You can tell by his stare that he knew it was coming. He was probably going through multiple health issues from drinking, PTSD and just being tired of failing at life outside of killing. I think men like him, always know it's coming, he just didn't want to run from it anymore. The utter chaos of the event is beautifully done. Anger and astonishment spread like wildfire. I think it's troubling to Seth on several levels, but one that isn't discussed, is that in Bill, he saw a kindred spirit.. something that Saul could never be. Someone who understands the demons that drive him. I also think the killing of Bill was symbolic of the death of the wild west. Technology, government, etc. ushered in the end of the era, of which Bill was symbol. The writing and cinematography here was just amazing. Lots say the Wire or Sopranos were the deepest series, but if you really break down Deadwood, you see so much than just a western.
I think your enology of the death of the wild west is good. However I believe the death of Tom Horn might be a little more accurate portraiture of that. Thanks
I think it's a show. They can portray their actors to any emotion they want. Sure, I agree with your opinion on the ACTOR'S emotions. However knowing what the real Wild Bill thought and felt is impossible. He could have had plans to live into his 50's and become a married man. We simply cannot know.
The real wild bill was in declining health when he arrived in deadwood, he was suffering from both loss of vision possibly glaucoma and melancholy or depression as it’s known today. In the last years of his life Bill was a vagrant who travelled from town to town playing poker and drinking excessively and just as in the show Charlie Utter accompanied Bill in order to help veer him away from his vices unfortunately he wasn’t very successful.
After watching it a second time, it was obvious Wild Bill knew his death was coming. He talks about being flat out tired, wanting to go to hell on his own terms, he puts on his sash to hold his pistols in a ceremonial way, and sits down without his back facing the wall. Then he has that look as Jack enters the saloon. This was all very subtle but brilliant foreshadowing.
I honestly didn't know that Hickok had died that way until I saw this episode, and then Google'd it, to check the historical accuracy of it. What a show.
There’s a big difference from the 1995 movie wild Bill and this, some say he was held hostage untill he went down to gun down the takers and he let his assassin live, and they want to go buy a drink which was a mistake on his end, ended up getting shot in the back of the head Then there’s this one
I love how Tom Nutall takes off after him. You ain't shooting a frontier hero in MY bar. Then he hits him in the face. Nutall was a good side character, even Al acknowledged his intelligence and morality, despite how he pretended to be a dumbass.
@Blue_eye_devil"Sent many of your friends to the happy hunting ground. Formidable Tom was and no more fool now than time shows us all........ GO ON MY SON!!!"
After watching this scene, I immediately went to Wikipedia to look up Wild Bill Hickok and was astounded to discover the accuracy of this scene. I kinda disliked Deadwood when I watched the first couple of episodes, but this sealed the deal for me. This show is amazing and it sucks that it still doesn't get the proper attention it deserves.
One of the very best scenes from a brilliant series. The entire build up to this moment of the episode is so well crafted, the unease throughout is palpable. And then this, this wonderful chaos. I can imagine it was rather like this in reality.
I went to Deadwood in April. Alot of whats portraied in this series is accurate. HBO really fell short by cutting the series. Apparently Seth Bullock really became an important figure in American history. He had a lot to do with bringing in the railroad. He became persoanl friends of Teddy Roosevelt.
Deadwood. It may,or may not,interest the many,many people involved in the creation of this masterful tale,that the mirror that they held up was but a window for me to look through.Many times I have looked through the window and wonder at my reflection still.Thankyou so much.
Has anyone else noticed that Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott are played by the same actor? In Season 2, I kept wondering when someone would recognize him as the man that killed Wild Bill but they just recycled the same actor.
+Carol Braden-Williams It's because they found out that the actor they cast as McCall was actually super good, so they recast him and dressed him up a little.
+Carol Braden-Williams even cooler, while bullock, a former us marshal, restrained from killing him and instead gave him to the justice system in yankton (in real life bullock had nothing to do with him after mccall left deadwood). But in a different tv series, "justified", timothy olyphant playing a different u.s. marshal killed the guy who plays mccall and wolcott in deadwood. I think it's cool atleast.
It's fitting since Wolcott was the one to give Wild Bills last letter to Charlie Utter, after Utter gave him a beating of a lifetime in the thoroughfare, almost like he was making amends for killing Bill.
