Season Two finale (c–ksuckahs!):
As Deadwood readies for a celebration, George Hearst’s arrival in camp brings upheaval. Swearengen’s manipulations extract a counter-offer from Yankton.
Hearst comes to separate arrangements with Farnum and Swearengen.
Tolliver [PHOTO LEFT] seeks to improve his position with Hearst at Wolcott’s expense.
Tensions in Chinaman’s Alley boil over with violent results. Sunday at 9pm ET/PT.
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Best Lines From Episode 23:
Mose Manuel: “(unintelligible)”
Jane: “What is that, “Thank you” in whale talk?”
Jane: “Tell Doc he’s got a live one.”
Farnum: “May I suggest that, rather than you delivering your telegrams upstairs, interrupting the rest or secret depravities of well-armed guests, I could distribute them to these pidgeon holes to be collected by the guests at their leisure?”
Trixie: “Few choices as there are ours to make, others should stay the f–k out of the process.”
Al: “I won’t object. But it’s yours to keep them she-apes from disgracing me. ”
Trixie: “The pimp’s a whore’s familiar. So the sudden, strange or violent draws her to him. Not that I wouldn’t learn another way.”
Al: “What a type you must pass with. That you do not fear a beating for such an insult.”
Lee: “I am a civilized person.”
Al: “Then take your civilization the f–k out of here.”
Al, in delecto: “Did you dye your hair?”
Alma: “I know we are as much in the world in our pain as in our happiness.”
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MR WU, played by Keone Young:
If Al Swearengen is Deadwood’s unofficial mayor, Mister Wu holds the post on the Chinese part of town.
Wu has his fingers in every semi-legal pie, including the lucrative opium trade, and though his English is limited to the handful of expletives Al has taught him, the two seem to communicate well enough for business.
Among the services Wu offers is the timely and unquestioned disposal of bodies, courtesy of his ravenous pigs.
Who will end up paying a visit to Wu’s swine is an open question, however, especially as Deadwood’s Chinese population becomes a pawn in the power struggle over the town’s vice trade.
Filmography of actor Keone Young.
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JOANIE STUBBS, played by Kim Dickens:
When the Bella Union arrived in Deadwood, it came with its own supply of high-caliber whores. These ladies have a savvy madame in Joanie Stubbs, a woman who knows her craft inside and out. Her business acumen isn’t limited to just prostitution either, as she’s able to assist Cy Tolliver with a variety of tasks around the Bella Union and serves as one of his confidantes.
But Joanie has become uncomfortable working for-and being the love object of-the mercurial and often-ruthless Cy Tolliver. When he forces her to execute a child thief, Joanie almost turns the gun on herself. “Kill me too, Cy, or let me go,” she says. “If you don’t kill me or let me go, I’m going to kill you.” With Tolliver’s grudging support and with some illicit financial help from the card dealer Eddie Sawyer, Joanie sets off to open her own whorehouse.
Born in Huntsville, AL to an antiques dealer mother and musician father, Kim Dickens was destined for a career in the arts. Her journey into acting began as a student at Nashville, TN’s Vanderbilt University, where she received a Bachelor of Arts and Science Degree. Upon graduation, Dickens headed to New York City in order to study at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, then to graduate from The America Academy of Dramatic Arts.
While in New York, Dickens began landing supporting roles in theatre and independent films; her debut being 1995’s indie-comedy hit “Palookaville”, directed by Alan Taylor. From there, Dickens appeared as the female lead in Keifer Sutherland’s feature directorial debut, “Truth or Consequences, N.M”. She starred opposite Bruce Willis in the Harold Becker-directed thriller “Mercury Rising”; then showed up along side Ben Stiller and Bill Pullman as the mysterious and elusive suspect, Gloria, in the Jake Kasdan-helmed cult-hit comedy, “Zero Effect”. In 2000, she co-starred alongside Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Shue as an ethical scientist who goes head-to-head with a villainous invisible man in the Paul Verhoeven summer blockbuster, “Hollow Man”. Further acclaim came to Dickens in the summer of 2001 when she played an up-and-coming rock singer spiraling out of control, before coming to terms with her traumatic past in director Allison Anders’ semi-autobiographical film, “Things Behind the Sun”. This performance garnered Dickens an Independent Spirit Award® nomination for best female lead.
2003 found Dickens busy on both the big screen and small, starting with a prime role in Showtime’s mini series “Out of Order”, opposite Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, and William H. Macy. Next, was a small yet well received role in the Academy Award® nominated “The House of Sand and Fog“. Currently, Dickens is playing the role of Joanie Stubbs, the Madame of the Bella Union, in HBO’s “Deadwood”, created by David Milch (NYPD Blue). The role reunites her with Milch after being cast as FBI agent Sarah Day in his critically lauded CBS Crime Drama “Big Apple”.
Other credits include, Alfonso Cuaron’s “Great Expectations”, Arne Glimcher’s “The White River Kid” with Antonio Banderas, and Sam Raimi’s “The Gift” with Cate Blanchett. Dickens will next be seen playing a heroin addict in the soon-to-be released feature “Goodnight, Joseph Parker” with Debi Mazar and Paul Sorvino.
Dickens lives in both Los Angeles and New York City.