Lol! I'm in my 40's and I recall my great grandmother "bad mouthing" the Pinkertons the same way when I was a kid. She hated them until the day she died at 100 years old in 1995.
This is one of the best scenes in this whole series. It's really amazing that they don't even meet until the second season. It's cool that he has to meet with her on her terms. Look how respectable he looks!
I loved this scene! The fact that Alma said "As much as you can, please minimize your obsceneties" to Al. . .had me giggling. Even better - he did - and (almost) managed to hold a complete conversation without swearing. What a great show!
Deadwood is one of the very best dramas .Ever. It's like Shakespeare in that you sometimes have to listen twice to fathom the poetry of the speech. Think about the way biblical passages are constructed and understand that many people were taught to read using that book. It's also OVER the top with an incredibly constant flow of obscene language. Then again, the nature of the town is pretty basic humanity with lots of grime and little polish. Makes you want to cuss just for the fun of it.
its so enjoyable to watch how the creators have made these seemingly contradictory elements come together and create something really special. Its so real, raw and basic yet so subtle, smart and poetic. it all just works and to me that makes it magic:)
TMIDiva It's easy to fall into the habit of speaking like everyone else even if you don't like It. Every major university was founded by ministers to teach people the Bible, your idea is also well founded.
She's on a brave and noble quest to restrain the mighty swear engine! Although it never can be fully stopped, even the heavens are in awe of the undisputable fact that the swear engine is actually showing some clear signs of deceleration!
Richardson! Sweep harder, and the foul debris OUT the door, and not under the rug, as so much that befouls my fine domicile in which secrets and privacy are rented. Time bought, if you will, for when upon checkout, the patron's decrepedness and aura of sin goes with them, but my knowledge of what transpired stays about. Firmly rooted! Firmly rooted, my knowledge stays, Richardson, you reptilian hatchling! Richardson: "Okay."
"I don't like the Pinkertons. They're muscle for the bosses, as if the bosses ain't got enough edge." This is Al's entire attitude in a nutshell: sure, he's an amoral fucker, but he at least respects the value of competition. People like Hearst want to own the world, and the Pinkertons are their proto-SS helping to make it happen. You don't need to be a hero in order to resist; if you have half a brain, spine or heart, you need to do so purely out of self interest.
The SS were heros fighting against Capital... the Pinkertons were a better organized ANTIFA in that both of them serve the interests of Capital. It's pathetic for you how the only people who ever fought against Capital is who you have let Capital indoctrinate you into hating with religious conviction
@@etanb1 stupid Jew bitch was no more correct than that other Jew Marx... Rich/Corporations hiring private paramilitaries to prey upon the Poor & Union bust is EXACTLY what Capitalism has to offer when being ruled by Capitalists. Spengler was right, Hitler was right, Mussolini was right, Yang was right... a strong State to ruthlessly punish any Capitalist for their failure in Duty of Obedience to the State by failing at their Duty of Responsibility to the Prolitariat is the only healthy way to structure an Industrial Society
Al Swearengen is my favorite character. Just great lines and morbidly humorous. And he shows a softer side also, subtle as it was. And picking on Gimpy was hilarious even though horrifying just the same. Joni Stubbs and Calamity Jane were also stand outs for me.
He wasn’t trying that hard. But this was such a great scene on many levels, so full of insight and humor. Incredible talent created and nurtured this series.
0:41 "Mrs Garrett, how do you do?" That's great writing. Swearengen, as a Brit, adopts the formal protocol when greeting someone, despite his being a murderous criminal.
Having good manners is a very under rated skillset. Regardless of class, race, or political considerations, good manners will always improve the cut of a man's cloth.
The only thing interesting about Alma was her laudanum problem and making Bullock crazier by falling in love with him. lol she’s the lamest character on the show tbh.
The evolution of Al from villain and brute to the mainstay of the camp is so genius and subversive. This is such an important step in what will become an alliance with Seth and Alma. “Huzzah then!”
My mom and dad saw this when it was new. My parents always paused and motioned me and my sister away when we walked in. Now that I’m a grown-ass-man, I couldn’t better understand their reasoning. Given their suppression of the show, I often wonder why they brought my sister and I to Deadwood, proper, in 2008.