Yes, it is an amzing performance, I had no idea til I read it somewhere. Another excellent double play is in Devil's Double, where one actor plays Hussein's son AND his stand in double for public events.
@@oldschoolboxing6048 But no one even stayed with him or thoroughly checked on him. It just seems odd to leave a corpse of such stature to its own devices.
Maybe I've missed it, but I always interpret this as a suicide. He knew folks were out to get him, but somehow the gunslinger neglected to ask to sit in the 'gunfighters seat' - and there's no doubt his poker buddies would have understood and accepted the request. Bill pissed someone off enough to want to kill him, and the puts himself in the only position that would let McCall do it. Bill was depressed and ready to go.
He had it a long time coming sadly. More sad is that no one in this modern day and age would chase after a murderer. They would call 9/11 and let it be while they get away and never face judgement.
Historically speaking, After Bill broke jack in their card game in an unpredictable gesture of generosity he gave Jack a few chips of his money back so he'd be able to pay for his lodging with enough leftover for some supper but Jack was too proud to accept Bill's generosity (despite Bill not being known for being generous) So Jack was not just the aggressor, but a sore loser and a damned proud fool.
I've been trying to find what song is played during this scene...it is so pretty. They have a similar one later in the show in a certain horse incident. Any leads?
His hand of poker cards if you didn't know was Aces over 8's, known as the "dead man's hand" ever since. Yes they know what his poker hands was. Even his pair of Colt Navy (1837-1874) ivory-handled revolvers have survived his murder. RIP Wild Bill.
@youzentubo the severed head thing is that the night before Al Swearengen the owner of the Gem offered a bounty of $50 or every Indian head brought in the next day....
This is also showing us that the old western gunslingers of mexican stand offs and slap leather doesn't work in this new world. The west is on a new path now.
I would like to find the scene where assasins came in to kill Wild Bill while he was playing poker and he knew it was coming and killed the assasins first. . another great scene. Great series. I wish Deadwood would come back.
@TheJkuy In the show the man who shot Wild Bill was in a poker game the day before with Wild Bill. After loosing the game hi did call out Wild Bill for cheating. The others at the table sided with wild Bill saying it was a fair game and then Wild Bill gave the man a dollar for breakfast. This scene if from the next day when while drunk he walked in a shot Wild Bill....
Just watching this show now, with no previous knowledge of wild bill. This scene was like watching game of thrones, couldn't believe that just happened.
Game of Thrones season 1 that is. The more the show went on, the easier it became to tell what was going to happen. Even big 'twists' like Cersei bombing the church you could see from miles away.
I got spoiled of his death but I wouldve never predicted that he would be killed off just 4 episodes in. He seemed like a prominent character. Brutal show
Probably one of the best television scenes ever. It was just done so incredibly well, every single aspect. Bill’s knowing stare, the chilling music, the Mexican riding in with the Indian’s head, Seth’s face of pure agony etc,. It all culminated into one strangely beautiful, yet highly disturbing event. As of that very moment, history was changed forever, and everyone in camp knew it. Absolutely incredible scene.
David Milch said the Indian coming in with the severed head actually happened after Hickok was shot and thinks that Swearengen organized it to distract the crowd.
@@alexiaNBC it actually helped because from that day onward (even to now in present day!) People visit the Nutall and Mann's Number 10 Saloon to see where Wild Bill bought it.
Such an iconic scene. Olyphant's face at the end is probably the first thing I'm reminded of when someone mentions Deadwood. Fantastic acting. Fantastic writing.
I think the tune playing makes the scene really intense and also the Mexican riding in w the Indian head. Top 5 shows of all time if you ask me. Anybody know the name of the tune being played? It is really catchy
A Mexican really did ride into camp with a Indian head right after Hickok was murdered. This show took real life history and depicted it in a REALISTIC way. Like the Earp brothers being shady con-men (but still honorable deep down) and serving the plot of Deadwood in no way whatsoever (just like real life).
You know what makes this? The sheer fucking chaos of the scene, how the dirty rider comes thundering into camp with the severed head of an Indian chief and how the market erupts into violence as they fight to grab the killer.
