Couldn't agree more, Phodreaw. I think Deadwood (the town) is presented to us as an antidote to the self-serving western myths, and that Swearengen's slow decline from avenging amorality is in itself a comment on the habit of US historiography to present everything in an Epcot Centre haze.

As Season One Draws To A Close…
At the end of S1 my favourite two lines are Wild Bill's "Will you let me go to hell the way I want to?"

My humblest apologies. I have nothing but respect for your command of the facts. -shudders-

Are they actually called Morks? Surely Orks, or Orkians would be more apropriate.

I don't belieeeeeeeeve…
…it.

OW BEEP*UCKING CORNBALLING PIECE OF BEEP. Oh, oh, oh that's a bad one.

A discipline daddy?

Myself, I would prefer Tom Selleck's Nightmare Before Christmas.

And at last, the AV Club is COMPLETE!

Oh dear,
What a nauseating couple.

I am amazed he manages to find the time. Still, explains the execrable quality of his output. Lest we ever forget, he gave us a Greek Nicholas Cage - http://www.youtube.com/watc…

John Madden's arthouse credentials…
…aren't as unimpeachable as all that. If memory serves, he was the director responsible for bringing the pulp awesomeness of the original Star Wars trilogy to your goodly American National Public Radio.

Seriously, Fidel, are you just my mum? You can't not know this stuff. Oh, and can I have my laundry ready for Friday? Love ya x

See, I would actually pay money to see Hugh Laurie yuck it up as Sherlock Holmes. House MD sucks monkeyass.

Nor would it impress Shania Twain. That much.

For a second there I misread your handle as 'The Elusive Robert Downey', which will be the name of my new avant-jazz combo.

Let my emusic subscription die off a while back; it felt like there was some good stuff up there but cherrypicking it was more work than I could be mithered with. This means I'll probably rethink. Depends on the price structure though, and is of course totally predicated on the continuing 'no drm' policy…

And its ill-advised sequel 'Alien Vs Predator Vs Sense Vs Sensibility.

Fake Ramsay
In the UK we've been, unfortunately, tolerating Marco PIerre White for effing years; hopefully, like Ramsay, we're defraying some of our exposure on to you.

MY SOCKS ARE ON FIRE
Gotta say, I rather like it. Bugs aside I think it's much prettier…