Deadwood

Tell Him Something Pretty

By Al Lowe | Aired on 08.26.2006

Tell Him Something Pretty - Well, it's come to this. Let's just get it out of the way: I'm depressed. I've put off starting this recap until the last minute, just because I don't want this to be the end -- and, I'll be...

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3-12 Recap	Tell Him Something Pretty Tell Him Something Pretty - Al kills a spare whore in Trixie's stead to satisfy and get rid of Hearst. The big man leaves, but at what cost?	08.26.2006	A+	Al Lowe
Ep.	Title	Air/Pub'l	Grade	Author
3-11 Recap	The Catbird Seat The Catbird Seat - Hearst murders Ellsworth. Trixie shoots Hearst. Al comforts Alma. Everyone prepares for the inevitable onslaught.	08.19.2006 08.24.2006	A	Al Lowe
3-10 Recap	A Constant Throb A Constant Throb - Al is back to his old self, schemin' and strategizin' when Hearst's hired guns take pot shots at Alma as she walks to the bank.	08.12.2006 08.18.2006	A	Al Lowe
3-9 Recap	Amateur Night Amateur Night - Langrishe and Co. put on an Amateur Night. The children move to their new school. Hearst's goons are revealed to be Pinkertons.	08.05.2006 08.10.2006	B+	Al Lowe
3-8 Recap	Leviathan Smiles Leviathan Smiles - Langrishe performs three acts of mercy. He helps Hearst with his back pain, assists Chesterton as he exits, stage right, and, as ever, remains a true friend to Al.	07.29.2006 08.04.2006	A+	Al Lowe
3-7 Recap	Unauthorized Cinnamon Unauthorized Cinnamon - The elders of the camp have a meeting to determine what to do about Hearst. They decide to take the strategy of decency -- a totally foreign concept to most of them.	07.22.2006 07.28.2006	A+	Al Lowe
3-6 Recap	A Rich Find A Rich Find - Aunt Lou's son arrives in camp to pull a scam on her boss. Bad idea. Al thinks twice about hiring muscle to make the first move on Hearst.	07.15.2006 07.21.2006	A	Al Lowe
3-5 Recap	A Two-Headed Beast A Two-Headed Beast - Al can't figure the angles on Hearst's recent machinations, and reluctantly gives Dan the go-ahead to fight Turner. The livery deal goes boom.	07.08.2006 07.12.2006	A	Al Lowe
3-4 Recap	Full Faith and Credit Full Faith and Credit - Alma opens the bank. Bullock spends his entire day trying to broker the livery sale. Al has trouble with his wang. What? I said it.	07.01.2006 07.07.2006	B-	Al Lowe
3-3 Recap	True Colors True Colors - Al's old friend Langrishe arrives to give him a much-needed boost out of his Hearst-shaped depression. Despite all efforts to the contrary, Alma gets put in her place. Meanwhile, Bullock puts everyone on notice.	06.24.2006 06.29.2006	B	Al Lowe
3-2 Recap	I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For - Alma's pregnancy ends with sadness. Al suffers abuse at the hands of power-hungry Hearst.	06.17.2006 06.23.2006	B	Al Lowe
3-1 Recap	Tell Your God To Ready For Blood Tell Your God To Ready For Blood - Al gets pissed when Hearst tries to control the camp. Bullock finally gives E.B. a beatdown. Alma has pregnancy complications.	06.10.2006 06.16.2006	B+	Al Lowe
2-12 Recap	Boy The Earth Talks To Boy The Earth Talks To - The season ends with a marriage as well as a lot of dancing, dealing and death. Sort of like your wedding, huh? Hearst arrives; the Ellsworths become one; and Al finally gets Yankton to sign on the dotted line.	05.21.2005 05.27.2005	A+	Al Lowe
2-11 Recap	The Whores Can Come The Whores Can Come - William Bullock is memorialized by nearly the entire Deadwood camp, and his funeral is just about the saddest thing that has ever happened in the world. At least since last week.	05.14.2005 05.21.2005	B+	Al Lowe
2-10 Recap	Advances, None Miraculous Advances, None Miraculous - The camp waits in mournful sorrow as William Bullock makes his slow exit from this world.	05.07.2005 05.13.2005	A	Al Lowe
2-9 Recap	Amalgamation And Capital Amalgamation And Capital - The only thing safe in Deadwood is Mrs. Garret's money when Wolcott goads Mose into getting himself killed, Al strong-arms Iz and Merrick, and the NG picks the worst day in history to try to castrate a horse.	04.30.2005 05.06.2005	D	Drunken Bee
2-8 Recap	Childish Things Childish Things - Al and Bullock meet to discuss a scheme to make Yankton sit up and take notice of Deadwood. Ellsworth makes a sweet proposal to Mrs. G, while Mrs. Bullock kicks up a domestic fuss. Tom Nuttall gets on his BIKE and RIDES!	04.23.2005 04.28.2005	A	Al Lowe