So true. . I love the almost ironic, timing of the riders arrival. The rider coming in, hoping people will acknowledge him and his trophy, not realising that Bill Hickoks death has overshadowed it. But retrospectively, both incidents horrifically, compliment eachother.
Incredible scene. It says so much about Deadwood, a people trying to make civilization out of chaos and barbarity. And no matter how hard everyone tries, every now and then barbarity and chaos explode onto the scene.
Absolutely perfect description of the narrative in this scene. Especially when Jane succumbs to the bottle again, it gives so much context to what they were trying to convey in this scene.
The music accompanies this scene in such a perfect way. Like the lingering sense of shock and abandon. We the audience are witness to the murder but the plinking notes of the guitar imitate tendrils creeping dreadfully into the awareness of the main cast as they slowly come to grips with what we saw. The man riding into town with the Sioux head serves as a grim visual and tho seemingly unrelated, it hammers home the point that this is a chaotic place and sparks become a fire anywhere in deadwood. This show deserved far more appreciation
I was surprised when this song turned up in Michael Mann's film "The Insider" from 1999. It sounds as if it were specifically written for Deadwood but I guess it's not.
Astounding acting by the guy who played Jack McCall. He also played Francis Wolcott in the same show! It's such a huge transformation that you might not even be aware.
He really is great,was also the bad terminator on the tv show in 2009, also tried out for the negan role on walking dead,didnt get it but got a role as a cowboy survilavalist type on fear the walking dead just now,which fits him well,I always liked him to,trhough I hated him here lol but that just means hes a good actor.
i remember when the series originally ran on HBO and Wolcott showed up i was very confused about that..i thought maybe it was McCall's twin brother had come looking for him at first.
@@dannyhicks8653 He Was also in Justified which if you ask me is a very good series. He doesn't appear till the final season with the ever fantastic Sam Elliott
He was also the blond deputy in “No Country for Old Men,” trailing behind-way behind-Tommy Lee Jones. Javier Bardem nailed the part of Anton Chiguhr, but I can see Garrett Dillahunt playing that role, too. Quite the chameleon.
@@sloshed-rat Such a shame for a legend like him getting shot by degenerate gambler. Hickok had it tough even by the standards of that time. Worked hard, accidentally shot his friend dead. I read, he drank because of depression he suffered.
This is one of the best scenes in one of the best shows of all time. It's actually perfect that deadwood only got 2 seasons. Builds the mystique around the show even more. You will never find a piece of film better acted or written or designed than this one.
in the full scene you can see Bill just briefly glance at the door before sitting down. The legend is that he never sat with his back to the door, and this one time it cost him his life. You can go to the #10 Saloon in Deadwood and view the chair he was sitting in in a glass case above the door. It's said that he was holding two pair, aces and eights which is still referred to as the dead man's hand. It's difficult to tease fact from fiction as the account has been made murky by the passing of time. Keith Carradine nailed this role.
Check original pics, and drawings. It looks 90% legit. Deadwood was an overcrowded (compared to its size) town. It wasn't western style, in terms of what most people think western style is. Outlawed ugly miner town, with muddy streets in a valley, under the mountains. No OFFICIAL law, only poor bastards, several rich. One main street. They modeled the buildings pretty good. And there were over a dozen saloons in that small town. But yes, it does look pretty authentic. I saw tons of original pics
I really like how the music just adds to how everything seems so hectic after it happened. Definitely one of the craziest deaths I've seen in a TV show. After he was shot I was thinking "Okay, now Wild Bill will probably just be hurt for a while. There's no way they're going to kill off such a major character this early"....and then the next episode started at his funeral.
@johndoe590 It's not a movie, it was a brilliant tv series on HBO called Deadwood. It starred the awesome Timothy Olyphant and the equally awesome Ian Mcshane and that was Keith Carradine as Wild Bill. Common misconceptions about the show is while it takes place in the old west, it was not a "Western" show it the traditional sense of action/showdowns, it's not like a Clint Eastwood movie. There are no easily identified good and evil archetypes among the characters but shades of grey, No I would
My favorite series of all time. I remember after this episode, and this montage, feeling like something special had just been shared. It’s just so damn good.
I just started watching Deadwood and this completely shocked me. Didnt see it coming at all. Then seeing the emotions from Bullock and the others made it even more impactful.