@@redteamla I don’t even know what that means. I found the show to be awesome and I found it strange that I was brought to a town from a TV show that I knew nothing about.
HBO had so many great series back at this time - Deadwood, The Wire, Rome, The Sopranos. They're all in my top 10 drama series of all time. Dramas, but a fair smattering of great humor in all of them. All of their runs ended too soon, imo.
@@thenewapelles6448 But the Cæsar/Augustus story pretty much ends after the second season. What should season 3 be about, the Pax Augusta? Sounds boring. They could have done a different time period with a completely new cast though.
@@Mikebumpful If I remember correctly, the showrunners originally intended to do 4 seasons of Rome. But since it was cancelled, they had to condense 3 seasons of material into the final season.
I like right at the end where Alma has this look like, "This man murdered my husband and threatened the life of the child in my care, but he's kinda cute tho."
I just realized the Alma might be the only character whom Al shows the slightest bit of genuine deference. Can you imagine any other character asking Al to refrain from obscenities and not getting a knife to the throat? He wasn’t this courteous to Hickok or Hearst certainly not Bullock.
Bullock said and did a bunch of stuff that should have gotten him killed but Al realized Deadwood needed a straight edge hero type to make the camp legitimate.
When I pass, if I reach the gates of Heaven, I will ask St Peter if Molly Parker as the Widow Garrett is in there. If she isn't well, you get the idea...
It's kind of funny seeing Al so awkward and uncomfortable, just from someone telling him to stop swearing. Limiting his obscenity must be akin to clipping a bird's wings.
Her manner of speech is sexy. I like how she always speaks in generalities, yet makes her meaning specific. The dialog of every character on this show is great, but especially Alma and E.B. It seems accurate too, because if you read things from the time period (Civil War diaries, etc) even common people had an eloquence and familiarity with the Classics that puts modern Americans to shame.
im on season 3 now and i love the show, but the language used in it is one big part of its charm for sure. farnum's fancy talk is so funny cause he's so clearly just trying to seem more cultured and smarter than he is, the dirty weasel :D
@mcmillspiece Nah, I think Swearengen realizes that his presence is trying on the child, and he just sort of sighed, taking it in. His expression is less of an eye-roll than some realization or thought.
I wanted Bullock and Garret to end up together but I guess it's not to popular of an opinion cuz I can hardly find any vids with her in em.... I haven't seen season 3 yet
+uglypinkmoose Oh, you're not the only one. I didn't want that, but I used to read the old HBO message boards when Deadwood first played. There was the Alma camp and the Martha camp for sure.
The dialogue is written with poetic expressions but crucially, it is written in Iambic pentameter, the same meter 99 percent of Shakespeare's writing uses, hence the similarity.
Earlier, after she had brought up his past attempt on Sophia's life, he said "I take tea" which she ignored going right to asking what he was there to discuss. Her question about the tea was an answer to his earlier request indicating their relationship had improved with the encounter.
I always thought Alma has this condescending, superior, way about her that is kind of irritating. I mean her parents seemingly weren't rich (judging from her father), she has only recently been introduced to the wealthy lifestyle, so why does she have that aristocratic air of superiority? she stares Al in the eye with an arrogance and sense of untouchability about her when Al is really far more worldly, experienced, and intelligent than her. Not to mention the fact that he could slit her throat in a heartbeat. If these two were to meet alone in the wilderness somewhere I feel Alma would take rather a different tone with him and perhaps not challenge him on his "obscenities."
Alma's father lacking money doesn't necessarily speak to his position in society. I'd point to Alma mentioning she had a debutante ceremony and her father being extended credit by the Garrett's in exchange for the marriage of one of his daughter as pretty strong evidence that she came from a prestigious family.
+I don't think it's nice you laughing: Yes, exactly. Tho I'd add that there was money there at some point. The father is a compulsive gambler and loses it all, having to essentially trade is daughter in marriage to pay off his debts. He then promptly accumulates more and tries to blackmail Alma into paying them. He is not a good man.
