can't ignore. Al brings attention to the relationship, hinting that it isn't the right thing for the new sheriff. One thing leads to another, Seth and Al have a punch-out. Al draws a knife on Seth, and a there's a bit of shooting between Bullock and Swearengen's people leaving Sol badly injured.
At the Bella Union, Cy is getting more annoyed at Joanie's departure. He reveals that he knows Eddie stole money from him to help set up the Chez Ami.
A stage arrives in the middle of all the action bringing Martha and William Bullock and a load of whores for the Chez Ami.
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.