Huzzah! Deadwood Is Back!

If you don’t know Deadwood yet, and you can stand a little (okay, a lot) of cussing, you owe it to yourself to check it out. It’s by far the most captivating show on television (and I’m including British TV in this bold and sweeping statement, so you know I’m serious).

Complex, engaging characters; narrative arcs that put Tolstoy and Balzac to shame; language that blends the expressive eloquence of the period with raw vulgarity. (Who knew the land of acronyms, contractions, and diminutives had such a rich linguistic past?) All that, and displays of business negotiation that (minus the integral beatings and murders) are levels above what Donald and Martha care to dish out every week on the Apprentice.

It makes me forget I’m still waiting for the next season of Battlestar Galactica.