She's tough and smart and to possess those qualities in Deadwood as a woman especially a non whore widow who should appear meek and mild for reputation sake wins her the admiration of the camp. That's where her superiority complex comes from she deserves it.
William Sanderson plays him very good though! There's quite a lot of great actors in this show. Less known, still very good! Gerald McRaney as George Hearts is a superbe antagonist. Or Robin Weigert, who's nearly irreckgnisable as Calamity Jane? I find the show very well writen in terms of story and dialoge, but the acting is even more outstanding! Shame there are only 3 seasons made, and many years later now, a movie to close the story.
McShane deserves an Emmy solely for how he delivers the line, "And now I'll finish my fucking sentence."
Lol! I'm in my 40's and I recall my great grandmother "bad mouthing" the Pinkertons the same way when I was a kid. She hated them until the day she died at 100 years old in 1995.
Understandable. If they had not cancelled the show we might have seen some more of the terror they caused in the name of capital.
Yep... my Scottish grandma hated Pinkertons for their strike busting & Campbells for a 4 century old grudge from Scotland with a passion
Can you elaborate more about them?
@@Kauffman578 They were the FBI before there was an FBI; dudes gramma used to get bent over by criminals who feared their authority.
I also hated them. I have hated them since the wild west.
That last "Oh..." after supposedly accidentally cursing always gets me. It's perfect acting.
He's always draggin' that fuckin' leg.
Every step a fucking adventure.
We teach a special brooming technique here.
This is one of the best scenes in this whole series. It's really amazing that they don't even meet until the second season. It's cool that he has to meet with her on her terms. Look how respectable he looks!
for a somewhat innocuous scene in the grand scheme, this has some of the best acting in the entire show. I love it.
"I like that black F#king Darjeeling" Absolutely classic line.
"Tell that child no hard feelings", dont know why this has me dying
I loved this scene!
The fact that Alma said "As much as you can, please minimize your obsceneties" to Al. . .had me giggling. Even better - he did - and (almost) managed to hold a complete conversation without swearing.
What a great show!
Al was also incredibly tender and protective of Alma after Ellsworth was killed.
As someone who has no idea what he's talking about, i'd say this is some of the best acting i've ever seen
Deadwood is one of the very best dramas .Ever. It's like Shakespeare in that you sometimes have to listen twice to fathom the poetry of the speech. Think about the way biblical passages are constructed and understand that many people were taught to read using that book. It's also OVER the top with an incredibly constant flow of obscene language. Then again, the nature of the town is pretty basic humanity with lots of grime and little polish. Makes you want to cuss just for the fun of it.
its so enjoyable to watch how the creators have made these seemingly contradictory elements come together and create something really special. Its so real, raw and basic yet so subtle, smart and poetic. it all just works and to me that makes it magic:)
Amen to all.
+wuuspigs Yes, magic.
TMIDiva It's easy to fall into the habit of speaking like everyone else even if you don't like It. Every major university was founded by ministers to teach people the Bible, your idea is also well founded.
She's on a brave and noble quest to restrain the mighty swear engine! Although it never can be fully stopped, even the heavens are in awe of the undisputable fact that the swear engine is actually showing some clear signs of deceleration!
😂😂😂👍👍
Richardson! Sweep harder, and the foul debris OUT the door, and not under the rug, as so much that befouls my fine domicile in which secrets and privacy are rented. Time bought, if you will, for when upon checkout, the patron's decrepedness and aura of sin goes with them, but my knowledge of what transpired stays about. Firmly rooted! Firmly rooted, my knowledge stays, Richardson, you reptilian hatchling!
Richardson: "Okay."
dude.
"swear engine." This changes everything.
now i have to watch the entire season all over again oh well
Well put.
@@carloswaluda8048 😄
What a show.what amazing characters. perfect actors for the parts. the best TV western in the last three decades.
"I don't like the Pinkertons. They're muscle for the bosses, as if the bosses ain't got enough edge."
This is Al's entire attitude in a nutshell: sure, he's an amoral fucker, but he at least respects the value of competition. People like Hearst want to own the world, and the Pinkertons are their proto-SS helping to make it happen. You don't need to be a hero in order to resist; if you have half a brain, spine or heart, you need to do so purely out of self interest.