2-7 Recap	E.B. Was Left Out E.B. Was Left Out - Merrick gets slapped. Wolcott gets beat. Cy gets frustrated, and Al and Alma meet.	04.16.2005 04.22.2005	A	Al Lowe
2-6 Recap	Something Very Expensive Something Very Expensive - Al's doing much better, and takes meetings with the whole damn town. We learn more about Miss Isringhausen, probably just in time to bid her farewell, since she's kind of a bitch. Wolcott goes on a killing spree.	04.09.2005 04.15.2005	B+	Al Lowe
2-5 Recap	Complications Complications - Mrs. G gets knocked up. The N*gger General gets knocked down. Commissioner Jarry gets knocked around. And Al's still principal of the School of Hard Knocks.	04.02.2005 04.08.2005	A	Al Lowe
2-4 Recap	Requiem For A Gleet Requiem For A Gleet - It's as horrible as it sounds: the time has come for Al's gleets to go, one way or another. Meanwhile, all kinds of craziness is going down on the side.	03.26.2005 04.01.2005	A	Al Lowe
2-3 Recap	New Money New Money - Al's...indisposed. Okay, no, really. So, he's not in place to look over the new guy, Mr. Wolcott, when he arrives in town to wreak his subtle havoc.	03.19.2005 03.25.2005	A+	Al Lowe
2-2 Recap	A Lie Agreed Upon, Part II A Lie Agreed Upon, Part II - Things are, guess what? -- intense in Deadwood as everybody in town tries to make decisions as to their own loyalties and that of their colleagues.	03.12.2005 03.18.2005	A	Al Lowe
2-1 Recap	A Lie Agreed Upon, Part I A Lie Agreed Upon, Part I - Bullock and Alma get busy, and then Bullock and Al get crazy. Cy gets scary, and Joanie gets away. Mrs. Bullock, for her trouble, gets a new house.	03.05.2005 03.11.2005	B+	Al Lowe
1-12 Recap	Sold Under Sin Sold Under Sin - Al gets a new henchman when Adams serves his interests against the magistrate. Bullock and Mrs. G consummate their relationship.	06.12.2004 06.16.2004	A+	Al Lowe
1-11 Recap	Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking - Jewel goes to Doc to ask for a boot. Al's most precious commodity, his trust, is betrayed when Trixie visits Sol. Mrs. G's Bad Dad arrives.	06.05.2004 06.09.2004	B	Al Lowe
1-10 Recap	Mister Wu Mister Wu - Al works every angle of his relationship with Wu, ending with a pledge of allegiance.	05.22.2004 05.26.2004	B	Al Lowe
1-9 Recap	No Other Sons Or Daughters No Other Sons Or Daughters - The bigwigs of Deadwood get together to form an informal community government.	05.15.2004 05.19.2004	B+	Al Lowe
1-8 Recap	Suffer The Little Children Suffer The Little Children - Flora and Miles take the long way out of Deadwood. Trixie returns home to Al.	05.08.2004 05.12.2004	A	Al Lowe
1-7 Recap	Bullock Returns To The Camp Bullock Returns To The Camp - Bullock and Charlie catch Jack McCall and turn him over to the authorities in Yankton. Back in Deadwood, some new kids show up and turn Dan and Joanie on their ears.	05.01.2004 05.05.2004	B+	Al Lowe
1-6 Recap	Plague Plague - Al's nice to everybody when smallpox comes to town.	04.24.2004 04.29.2004	B+	Al Lowe
1-5 Recap	The Trial Of Jack McCall The Trial Of Jack McCall - The camp sets up a court to try McCall for Hickok's death.	04.17.2004 04.21.2004	A	Al Lowe
1-4 Recap	Here Was a Man Here Was a Man - Bill finally wins at poker, but as a result, he ultimately loses his life.	04.10.2004 04.14.2004	B	Al Lowe
1-3 Recap	Reconnoitering The Rim Reconnoitering The Rim - There's a neeewww kid in town and he's...feelin'...super old, man. Cy Tolliver, the foppiest Maybelline-wearing dude you ever saw, and his band of merry shills and prostitutes arrives on the scene in Deadwood. Competition. Al, as you can imagine, ain't happy. Maybe a little murder will cheer him up.	04.03.2004 04.07.2004	B+	Al Lowe
1-2 Recap	Deep Water Deep Water - Al tries to kill everybody in Deadwood on the same day. Nothing goes right, and it just makes him meaner. Bullock and Sol play a bad round of Let's Make a Deal, and come up short. Everybody wishes their friends would just ackrite.	03.27.2004 03.30.2004	B+	Al Lowe
1-1 Recap	Pilot Pilot - Deadwood is a rough and dirty town full of rough and dirty people. Everybody has a gun. It's a little bit like Detroit, yeah.	03.20.2004 03.23.2004	B	Al Lowe