Deadwood: Season 1

12 EPISODES | TV-MA

It is 1876 and the richest gold strike in U.S. history draws a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Marshal Seth Bullock and partner Sol Star relocate to the gold-mining camp of Deadwood.

In the wake of a horrifying massacre, Swearengen takes an interest in its young sole survivor.

Competition arrives for Swearengen in the form of the Bella Union, a gambling outfit from Chicago.

Swearengen directs Farnum to buy back the Garret claim. Alma prevails on Calamity Jane and Hickok for help.

Swearengen transforms the Gem into a courtroom as Deadwood is forced to try a cowardly killer.

Bullock encounters native resistance in his quest to bring a murderer to justice. Swearengen presses Farnum to keep tabs on Alma and Trixie.

After tracking down a murderer, Bullock returns to Deadwood a changed man -- and a marked one.

Deadwood breathes easier when riders arrive with vaccine -- and word of a possible treaty with the Sioux.

With annexation looming, Swearengen calls a meeting to set up an informal government. Bullock and Alma compare notes on Ellsworth.

An opium theft leaves Swearengen trying to find common language with his supplier, as well as navigating other tricky waters.

Alma's father, Otis Russell, arrives to "help" with her claim. Swearengen strikes a bargain with Adams to rid him of some legal baggage.

The U.S. Army -- under General Crook, a.k.a. "Custer's Avengers" -- rolls into Deadwood.