The SS were heros fighting against Capital... the Pinkertons were a better organized ANTIFA in that both of them serve the interests of Capital. It's pathetic for you how the only people who ever fought against Capital is who you have let Capital indoctrinate you into hating with religious conviction
Pinkerton's never came close to genocide. They were just the FBI of their day. Have more respect for the holocaust.
guess Ayn Rand was right
@@etanb1 stupid Jew bitch was no more correct than that other Jew Marx... Rich/Corporations hiring private paramilitaries to prey upon the Poor & Union bust is EXACTLY what Capitalism has to offer when being ruled by Capitalists. Spengler was right, Hitler was right, Mussolini was right, Yang was right... a strong State to ruthlessly punish any Capitalist for their failure in Duty of Obedience to the State by failing at their Duty of Responsibility to the Prolitariat is the only healthy way to structure an Industrial Society
@@etanb1nah, pretty sure the good guys in Atlas Shrugged had their own “Pinkertons”
deadwood was the best show ever on TV.
Al Swearengen is my favorite character. Just great lines and morbidly humorous. And he shows a softer side also, subtle as it was. And picking on Gimpy was hilarious even though horrifying just the same. Joni Stubbs and Calamity Jane were also stand outs for me.
This is one of those scenes I treasure in this series - understated but so rich...
You can tell that charmed the hell out of her. Great line.
One of the best shows ever.
I love this people! They make me forget the reality and to be in Deadwood! She is beautiful; he is magnificent!
"I like that fucking black darjeeling."
Hi, Al. See you soon, I hope.
Swedgin, Wu HENGDAI
RaulFAlaniz “fuckin hangdai 🤞”
She is the epitome of beauty, so regal.
“I like that fucking black darjeeling...”
when she started wearing the black dresses.. mourning becomes her!
Oh, yes, in black!
Elegant lady.
Badlaama. In this role she's elegant, after all she's an actress. In real life? Who knows.
now i'll finish my fucking sentence
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It's funny how Al cant 't stop cursing , even when trying so hard to
His name is Swearengen after all
The swordfish betrays me...
Before he says "fucking ilk" he was super careful to breathe an extra pause before saying "Pinkertons" each time. He was really trying!
He wasn’t trying that hard. But this was such a great scene on many levels, so full of insight and humor. Incredible talent created and nurtured this series.
I always had a giant crush on Alma Garrett, beautiful woman
Brilliant writing. She is just so good!
"Please try and refrain from your obscenity"....the look Ian McShane gives that comment is pure fucking gold!!!!
0:41 "Mrs Garrett, how do you do?"
That's great writing. Swearengen, as a Brit, adopts the formal protocol when greeting someone, despite his being a murderous criminal.
Having good manners is a very under rated skillset. Regardless of class, race, or political considerations, good manners will always improve the cut of a man's cloth.
One of the _best_ TV shows I have seen. :)
Alma is elegant, so poised, so intelligent, aware, capable, beautiful. God, I love her!
Simping to the core
you stay out of our fkin affairs.
The only thing interesting about Alma was her laudanum problem and making Bullock crazier by falling in love with him. lol she’s the lamest character on the show tbh.
@@kaj7135 nailed it
Just watched this episode last night, amazing scene
THE BEST OF THE BEST.... THANK YOU..
I love how it’s genuinely impossible for Al not to cuss, lmfao.
It's that fucking black darjeeling they're talking about.
That pause and half turn on the stairs when EB says 'room 2'. lollllll
It's quite nice that not only did they become allies, but understood how important they were to the fight.
Love how capable Al can be when it comes to displaying manners and operating in the more high class ‘genteel’ world.
Yes, thank you...I love this scene!
What a scene, man
Elegant femininity. Delicious.
Jaw dropping..
Can't wait to see the new movie!!
Thank you.
“Now I’ll finish my fuckin’ sentence.”
one of my favorite scenes
Tremendous actors in a great scene
- You frighten her
- I have that effect
Damn Al is badass :))
The evolution of Al from villain and brute to the mainstay of the camp is so genius and subversive. This is such an important step in what will become an alliance with Seth and Alma. “Huzzah then!”
act averse to nasty language, and partial to fruity tea.