You can tell by his stare that he knew it was coming. He was probably going through multiple health issues from drinking, PTSD and just being tired of failing at life outside of killing. I think men like him, always know it's coming, he just didn't want to run from it anymore. The utter chaos of the event is beautifully done. Anger and astonishment spread like wildfire. I think it's troubling to Seth on several levels, but one that isn't discussed, is that in Bill, he saw a kindred spirit.. something that Saul could never be. Someone who understands the demons that drive him. I also think the killing of Bill was symbolic of the death of the wild west. Technology, government, etc. ushered in the end of the era, of which Bill was symbol. The writing and cinematography here was just amazing. Lots say the Wire or Sopranos were the deepest series, but if you really break down Deadwood, you see so much than just a western.
I think your enology of the death of the wild west is good. However I believe the death of Tom Horn might be a little more accurate portraiture of that. Thanks
Seth Eheart The chair still exist .
I think it's a show. They can portray their actors to any emotion they want. Sure, I agree with your opinion on the ACTOR'S emotions. However knowing what the real Wild Bill thought and felt is impossible. He could have had plans to live into his 50's and become a married man. We simply cannot know.
@@Stopsign32v And this guy is clearly talking about Wild Bill in the HBO TV series Deadwood. Not about the real Wild Bill.
The real wild bill was in declining health when he arrived in deadwood, he was suffering from both loss of vision possibly glaucoma and melancholy or depression as it’s known today. In the last years of his life Bill was a vagrant who travelled from town to town playing poker and drinking excessively and just as in the show Charlie Utter accompanied Bill in order to help veer him away from his vices unfortunately he wasn’t very successful.
After watching it a second time, it was obvious Wild Bill knew his death was coming. He talks about being flat out tired, wanting to go to hell on his own terms, he puts on his sash to hold his pistols in a ceremonial way, and sits down without his back facing the wall. Then he has that look as Jack enters the saloon. This was all very subtle but brilliant foreshadowing.
IRL he wasn't able to sit in his usual spot cause some old timer was there, and he didn't feel like being a prick apparently.
I honestly didn't know that Hickok had died that way until I saw this episode, and then Google'd it, to check the historical accuracy of it.
What a show.
Amazing. No buildup no tension just brutal reality.
It's where we get the Deadman hand from...it was the last Hand bill was holding when shot.
There’s a big difference from the 1995 movie wild Bill and this, some say he was held hostage untill he went down to gun down the takers and he let his assassin live, and they want to go buy a drink which was a mistake on his end, ended up getting shot in the back of the head
Then there’s this one
I love how Tom Nutall takes off after him. You ain't shooting a frontier hero in MY bar. Then he hits him in the face. Nutall was a good side character, even Al acknowledged his intelligence and morality, despite how he pretended to be a dumbass.
Tom was well liked by all.
Tom : “those who doubt me, suck cock by choice.”
@Blue_eye_devil"Sent many of your friends to the happy hunting ground. Formidable Tom was and no more fool now than time shows us all........ GO ON MY SON!!!"
@@chuckielover06That was a great line. Milch is an excellent writer.
After watching this scene, I immediately went to Wikipedia to look up Wild Bill Hickok and was astounded to discover the accuracy of this scene.
I kinda disliked Deadwood when I watched the first couple of episodes, but this sealed the deal for me. This show is amazing and it sucks that it still doesn't get the proper attention it deserves.
One of the very best scenes from a brilliant series. The entire build up to this moment of the episode is so well crafted, the unease throughout is palpable. And then this, this wonderful chaos. I can imagine it was rather like this in reality.
Bill’s death was also the death of any chance for Seth to have a normal life in Deadwood.
I went to Deadwood in April. Alot of whats portraied in this series is accurate. HBO really fell short by cutting the series. Apparently Seth Bullock really became an important figure in American history. He had a lot to do with bringing in the railroad. He became persoanl friends of Teddy Roosevelt.
The music in this scene just does it for me, I can watch it again and again.
Deadwood was one of the best . Shows I've seen in a long time .So HAPPY to hear about upcoming movie.
The music is perfect for the scene. Amazing. One of my favourite TV shows ever.
Deadwood.
