# I just saw the last season (3) of Deadwood- WTF?? - Warning Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-last-season-3-of-deadwood-wtf-warning-spoilers/558282 "2010-10-25T14:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-last-season-3-of-deadwood-wtf-warning-spoilers/558282/1 "2010-10-25T14:35:00Z")
I ran through the last (season 3) season of Deadwood over the weekend and … ??? Two questions: What the heck was going on with the side story re the traveling acting troupe that got some major face time, but added very little to the story. The ending of the show just seemed really “cut off”. There were no-real character resolutions or future histories, or anything. Major events were changing things, but it didn’t feel like an big “end of series” show at all. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-last-season-3-of-deadwood-wtf-warning-spoilers/558282/2 "2010-10-25T14:48:21Z")
They were expecting another season, or at least a wrap movie. They got neither. ---
**Author:** ![Silent\_Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Silent\_Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silent_Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-last-season-3-of-deadwood-wtf-warning-spoilers/558282/3 "2010-10-25T14:55:58Z")
> [@astro](#): > > What the heck was going on with the side story re the traveling acting troupe that got some major face time, but added very little to the story. Good question. Brian Cox’s character was great, but the rest of them…? The sets were struck, but since the fire that destroyed most of Deadwood was coming up (it occurred in 1879), they could have set a movie after that. Most of all, I was looking forward to seeing how the series would portray what happened to Swearengen. How did he end up penniless (Wiki says the Gem brought in an average of [$5,000 a night](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gem_Theater)), and how did he die? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-last-season-3-of-deadwood-wtf-warning-spoilers/558282/4 "2010-10-25T15:43:41Z")
> [@Silent\_Kal](#): > > Good question. Brian Cox’s character was great, but the rest of them…? > > The sets were struck, but since the fire that destroyed most of Deadwood was coming up (it occurred in 1879), they could have set a movie after that. > > Most of all, I was looking forward to seeing how the series would portray what happened to Swearengen. How did he end up penniless (Wiki says the Gem brought in an average of [$5,000 a night](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gem_Theater)), and how did he die? Isn’t there speculation that he died trying to jump on a train to hitch a free ride? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-last-season-3-of-deadwood-wtf-warning-spoilers/558282/5 "2010-10-25T15:47:14Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Isn’t there speculation that he died trying to jump on a train to hitch a free ride? Whoops, I guess not. From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > According to his recently rediscovered obituary, Albert Swearengen was found dead in the middle of a suburban Denver street on November 15, 1904. He apparently died of a massive head wound and was not hopping a freight train as is often reported.