Lol
(Whack!) Uhhh...
Was gonna say this lol
fantastic scene
Alma is no bs. My dad hated Pinkertons as strike breakers and gun thugs
Excellent scene!
"Fuckin hoopleheads" - Al Swearegen (1873)
I think everyone loves her,.
"She's some fuck, E.B. ."
My mom and dad saw this when it was new. My parents always paused and motioned me and my sister away when we walked in. Now that I’m a grown-ass-man, I couldn’t better understand their reasoning.
Given their suppression of the show, I often wonder why they brought my sister and I to Deadwood, proper, in 2008.
Maybe they wanted to sell you?
@@redteamla I don’t even know what that means. I found the show to be awesome and I found it strange that I was brought to a town from a TV show that I knew nothing about.
Maybe to get you interested in the town and then the series (if you hadn't seen it by then).
Splendid m
HBO had so many great series back at this time - Deadwood, The Wire, Rome, The Sopranos. They're all in my top 10 drama series of all time. Dramas, but a fair smattering of great humor in all of them. All of their runs ended too soon, imo.
I’d say only Deadwood ended too soon. The others ended just right.
@@Mikebumpful Sopranos and The Wire ended perfectly, but Rome was cut short. It needed 4 seasons.
@@thenewapelles6448 But the Cæsar/Augustus story pretty much ends after the second season. What should season 3 be about, the Pax Augusta? Sounds boring.
They could have done a different time period with a completely new cast though.
@@Mikebumpful If I remember correctly, the showrunners originally intended to do 4 seasons of Rome. But since it was cancelled, they had to condense 3 seasons of material into the final season.
Carnivale was great too.
I like right at the end where Alma has this look like, "This man murdered my husband and threatened the life of the child in my care, but he's kinda cute tho."
What a badass
Al was givin her "peaches" a good lookin over....hahaha!!
G.O.A.T.
I just realized the Alma might be the only character whom Al shows the slightest bit of genuine deference. Can you imagine any other character asking Al to refrain from obscenities and not getting a knife to the throat? He wasn’t this courteous to Hickok or Hearst certainly not Bullock.
"Before ilk"... Al is also courteous to Bullocks wife when his visits Bullocks house. Al is just usually around men or whores not women
Bullock said and did a bunch of stuff that should have gotten him killed but Al realized Deadwood needed a straight edge hero type to make the camp legitimate.
@@drewfromyay882 very true but can you imagine bullock telling Al to watch his language? And it not start a fight?
Mrs Robinson ❤
When I pass, if I reach the gates of Heaven, I will ask St Peter if Molly Parker as the Widow Garrett is in there. If she isn't well, you get the idea...
Oh Al you scamp!
@JacobMcandles you've got it a bit wrong, Johnny wouldn't kill Jenn himself, Al ended up killing her.
“I take tea...”
"No hard feelings"
I DIDN'T NOTICE TIM Olyphant WHEN THIS CAME OUT IN 2004.
What a bunt
I'd take tea
He can't help himself
Title should be "Alma Garret meets Albert Swearengen".
It's kind of funny seeing Al so awkward and uncomfortable, just from someone telling him to stop swearing. Limiting his obscenity must be akin to clipping a bird's wings.
"Mr. Swearengen?"
"Mrs. Fucking Gattet."
How about the scenes where Ringhausen & Al meet?
Or the scene when johnny won't let Al kill that blond girl?
Thanks again.
alma is so cool and collected (and so beautiful, oh my gourd
Her manner of speech is sexy. I like how she always speaks in generalities, yet makes her meaning specific. The dialog of every character on this show is great, but especially Alma and E.B. It seems accurate too, because if you read things from the time period (Civil War diaries, etc) even common people had an eloquence and familiarity with the Classics that puts modern Americans to shame.
im on season 3 now and i love the show, but the language used in it is one big part of its charm for sure. farnum's fancy talk is so funny cause he's so clearly just trying to seem more cultured and smarter than he is, the dirty weasel :D
Shakespearean language
@mcmillspiece Nah, I think Swearengen realizes that his presence is trying on the child, and he just sort of sighed, taking it in. His expression is less of an eye-roll than some realization or thought.