It may,or may not,interest the many,many people involved in the creation of this masterful tale,that the mirror that they held up was but a window for me to look through.Many times I have looked through the window and wonder at my reflection still.Thankyou so much.
Has anyone else noticed that Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott are played by the same actor? In Season 2, I kept wondering when someone would recognize him as the man that killed Wild Bill but they just recycled the same actor.
+Carol Braden-Williams It's because they found out that the actor they cast as McCall was actually super good, so they recast him and dressed him up a little.
+Carol Braden-Williams even cooler, while bullock, a former us marshal, restrained from killing him and instead gave him to the justice system in yankton (in real life bullock had nothing to do with him after mccall left deadwood). But in a different tv series, "justified", timothy olyphant playing a different u.s. marshal killed the guy who plays mccall and wolcott in deadwood. I think it's cool atleast.
It's fitting since Wolcott was the one to give Wild Bills last letter to Charlie Utter, after Utter gave him a beating of a lifetime in the thoroughfare, almost like he was making amends for killing Bill.
I didn't notice that til just now watchin this again
Yes, it is an amzing performance, I had no idea til I read it somewhere. Another excellent double play is in Devil's Double, where one actor plays Hussein's son AND his stand in double for public events.
Thank you Deadwood for making "c*cksucker" a permanent fixture in my vocabulary. 😂
They just left Bill all alone in the bar, twitching, soiling himself, and expiring.
What else are they supposed to do? He was dead already bud.
@@oldschoolboxing6048 But no one even stayed with him or thoroughly checked on him. It just seems odd to leave a corpse of such stature to its own devices.
and this is why I never sit with my back to the door anywhere I go now
I knew this show was going to be special from the moment this scene started.
The most apolcalyptic scene I ever saw on tv in the best series I ever watched on tv.
Montana
Mr Pleb 😢
My pop called me kite.
Maybe I've missed it, but I always interpret this as a suicide.
He knew folks were out to get him, but somehow the gunslinger neglected to ask to sit in the 'gunfighters seat' - and there's no doubt his poker buddies would have understood and accepted the request.
Bill pissed someone off enough to want to kill him, and the puts himself in the only position that would let McCall do it.
Bill was depressed and ready to go.
Supposedly he let some old guy take the seat in terms of being a decent guy.
i love the way wild bill looks up as he hears the footsteps. its as if he knows he's gonna die.
not much he could do at that point
Yeah, after he accidentally killed his buddy and deputy, Mike Williams, he vowed to never point a gun at another human being again.
That chug. Probably the worst moment in her life.
And now they're father and son in Fear The Walking Dead lmao 😂♥
Wild Bill knew he was a man out of time. He had outlived his usefulness. He could no longer outrun Modernity.
@canoebelue without a doubt. Also one of those shows you can watch again and again- great purchase!
I like the music in this scene I wish I could play like this
He had it a long time coming sadly.
More sad is that no one in this modern day and age would chase after a murderer. They would call 9/11 and let it be while they get away and never face judgement.
In real life Wild Bill health was deteriorating, he was no more the guy he once was, nor as careful and made mistakes.
Historically speaking,
After Bill broke jack in their card game in an unpredictable gesture of generosity he gave Jack a few chips of his money back so he'd be able to pay for his lodging with enough leftover for some supper but Jack was too proud to accept Bill's generosity (despite Bill not being known for being generous)
So Jack was not just the aggressor, but a sore loser and a damned proud fool.
This is not how it happened. McCall actually sat at the bar first before shooting Hickok.
Well Bill Hickok did predict that Deadwood would be the death of him, he often sat with his back to a wall but this day he didn't.
I've been trying to find what song is played during this scene...it is so pretty. They have a similar one later in the show in a certain horse incident. Any leads?
I thought I hated Westerns...but Deadwood kicked @ss
What if Bill turned around?
0:36
"I apologize"
xD
This is very powerful, sends shivers down my spine. Does anyone know the music?
Sorry for the late reply, if you still wonder about the music of this video then just search for "Iguazu" on youtube. I love this piece.
@@getthepointx YOUR A LIFE SAVER THANKS
Does anyone know what kind of hat the mexican guy was wearing that was carrying the indian head?
Is it true about the dead man’s hand, black aces, and eights?
Aces and 8s is the "legend". Full House.
Bought the soundtrack 'cause of this number :)
Where can I find this music?
Gustavo Santaolalla - Iguazu
The music is from the film "Babel"
@zephyrvidar1 Yeah I know. But still, what timing. Fantastic series btw.
Ok what was the crazy dude with the head doing in the middle of this?
There was a bounty on natives after some pioneers were killed on the road.
Best scene western movie....
Back to the door?
imo this was the best tv program ever,only games of thrones comes close
GOT seasons 1-4 are untouchable but I've recently gotten into Deadwood and let me tell you that show Slaps
His hand of poker cards if you didn't know was Aces over 8's, known as the "dead man's hand" ever since.
Yes they know what his poker hands was.
Even his pair of Colt Navy (1837-1874) ivory-handled revolvers have survived his murder.
RIP Wild Bill.
Aynone know this song, starts playing basicly after Bill's shot?
@DTRAVELZ It came back but much as I adored the first season, I couldn't make sense out of those that followed and I tried hard.
back always to the wall. this sucks, my favorite character and we arent even done the first season
@Donatellangelo Did it actually show his hand though in this episode before he died?
There are several legends about that hand!
@@catofthecastle1681 No shit. That doesn't answer the question I asked 9 years ago.
@youzentubo the severed head thing is that the night before Al Swearengen the owner of the Gem offered a bounty of $50 or every Indian head brought in the next day....
As powerful as this was...
Really couldn't they have kept Wild Bill alive until the series finale? :)
This is also showing us that the old western gunslingers of mexican stand offs and slap leather doesn't work in this new world. The west is on a new path now.
@deadlylyrx He never did sit with his back to the room, always to the wall, however, that one day it just happened that his usual seat was taken...
I would like to find the scene where assasins came in to kill Wild Bill while he was playing poker and he knew it was coming and killed the assasins first. . another great scene. Great series. I wish Deadwood would come back.
@TheJkuy In the show the man who shot Wild Bill was in a poker game the day before with Wild Bill. After loosing the game hi did call out Wild Bill for cheating. The others at the table sided with wild Bill saying it was a fair game and then Wild Bill gave the man a dollar for breakfast. This scene if from the next day when while drunk he walked in a shot Wild Bill....
Just watching this show now, with no previous knowledge of wild bill. This scene was like watching game of thrones, couldn't believe that just happened.
Same exact thing just happened to me. He was my favorite character
Game of Thrones season 1 that is. The more the show went on, the easier it became to tell what was going to happen. Even big 'twists' like Cersei bombing the church you could see from miles away.
Game of Thrones nothing special...nothing like The Wire, Sopranos and many others
Like I had a feeling he wouldn’t survive the series but I didn’t expect it so early. Sitting with his back to the door, a damn shame.
I got spoiled of his death but I wouldve never predicted that he would be killed off just 4 episodes in. He seemed like a prominent character. Brutal show
Probably one of the best television scenes ever. It was just done so incredibly well, every single aspect. Bill’s knowing stare, the chilling music, the Mexican riding in with the Indian’s head, Seth’s face of pure agony etc,. It all culminated into one strangely beautiful, yet highly disturbing event. As of that very moment, history was changed forever, and everyone in camp knew it. Absolutely incredible scene.
David Milch said the Indian coming in with the severed head actually happened after Hickok was shot and thinks that Swearengen organized it to distract the crowd.
Wouldn't the "Mexican" be an Indian also?
Although Mexicans have native blood, we do not call ourselves Indians, unless you’re directly related to an indigenous tribe.
It was pure chaos, the town went fucking nuts, I mean shot you can't go around shooting Wild Bill Hickock, everyone respected him.
The look on Jane's face when she hears Wild Bill is dead....just tragic. An amazing show with amazing acting.
I forgot Tom Nutall was the one who grabbed McCall and dragged him back to camp. Way to go, Tom!
+Silver Snail14 It was his saloon. He wasn't going to let such a horrific event taint the reputation of his establishment
@@alexiaNBC it actually helped because from that day onward (even to now in present day!) People visit the Nutall and Mann's Number 10 Saloon to see where Wild Bill bought it.
Tom was definitely the most decent and honorable saloon owner in Deadwood.