Man how come I don't get but 4 channel's?
Even pimps have moments of humanity 😄😄
al saunters in....sophia: mommy, mommy, is that santy claus? lmao
WTH?
Fuckin Funny
"Tell your God to ready for blood."
I always did like you. If your even up in the Triad area of NC, message me & I'll buy you a beer.
I wanted Bullock and Garret to end up together but I guess it's not to popular of an opinion cuz I can hardly find any vids with her in em.... I haven't seen season 3 yet
+uglypinkmoose Oh, you're not the only one. I didn't want that, but I used to read the old HBO message boards when Deadwood first played. There was the Alma camp and the Martha camp for sure.
I guess they don't call him SWEARengen for nothing.
Randy may supine malefactors wax yet an invidious countenance may still render ineffective any sop to their gentler nature.
What kind of tea did he say he likes?
Darjeeling. It's a very nice tea. Give it a try, you may like it.
The dialogue is almost like Shakespeare
The dialogue is written with poetic expressions but crucially, it is written in Iambic pentameter, the same meter 99 percent of Shakespeare's writing uses, hence the similarity.
Lovejoy meets Lady Jane
She looks Chinese and she's really pretty.
Anyways
why she ask about tea?
Earlier, after she had brought up his past attempt on Sophia's life, he said "I take tea" which she ignored going right to asking what he was there to discuss. Her question about the tea was an answer to his earlier request indicating their relationship had improved with the encounter.
To set the tone.
To show that she is warming up to his offer.
To intimate that she and he would be having future dealings during which he might have some fuckin' tea.
@@shawni321 preferably that phuqqen black Darjeeling.
Is it me or was she wanting some Sweargen by the end of the scene?
Thirteen years later and I still feel some sexual tension between these two ;p
So when she asks him if he wants tea is she making a pass at him ya think or just being cordial?
She's displaying good manners in a business transaction
I don’t see the appeal of Molly Parker physically but she’s a good actress.
She's not a classic beauty but very unique and so feminine it pushes my motor to the red right quick.
I guess you prefer chicks with more butch.
I was hoping she'd die from the moment she came on screen.
I always thought Alma has this condescending, superior, way about her that is kind of irritating. I mean her parents seemingly weren't rich (judging from her father), she has only recently been introduced to the wealthy lifestyle, so why does she have that aristocratic air of superiority? she stares Al in the eye with an arrogance and sense of untouchability about her when Al is really far more worldly, experienced, and intelligent than her. Not to mention the fact that he could slit her throat in a heartbeat. If these two were to meet alone in the wilderness somewhere I feel Alma would take rather a different tone with him and perhaps not challenge him on his "obscenities."
Alma's father lacking money doesn't necessarily speak to his position in society. I'd point to Alma mentioning she had a debutante ceremony and her father being extended credit by the Garrett's in exchange for the marriage of one of his daughter as pretty strong evidence that she came from a prestigious family.
+I don't think it's nice you laughing: Yes, exactly. Tho I'd add that there was money there at some point. The father is a compulsive gambler and loses it all, having to essentially trade is daughter in marriage to pay off his debts. He then promptly accumulates more and tries to blackmail Alma into paying them. He is not a good man.
One of my favorite scenes was season 3 when she tried that shit with Hearse.....he wasnt having it
She's tough and smart and to possess those qualities in Deadwood as a woman especially a non whore widow who should appear meek and mild for reputation sake wins her the admiration of the camp. That's where her superiority complex comes from she deserves it.
Alma’s a boss
OMG E.B. is the most annoying character I have ever seen
William Sanderson plays him very good though! There's quite a lot of great actors in this show. Less known, still very good! Gerald McRaney as George Hearts is a superbe antagonist. Or Robin Weigert, who's nearly irreckgnisable as Calamity Jane? I find the show very well writen in terms of story and dialoge, but the acting is even more outstanding!
Shame there are only 3 seasons made, and many years later now, a movie to close the story.