I know the look on his face says "running? Oh no you don't motherfucker you ain't getting away with this"
Such an iconic scene. Olyphant's face at the end is probably the first thing I'm reminded of when someone mentions Deadwood. Fantastic acting. Fantastic writing.
Konyak0 😭
I think the tune playing makes the scene really intense and also the Mexican riding in w the Indian head. Top 5 shows of all time if you ask me. Anybody know the name of the tune being played? It is really catchy
Gustavo Santaolalla - Iguazu
Yes, Absolutely!
@@Stormbeard0 He was the guy who composed the soundtrack of The Last of Us, if i'm not mistaken. Great musician.
A Mexican really did ride into camp with a Indian head right after Hickok was murdered. This show took real life history and depicted it in a REALISTIC way. Like the Earp brothers being shady con-men (but still honorable deep down) and serving the plot of Deadwood in no way whatsoever (just like real life).
You know what makes this? The sheer fucking chaos of the scene, how the dirty rider comes thundering into camp with the severed head of an Indian chief and how the market erupts into violence as they fight to grab the killer.
So true. . I love the almost ironic, timing of the riders arrival. The rider coming in, hoping people will acknowledge him and his trophy, not realising that Bill Hickoks death has overshadowed it. But retrospectively, both incidents horrifically, compliment eachother.
Incredible scene. It says so much about Deadwood, a people trying to make civilization out of chaos and barbarity. And no matter how hard everyone tries, every now and then barbarity and chaos explode onto the scene.
Absolutely perfect description of the narrative in this scene. Especially when Jane succumbs to the bottle again, it gives so much context to what they were trying to convey in this scene.
The loss of innocence… and meaning.
"Iguazu" by Gustavo Santaolalla
Thanks man
It makes the scene what it is
The music accompanies this scene in such a perfect way. Like the lingering sense of shock and abandon. We the audience are witness to the murder but the plinking notes of the guitar imitate tendrils creeping dreadfully into the awareness of the main cast as they slowly come to grips with what we saw. The man riding into town with the Sioux head serves as a grim visual and tho seemingly unrelated, it hammers home the point that this is a chaotic place and sparks become a fire anywhere in deadwood.
This show deserved far more appreciation
I was surprised when this song turned up in Michael Mann's film "The Insider" from 1999. It sounds as if it were specifically written for Deadwood but I guess it's not.
Astounding acting by the guy who played Jack McCall. He also played Francis Wolcott in the same show! It's such a huge transformation that you might not even be aware.
He really is great,was also the bad terminator on the tv show in 2009, also tried out for the negan role on walking dead,didnt get it but got a role as a cowboy survilavalist type on fear the walking dead just now,which fits him well,I always liked him to,trhough I hated him here lol but that just means hes a good actor.
i remember when the series originally ran on HBO and Wolcott showed up i was very confused about that..i thought maybe it was McCall's twin brother had come looking for him at first.
@@dannyhicks8653 He Was also in Justified which if you ask me is a very good series. He doesn't appear till the final season with the ever fantastic Sam Elliott
He is also the bad guy in burn notice. He is a great actor.
He was also the blond deputy in “No Country for Old Men,” trailing behind-way behind-Tommy Lee Jones. Javier Bardem nailed the part of Anton Chiguhr, but I can see Garrett Dillahunt playing that role, too. Quite the chameleon.
I wanted to see the Dead Man's Hand on the table.
He had his back to the door.
That's against his legend.
That's exactly how it happened in real life bud.
Legend says that was the first (and only) time he sat facing away from the door.
@@sloshed-rat Such a shame for a legend like him getting shot by degenerate gambler. Hickok had it tough even by the standards of that time. Worked hard, accidentally shot his friend dead. I read, he drank because of depression he suffered.
@@doclogic6588 I think that was Al Capone bru
The way she drinks at 3:25 always gets me. That’s pain.
A great scene which was memorable as I imagine it was just like the real thing, but what a sad end to a great man
mal334455 very sad especially with Montana 😭
How the fuk would know and remember its the real thing 😂
@@joblount4787 he said he imagined it was just like the real thing
This was the most brilliantly shocking moment in TV, I honestly did not see him dying any time soon. What a series.
This is one of the best scenes in one of the best shows of all time. It's actually perfect that deadwood only got 2 seasons. Builds the mystique around the show even more. You will never find a piece of film better acted or written or designed than this one.
Jacob Dexter Deadwood got three seasons actually. ROME, a show of equal brilliance in my opinion, only got two.
Deadwood got three seasons and a movie is being shot
My all time favorite
in the full scene you can see Bill just briefly glance at the door before sitting down. The legend is that he never sat with his back to the door, and this one time it cost him his life. You can go to the #10 Saloon in Deadwood and view the chair he was sitting in in a glass case above the door. It's said that he was holding two pair, aces and eights which is still referred to as the dead man's hand. It's difficult to tease fact from fiction as the account has been made murky by the passing of time. Keith Carradine nailed this role.
HBOs early shows like Deadwood, Rome and Carnival were ahead of their times. HBO pulled the plug on them far to early.
Even though I knew it was coming, I was still shocked. That's the sign of an iconic and timeless show. Why did they have to fucking cancel this show?
They always cancel the best shows unfortunately
I will be honest: his death had the same impact on me as Ned Stark's death from Game of Thrones. I just couldn't believe it happened so fast.
Too bad they didn't show Bill's cards in his hand before he got shot.
Everyone knows about The Legend of "The Dead Man's Hand".
In the the movie Little Big Man it was a boy that shot him, I doubt there was a "Soda Pop Kid" present as well. Still a great movie.
Check original pics, and drawings. It looks 90% legit. Deadwood was an overcrowded (compared to its size) town. It wasn't western style, in terms of what most people think western style is. Outlawed ugly miner town, with muddy streets in a valley, under the mountains. No OFFICIAL law, only poor bastards, several rich. One main street. They modeled the buildings pretty good. And there were over a dozen saloons in that small town. But yes, it does look pretty authentic. I saw tons of original pics
I knew it was gonna happen before I watched but I was still pissed after the fact 😤
I really like how the music just adds to how everything seems so hectic after it happened.
Definitely one of the craziest deaths I've seen in a TV show. After he was shot I was thinking "Okay, now Wild Bill will probably just be hurt for a while. There's no way they're going to kill off such a major character this early"....and then the next episode started at his funeral.
Who here came after watching undeadwood?
"TAKE THAT, GOD DAMN YOU!"
the acting in this show is SO good!
Was holding aces & eights. After this known as a Dead Man’s Hand.
It was said to have been the only time he sat at a table with his back to the door.
All it takes is one slip.
@johndoe590 It's not a movie, it was a brilliant tv series on HBO called Deadwood. It starred the awesome Timothy Olyphant and the equally awesome Ian Mcshane and that was Keith Carradine as Wild Bill. Common misconceptions about the show is while it takes place in the old west, it was not a "Western" show it the traditional sense of action/showdowns, it's not like a Clint Eastwood movie. There are no easily identified good and evil archetypes among the characters but shades of grey, No I would
Wonderful TV when it becomes more than the sum of.when actors and creators mix,Wonderful how i longed for it to continue.
@caca1pedo2 Just a quick correction. The music in this clip 'Iguazu' by Gustavo Santaolalla was used in Deadwood before the film Babel was released.
Bill Hickock = Ned Stark, from 2 different HBO-time/universe eras
Only difference is one was based on a real person and real events
My favorite series of all time. I remember after this episode, and this montage, feeling like something special had just been shared. It’s just so damn good.
Odd how they always portrayed Hickok as an old guy when he was only 39 when he was murdered.
people looked older back then than they do now... Look at how 40 year old men looked in the 1920s.. old as fuck
People looked older then
I just started watching Deadwood and this completely shocked me. Didnt see it coming at all. Then seeing the emotions from Bullock and the others made it even more impactful.
Calamity Jane can house some liquor
Just visited Deadwood, I have to watch this show!
What sublime performances. Shakespearean.
Why didn’t they show the dead mans hand
Whelp, you’re going to be remembered for this. You will always be the coward who killed Wild Bill! Good job.
What's strange is that this exact song recording was used in Michael Mann's film The Insider in 1999, years before Deadwood was made.
The face of Oliphant at the end is awesome. And what a music.
Perfect scene.